After all this time of watching basketball, observing my dad coach well for 20 years, announcing games on the radio and even playing the game as a kid and young adult, I do not understand why people get hung up on what position a guy is playing, or projected to play.
I give it a 99% chance that depending on the game and the situation we could see Jaylin playing anywhere from the 2 to the 5. Remember that he actually did play the 5 a couple of times at the end of last year. It is great that Hurley and this staff have become so good at reading the flow of games and brought in guys who can play multiple positions that he has the flexibility to mix and match and see what is working.
Why do some of you get a hair across your butt about it? Some of the most inane debates on this site over the years have been on this topic.
... and yet, we watched Niels Giffey play center... and hold his own... in a National Championship game in 2014. Oh, and we also watched Alex Karaban do the same against Zach Edey just last year in the National Championship game. Didn't you all learn anything from those situations?
How about we watch, see how it plays out and then discuss/debate how the guy did after we see him play the position in an actual game? I actually respect most of your takes
@superjohn, but can you really sit here and say that Jaylin Stewart does not have the foot speed to play the 2 in a game? So you really think his foot speed is significantly slower than Jordan Hawkins was at the same time in his career? I respectfully disagree. But I am also happy to see if I am proven right or wrong in an actual game, when it happens.
The one other thing I know is this: if Dan Hurley and this coaching staff think Jaylin Stewart can play the 2 well enough to be comfortable putting him there during a game, I am damn sure going to give them the benefit of the doubt over any one on this board, no matter how well-versed in basketball you are, or think you are... me included.