Not sure about him being better than Forrest overall. A more disruptive defender? Probably. But Forrest is showing some pretty keen awareness on offense that I never saw from Shaq (regardless of what team he was playing on).
For me, the argument isn’t Forrest vs Dunn. Instead, it’s Oni versus Dunn, THEN let Forrest and Dunn battle it out. If Dunn never earned a minute, that’d be totally fine with me. But Oni is done as far as I’m concerned; no question that Dunn gives us potential that we currently do not possess.
There’s also the issue of Q’s willingness to use situational defenders in short substitution patterns. If he’s not going to do this, then it doesn’t matter what we say about any of this ****, tbpfhwy.
Also, if we’re going to invest this much time in Forrest, then we better convert him from a two-way so that we can use him in the playoffs, if absolutely necessary. And, as soon as we see that this is even a remotely possible scenario, I want to see some extra leash extended so that he can really experiment with his forcefulness on both sides of the ball. Encourage that experimentation, pls. Especially on defense.