Suns Sign Gordan Giricek

by TexSUN on Mar 4, 2008 1:12 PM MST in Phoenix Suns News

According to East Valley Tribune, Gordan Giricek is now officially a Sun.

Welcome to our ~~pity party~~ team, Gordan!

Seriously, kudos to the young man for sticking to his guns in all this. Here's a hypothetical conversation I'm hoping will take place in the Suns locker room today:

GG: Hey everyone! Why so gloomy?

Nash: Well, you may have read about it in the papers, things aren't going so well right now. I can't seem to get a handle on this, turnovers are up, defense is down, the losses are piling up. Everybody hates us now.

GG: Are you kidding me??? You're a two-time MVP! You can get the ball to anybody, any time, and when you can't get the ball to anybody, you can knock it down right between the eyes! You're the reason I wanted to play on this team!

Nash: Thanks, man. You just made my day. [Proceeds to lay about 20 assists on the Blazers while torching Steve Blake with 20 points of his own. All starters in double-figures, Suns win by 30.].

[Update 3:00PM MT]: Well worth the wait is Paul Coro's AZ Republic article on the signing, featuring some nice quotes from Giricek, as well as confirming that he will indeed be with the team tonight and is even expected to play.

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YEAH!

Now we can kick some ass, BIGTIME... Then again, maybe not...

Walk on, walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone You'll never walk alone

by Nobs on Mar 4, 2008 1:38 PM MST reply actions

I like

Well as long as Gordan can get some good production off the bench then i'll be happy. Sure as hell will make our second unit better, DJ is just too much of a work in progress to really contribute consistantly this year.

"I have heard that in war haste can be folly, but have never seen delay that was wise." Sun Tzu

by Turambar on Mar 4, 2008 2:35 PM MST reply actions

Oh yeahhhh!!!

Gordan Giricek! CHAMPIONSHIP BABY!!! ... lol... need to sort out some other issues too =\

by whatisboxhappening on Mar 4, 2008 2:56 PM MST reply actions

hey

i saw that espn had their lotto machine up. DJ Augustin sounds like a really good pick right about now. Is there really anyone else the suns should even consider? Bother than selling it for cash as is now unwelcome tradition.

"The only window that exists is this year"-Steve Nash

by jacksonian on Mar 4, 2008 3:14 PM MST reply actions

Not the Savior

Coach D says he's not the savior, but Coro is hoping this is the Second Coming of Tim Thomas.

Oh, what a beleaugered state we're in.

Mmmmm ... Guinness

by JSun on Mar 4, 2008 3:30 PM MST reply actions

All he needs to be is

the one extra little feather that was enough for the turkey to fly like a bird of prey.

"You can never have too many shooters." - Cotton

by ZonaFlash on Mar 4, 2008 4:12 PM MST up reply actions

Tim Thomas

I forgot to mention in the Blazer game thread where we were enumerating the personnel disasters in recent years. The failure to sign Tim Thomas.

'07-'08 Suns: It's clobberin' time!

by Hawk42 on Mar 4, 2008 4:39 PM MST up reply actions

I don't understand...

I liked Tim Thomas a lot. He saved our assess so many times. He was insoucient and cool as all hell.

But it was stolen time that could not be regained. Even if we signed him, he wouldn't be the same, I think.

"You can never have too many shooters." - Cotton

by ZonaFlash on Mar 4, 2008 4:42 PM MST up reply actions

Agreed

Agreed ... and a no-brainer. Look what he did for the Clips -- nothing. Look what he did before that -- next to nothing. Suns made a good move by not over-paying him like the Clips did.

Mmmmm ... Guinness

by JSun on Mar 4, 2008 4:49 PM MST up reply actions

TT

I agree with you except for one thing - the money he would have gotten was used for Banks. And he suffered with the Clips because they have no Nash.

'07-'08 Suns: It's clobberin' time!

by Hawk42 on Mar 4, 2008 6:06 PM MST up reply actions

3 yrs $5m for TT

no thanks

Phx - where Hrvati happen

by Seth Pollack on Mar 4, 2008 4:52 PM MST up reply actions

Nice to have another

S-H-O-O-T-E-R-!-!-!-!

"You can never have too many shooters." - Cotton

by ZonaFlash on Mar 4, 2008 3:36 PM MST reply actions

Very Weird

I just went to nba.com to look up his stats, and he is not listed as a current player.

Very unsettling.

Mmmmm ... Guinness

by JSun on Mar 4, 2008 3:36 PM MST reply actions

Crap

Now I have to dust off my Serbo-Croatian dictionary (from when I was in the Army in Tuzla in 1996) to insult this guy when he proceeds to shoot 30% and not add anything to this team....or on the Bright Side I could be praising him to the heavens and buying rounds of pivo for everyone...

Frankly, I have no clue or expectation what this guy will bring.

I think the Suns problems aren't going to be solved by adding a guy that got kicked out of Utah who needed a shooter and got one in return (and went on a tear after the trade) and couldn't play for the 76ers.

But, according to media flack Tom Chambers he is a better player then Brent Barry. There is that.

where monsters hap

by Seth Pollack on Mar 4, 2008 3:48 PM MST reply actions

I certainly don't think he'll hurt

but I've always thought that he's completely useless as a player. He's not even that good of a 3PT shooter, more of a mid-range guy.

by rsavaj on Mar 4, 2008 4:00 PM MST up reply actions

He won't hurt from the bench...

that's likely where he'll be as soon as the Suns get a few points behind

Phx - where Hrvati happen

by Seth Pollack on Mar 4, 2008 4:04 PM MST up reply actions

From what I saw

G-square got booted from Utah b/c of interpersonal problems with Sloan, not because he sucked.

Then in Philly, why trade Korver for someone similar?

Because they didnt want to win as much anymore with Korver, they wanted an expiring contract which they got. That trade for Philly was not about a player, it was about getting cheap and losing with their young players. (And beating a sloppy suns team too.)

A small positive thing not to miss was that the Sixers were very motivated to keep G-square out of their conference. You typically only make those conditions if you feel he was still a small risk to hurt the SIXERS.

Whether his 3PT% mark will improve in PHX just depends on whether we can get him open or not.

"You can never have too many shooters." - Cotton

by ZonaFlash on Mar 4, 2008 4:10 PM MST up reply actions

Gettting shooters open

that's really the key isn't it.

This is my point about Raja. I don't think his numbers are down (back to where they were before coming here) b/c he's getting worse. They are down b/c he isn't getting all those wide open 3's he used to get when the Suns played like the Warriors do now.

I don't have a problem w/ that. The Suns (or Warriors) couldn't win only play fast. The Suns were slowing it down and working more on half court sets all year even before the trade.

Now of course they look like a pre-season team so of course Bell isn't open. No one is. I don't see how GG will be any different.

He can't create his shot like Hill can right? Is he going to get open looks w/ LB running point?

He's a best a nice insurance player that could spot start if there's injuries. But he won't end up playing much after a few quick looks from Diantoni unless someone goes down.

Phx - where Hrvati happen

by Seth Pollack on Mar 4, 2008 4:27 PM MST up reply actions