Can't speak for everyone, but a combination of a few things make me think he will be playing the 5 after next season. Pitino has made it clear publicly that he likes his power forwards to be able to shoot and put the ball on the floor from the perimeter. Since we haven't seen Gaston play, we don't know for sure that he can't do that, but I don't remember him attempting any jumpers in any of his videos and people who have described his game haven't mentioned anything about shooting, so the assumption is that he isn't a stretch 4 like Pitino likes. He's also more than big, strong and long enough to play center and seems like a low block player, which would make him a better fit at the 5 than the 4 here. With Martin already here, if Illikainen commits I'd imagine those two will split time at the 4. We also currently have zero centers on the roster after next season, so with Martin and possibly Illikainen at the 4 and empty spots at the 5, it makes sense that Gaston will probably slide to the 5 after next season. Pretty logical if you break it down. We'll see what happens when he gets here though and what other commitments we get. Obviously Illikainen isn't a guarantee.
