82Cards,
thus far, it's been fun to see the lights going on in their heads... Particularly Markieff who was pretty bad his first two seasons...
Yeah, it looks like 'Kieff has finally realized he's big and strong enough to bang with the big boys. (Even the lesser brother is gradually coming to that realization.) He can't cope with Cousins and his ilk... hasn't yet, I should say. His work against Pau in tonights game was another step in that direction. Earlier this year I was convinced that the twin's only long term contribution to the Suns was going to be earning a high draft pick next June. I still fear his lack of length is going to keep him from being the rebounder we need at PF, but I may be surprised there as well.
It just struck me tonight that if Okafor were to get healthy by January/February we'd be right in the thick of the playoff race. We might even make some noise. His D and rebounding are what the team needs to get the fast break going full throttle. Plumlee is doing fine but Frye and Markieff are covering C twenty minutes a game and, who knows, Horny might find a way to play Emeka and Miles together for short bits. Frye is playing well for Frye but he's still the weak link in the frontcourt.
I watched Goodwin when he was on the court and his defense was fairly good - he uses his speed well in dealing with screens, he gets back in front of his man as well as anyone and he is hard to get a shot over. He's kind of lost on offense but if they ran some plays for him that could change quickly - I think they ought run some alley-oops when his defender is laying off him in the corner.
