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Only two months until training camp starts and the search for the Suns' rebounding begins.

Who WILL rebound for Phoenix this year? Will Lopez step it up and get 10 a night for us? Someone has to get the ball for us. Really, someone has to. :D
 

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Who WILL rebound for Phoenix this year? Will Lopez step it up and get 10 a night for us? Someone has to get the ball for us. Really, someone has to. :D

Lopez will always be an underachieving rebounder for his size IMO. Which means this team will have to rebound by committee....AGAIN.
 

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Maybe Lopez's rebounding could increase with more commitment on the boards like Camby.
 

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Maybe Lopez's rebounding could increase with more commitment on the boards like Camby.

Is that what Camby did? Made a commitment to getting boards? At what point in his career?
 

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it will be gang rebounding,
i think 3 to 4 players will average 6 rpg

This is what they often had to do last year WITH Amare. The only drawback is that it totally negates the fast break.
 

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They're just gonna have to shoot lights out....which is why i loathe this system.

When they traded Shaq they made up their minds to rely more on the jump shot. Now that Amare is gone they have gone even further into that rabbit hole.

I know hindsight is 20/20 but it seems like with all the trades free agent moves etc...we could have placed a higher priority on getting someone on this team that can play in the paint. It's not like this team has been totally devoid of talent to figure something out.
 
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When they traded Shaq they made up their minds to rely more on the jump shot. Now that Amare is gone they have gone even further into that rabbit hole.

I know hindsight is 20/20 but it seems like with all the trades free agent moves etc...we could have placed a higher priority on getting someone on this team that can play in the paint. It's not like this team has been totally devoid of talent to figure something out.

Be prepared to see Hill and Richardson take guys down low into the post area. :D
 

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It is still a couple of months until camp starts. Who knows, maybe the Suns will have a real GM by then.
 

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mojorizen7 said:
They're just gonna have to shoot lights out....which is why i loathe this system.

So do I, but when you have clutch shooters, you can win many games in the regular season - AND - catch lightning in a bottle in the playoffs. Suns did it in 2006 and could do it again in 2011.

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Be prepared to see Hill and Richardson take guys down low into the post area. :D

Comedy Gold.
 

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Why is that comedy gold? JRich is easily our best low-post player. And yes, he's a guard, but there's no denying he's damn good down there.

I find it funny that our 'low-post' 'back-to-the-basket' options would be small forward/shooting guards. Lighten up a bit...
 

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Why is that comedy gold? JRich is easily our best low-post player. And yes, he's a guard, but there's no denying he's damn good down there.

It makes sense. I expect Hedo to be used much like Dirk was when Nash was PG in Dallas, which will either pull his man out of the paint or open him up for wide open three's. J-Rich will be open to post up the other PG. If the opponent switchs defensive assignments, Hedo get to shoot over much shorter guys.

IMHO, the Suns starters will be pretty potent on offense, even if Lopez is just the same as last season. I'm more concerned about defense, but it's not like Amare was a GREAT defender.
 

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