cosmofizzo wrote:HartfordWhalers wrote:cosmofizzo wrote:
I think it's ridiculous that none of these reviewers had TJ in the starting lineup. Not. One. And I've yet to hear anything approaching a meaningful rationale. People just say it. I make what I believe are compelling arguments, and in response just, "No."
Makes me think I should just make a bet with the board on this question. Has anyone ever done that? Like with paypal or something? I'd be happy to bet everyone $10 even odds, up to 10 people.
I don't see Warren starting the season as the starter. I also don't see Tucker finishing the season as the starter either. I veered from the others and had Phoenix moving Tucker to the bench immediately, but instead of promoting Warren (or playing Dudley out of position) I had the lineup starting all 3 guards to start the season. Tucker starting is probably the safer bet.
And if you have compelling arguments, by all means make them there. As of now, they aren't there.
My wisdom lives here.
Besides, the reviewers (other than yourselves) are all stationed here, and if they had wanted to pose a counterargument this board would serve them just fine. Just reiterating my frustration.
To be fair, I think the original depth chart was used from another site (not just typed out) and some may have altered while others didn't. The main effort went into the write up and doing it for every team, they just each gave a different perspective.
I don't think many NBA fans that are not Suns fans have seen much Warren. He didn't play a ton as a rookie and was injured most of last year, and didn't start before that. I know many here want him to start, and will be mad if/when he doesn't, but I don't expect him to start, particularly at the beginning of the season, especially coming off an injury. Not only that, but they might want to build up trade value for Tucker and he will likely retain more value as a starter.
One more thing, the OKC reviewers there are pretty high on Tucker and think he would be a nice fit there, particularly with Durant gone, but even prior to that, they thought they could use a player like him, and they are probably right. So they are looking at it from a different perspective. Warren has also NEVER shown much defensively. I know many of us are SUPER high on him. He's one of my favorite two players on the team, but most who don't watch every Suns game haven't seen much of him. Tucker always plays a ton more against the really good teams like OKC the last few years so that is what they have seen. They've probably only seen Warren play against the Thunder once or twice ever. And the Suns don't play on national tv often, if at all, so they probably haven't seen much of him period.
Keep in mind one team's die hard fans are going to have far stronger opinions than fans of other teams, particularly regarding young guys. They are REALLY high on Payne. Do you know much about Payne? Are you really high on him? Personally I don't know much about him and OKC is probably my second favorite team. I think Price will be good for him. Booker gave him a shoutout the other day on twitter about how he was great or something taking him under his wing.
Oh, and about depth charts, look at this.
http://basketball.realgm.com/nba/teams/Phoenix-Suns/23/Rosters/RegularI mentioned that should be changed. I really don't know how they came up with some of those.
