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P.J. Tucker 39min 3-12 fg. We can't find time for Bender?

Cap wrote:Wow, look at that Ulis line. 4 steals, 0 turnovers, 10 pts, 2 ast, +13 in 14 minutes.

I like the 0 turnovers.

Tucker now 1-20 from deep.

What a fun game to watch except for the foulfest. Booker twists an ankle and Knight in foul trouble. Ulis gets some burn and produces big time. Chandler out and Williams gets a shot and produces, no, kicked ass with 15 boards. The Suns won but, the refs hated them it seemed. Half the fouls came from trying to fight around screens. Barbosa and Dudley were big too. Ulis and Williams bring so much energy.

carey wrote:P.J. Tucker 39min 3-12 fg. We can't find time for Bender?

Tucker's problem is he can't hit treys, but he still insists on taking them. But he was tough on the inside and with rebounding this game, so I'd give it a pass this time.

The problem with Bender is that he still is a bit tentative. He doesn't necessarily do anything wrong, but sometimes he doesn't do anything, period.

Cap wrote:Tucker now 1-20 from deep.

Somewhere along the line, one of the coaches should tell him "You're not Reggie F'ing Miller. Quit trying the deep ball."

Tucker's 3FG% has been respectable the last few years. He's just in a slump.

He needs to fill out that little boy body too. They all do after awhile but, he needs to hit the weights and the buffet.

Sometimes the shot goes. Remember how great Jimmy Jackson was the year he was traded to the Suns, and the next season his shot deserted him?

Nodack wrote:He needs to fill out that little boy body too. They all do after awhile but, he needs to hit the weights and the buffet.

Let his game come to the fore. Then he can worry about adding a pound or two (Bender)

Tucker just getting over back surgery and has to regain his shot. In the meantime he's building a brick house.

Len had a pretty good game. 10 pts. 5/7, 10 boards, 3 blocks, 1 steal in 22 minutes.

LazarusLong wrote:Sometimes the shot goes. Remember how great Jimmy Jackson was the year he was traded to the Suns, and the next season his shot deserted him?

that's the coach's problem, not tucker. if he's shooting poorly, pull him out. but he needs to keep shooting if he's open.

LazarusLong wrote:Sometimes the shot goes. Remember how great Jimmy Jackson was the year he was traded to the Suns, and the next season his shot deserted him?

That's possible, but it's too early to give up. He may yet find his rhythm.

Am I seriously the only one that wants to see our no. 4 overall pick get minutes instead of Tucker? I'm shocked.

“We have to find a way to get him more minutes and it has to happen now,” Watson said.

Somehow, with Warren sick, Chandler not with the team, and an 18-point lead with three and a half minutes to play, Watson still can't find a way.

bledsoe with only 13 minutes?

carey wrote:Am I seriously the only one that wants to see our no. 4 overall pick get minutes instead of Tucker? I'm shocked.

Most of us have just come to accept that regardless of what makes sense Coach is still going to give PJ huge minutes.

I wish we would trade him.

The really scary thing is that it is a contract year for PJ. It would be just like our dumb ass front office to give him a 4 or 5 year contract. I just don't know if I could handle it if that happened. I'm just starting to accept that it will happen and slowly processing it so I don't go on a rampage when it actually happens.

EDC wrote:The really scary thing is that it is a contract year for PJ. It would be just like our dumb ass front office to give him a 4 or 5 year contract. I just don't know if I could handle it if that happened. I'm just starting to accept that it will happen and slowly processing it so I don't go on a rampage when it actually happens.

It very well could. McDonough said on Wednesday that they envision Bender as a 4/5 meaning they will want a SF backing up Warren wether that is P.J. or someone else.

LazarusLong wrote:Sometimes the shot goes. Remember how great Jimmy Jackson was the year he was traded to the Suns, and the next season his shot deserted him?

I remember. It was after a summer where he ditched the preseason or whatever because he was 'a veteran'. In this case, Tucker has also missed his warming up due to the injury. The hustle is great but without a shot he is 15mpg material.