First, it’s not stupid, and I was curious to see where this went. Can Martin “play” @ SF? He can in certain matchup’s. But can he over the course of a full game and a full season? No, and there are multiple reasons for this. A, he’s pretty skinny, B his quickness is a problem for SG’s too, C he can defend PG’s if he ever doesn’t have ankle issue’s all the time, and D, the team needs him more at SG than they do at SF.

An interesting concept until you consider that players such as Artest are also SFs. Imagine Martin trying to do his thing while being mugged by Ron-Ron. Not pretty.

And, as P-double-oh-k pointed out, Martin is needed more at SG than SF. We have Garcia, Greene and Noc at Sf already. At SG, we have…well, Kevin Martin.

Sorry for the short post (new to this). The splits caught my eye and I decided to point all of you in that direction. Since my basketball knowledge probably lacks the depth necessary to analyse the situation more thoroughly I thought I would leave that to the patrons of sactownroyalty…the most knowledgeable Kings fans to ever exist.

On the production scale, Martin at SG is a +9.1 and a +7.8 at SF. And he played only minor minutes at SF (4% of all available).

Further, in large part the difference between SFs and SGs is just semantics. With the right point guard, and if the center and power forwards were excellent rebounders, you could play two SGs. (With Salmons and Martin, that’s basically what the Kings did. They lacked the right point guard and good frontcourt rebounding.)

This is one of the weird things about basketball. we’re told there are 5 positions, PG,SG,SF,PF, and C, but they are only names that exist as a means for us to generalize what a player is supposed to play like on the Offensive end. Really it seems you could simplify it further saying you’ve got a PG, 2 wing players who generally have similar skillsets, and then 2 power players who play closer to the basket.

The point being, it doesn’t matter what position you say Kevin is playing, you’re still gonna run the same plays and put him in the same position to succeed with his skillset.

Positions don’t really exist on the defensive end, teams handle defensive assignments the same way we all do in a pickup game, you look around and size up your opponent, assigning coverage to whomever can do the best job, maximizing any advantageous matchups you can.

For a couple of reasons. One, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Secondly, TZ makes a great point – if we had Duncan and Robinson up front, rebounding wouldn’t be an issue. But we need a willing rebounder at the 3, and while Martin isn’t awful for a guard, he isn’t one to go sticking his nose in with the tall timber needlessly. Lastly, with his injury history, more banging for Martin is probably a bad thing. Just get the man’s ankle healthy and let him rip…

Actually, that gem came from one of the other regulars, in a discussion about playing Donte at the 3 or 4. Sorry, but I cant remember who to give proper credit.

In most cases, Martin is quick enough to score on Bigger SF’s. But, bigger sf’s will be able to shoot over Martin or post him up. So, you might not even win the scoring advantage especially with guys like Artest or Durant.

A health Martin, is big & quick enough to go after most SG’s, both offensively & defensively.