Suns at Clippers 2/18

[Mainstreet]

Only caught the last 6 min of the 4th, but Dragic looked really good for a young rookie PG who doesn't get much burn.

Tall, really fast in the open court, moves his feet well on D, can pass, dunk and drilled a mid-range and 3 point shot. The downsides looked experience and youth related, not talent.

Remember, he's young and PG's take time to mature in the NBA. We'll have to see, but in garbage time against a bad team, he was certainly the best bench Sun on the court besides Amundson and LB.

The baseline to baseline dunk was sick - he covered the court in a handful of steps.

Dragic is a great pick where the Suns drafted him in the second round. However, it greatly saddens me the Suns drafted Lopez with the 15th pick. The Suns could have had two young players on their roster with significant potential for the future. A developing young PG in Dragic and a big man with potential like Speights, McGee, Hickson and Jordan plus others.

 

[dodie53]

142pts?
niiiiiice!
shoot for 150 next time!

 

[dodie53]

amare start-a-fire?
like an arsonist?

ummmm, no..

STAT is better.

 

[Proteus]

Wow. Another great game even if it is against the Clippers again.

I'm stunned that we got 140 points again.

The Suns had 80 points in the paint to the Clippers 40.

 

[TBaslim]

Dragic is a great pick where the Suns drafted him in the second round. However, it greatly saddens me the Suns drafted Lopez with the 15th pick. The Suns could have had two young players on their roster with significant potential for the future. A developing young PG in Dragic and a big man with potential like Speights, McGee, Hickson and Jordan plus others.

Agreed. Lopez is really disappointing so far, and not sure he has even shown flashes that give hope for future development. At least Tucker has shown flashes, although I'm not sure he makes a career in the league either.

Both were 1st round picks, and especially Lopez at 15. Yeesh.

Ah well, historically the Suns have drafted very well at the guard and wing spots, and only so-so with big men.

Amare, Alvin Adams, Neal Walk, Larry Nance, Nick Vanos - pretty short list of really good bigs that the Suns drafted. Most of the other 'great' Suns bigs were trades or free agents (Chambers, Barkley, Manning, Shaq, etc).

 

[elindholm]

His D is what is exposing him right now. Basically like Nash, he's not stopping any PGs he's playing against.

Hell, his defense on Baron Davis was better than what Barnes had to offer. Barnes is just awful on both sides of the floor now. It's difficult to understand.

 

[jagu]

Is this like 2 seconds or less offense lol. The point scoring is ridiculous! I'm still not a believer until we beat a real team though!

 

[mjb21aztd]

wow another high scoring win vs the clippers great to see the run n gun offense. I know it's against the clippers but no way a porter coached team puts up back to back 140 pt games lol man it must suck to be a clipper fan....

 

[YouJustGotSUNSD]

Since Gentry has taken over:

We are UNDEFEATED
We are averaging 141 PPG
Averaging 85 pts in the paint
Amare is averaging 32.5PPG on 75% shooting

/homer