Will the kids be all right to back up Nash?
August 26th, 2008, 12:10 pm · 3 Comments · posted by jerrybrown
It’s a good thing the Suns plan to have Steve Nash play fewer minutes and take a few nights off during the season - with all the mentoring he has in front of him this season with Goran Dragic and Sean Singletary behind him, he’s going to need the rest.
Singletary looks good on film and had a nice college career at Virginia. Like Dragic, he is a pure point guard and specializes in the kind of floor generalship the Suns crave. But neither has played an NBA game, and for a veteran-laden team to lean on such inexperience at a key position is a roll of the dice — especially if this group fancies itself for one more kick at the championship can.
It made sense for the Suns to part with D.J. Strawberry. His offense simply wasn’t improving, and his defensive prowess might have been a little overblown. He has some nice, energetic sequences against some top players, but to call him a stopper or the next Bruce Bowen is overblown. He needs to play consistently and that wasn’t going to happen here.
The front office is hoping that Dragic will hit the ground running and that Singletary has some real promise. But it’s curious that the Suns didn’t bring in one veteran hand for the backcourt.
Maybe they were worried about griping for playing time. Maybe it was money. But can Dragic and Singletary allow the Suns to follow through on plans to sit Nash 18 minutes a night and 10 games over the course of the season?
The Suns have a new coach, two new assistants and five new players. But the same question remains until training camp - have they finally found some help for Nash?
August 26th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
It is about time they get some true point guard help. Barbosa is good but doesnt run the team when nash sits out. If they get some decent back-up point gaurd play this year nash wont be so wore down towards the playoffs. My biggest worry is why they picked up shaqs 20 million dollar sallary………..???? mmm…… he is alright and plays well sometimes………. but he isnt 20 mill a year good…………… the best thing to hope for is that shaq comes into the season IN SHAPE ……. and ready to run and gun……… heck he should be in shape after running around stalkin that singer…..lol …. haha
August 26th, 2008 at 7:34 pm
A veteran back up would have been nice, it’s always good to have someone on the floor who can run the offense because he’s done it before. However, in the case of this suns team, (this is oh so interesting suns team) we went from having a team that lacked in youth and depth to a team that now has both of those things. Will the youth of the depth be a problem? Maybe. But I don’t personally feel that the team staff just flipped a coin and chose whoever drew the heads. I think there was a definite stragety that was followed and that the results will show more then likely before the all star break. Plus, i’m a suns fan, so naturally i’m gonna support and do my best to support the moves that were made. The difference is………..this time it at least looks like we tried to do our homework. Go suns.
August 26th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
suns have 5 new players.
What do they have in common?
They are all hard nose enthusiastic defensive players.
Who did we lose from our top seven players?
No one….
Great, of season.
If the back ups for Nash don’t deliver,we still have few we can trade for a good veteran.
No worry….