When Jimmer was born 6'2" and relatively (to NBA athletes) slow footed that absolutely told you exactly what he could or could not be as an NBA SG. You can feel free to name all the major NBA guys matching that description.
So that left the PG position. And it turned out, not terribly surprisingly really, that he did not have the handle nor quickness for that.
And so he is what he is. Why people fight so hard against it is a complete mystery. The PG/SG tweener is perhaps the single most common college to pro failure in the league. Every year a new crop come in. In college they are SGs. In the pros they are just too small to continue, so they have to try to shift over. Most cannot. Its not in any way shocking or unlikely. Jimmer might be able to wrangle a career out of the NBA, but it will be as a specialist.
So that left the PG position. And it turned out, not terribly surprisingly really, that he did not have the handle nor quickness for that.
And so he is what he is. Why people fight so hard against it is a complete mystery. The PG/SG tweener is perhaps the single most common college to pro failure in the league. Every year a new crop come in. In college they are SGs. In the pros they are just too small to continue, so they have to try to shift over. Most cannot. Its not in any way shocking or unlikely. Jimmer might be able to wrangle a career out of the NBA, but it will be as a specialist.
I'd still rather see him struggle than see MT. I don't think he'd be any worse and it'd make some fans really happy.