Should Suns continue with the 2 PG system or no?

[sunsfan88]

With rumors of the Bledsoe trade, does that mean the Suns are finally over the whole dual combo guard offense thing?

 

[Chaz]

With rumors of the Bledsoe trade, does that mean the Suns are finally over the whole dual combo guard offense thing?

There is no evidence of that.

Rumors are just noise.

 

[Covert Rain]

With rumors of the Bledsoe trade, does that mean the Suns are finally over the whole dual combo guard offense thing?

It very well could be just that. Rumors might just be rumors but there is simply too much chatter around Bledsoe not to have ANY substance IMO. Also, something tells me regardless if they move Bledsoe or not....that will be the focus. I just hope it's more a traditional focus versus a two PG system.

 

[Chaz]

It very well could be just that. Rumors might just be rumors but there is simply too much chatter around Bledsoe not to have ANY substance IMO. Even IF they trade Bledsoe, the team still seems to be building around the guard position with all the guards on this team. Also, something tells me regardless if they move Bledsoe or not....that will be the focus.

There are three that are currently under contract.
Bledsoe
Goodwin
McNeal

Five with Knight and Booker.

 

[Covert Rain]

There are three that are currently under contract.
Bledsoe
Goodwin
McNeal

Five with Knight and Booker.

That's a bunch of guards.

 

[mojorizen7]

That's a bunch of guards.

Haven't you been paying attention? It's a Guard-centric league when your frontline sucks.

 

[Chaz]

That's a bunch of guards.

It isn't unusual at all to have 4-5 guards.

5-5-2 is a balanced 12.

 

[Covert Rain]

It isn't unusual at all to have 4-5 guards.

5-5-2 is a balanced 12.

Sure if most of them are no name stiffs. However, this is a tad different. These are guys that are either potential guys or guys they hope become high impact guys. Naturally, this makes sense with the Suns approach and a suspect front line.

 

[Phrazbit]

I suspect virtually every team in the league carried 5 guards last year, many probably had 6. You know you need at least 4 purely to soak up minutes.

 

[Chaz]

Unless you have a Kobe/Wade/Harden that regularly plays lead guard from the 2 spot you want 3 pg in your top 15 at least.

 

[sunsfan88]

It very well could be just that. Rumors might just be rumors but there is simply too much chatter around Bledsoe not to have ANY substance IMO. Also, something tells me regardless if they move Bledsoe or not....that will be the focus. I just hope it's more a traditional focus versus a two PG system.

As the poll indicates, most fans here feel the same way as well. It's a sample size but I'd guess that's how most Suns fans feel in general.

 

[sunsfan88]

I just hope it's more a traditional focus versus a two PG system.

Looks like you will have to wait some more.

Suns Still Believe In Two Point Guard System

The Phoenix Suns still believe they can run a two point guard system.

Phoenix entered last season with Eric Bledsoe, Goran Dragic and Isaiah Thomas, but traded away Dragic and Thomas in February. The Suns have Bledsoe and Brandon Knight on long-term contracts.

"The system is good so long as there’s buy-in from the players," Ryan McDonough said. "We value guys who can push the ball in transition, score in transition, and if that’s not there, can get into early offense and run a pick-and-roll. I think the more guys you have on the floor who can do that, the better.

"I think the issue last year was we had three pretty high-level players who all wanted the ball in their hands," McDonough said. "But again, 48 games into the year we were 28-20 despite losing a few games at the buzzer. So it’s not like [playing two point guards] didn’t work or was a disaster, as some people believe. It didn’t work as well as we would have hoped and the players didn’t accept it as well as we would’ve hoped and we had to deal with the repercussions of that."

http://www.si.com/nba/2015/07/23/ph...son-chandler-lamarcus-aldridge-brandon-knight

 

[95pro]

I think Thomas and Dragic really needed the ball all the time to affect the game, they can't make an impact on the defensive end as well.

Hopefully Knight plays better D than either.

 

[Errntknght]

We were almost unanimous in voting against the 2 'PG' system but McD out-voted the lot of us when he cast 70 million votes for Knight. He even tipped his hand when he traded for him, though a few people thought it signaled an interest in trading Bledsoe.

 

[Phrazbit]

We were almost unanimous in voting against the 2 'PG' system...

Its a loaded question. I didn't bother to vote and I suspect most who view the idea as being more complex than PG/SG vs PG/PG didn't vote either.

I want the Suns to get talented players, if it causes them to move away from archaic tradition... fine, titles are being won without sticking to the 1-2-3-4-5 lineups. But if they can get talented guys that fit those roles... then I'm fine with that too. If Klay Thompson or some stud SG was available then wonderful go get them, but I'd rather have Bledsoe and Knight than one of them combined with a bum SG like Gerald Green.

And the drafting of Booker is an indication that the Suns are not balls deep either and are far more flexible than many of their detractors are. Booker's skill set is as stereotypical of the classic SG as possible.