Well, I'm trying to deal with what is, and not what I think it should be. Thats reality. And its not a reality I wanted, or created. For that you can blame the powers that be. Fill in the names you want, Petrie, Smart, George Bush, or God. Someone decided that Tyreke isn't a PG. And I think that handwriting was on the wall when they decided to draft Jimmer. I can't think of a worse position to put Tyreke in, than to ask him to play SF, taking away every advantage he previously had. Both offensively and defensively. So rather than ***** and moan about how it should be, I'm trying to figure out how to make the situation work. My first choice is to play Tyreke at SG and move Thornton to the bench. We lose some outside shooting, but defensively, we improve dramaticly at that position. And to address you point about Wade. If we had him, thats where we would play him.
But we have to be honest about this thing. Wade has a great midrange game, and Tyreke doesn't. If he did, this wouldn't even be an issue, and Thornton would already be sitting on the bench. The greatest diservice that Westphal did for this team, not counting, trying to get the best player on the team traded, was slowing the progress of Tyreke's overall improvement. For that reason, I would hate to give up on Tyreke. As I said, he's a unique talent, but he can no longer get by on just that talent. He has to improve his game. And this may be the first offseason that anyone is putting real pressure on him to do just that.
I'm a firm believer that players should, can and do improve. Some take longer than others. JT is an example of that. So I'd like to see what Tyreke can bring to the table next season and at the SG positon. Thats where Wade plays, and gets plenty of touches. And if Thornton doesn't like that, then make sure we sign Williams for insurance. But if someone comes and offers me a deal I can't refuse for Tyreke, then thats another story. Because Cousins is the only player on this team I deem untouchable.