|
|
Frye atop Suns’ depth chart, other notes
September 28th, 2009, 2:05 pm · Post a Comment · posted by Scott Bordow
Just returned to the office from Suns Media Day and thought I’d pass along a few notes:
The most interesting news was coach Alvin Gentry saying that if the season started today Channing Frye would be the starting center rather than Robin Lopez.
The Suns think Frye’s outside shooting touch will help open the floor for Amare Stoudemire, who will have more freedom to play in the lane with Shaquille O’Neal gone.
Does that mean the Suns are down on Lopez? They say they aren’t, but think about it. The team’s needs on the interior — defense and rebounding — are supposed to be Lopez’s strengths, yet Frye likely will start at center.
The Suns are going back to the run-and-gun style that defined them under Mike D’Antoni, but Gentry insisted, “We’re going to be a little more demanding defensively.”
“We don’t have to be Cleveland or San Antonio because we are good offensively,” he said. “But we have to be more consistent.”
Hmmm. Seems like we’ve heard that before.
One interesting note is that Gentry has made Stoudemire a tri-captain along with Steve Nash and Grant Hill. The Suns want Stoudemire to grow up and take some responsibility for how the team is playing, and they’re hoping being named a captain will nudge him in that direction.
Finally, general manager Steve Kerr said he never considered resigning despite suffering through “by far” the worst season of his professional life. Kerr was barbecued for some of his moves and fired his good friend, Terry Porter, after just 51 games.
“It was difficult,” Kerr said … “I definitely deserve a lot of the blame. But part of the job is accepting that and moving forward.”
fantsay大家識做啦 |
|
IP卡
狗仔卡
發表於 2009-9-29 12:07:50
提升卡
置頂卡
沉默卡
喧囂卡
變色å¡
顯身å¡
發表於 2009-9-29 12:32:30
發表於 2009-10-7 01:16:50
