Okay, I take it back. Sure Ollie COULD play Matthews at the four, if the rest of our frontcourt is so bad/injured/foul prone he has no choice but to play a guard there, then yeah, it could happen.
If Matthews plays the 4, then we swung and missed on Diarra, Williams, Cobb, Whaley, Carlton, and potentially Polley, and whoever else we bring in for the frontcourt in the next few years.
I don't see a frontcourt as thin as when Giffey played.
@3rdbass Same with Larrier last year. Durham wasn't ready, Diarra was out for the year, Facey had to spell Brimah at the 5, because Enoch couldn't stay on the floor, and no we had no frontcourt depth at all. If Larrier plays anything more than a few minutes at the 4 it's because we have nothing but freshman and juco transfers in the frontcourt who aren't ready to contribute. not because that's where he is best suited to play.
Jackson, who is 50 pounds heavier, played the 4 and transferred because of it.
Yes, Matthews could play the 4 out of necessity, you're right. But he's not more likely to play the 4 than the 2. His skills are 2/3. Not 4.