Confused…
According to Coach Carlisle, Furphy looks "unflappable, like he's gonna go out there and play the same way all the time. Hit first, running, great teammate… in this game tonight he started at the 5 position."
Then Pascal was asked about (I assume) Furphy and he said "good, just another body. He's tall and he can rebound, and then just playing within what we do. I mean… he's been good for us, obviously a little awkward for me being out at the 5 but…"
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Well, either him or Pascal were the 5. Helps when Bam isn’t that tall I guess, but it was a weird lineup.
Furphy is a lot bigger than he was in college and he’s an elite rebounder. People are too weird about positions, most forwards can play center, most guards can play some level of forward. The skills are all overlapping. It’s like Nembhard playing PG, that’s entire point of drafting resourceful players.
He’s probably grown and put on weight. It’s pretty natural from 18-25 to put on weight, I wouldn’t be surprised if Furphy has and so they are playing him between SF/PF/C. He looks way bigger than he is listed and in prior years. If Furphy can become Troy Murphy without the bad defense, we got a player. I think that’s what he can do in the NBA. Elite rebounder and shooter at his height open the offense. I bet they even play Furphy at center when Haliburton comes back.