AD is good as a guy who can switch between 4 and 5, not solely play one spot. Against the Bucks, AD should play at the 4 to cover Giannis. Against the Nuggets, AD should play the 5 (at least on defense) to cover Jokic. In 2019-2020, we had enough size off the bench so AD could switch like this. Since then, the roster hasn’t had enough backup bigs and wings. This year’s team is the closest to correcting this error, but not quite there yet.

Tim Duncan played the 4 for a reason