Who, what do you think about Austin Daye at the 4?
I don't know yet. I am waiting to see a bit more out of him at the position. I haven't seen the Pistons play much yet.
I expect him to struggle defensively. Offensively, I want to see how much progress he made in the offseason. If he can be an efficient 15-17ppg type threat that will go a long way. Daye has a lot of talent as a rebounding SF so he should be able to be a serviceable rebounder as a four.
His man to man defense is going to be a major struggle because of his lack of bulk/physicality but if he can play average team defense + supply that offensive punch and do a serviceable job on the glass ... it might work out.
One other thing worth noting -- big backcourt with Rip and Stuckey plus Tayshaun is very long. Good team defenders. Those perimeter guys can supply a lot of help defense (double teams will be needed often to protect Daye) and still get back to their own man and contest their shot. Ben Wallace too. It'll be much harder to play Daye at the four with a small backcourt like W.Bynum and B.Gordon.
