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Damkac wrote:Had to go sleep after Suns drafted Bender and such a suprise I'm loving it. Wonder if that's why McD wanted Bogdan to come next season. It's sad we lost him but Suns really don't need another guard.
And of course Suns added another Kentucky guard He should train with Bledsoe a lot to get some muscles.

Summer League will be epic

JMac1 wrote:I am hoping Bender is able to play the 3 as Watson and Ryan suggested, if so, then we can have Len, Bender, and Chriss as a front court. If Bender can't play the 3, then someone would become a role player off of the bench. I can't see Chriss or Bender banging with Cousins for four quarters at center. In addition, one would have to change his body type too much and that could take away from what makes him special.

ATTL wrote:

JMac1 wrote:I am hoping Bender is able to play the 3 as Watson and Ryan suggested, if so, then we can have Len, Bender, and Chriss as a front court. If Bender can't play the 3, then someone would become a role player off of the bench. I can't see Chriss or Bender banging with Cousins for four quarters at center. In addition, one would have to change his body type too much and that could take away from what makes him special.

Chriss is going to grow to 7' and put on 20 pounds of muscle. It is a known fact that when you pack on mass, you sacrifice flexibility, but he's still gonna be a beast. /purple font

It's amazing how much more positive I feel about our team moving forward compared to this time last year.

jcsunsfan wrote:

Cactus Jack wrote:

JMac1 wrote:

Yes sir!!!!! He just answered my question... I am so pumped right now. He said Bender, Chris, and Len on the court!! Pick and Roll with 1-5!? Many ball handlers....how do you stop us

Careful. All of your positive vibes is gonna jinx it man. Don't let yourself get too high/low. Gonna invite bad karma.

This guy asks great questions.



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bwgood77 wrote:I assume those Bender clips are in order of when they happened. I heard that once he got a lot more minutes near the end he had some very nice games..it looks like his #s steadily improved throughout the season the more he played. That was probably good experience. I'd guess playing there is probably better than experience playing in the PAC 12, but of course Chriss played far more minutes, though he needed to because he is clearly behind Bender. What is great about having Bender for Chriss, is that maybe Chriss can pick up some things from Bender. Not sure, because is IQ doesn't seem to be as high, but I guess that could be selling him short as he was somewhat new, probably didn't have the best coaching, and was playing with a wild raw PG too.

I think they will be good for each other. Booker will be good for both of them. Ulis too. Have never been this excited for summer league.

dantley4prez wrote:I was watching some Kevin Garnett clips last night, and I was thinking

Chriss may be rookie Kevin Garnett for all intents and purposes

He seems pretty comfortable shooting it. Despite his crazy athleticism, I feel like his first instinct is to shoot more than dunk. You'd think he would try to dunk whenever he was within 10 feet, but I feel like he doesn't dunk as much as he could

realEAST wrote:Hey, really like what Suns did on draft night, you did great job IMO.

Two questions... do you think Suns will play Chriss along Bender. I think due to Chriss defensive inexperience, he could play SF to ease his transition, especially he is very athletic.

Second one, do you think will you try to go after wins, or force young players to develop and possibly get another high pick next year when there is plenty of PGs in draft.

I'd be thrilled to see
Bledsoe-Booker-Chriss-Bender-Len
starting games.

bwgood77 wrote:

realEAST wrote:Hey, really like what Suns did on draft night, you did great job IMO.

Two questions... do you think Suns will play Chriss along Bender. I think due to Chriss defensive inexperience, he could play SF to ease his transition, especially he is very athletic.

Second one, do you think will you try to go after wins, or force young players to develop and possibly get another high pick next year when there is plenty of PGs in draft.

I'd be thrilled to see
Bledsoe-Booker-Chriss-Bender-Len
starting games.

Sure, Watson has already talked that since Bender is quick defensively on the perimeter, can guard smaller guys and a good ball handler that he could play 3. Small ball maybe 4/5 depending on rebounding. But you could almost just ignore who is playing which position at forward and just guard whoever makes sense depending on matcup. Good interview by Watson a few pages back about how he will play them together. Sounds exciting.

realEAST wrote:Second one, do you think will you try to go after wins, or force young players to develop and possibly get another high pick next year when there is plenty of PGs in draft.