Read somewhere that Len practiced in Maryland with his former college coaches during the offseason. Getting back to basics helped him, he tried simplifying things and it looks like he has, the Suns seem to be expecting less of him also, not trying to run the offense through him or trying to get him to hit 18 footers.
The Suns desperately need a big man coach on the staff though, it might be too late for Len, but we still have Bender and Chriss here for the next 3-4 years, at least. Chandler doesn't seem to be cutting it, it doesn't seem he's helped Len at all since he's been here. He's not the sort of guy who can teach offense either because he was never really an offensive threat. There wasn't a big man on Watson's staff last year either but there should be. I believe Mark West is still in the front office and he works with some of our bigs but he was really only good for 6 smart fouls when he played, with maybe 1/4 of the offense Chandler has. I'm not sure who is available out there, as far as full time developmental coaches but the Suns should have looked to send Len to work with someone like Hakeem at least once over the last few summers, who holds camps for players every summer that a lot of NBA players attend, not just Centers. The list of players who have worked with him is pretty impressive. Maybe it wouldn't help Len but it couldn't have hurt.
