He plays at SG because Charlotte had Wallace and Phoenix had Hill. He can definitely play SF. And If I recall correctly, I think he played some SF in Charlotte, next to Wallace at PF and Okafor at C.
Look at his PER playing at the SF position. J-rich can only play there for certain spurts, he played SG 75% of the time in Charlotte too. I wouldn't count on him being a full time starter at the 3. http://www.82games.com/0809/08CHA6.HTM#bypos http://www.82games.com/0809/08PHO7.HTM#bypos
He's a good player, but if you would click on the link, it would show you J-Rich's 4.3 PER while playing SF for Charlotte
http://www.82games.com/0708/07CHA6C.HTM 21.1 last year at the small forward position, and with 53% of his minutes too. He was hampered by injuries in Charlotte this season.
Maybe, which is why I would rather stand pat. But either of those guys leaving would be kinda stupid. A tandem of Roy and Oden (at least what we hope he becomes) with either of those 2 would be lethal
Richardson's SF stats in Golden State http://www.82games.com/03GSW7C.HTM 20.6 at SF in 03-04 http://www.82games.com/04GSW5C.HTM 23.6 at SF in 04-05 http://www.82games.com/0506/05GSW6C.HTM 21.5 at SF in 05-06 Plus, he's had a significantly higher win% at small forward for all those seasons. I'd say he can play SF. Unless he suddenly got dumb in the brain and stopped giving effort at the SF position.
Yes he did have a good year last year But I wouldn't want a 6'6 guy at SF when his natural position is SG and he usually plays SF when a team goes to small-ball.
Amare I can pretty much guarantee would leave unless Portland is ready to open the vault. Money is his number one motive, he said himself that he's a businessman first. Bosh would be more likely to stick around, but he simply not worth the money he'll be paid.
Look at his stats in Golden State. It all leads to him being able to play SF efficiently. Is he good on defense? Hell no, but he's just as bad on D at the SG position.
Both are more face-up players than low-post fixtures. Bosh strikes me as just as aggressive at attacking the hoop as Amare. Oden is a low-post player, so a face-up attacker at power forward who can shoot would be a good complement. Of course, Portland has one in Aldridge, so there's no real need to make a move. I think Bosh is better than Aldridge because he's more aggressive, so I'd be somewhat interested in him. Stoudemire's regression this year is concerning, plus he plays worse defense than Aldridge and has attitude issues, so I'm significantly less interested in Stoudemire.
