Posted by SupremeCommander:
I'm curious to which position people see Chandler playing? I still view him as more of a PF than a SF, which seemingly puts me in the minority.
I think he's a guy who can play down low as well as stretch the defense. We've seen him play tough defense against KG.
I see him as the poor man's Rasheed Wallace. I'm not sure he'll ever take over a gmae like Wallace once capable of, but I think Chandler will be a starter on a team and help more nights than he hurts.
It's tough. I think right now he still struggles against quick SF who have perimeter games. As a PF he creates mismatches because they can't come out to guard him. He can also battle and is a pretty good post defender. Problem is that he is in a similar situation to what Othella was in when he was hear. He can battle with those guys but everynight(at least right now) he is physically overmatched. Powe, Perkins and Davis were pushing our guys around like rag dolls. I think he's a tweener that can be good at both. Right now, I see him as more of a 4. In the future I still think his success is at the 3 primarily and sliding to the 4 depending on matchups.
I think in D'Antoni's system his rotations are set up to create mismatches. As we get more versatile players to play alongside Chandler we can slide him back and forth between positions and he probably won't have a defined one. By adding more balance it will make him a betetr player.
