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As much as I love Cole, I'd rather have Gaffney there. Not that Gaffney's any better, but he'd get exposed with a bigger guard posting up on him. Gillespie would be coming back and he basically camped out in the paint against Cole.
That's why you play matchup dependent. If Cole starts getting posted up, you either just switch the defensive matchup to put Jackson/Kadary/Hawkins on him, or take Cole out and run with a 6'5+ PG. When you have wings that pass as well as Jackson or Richmond does, you have that luxury.
Cole did really well on defense against some of the top guards in the conference though. I wouldn't assume he won't hold his own next year.