[TrueHoop] Rockets Most Effective With Parsons Sidelining as Power Forward

I am just going to throw in a name with analysis to back it up whatsoever.

Dorrell Wright.

 

This is correct.

It's because Ppat and Marcus Morris don't really play like 4's either. Morris plays like a 3 even though he has some skills of a traditional PF he's better suited as a 3. Ppat looks like a traditional 4 but he plays smaller than he is.

 

Re: Granger, I look at it like this:

Pros:

- Has only a year after this one left on his deal, so Rockets wouldn't lose a whole lot flexibility going forward and still could be players in the 2014 free agency
- Can play both the 3 and 4, good all-around game, triple threat, can play off the ball, fairly efficient
- Not a first option, but might excel playing next Harden and Lin
- Appears to be expendable in Indy and you might be able to get him for the cheap (relatively speaking)

Cons:

- Will turn 30 in Apil, which doesn't make him old, but considerably older than this team's "core"
- Injury concern(?)
- Has only a year after this one left on his deal and might look for a pricey 4-year deal afterwards. He'd be 34/35 in the 4th year. May or may not be an issue. Granger staying in school for 4 years might buy him a year or two.

Again, remember that going small is a match-up that would goes both ways.

Rashard Lewis, who was primarily a SF in Seattle, worked quite well for the Magic at the 4. Obviously that whole dynamic was kinda unique with ORL having Howard in the middle, but it don't think you have to necessarily have a "true" PF that can handle the beefy bigs.
I mean, not only aren't there a whole lot of those guys around, but who can guard them, anyway. Nobody can guard the likes of Z-Bo one-on-one, really. Maybe a bigger guy forces a couple of misses more, gets a few more boards, but again, it's a match-up that goes both ways.
Most of the good post-players are pretty bad in pick&roll coverage. Z-Bo is. Al Jefferson is. Pau has really regressed this year, as well. They also will have trouble guarding/staying with smaller bigs in transition and early offense.

Now, I understand the there are only so many balls argument and I do believe it's a valid one. You certainly have to be careful to not have too many ball-dominant players, but there's also a fine line between non ball-dominant players and players sucking at everything but shooting.
I also think there's some merit to the "why bring in a guy who excels at offense, when it's our defense that's holding us back", yet at the same time some of the PFs that might bring more defense, might not offer enough shooting, which likely would shrink the court and result in your offense to worsen.

It's a really tricky balancing act. You can make arguments for and against pretty much any of these guys.

Out of necessity, I'd argue.