Phoenix Suns Daily News: Redd Not Ready, Shaking Up the Lineup, and So Much More

is to add enthusiasm/hustle in the line-up in order to get things going for our starters – I know that’s weird considering that’s what JYD’s staple is supposed to be… but clearly Ronnie Price’s hustle has out-shined anyone on this team.

Not sure what is up with Dudley – supposedly his new go to move that he worked on this summer was his head fake step in shot – but he has yet to hit it. In fact he’s been pretty severely inaccurate. Add to that his three-ball is looking very flat and rushed as well. Maybe it’s still about his rhythm much like Frye and hopefully a move back to the bench will jilt his mechanism.

Price was everywhere though – he didn’t score, but he was hounding on defense, getting his body and hands in passing lanes and knocking down balls. I like him as a firestarter.

I also really loved how Robin Lopez continued to show his aggressiveness – a continuation from the Bulls game, he came in and just beat up guys that were trying easy buckets. It’s like Tom Chambers has been saying pre-and-post game, we need to be more physical and hit people.

Josh Childress said it best when describing his own situation: “Coach is just trying to figure out lineups and what works I love the bench…”

Cross one of our targets off the list.

If Wolves extend Love, then the FO’s “2012 plan”= praying for Dwight, Deron, or Eric Gordon

But that is because I want to see Keef and Brown start instead of Price being in there with Steve, but really it doesn’t matter that much to me. I did like seeing a roster change and we have to figure out what rotation balances us out the most (as far as offensive flow and on the defensive end).

The Knicks have no guards, so starting price and nash is fine. But how would Price handle guarding Manu, Kobe, Harden, Wade, etc etc etc…

He can’t, and neither can Nash.

Price is not an answer.

Price is undersized, but he’s great at ball pressure. He’s like a more athletic Lindsey Hunter. He might not be able to stop Kobe, but he will get a few steals and disrupt the opposing offense. Plus, Hill will take care of those scorers.

Morris barely played and Price was super-super ineffective. Brown was the guy who was in during crunch time, not Price.

Frye had a really good defensive showing last night with 4 blocks and looked like he was beginning to turn the corner offensively by draining 3 of 4 3pt attempts. Frye finding his stroke is exactly what this team has been waiting for. I mean, there were large chunks of last season where we were relying on Frye to be our primary scorer and for the most part he didn’t disappoint.

Nash/Price/Telfair
Brown/Redd/Dudz
Hill/Dudz/J-Chill :(
Frye/Morris/Warrick
Gortat/Lopez/Morris

Obviously, I want Redd to become the starter once he becomes acclimated with the offense and is back in basketball shape.

We can’t continue to roll out a 12 man rotation. We gotta trim it down by at least two players so everyone has an established role on the team. I wouldn’t mind seeing Morris and Frye on the court at the same time along with Nash, Dudley, and Redd. I mean, how many teams can send out five very good three-point shooters at once while also not sacrificing any size?