Is Luol Deng a good fit for the Suns??

[az jam]

Listening to the Doug & Wolf show this morning (they are both on vacation), Jon Bloom felt that Deng would be a good fit for the Suns to take Frye's place. Any thoughts on him??

 

[AzStevenCal]

Listening to the Doug & Wolf show this morning (they are both on vacation), Jon Bloom felt that Deng would be a good fit for the Suns to take Frye's place. Any thoughts on him??

He seems to be one of the better possible acquisitions. I have no idea if he'd fit on the court but I think he'd fit with the people if nothing else. Money might be an issue if he still thinks he's worth big bucks.

Steve

 

[elindholm]

To take Frye's place? They aren't very similar players and Deng is a terrible three-point shooter. Actually I think he's quite overrated in general, and I hope the Suns stay away.

 

[Suns_fan69]

To take Frye's place? They aren't very similar players and Deng is a terrible three-point shooter. Actually I think he's quite overrated in general, and I hope the Suns stay away.

I like him as a Tucker replacement, depending on his salary...

 

[95pro]

I like him as a Tucker replacement, depending on his salary...

he declined the bulls' 3yr/30mill offer, then they traded him. so he's probably looking for 11-12 per year.

 

[Errntknght]

I think Chi's offer was generous. I'd rather have Tucker for half that much... heck Tucker could improve his game a fair bit just by learning to pass the ball out when he grabs a offensive rebound in traffic. The learning experience may require a 2 X 4 to get his attention.

 

[az jam]

I think Chi's offer was generous. I'd rather have Tucker for half that much... heck Tucker could improve his game a fair bit just by learning to pass the ball out when he grabs a offensive rebound in traffic. The learning experience may require a 2 X 4 to get his attention.

Deng is a far better scorer than Tucker averaging 16 points per game throughout his career including last year while PJ had has best season with just a 9 PPG average. However, as you stated Tucker will costs the Suns less.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Deng is a far better scorer than Tucker averaging 16 points per game throughout his career including last year while PJ had has best season with just a 9 PPG average. However, as you stated Tucker will costs the Suns less.

not just that, but I think we're coming to era of diminishing returns with Deng. He'll cost wayyyy too much money for too little impact, IMO.

 

[Rab]

I'm not a Deng fan myself. I think he's a bit overrated, especially at the contracts discussed. Someone will overspend for him, and I hope it's not us.


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[ASUCHRIS]

not just that, but I think we're coming to era of diminishing returns with Deng. He'll cost wayyyy too much money for too little impact, IMO.

No doubt...give me Tucker at 3-5 mil over Deng at 10-12 mil every day of the week.

 

[desertdawg]

If we over pay for Deng I'll be all like "dang".

 

[sunsfan88]

I prefer Ariza.

 

[Hoop Head]

I think Deng's PPG may be skewed by Chicago's slow it down/non existant offense the past few years. I'm not saying he would league in scoring or even the team but I think in a style like the Suns play he should be able to average around 16-20 PPG a year and be an impact on both offense and defense for the duration of a 3 year deal. However if the price is higher than 10 million per, I'd be against it. Ideally if we got him at 10 million a season if he could get locked into a Dragic type contact with no raises that would also help offset some of his cost since in 3 years he won't be as good or impactful but won't be costing us 12-13 million a year.

 

[PDXChris]

This is Deng in a nutshell. He will plays balls out defense and be extremely streaky on the offensive side of the ball until he gets hurt, which happens A LOT. Then he will play through the injury and most likely play more minutes at that point still playing great defense but having no offense at that point, which will leave his as a jump shooter that only makes about 30% of his shots.

When healthy, he can be a 20 PPG guy, but that is not often and as he has gotten older, that has become less frequently. Keep in mind that after we traded him away, we had the third best record in the league.

I would take him back for the MLE and nothing more at this point.

 

[elindholm]

I think Deng's PPG may be skewed by Chicago's slow it down/non existant offense the past few years. I'm not saying he would league in scoring or even the team but I think in a style like the Suns play he should be able to average around 16-20 PPG a year

Maybe, but his efficiency is still lousy. It's not Chicago's slow offense that causes Deng to shoot in the low 40s.

 

[Ronin]

Ken Berger @KBergCBS
League sources also say stars now align in post-decision world for Luol Deng to land in Phoenix. Several teams still in mix.

http://www.prosportsdaily.com/

 

[elindholm]

VOMIT

 

[sunsfan88]

http://www.prosportsdaily.com/

Makes no sense now, we already have Tucker locked up and our lottery pick backing him up.

 

[Sci Fi]

DOUBLE VOMIT.

Thibs ran Deng into the ground. Treated him like a plow horse. Dude can't shoot and one of his only benefits is he can handle high usage at moderate-low efficiency. Usage on the Suns is not needed. Tucker is actually great becuase he doesn't need usage. If this is McDonough's plan...

This LeBron chasing could turn into a disaster.

 

[slinslin]

That surely would mean that Hornacek expects the Twins and Warren to play at PF.

 

[Ronin]

Makes no sense now, we already have Tucker locked up and our lottery pick backing him up.

Agreed.

 

[TJ]

DOUBLE VOMIT.

Thibs ran Deng into the ground. Treated him like a plow horse. Dude can't shoot and one of his only benefits is he can handle high usage at moderate-low efficiency. Usage on the Suns is not needed. Tucker is actually great becuase he doesn't need usage. If this is McDonough's plan...

This LeBron chasing could turn into a disaster.

I dont think the LeBron chasing has anything to do with it so much as Phoenix simply isn't a landing spot for top-tier free agents. If McDonough wants to build a true winner in Phoenix, he needs to do so in the draft.

Whether or not McDonough was chasing LeBron, Deng would be one of our legitimate best options.

 

[JCSunsfan]

Makes no sense now, we already have Tucker locked up and our lottery pick backing him up.

Cmon. This is the Suns. He would be signing to play PF.

 

[devilalum]

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League sources also say stars now align in post-decision world for Luol Deng to land in Phoenix. Several teams still in mix.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Good lord do I not want Deng.