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Message: [QUOTE="Ricker, post: 3552494, member: 1245"] The 3x-4x I've watched Etienne, he's played ok but hasn't played to his ranking . He has shown certain particular skills, like the ability to shoot from mid range and the 3 point line, as well as the mobility to defensively pressure the ball and trap guards in the backcourt at the point of a full court zone press, (mobility to trap but don't overly infer quickness). To me, that means he has the mobility to do the defensive hedging and retreating back to the paint that Hurley likes from bigs. He has missed a lot of shots at the rim when I have seen him. Like Carlton, he puts back some of those misses. Athletically he's a lot like Carlton. The key with him is that he has a scoring mindset and gives a team offense. I think he can play the 4 and cover the center position whenever needed on any switching. Clingan and Brown-Ferguson are only going to be centers and one or the other will be on the court, Sanogo is a center that might be able to play with another big. Etienne definitely can because of his shooting. I don't see any reason these 4 can't be on the same team. (I'll also admit that my sense of greed wants Alex Karaban, and now that I have been shown the light, Kyle Filipowski) That is a 6 man national championship rotation of bigs in 2022 that might find 3 on the floor together in certain situations due to the perimeter skills of Karaban & Filipowski. [/QUOTE]