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[QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 4933296, member: 833"]
It should translate.  Edey is effective at both ends.  If a team wants to run, it wants a tall rim protector that can get the rebound and fire an outlet down court.  On the other end, it should want an offensive force down low that can pass and shoot at a high percentage and can challenge the other team's outlet if they get the rebound.

You also don't need 5 guys on the court trying to do exactly the same thing.  Typically the 4th or 5th identical wing isn't really that good.  The comparison you should be making is would you rather have Tim Hardaway, Jr. or Zach Edey as the 5th guy on the court?  Positionless basketball is stupid unless that is all you have to work with, so I can see a college team doing it, but why would a pro team do it willingly?  Someone needs to get rebounds.  Someone needs to protect the rim.  Someone needs to get putbacks.  It doesn't matter if that player is 6'8 or 7'2, but someone needs to do those things, and bigger is usually better.  Can Tim Hardaway, Jr. do that stuff, or is he just another mediocre, high volume, shooter with a lot of weaknesses in his game?  There are a lot of Tim Hardaway Jr.'s in the NBA.
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