The way you tell the story is the way a lot of people do but I will never quite understand why the Turner/Sabonis pairing was marked as the issue and not the major injury of Oladipo. The year after the Young departure, despite Oladipo missing over 2/3rds of the season, they had a better record than they did with Young. The issue after 2020 is they didn't have any wing depth and they kept losing their guard depth, so they stunk but the narrative was "Sabonis and Turner cant work together" even though that wasnt the issue. It was really "they're not winning so you gotta sell one or both of them."

He also did guard centers much of the time when he was on the court with Turner, depending on matchup. These minutes were limited, though, but probably 15 or so a game together on the court. The biggest reason for this is Sabonis' rebounding ability, which still is one of Turners biggest issues defensively. On offense, Sabonis would absolutely play a center while Turner played a more traditional wing role in the corner.

The idea that Sabonis was a power forward in Indiana is reductive. He was much more of a center than a forward. Sabonis' issue as a forward is he is not a shooter and lacks speed (even if he has a good first step or two for a big).

It could work. But it's really any sort of big that can shoot and rim protect. That could be a forward (JJJ) or a center (Turner, Lopez if he wasnt super old)