Phoenix Suns @ Milwaukee Bucks 1-6-2015

[95pro]

Things should be a lot worse. Down by 1 at the end of the third.

 

[Mainstreet]

They set up up Kieff with some open 3's. Missed em.

Plumlee with lazy plays and rotations. As soon as he came in the bucks went on a run.

The Suns missed Len's defense as a rim protector when he went out.

 

[BC867]

Presiding is Honorable BC867.

I turn the chair over to Stefan so I can make a motion to obtain a starting strong PF and strong backup C.

It is right there in Robert's Rules of Order.

 

[Mainstreet]

The Suns need a nasty rebounder to play beside Len.

 

[SirStefan32]

And they take Len out in favor of three point guards, one shooting guard, and a power forward.

 

[AzStevenCal]

And they take Len out in favor of three point guards, one shooting guard, and a power forward.

Yes, they were responding to Milwaukee's 3 guard lineup. And it's now forcing Milwaukee to go back to their big guys.

Steve

 

[Mainstreet]

And they take Len out in favor of three point guards, one shooting guard, and a power forward.

I hope the Suns are just resting Len but that is not how it usually goes.

 

[AzStevenCal]

I hope the Suns are just resting Len but that is not how it usually goes.

I hope they bring Len back in but failing that, I really hope they leave Miles on the bench. This group has made him look pretty bad.

Steve

 

[Mainstreet]

I hope they bring Len back in but failing that, I really hope they leave Miles on the bench. This group has made him look pretty bad.

Steve

We definitely agree on leaving Plumlee on the bench.

 

[Mainstreet]

Sometimes Hornacek needs to to leave a rim protector on the court when the Bucks are going inside.

 

[95pro]

Kieff was huge. He had a big three pt play, pass to plumlee, and the dagger 3 pointer.

 

[SirStefan32]

That was a good game. Ugly win, but you gotta win ugly games too.

 

[Absolute Zero]

10 assists by Bledsoe. Nice. 7 TO's by Bledsoe. Ouch.
The Coach was right when he indicated that Bled plays worse against the lesser teams. He still has a lot of growing up to do.

BTW, I sure like the Greek Freak that the Bucks have. Dude has a lot of upside.

 

[Mainstreet]

What also catches my eye is the continued growth of Alex Len as a player with 9 points, 8 rebounds and 5 blocks.

 

[SirStefan32]

What also catches my eye is the continued growth of Alex Len as a player with 9 points, 8 rebounds and 5 blocks.

All in just 24 minutes.

 

[sunsfan88]

And they take Len out in favor of three point guards, one shooting guard, and a power forward.

I can't think of one game this season in which Hornacek actually had Len finish a close game. I'm almost used to it by now.

I can't wait til we play the Grizzlies to see how this 3 guard stuff works against an actual physical team.

 

[sunsfan88]

Interesting that Dragic plays 39 mins and Bledsoe plays 38 mins while Goodwin is rewarded for his good performance from last game by getting a DNP.

 

[Phrazbit]

Interesting that Dragic plays 39 mins and Bledsoe plays 38 mins while Goodwin is rewarded for his good performance from last game by getting a DNP.

I realize you've decided that you're a far better coach than Hornacek but racking up some points in garbage time does not merit an immediate bump to the rotation for a dude shooting 34% on the season.

 

[sunsfan88]

We definitely agree on leaving Plumlee on the bench.

Henson is someone who I have always thought could turn out to be a decent big man. Would be nice if we can acquire him for Plumlee and the Minnesota 2nd Ed picks or something. Perfect backup for Len.

 

[Chaplin]

I realize you've decided that you're a far better coach than Hornacek but racking up some points in garbage time does not merit an immediate bump to the rotation for a dude shooting 34% on the season.

Spot on!

 

[JCSunsfan]

I realize you've decided that you're a far better coach than Hornacek but racking up some points in garbage time does not merit an immediate bump to the rotation for a dude shooting 34% on the season.

Phraz. You are funny. When you first started posting on this board, I almost put you on ignore, I got so frustrated reading your rants. Now, I find I am agreeing with almost everything you say.

I don't think I changed, did I?

 

[CardsSunsDbacks]

Welcome to the club!

A lot of us who are high on Bledsoe don't deny that he has his faults, but that some of his faults aren't nearly as bad as you make them sound and that he does a lot of good things that more than make up for the bad.

 

[Phrazbit]

Phraz. You are funny. When you first started posting on this board, I almost put you on ignore, I got so frustrated reading your rants. Now, I find I am agreeing with almost everything you say.

I don't think I changed, did I?

Nah, I was just so pissed off over the Beasley signing that I was pretty abrasive. I bet if you went back and reread some of my Beasley rants now you'd find some humor there.

 

[CardsSunsDbacks]

Nah, I was just so pissed off over the Beasley signing that I was pretty abrasive. I bet if you went back and reread some of my Beasley rants now you'd find some humor there.

I somehow had myself convinced at the time that Beasley was a good signing. Needless to say, I was WAY wrong...

 

[Errntknght]

I somehow had myself convinced at the time that Beasley was a good signing. Needless to say, I was WAY wrong...

Its charitable and laudable to want to give guys a second chance or rehabilitate them, however you want to phrase it but Beasley seemed too improbable to me. Heck, even if you were somehow successful, you'd just have a taller version of Hakim Warrick on your hands. (Thats not quite true because when Beas really tried to defend, he was passable, while Hakim just got in the way more when he tried. That observation is based on a half dozen plays during a lakers game.)