Which rookie will have the biggest impact for the Suns

Twuan89 · Post #1 » by **Twuan89** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:10 am

Goran Dragic or Robin Lopez

Post #2 » by **TASTIC** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:50 am

Lopez.

I think Porter will go with a DJ/Barbosa backup point platoon, with Diaw/Hill handling it too. Dragic will most likely get mop-up duty until he's capable enough to get 10mins.

Lopez really has no competition for backup C. Amundson will be the mini-scrapper and used mainly at PF I'd imagine

suns12345 · Post #3 » by **suns12345** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:35 am

I agree.. lopez,

butTastic. the whole point of getting dragic here was so he could play 15 mins a game straight away. theres no way we play barbosa at point unless its last resort. GJ will be a third stringer

garrick · Post #4 » by **garrick** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:55 am

I think Lopez because playing the C position is much easier than being a PG.

Post #5 » by **lilfishi22** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:29 pm

suns12345 wrote:I agree.. lopez,

butTastic. the whole point of getting dragic here was so he could play 15 mins a game straight away. theres no way we play barbosa at point unless its last resort. GJ will be a third stringer

If D'Antoni was still running things Barbs would still be our backup point and Dragic would play 5mpg max. From what i hear about Porter developing rookies, I'm hoping we give Dragic 5-10 mpg early in the season so by all-star break he could play upwards of 15mpg. If he can do that he should be solid for about 10mpg in the playoffs for us.

Lopez would have the biggest impact I'm sure because he's going to be backing someone who needs rest, therefore he's guaranteed PT. Nash needs rest too, but if required he will play 35mpg+, Shaq on the other hand can't play those minutes even if you ask him to. Dragic will have minutes too, but how effective he'll be is anyone's guess. Lopez's role is less significant compared to Dragic backing Nash, so in terms of immediate impact, Lopez would take it, with Dragic coming along with his role later in the season.

eastsidecrossover · Post #6 » by **eastsidecrossover** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 3:05 pm

Lopez! If the suns keep DJ, I think it will be a good battle between DJ and Dragic. As I have said many times before, Im not high on Dragic as our future.

stood-amire · Post #7 » by **stood-amire** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 5:20 pm

It will do good for both Dragic and Strawberry to have some competition and to work hard to get as many minutes as posiblle.

lebron4mvp · Post #8 » by **lebron4mvp** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 4:22 am

lopez becuse he will play more min's shaq only plyed 25 or so last year for us to begin with

TXSun · Post #9 » by **TXSun** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 7:10 am

Lopez, definitely. One thing that would make me very happy will be to see Lopez get all-rookie honors. I'm expecting Lopez to be a Varejao-type of player. Not because they have the same hair but because Varejao is energy off the bench.

suns12345 · Post #10 » by **suns12345** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 8:14 am

i hope we get varejao this year. then lopez ends up becoming a much more talneted player than varejao

amitg · Post #11 » by **amitg** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 4:22 pm

rudy fernandez!

oh wait, we gave him along a solid contributor on a good contract for some $$$...

:banghead:

WTFsunsFTW · Post #12 » by **WTFsunsFTW** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 5:59 pm

Rudy Fernandez rocked some faces vs Team USA last night...

stupidstupidstupid...

daveang · Post #13 » by **daveang** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:15 am

Initally Lopez, but by season end I think Dragic will have the biggest impact, helping alleviate minutes for Nash and hopefully will be well involved in the second unit in getting them working together.

At this stage I''m just glad that Dragic has come over from Europe now to add that extra season of experience with Nash as his mentor.

suns12345 · Post #14 » by **suns12345** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 9:02 am

i think the best thing (this sound ridiculous) is even if he's a failure which would suck. we wont be saying "what if" if we couldnt have got him here this season

scootfu602 · Post #15 » by **scootfu602** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:08 pm

Lopez should have more impact because of our need with interior D.

whambamslam · Post #16 » by **whambamslam** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:06 pm

Lopez for sure.

Suns247 · Post #17 » by **Suns247** » Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:26 pm

I want to say Dragic, just to justify all we spent to get him, but I'm not sure he will contribute the most. I think he has a good shot at contributing, but Lopez will get more minutes due to Shaq slowly playing less, and this well help him get better numbers and a more valuable spot in the rotation.