Loooooooooooooooouuuuuuu!!!
- Thread starter Shzm13
- Start date
LV-Suns
Go Suns
- Joined
- Nov 11, 2007
- Posts
- 2,182
- Reaction score
- 0
Weird note
Louie rides a bike to the gym everyday.
Louie rides a bike to the gym everyday.
mojorizen7
ASFN Addict
How did Amundsen get his own thread?
dodie53
A. O. II
lou always gives his 100%.
props to him.
props to him.
DeAnna
Just A Face in The Crowd
LoL, Leander interviewed him after the game. Yes, he is going green and rides his bike to work everyday (he lives downtown). He said his teammates give him a hard time about it and try to run him over when they see him on his bike.
Andrew
flamboyantly righteous!
He is a tough presence out there...
Errntknght
Registered User
Lou is a great bench guy... just the kind of player the Suns have always spurned, to my dismay.
D'Antoni spurned the Bo Outlaw type guys, but some of the other coaches loved energy guys.
Amundson has some pretty good per minute stats in only 8.3 minutes a game:
Points 2.5 or 0.30 per minute (50% from the field)
Rebounds 2.0 or 0.241
Errntknght
Registered User
George,
I'm not just talking about energy, also hard nosed guys who like mixing it up around the hoop. Not John McLeod. Cotton loved talking about dirt workers but keeping them on the roster was another matter - I remember when the Suns got Xavier McDaniel and I thought we finally had a guy with a bit of nasty in him only to watch Cotton let him rot on the bench. Paul Weshphal? Danny Ainge? You'd think Skiles would have liked that kind of player but if he did he hid it well. Frank Johnson talked about it but his idea was to make over little Jake - which failed miserably.
It always seemed to me that the Suns had a knack for finding guys that looked like they ought to be bruisers but were softies in disguise - Armon Gilliam, James Edwards, Danny Schayes, Joe Kleine, Mark Bryant, Rodney Rogers, Gheorgi Gluckov, Tim Kempton - to name a few off the top of my head. Mark West wasn't in that category but he was the master of the ticky tack foul - just think of the difference it'd have made if he'd gotten full value for most of those fouls.
When it comes to major players teams have to take whoever falls to them much of the time but when it comes to bench players they can get whatever they value most highly.
I'm not just talking about energy, also hard nosed guys who like mixing it up around the hoop. Not John McLeod. Cotton loved talking about dirt workers but keeping them on the roster was another matter - I remember when the Suns got Xavier McDaniel and I thought we finally had a guy with a bit of nasty in him only to watch Cotton let him rot on the bench. Paul Weshphal? Danny Ainge? You'd think Skiles would have liked that kind of player but if he did he hid it well. Frank Johnson talked about it but his idea was to make over little Jake - which failed miserably.
It always seemed to me that the Suns had a knack for finding guys that looked like they ought to be bruisers but were softies in disguise - Armon Gilliam, James Edwards, Danny Schayes, Joe Kleine, Mark Bryant, Rodney Rogers, Gheorgi Gluckov, Tim Kempton - to name a few off the top of my head. Mark West wasn't in that category but he was the master of the ticky tack foul - just think of the difference it'd have made if he'd gotten full value for most of those fouls.
When it comes to major players teams have to take whoever falls to them much of the time but when it comes to bench players they can get whatever they value most highly.
nowagimp
Registered User
he gets rebounds and harasses dribble penetrators better than lopez. He was a great pickup for the price.
arwillan
The King
- Joined
- Nov 18, 2006
- Posts
- 2,952
- Reaction score
- 0
Admundson has certainly earned himself some minutes. Give him some of Diaw's or Lopez's minutes, he's earned it by outplaying both of them
dodie53
A. O. II
what did he do?
SirStefan32
Krycek, Alex Krycek
He played hard, showed some effort, went after every loose ball and rebound on both ends- imagine Amare's and Diaw's effort and then the complete opposite.
YouJustGotSUNSD
Custom User Title!
- Joined
- Jun 6, 2007
- Posts
- 5,168
- Reaction score
- 0
Go Lou!
How much ass does this guy kick??!
How much ass does this guy kick??!
Folster
ASFN Icon
- Joined
- Jun 23, 2005
- Posts
- 16,925
- Reaction score
- 7,559
I love his energy, but guys like him are only good in short bursts. If he's in for too long, his deficiencies become more apparent and the opposition can exploit them.
U r absolutely right. Amundson would probably never earn a starting job in an elite NBA team. But he is exactly what this Suns need at the moment: a role player, do exactly what he's asked, need no time to find touch, happy for any playing time he's given.
A contending team must build a right mix of stars and role players.
Sunburn
ASFN Lifer
This seems a bit disrespectful to Shawn Marion to me. Shawn Marion is one of the best players to ever put on a Phoenix Suns uniform.
Last edited:
msdundee
Registered
Shzm13: Then you must not feel the Suns have ever been considered an elite team. Marion was a starter in Phoenix, he's still a starter in Miami. Oh, he's also never had to look for minutes since he's been more than happy to average 37+ mpg over his entire 11-year career thus far.
Other than that..........great post.
