Slinslin, "Well with Zarko hopefully being able to play well with Amare at the 2 big positions it will make things easier for Amare next season and making up for the offseason surgery."
From everything I've read about Zarko it seems extrememly optimistic to hope he can play C or PF in the NBA. Even the hypesters say he can't defend and doesn't rebound well because he dislikes heavy contact - his slender frame makes that quite believeable. He says himself that he likes playing on the perimeter. On the other hand, I can imagine a typical NBA SF having a field day against him, too. And don't forget he's already 22 years old so he's proably close to physical maturity. To me he sounds like Dan Langhi all over again, right down to his shooting touch. Someone posted in here, recently, 2 years of his stats in Euroleauge play - 9/42 or 21% shooting 3 pointers.
Barbosa's hype, at least, says the right stuff - a good defender, fast, and likes to penetrate. We have to take it with a grain of salt but if it's close to the mark he'll be a very good fit. With his reported 'wing span' he should be able to defend most SGs, so he could play alongside Marbs if that's desireable on other counts.
Overall, the Suns drafting the last two years has been 'defeatist' in a sense - it's like our guys don't believe it's possible to get a decent inside player after the tenth pick so they pick only perimeter players. So we parlay three late picks in the two deepest drafts of recent years into one good sounding PG and two weak defending. questionable long range shooters while passing on guys like Boozer, Gadzuric, Lampe, and Cook, among others. Better they take a flyer on someone like Shortsiantis then leave Amare all alone in the paint.
