The odd man out: Josh Childress.

SUN · Post #1 » by **SUN** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 6:25 pm

I'm curious about what the general opinion is about him, does get more minutes? Less minutes? Waived? Traded? What's going to happen to Chilly?

mybloodisorange · Post #2 » by **mybloodisorange** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:01 pm

I think he will get 5-10 min behind Hill with Dudley soaking up the additional minutes. His minutes go up if one of our wing guys gets injured. Peaches is the odd man out; hes gonna sit on the bench being all out of shape with his bad knee.

gaspar · Post #3 » by **gaspar** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:15 pm

With this schedule he will play 15-20 mpg IMO

Frank Lee · Post #4 » by **Frank Lee** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:16 pm

We have 96 minutes for 4 guys. They'll figure it out.

_Nashoholic_ · Post #5 » by **_Nashoholic_** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:22 pm

Last season, when Childress started getting good minutes I thought he really produced. I like him on our team, reminds me of Shawn Marion. I think he should get decent minutes. I'd like to see him getting 20-25 minutes per game.

Post #6 » by **rsavaj** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:34 pm

He's Grant's backup. Brown is Dudley's backup.

No odd man out that I can see, other than Pietrus, who we'll probably ask to sit home.

KLEON · Post #7 » by **KLEON** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:36 pm

The real question is what will the Suns do with Mickael Pietrus ?

_Nashoholic_ · Post #8 » by **_Nashoholic_** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:43 pm

KLEON wrote:The real question is what will the Suns do with Mickael Pietrus ?

I'd rather cut him than having him on the team. But hopefully we can get rid of his salary

YFZblu · Post #9 » by **YFZblu** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:47 pm

rsavaj wrote:He's Grant's backup. Brown is Dudley's backup.

No odd man out that I can see, other than Pietrus, who we'll probably ask to sit home.

I really hope this post is how it plays out

:pray:

sunsfever68 · Post #10 » by **sunsfever68** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:47 pm

Thing is, if we were a contender, I'd rather have Pietrus right now than Childress. But we're not a contender so I say we get rid of Pietrus asap for anything we can get.

Let childress play we signed him to a big contract so we need him to perform.

_Nashoholic_ · Post #11 » by **_Nashoholic_** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:50 pm

YFZblu wrote:
rsavaj wrote:He's Grant's backup. Brown is Dudley's backup.

No odd man out that I can see, other than Pietrus, who we'll probably ask to sit home.

I really hope this post is how it plays out

Agreed. But we all know that it usually takes the final month or 2 of the season for Gentry to figure out what lineup he likes :roll:

SUN · Post #12 » by **SUN** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:52 pm

rsavaj wrote:He's Grant's backup. Brown is Dudley's backup.

No odd man out that I can see, other than Pietrus, who we'll probably ask to sit home.

Hopefully, however I kind of wanna start Shannon Brown for awhile, see how it goes.

YFZblu · Post #13 » by **YFZblu** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 10:48 pm

_Nashoholic_ wrote:
YFZblu wrote:
rsavaj wrote:He's Grant's backup. Brown is Dudley's backup.

No odd man out that I can see, other than Pietrus, who we'll probably ask to sit home.

I really hope this post is how it plays out

Agreed. But we all know that it usually takes the final month or 2 of the season for Gentry to figure out what lineup he likes

And when we start losing, he says the team needs to play harder. When in reality he simply needs to stop playing Hakim Warrick :-?

Ok, maybe I just hate Hakim Warrick. I even hate how he spells his first name.

BurningHeart · Post #14 » by **BurningHeart** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:09 pm

He's gonna be a huge key to this team this year. Count on it.

raff · Post #15 » by **raff** » Sun Dec 11, 2011 11:28 pm

rsavaj wrote:He's Grant's backup. Brown is Dudley's backup.

No odd man out that I can see, other than Pietrus, who we'll probably ask to sit home.

This is how I thought it was going to play out too.

_Nashoholic_ · Post #16 » by **_Nashoholic_** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:35 am

BurningHeart wrote:He's gonna be a huge key to this team this year. Count on it.

This. We would have made the playoffs no doubt if Gentry would have given him the minutes he deserved all season. He is a hard worker with a great attitude.

MrMiyagi · Post #17 » by **MrMiyagi** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 12:37 am

With the lack of rest our team will be getting this season, and seeing how Grant is nearly forty, it might be a good thing to have Pietrus and Chilly on the roster.

_Nashoholic_ · Post #18 » by **_Nashoholic_** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:58 am

MrMiyagi wrote:With the lack of rest our team will be getting this season, and seeing how Grant is nearly forty, it might be a good thing to have Pietrus and Chilly on the roster.

Pietrus just didn't care. He would take 15 points and a loss over 10 points and a win. It was annoying. Childress on the other hand is the opposite.

Post #19 » by **TASTIC** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 6:01 am

Can't put a price on athleticism and energy - I could definitely see him playing some undersized PF in a lineup of Gortat/Childress/Hill/Dudley/Nash

I remember games where he literally came in, snagged offensive rebounds and changed our whole team dynamic instantly - the guy has skills and the write attitude, he's just horrendously overpaid

Christine-In-AZ · Post #20 » by **Christine-In-AZ** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:08 am

No empirical data at all to back this up, but I predict Josh Childress and his contract will be viewed...generally... as "a pretty good deal" come April if not sooner.

..I truly feel last year was just a hiccup for Josh.

JChill is an asset