How to Improve
With 10-day contracts as an option, the Suns have a variety of ways to improve.
Needs: Pretty much depth at every position but the wings. However, one thing I think the Suns need is a guy like Brandon Roy or Danny Granger who can take over a game by scoring from everywhere and making key defensive plays. Amare may seem to be that guy, but I'd prefer the main guy to be someone who can hit from downtown and more versatile defensively. Obviously, there's no one out there like that, but I'm jus' sayin'.
Actual guys to get: Courtney Sims, Darius Miles, Jannero Pargo
These guys could fill the last 3 spots on the roster and combine to provide depth at all positions, 1-5. Sims, a 6'11," 230-pound, 25-year old, in the D-League. He is easily the best big-man in the D-League. He's numbers are phenomenal - (per game averages) 22.7 points, 12.5 boards, 2.7 blocks, 58.5% from the field. I've never seen him personally, so he might just be an Amare-esque defender (big blocks but not much else) - or he could be like Camby. Not sure. Either way, he adds frontcourt depth, and we might be able to catch lightning in a bottle with this guy.
Darius Miles is an NBA veteran who hasn't really played a meaningful game for 3-4 years. That said, he's athletic, with the potential to be a solid player. On the plus side, we could pick him up off waivers, and even if he sucks, play him twice, and screw over the T-blazers. Now, they're a good team and haven't really done anything wrong to Phoenix (unlike the Lakers/Spurs), but making another contender worse makes the Suns better.
Jannero Pargo is over in Russia playing, but has made some notions about coming over for the right amount of money - I doubt it'll be over $3 million for the rest of the year. Pargo was a fine backup point guard for the Hornets last year, and could do the same for the Suns this year. He can shoot, handle, and defend. Unfortunately, I can't seem to find his stats in Russia.
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Hey J-G, you've sold me on Sims =)
tooo bad we can’t afford Pargo.
by ZonaFlash on
Jan 8, 2009 9:15 PM MST
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Yeah
I’ve been thinking that. But he’s clearly the best option out there. Livingston’s off, and Dee Brown?
"I'm a man who discovered the wheel and built the Eiffel Tower out of metal and brawn. That's what kind of man I am. You're just a woman with a small brain. With a brain a third the size of us. It's science." - Ron Burgundy
by J-Gao on
Jan 8, 2009 9:54 PM MST
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Livingston
is available – the Grizz waived him hours after signing him in some kind of strange salary cap / lux tax game that I don’t understand.
But I think the real issue is there’s not enough minutes anyway. The Suns want to be able to play LB and just backing up JRich isn’t enough time for him. He’s too productive. So they have him also backing up Nash.
If you bring in another PG he’s not going to play at all and Pargo is much more of an LB type combo scoring guard anyway so unless LB get’s traded there’s really no need to pay Pargo.
As for the bigs – well you know were I stand on Sims.
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by Phoenix Stan on
Jan 9, 2009 8:50 AM MST
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Then why not Livingston
I doubt he would expect to play many minutes.
"I'm a man who discovered the wheel and built the Eiffel Tower out of metal and brawn. That's what kind of man I am. You're just a woman with a small brain. With a brain a third the size of us. It's science." - Ron Burgundy
by J-Gao on
Jan 9, 2009 12:56 PM MST
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forget Livingston - the name is bad karma for the Suns.
Don’t you remember the guy who ruined Gugliotta’s knee?
April 29, 2008 Total Eclipse of the Sun. Is the sky falling?
by Hawk42 on
Jan 9, 2009 1:10 PM MST
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you guys are one of the highest percentage shooting teams in the league
and you need another scorer? jeez. I thought Richardson was that guy your talking about, he can do all the things you want, and you just acquired him.
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by appel82 on
Jan 9, 2009 10:15 AM MST
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the main problem with the suns is that once steve nash comes out of the game are offense stalls. We have leandro barbosa who is great, but we need another person who can run the offense. Dragic and barbosa is good but another would be nice. There also is the need for someone to replace shaq’. are players are just two old we need more youth. I watched robin lopez for his 2 years at Stanford and he could become a great player
by flyincow555 on
Jan 11, 2009 8:54 PM MST
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i agree with everything
except this: "Dragic and barbosa is good… "
dragic = no good
barbosa = good
HUGE DIFFERENCE.
by ryansunsfan on
Jan 13, 2009 7:55 AM MST
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