the league minumum is 13, and this year, almost all the teams are going to stick with 13, because of the economy. The max is 15, from what I remember, and most teams will be dropping players before the season begins.

The Suns rarely carry more than 13 guys on their roster during the season, at least in recent years. In fact, they’ve even gone long stretches (as long as possible, per league rules) with 12, such as in the weeks after the 3-for-2 trade last year, when they only picked Sims up on a 15-day contract right at the deadline.

Anyway, the 13th guy usually spends a lot of his time in the D-League.

I appreciate the information. I have a few brief thoughts on our prospects this year.

I think the two key guys who can impact how the season goes for us, as well as our playoff hopes, are Dragic and Lopez. If Dragic has a good enough season, then Nash will be rested and hopefully healthy for the playoffs. And if Lopez does a decent enough job at the 5 spot (average 10 points, 8 rebounds, and play good defense), then Stoudamire can do his thing at the 4 spot and Frye can play well off the bench and get lots of playing time in either the 4 or 5 spots.

If Lopez doesn’t do well enough to start and Frye has to start, or worst yet we have to move Amar’e to the 5 spot, then we still might put up lots of points but so will whoever we play. Our best chance if all the other players perform more or less as well as they’re supposed to or capable of, is for Dragic and Lopez to have a good season for us. And if on top of that, E.Clark can surprise us off the bench as a rookie, lookout western conference!

I felt that too.A weird feeling of incomplete.The other teams that have good PG beat us in that position and we need a rival for them.A PG with some balls,scrappy,makes some stops,steals.A mini Rodman like, but PG and one more big like some type of back to the basket post player or a tyson chandler like shot blocker who can run fast breaks.