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[QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 2872138, member: 1414"]
I don't disagree with the overall point. I even said both could see minutes there.  In my opinion, that's a small lineup not employing a 4 at all.  When we play 3 guards, and we will, we don't call a 6'1" guard a "stretch 3".  Wilson is a 3, and once he can shoot, probably more of a shooting guard.  Polley is a tall wing with no inside game at this time.

So I'm looking at a stretch 4 as a set of skills.  The size and ability to bang down low, rebound, block shots and the ability to handle the ball a little, step outside and knock down 3's.  It's rare skill-set. Lebron would be the ultimate example, except he doesn't play that position.  Kevin Love, Blake Griffin, [B]Giannis Antetokounmpo[/B] .  Very few college teams have a guy like that.  Bagley last year for Duke.

Match-ups, fouls, defensive assignments will all dictate whether we play a guy out of position, as Ollie did most of the year with Larrier or play a classic 4 who isn't a stretch.  I think our best bet is to hope that somebody who is a true PF gives us more than we expect.  With Diarra out (he would have been my choice), Cobb seems most likely.  But it could be Yawke or Whaley.  Wilson and Polley will both get abused on the defensive end, as Larrier did all year.
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