Play Brown at Power Forward

[KG Living Legend]

 On the positive side he did do well against Bender and Chriss defensively. This way we can hide his weakness's better as he develops.

 He doesn't shoot it well, but maybe we'll enough in the stretch four role, and he should be able to blow buy most fours from the three point line.

 He should be the small ball four this year and back up Crowder at SF that should give him solid minutes to develop.

 Small ball

 Horford
 Brown
 Crowder
 Avery
 Thomas
 

[jmen788]

Definitely not against that at all! Anything we can do to get him some minutes should be done- it's the only way he develops and we see what we've got.

[spikelovetheCelts]

I think Crowder will get the 4 in this lineup.
Look forward to some small ball this year.

[Evantime34]

I thought he got murdered guarding Portis at the 4 in the Bulls game. I haven't watched the Suns game yet, I plan on doing so after work.

[Ed Hollison]

Conceivably you could play him alongside Crowder (or something like that) at the 3 & 4 positions together, since both can guard either position. That’s what San Antonio likely would have tried with Durant and Kawhi Leonard on the same team, I figure.

So basically yes, I agree this could be a thing down the line.

[droopdog7]

I actually think we should consider playing him a SG.  Tired of being outsized by other teams, especially in the back court.  Time to be more physical.

[Fafnir]

Crowder played PF for us most of the end of last year, so I imagine in that proposed lineup he'd end up guarding the 4 most times.

[budMovin]

Small ball only works if you can stretch to floor with good shooting.

[OldSchoolDude]

Play Yabusele at both the 3 and 4, send Brown to the D-leauge.

[CFAN38]

I thought he got murdered guarding Portis at the 4 in the Bulls game. I haven't watched the Suns game yet, I plan on doing so after work.

He did but Portis is more of a traditional 4/5 big man with a solid post game. Not the kind of player you typically see a small ball 4 (a SF playing up a position) guarding. Typically teams have success when the small ball 4 is matchup up a stretch 4 who cant take advantage in the post. The biggest extreme example of this is last season when Smart was guarding Porzingis. For all his Talents Porzingis is really soft on the block and Smart was able to take advantage of this.

[hwangjini_1]

Play Yabusele at both the 3 and 4, send Brown to the D-leauge.

at the same time? 

[PaulP34]

I like Jaylen Brown at power forward. Crowder at Small Forward, Horford at Center, Bradley at SG and IT PG. We r gonna see a lot of different formations this coming year. In the end I see this

Isaiah Thomas PG/ Rozier PG
Jae Crowder PF/ Jaylen Brown PF
Al Horford SF/ Jaylen Brown SF
Avery Bradley SG/ Marcus Smart SG
Amir Johnson C/ trade for ?

Can see either Demarcus Cousins or Anthony Davis starting at Center by the playoffs.

[Evantime34]

I thought he got murdered guarding Portis at the 4 in the Bulls game. I haven't watched the Suns game yet, I plan on doing so after work.

He did but Portis is more of a traditional 4/5 big man with a solid post game. Not the kind of player you typically see a small ball 4 (a SF playing up a position) guarding. Typically teams have success when the small ball 4 is matchup up a stretch 4 who cant take advantage in the post. The biggest extreme example of this is last season when Smart was guarding Porzingis. For all his Talents Porzingis is really soft on the block and Smart was able to take advantage of this.

Oh ok, I can get behind playing him spot minutes at the 4 as long as it's not against the bigger 4's.

[Vermont Green]

I like the idea to the extent that he is probably going to have to play multiple positions to get court time.  He can be our Draymond Green.  He seems to have the type of personality that he won't care what position he is playing.  He'll just want to play.  I don't think his future is at PF though.  If he doesn't develop the skills necessary for SG or SF, he is in trouble.

[Chris22]

Brown at the 3 or the 2, not the 4.