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Originally Posted by yamaneko
Because of his rawness, i think he has to be an NBA PF for now. Just like singleton last two years was most successful playing PF. The weakneses on the defenseve end are more pronounced when thornton plays agasint faster SF's, as opposed to getting pounded by larger PF's. Also, thorntons strength on offense is better when he is GUARDED by slower PF's as opposed to faster SF's. Thornton could never be a 17 and 10 starting PF in this league, but he can more than hold his own at that position, compared to the SF.
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Yeah I agree with your assessment of Al's game. He doesn't have the ball handling skills and the laternal quickness on defense yet to be exclusivley a SF, and right now he seems to play better when he is at the 4 spot than the 3. I think he actually got a good chunk of his points in the 2nd half last game when guarded by Bonner, until they put Udoka on him. He still had some success against Udoka, but not nearly as much as he did against Bonner.
But when/if he improves his ball handling, becomes more comfortbale with the ball in his hands on the perimeter and learns to score without the ball, he can be a very good 3, which I hope happens for the Clippers sake.