The Draft and the Suns

[George O'Brien]

One aspect of the draft that seems to be overlooked is that it is connected with the Sun's relationship with existing personnel. For example:

1. If the Suns draft a guard, look for House to opt out of his contract. If the Suns trade up for a big man, then Eddie might decide to give it another try.

If the Suns went for a big and Eddie left anyway, it would leave the team with only Nash, Bell, and Barbosa (and perhaps Diaw), which is just not enough depth.

2. If the Suns think TT is going to stay, they may focus on a point guard or an outside defender. If they think he's going to leave, they may look at a big man or a trade for one. IMHO, taking a big would not mean TT is necessarily leaving, but taking a guard would suggest they are sure he will stay.

Financially, the best thing that could happen would be for Grant to decide to opt out. Oddly enough, he might do it for either of two contradictory reasons. 1) If he decided he can't play and decides to retire. 2) If he decides he can play and wants to be on team that would let him play.

 

[pokerface]

I wonder if the Suns will try to pry the Bulls 16th pick away from them. That would put the Suns in striking distance of many of the players they are rumoured to be looking at. Not only the Suns have the 21st and 27th pick but they have that Atlanta pick as well....not that they would trade all the picks to move up but they definately have options and different combinations to work with. I just dont see them wanting to keep and use both picks...

 

[PhxGametime]

What the heck, Sene is on my Draft list lol man he blocked like a million shots - I'm not sure H.S players know how to attack a talented shot-blocker like an NBA player would but I liked Steven Hunter so...


He runs like Aldridge and Aldridge has all type of shots but I like the fact that he'll run the court EVERY single time and not fatigue... neither exactly are sprinters but for 6'11+ F/C's, they'll likely get some easy buckets with Nash and Barbosa.


I'm just not sure where'd I rank Sene because I had heard he blocked shots - so I figured he at least was no less than another Hunter but I'll have him on wantlist along with Armstrong and Simmons...

 

[Gaddabout]

Here's a big difference I see between Hunter and Sene (based on his 8-minute video):

- Hunter didn't always know where he was supposed to be or what he was supposed to do on offense, so he did everything at half-speed. You could almost see the wheels churning in his head while he did it. D'Antoni had a quick hook for Hunter everytime he clogged down one of Nash's driving lanes after a lame attempt at the pick-and-roll.

- Sene doesn't always know where he's supposed to be or what he's supposed to do on offense, but he's going to do something, he's going to do it at double speed. He'll get called for a lot of moving screens early in his career because he sets weak picks, but you can teach guys how to do that if their motivated. He seems like a guy who's not afraid of embarassing himself to make something happen and learn on the court. I like that. I think the Suns coaches can work with that.

The question remains do they have the luxury of time for a project like Sene.

 

[JCSunsfan]

Sene looks to me a lot like the type of talent Dennis Rodman was when he first came into the league with Detroit. Even when he was very raw, he influenced the outcome of games.

 

[panfolk]

Here's a big difference I see between Hunter and Sene (based on his 8-minute video):

- Hunter didn't always know where he was supposed to be or what he was supposed to do on offense, so he did everything at half-speed. You could almost see the wheels churning in his head while he did it. D'Antoni had a quick hook for Hunter everytime he clogged down one of Nash's driving lanes after a lame attempt at the pick-and-roll.

- Sene doesn't always know where he's supposed to be or what he's supposed to do on offense, but he's going to do something, he's going to do it at double speed. He'll get called for a lot of moving screens early in his career because he sets weak picks, but you can teach guys how to do that if their motivated. He seems like a guy who's not afraid of embarassing himself to make something happen and learn on the court. I like that. I think the Suns coaches can work with that.

The question remains do they have the luxury of time for a project like Sene.

I read recently that he doesn't want to stay in Europe to develop at all. Would he have any choice if he fell to 21 and the Suns drafted him but wanted to keep him overseas?