J-Rich and Turk to Magic

[SweetD]

Here some highlights of Gortat he is alot more athletic then I thought.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuxwxBQNSQk

Here is a nice dunk against us.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qanXefhhGEk&feature=related

Maybe we can bring back Maciej Lampe also

Here is another with better quality.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhfjQw4HewQ&feature=fvw

I like the pick & roll finishs on this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yaWoKx2p6E&feature=related

 

[Mainstreet]

It is interesting to note, the Suns now have 4 center type players in Lopez, Gortat, Barron and Siler. This is not even counting Frye.

 

[Chaplin]

It is interesting to note, the Suns now have 4 center type players in Lopez, Gortat, Barron and Siler. This is not even counting Frye.

Barron and/or Siler are destined for the waiver wire. I'll be surprised if Siler is still with the team after this coming week. Especially now that Gani is back.

 

[Mainstreet]

Barron and/or Siler are destined for the waiver wire. I'll be surprised if Siler is still with the team after this coming week. Especially now that Gani is back.

Let me enjoy my momentary pleasure of enjoying the Suns having 5 centers on their roster.

I do think Siler has the skills to develop so I would like for the Suns to hold onto him. The Suns have the luxury of being able to trade one of their three wings to improve themselves in Dudley, Childress and Pietrus (if they so desire). I'm thinking the Suns want to keep Dudley because of team chemistry.

 

[Chaplin]

Let me enjoy my momentary pleasure of enjoying the Suns having 5 centers on their roster.

I do think Siler has the skills to develop so I would like for the Suns to hold onto him. The Suns have the luxury of being able to trade one of their three wings to improve themselves in Dudley, Childress and Pietrus (if they so desire). I'm thinking the Suns want to keep Dudley because of team chemistry.

I think it's hard to gauge just what exactly the Suns want to do about the wing situation. It's obvious we had/have a logjam there, and yet they didn't really help anything when they replaced two wings with another two wings. Keeping Dudley helps team chemistry, but I'm not so sure the team considers him a keeper right now.

 

[sunsfan88]

Anyone else watching the Orlando game to see how Richardson and most importantly Clark play with them?

 

[Chaplin]

Anyone else watching the Orlando game to see how Richardson and most importantly Clark play with them?

One word: Yuck. At the half, it's 45-38. The Magic could only score 38 points in the first half. JRich probably isn't used to that.

JRich and Hedo were in the starting lineup but Gilbert Arenas has more points off the bench with 8.

 

[sunsfan88]

One word: Yuck. At the half, it's 45-38. The Magic could only score 38 points in the first half. JRich probably isn't used to that.

JRich and Hedo were in the starting lineup but Gilbert Arenas has more points off the bench with 8.

Yea I want Orlando to do bad so we get a good draft pick.

And hopefully if J-Rich does bad, he'll then realize he's only good with Nash

Watching Turkoglu suck is just a bonus

 

[AfroSuns]

Yea I want Orlando to do bad so we get a good draft pick.

And hopefully if J-Rich does bad, he'll then realize he's only good with Nash

Watching Turkoglu suck is just a bonus

I wish them the opposite of everything, it is lame when you hope to profit from someone else doing bad.Classy!
I hope the Suns improve, i hope JRich does well.

Watching the game and Hawks are really exploiting the JRich/Joe and Hedo/Smith matchups.

 

[Chaplin]

Today's press conference. They're a bunch of pretty entertaining guys, even Vince. Pietrus appears to have a really good sense of humor.

http://www.nba.com/suns/video/2010/12/20/presserplayers101220wmv-1499999/index.html

 

[mojorizen7]

Let me enjoy my momentary pleasure of enjoying the Suns having 5 centers on their roster.

I do think Siler has the skills to develop so I would like for the Suns to hold onto him. The Suns have the luxury of being able to trade one of their three wings to improve themselves in Dudley, Childress and Pietrus (if they so desire). I'm thinking the Suns want to keep Dudley because of team chemistry.

Health permitting of course, having a potential frontline combo of Lopez/Gortat/Frye could present a decent matchup against some of the bigger teams...including LA.
Its not very athletic.....but its tall,long,fairly strong and versatile as long as Lopez continues to develop his 15 foot jumper,and if Frye is on a streak from deep.

I agree that the SUNS aren't done yet in terms of solving the logjam at SF.

 

[Proteus]

Is Hill going to return next season? If not then we'd be down to 3 wings assuming Carter is gone as well.

 

[SunsTzu]

Is Hill going to return next season? If not then we'd be down to 3 wings assuming Carter is gone as well.

Pietrus has a player option too and could likely be looking for more money in a weak FA class.

 

[sunsfan88]

Is Hill going to return next season? If not then we'd be down to 3 wings assuming Carter is gone as well.

I hope he does. With the way he's playing, I think he play til 40 at least.

 

[Diamondback Jay]

I thought Pietrus had a good career ahead of him when he came into the league, but he keeps getting traded so not sure about him. We have to watch and see how he works out.

This is the first time Piétrus has been traded in his career. He was drafted by Golden State in 2003 and left in 2008 to sign with the Magic as a free agent.

The guy is a great fit for this offense and is (with apologies to Raja Bell) the best defensive player this team has had in quite some time. The Suns can and will find ways to utilize his strengths.

Between he and Gortat, this is a no lose trade for the Suns. Likelihood is, Clark will see scarce playing time in Orlando (if any), Türkoğlu is horrendously overpaid and quite frankly I'd have been satisfied if the Suns got a bag of used jockstraps for him. J Rich is a tough loss, but one I'm willing to see the Suns make for this return. They get two good chips to work with, Vince Carter and a first round pick essentially for Jason Richardson. That's a steal folks.

 

[Mulli]

This is the first time Piétrus has been traded in his career. He was drafted by Golden State in 2003 and left in 2008 to sign with the Magic as a free agent.

The guy is a great fit for this offense and is (with apologies to Raja Bell) the best defensive player this team has had in quite some time. The Suns can and will find ways to utilize his strengths.

Between he and Gortat, this is a no lose trade for the Suns. Likelihood is, Clark will see scarce playing time in Orlando (if any), Türkoğlu is horrendously overpaid and quite frankly I'd have been satisfied if the Suns got a bag of used jockstraps for him. J Rich is a tough loss, but one I'm willing to see the Suns make for this return. They get two good chips to work with, Vince Carter and a first round pick essentially for Jason Richardson. That's a steal folks.

Seems like that is more than the Suns were offered for Amare. Weird.

 

[leclerc]

I like the trade. Getting bigger and tougher inside with Gortat, better defensively with a shooter in Pietrus (who are we gonna keep on the wing guys?) while at the same time ditching Hedo and opening things up for Dragic with the second unit.

J. Rich was good but signing him to a long term contract was not very likely (are we turning into the Clippers? - No, they have better young talent). Hedo didn't work here at all and Clark has been a disappointment so far.

Not a good drafting job by whoever was in charge at the time. Although I do admit he looked like the best talent on paper.

 

[FArting]

Why can't I see the press conference. When I clicked on the link nothing came up.

 

[Diamondback Jay]

Not a good drafting job by whoever was in charge at the time. Although I do admit he looked like the best talent on paper.

The draft is the ultimate crapshoot. I had very high hopes for Clark coming out of Louisville. Thought he was going to be a very good fit in Phoenix too. Sometimes things work, sometimes they don't.

 

[BC867]

Why can't I see the press conference. When I clicked on the link nothing came up.

Try this site. It worked yesterday and today.

http://www.nba.com/suns/video/2010/12/20/presserplayers101220wmv-1499999/index.html

Does anyone know who the guy in the white shirt to our right of the three new players is? I thought it might be Mark West (if he is still Asst. GM), but it didn't look like him.

Although the players had to introduce themselves, the fourth guy didn't say a word.

 

[AfroSuns]

Clark not playing bad for Magic against Mavericks

 

[sunsfn]

Forgot this.

((Does anyone know who the guy in the white shirt to our right of the three new players is? I thought it might be Mark West (if he is still Asst. GM), but it didn't look like him. ))



I think that could be Lance Blanks General Manager?

 

[Superbone]

Forgot this.

((Does anyone know who the guy in the white shirt to our right of the three new players is? I thought it might be Mark West (if he is still Asst. GM), but it didn't look like him. ))



I think that could be Lance Blanks General Manager?

Yep, definitely Blanks.

 

[jagu]

Clark not playing bad for Magic against Mavericks

Hedo's dunk attempt kind of killed the game for the Magic. Jrich was heating up at the end of that game but he was pretty invisible for most of the game.

 

[BC867]

(Does anyone know who the guy in the white shirt to our right of the three new players is? I thought it might be Mark West (if he is still Asst. GM), but it didn't look like him. )

I think that could be Lance Blanks General Manager?

That makes sense. Thanks. It's interesting that, the way he dressed and where they had him sitting, he looked more like a fourth player in the trade than GM.