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240 according to this:

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/players/4286/

"I have known Brandan since he entered the NBA in 2007," said President of Basketball Operations Lon Babby in a statement. "He is a person of the highest character who will fit perfectly into our burgeoning Suns culture. We look forward to welcoming him to Phoenix."

http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/n ... /21522201/

And THIS is why you don't go for a bum like O'NEAL. Brilliant McD.

Two potential issues with Wright:

1 - He's incredibly injury prone. Among the most injury prone players in the league.
2 - He excels as a roll man in the PnR, especially catching lobs. Our guards are not good at throwing lobs, particularly IT who may be the worst PnR passer I've ever seen.

Superbone wrote:http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/n ... /21522201/

Wright and Len rank fourth and fifth, respectively, in the NBA for their blocked shot rates – 3.82 blocks per 48 minutes for Wright and 3.77 for Len.

Good stuff.

Shabazz wrote:Two potential issues with Wright:

1 - He's incredibly injury prone. Among the most injury prone players in the league.
2 - He excels as a roll man in the PnR, especially catching lobs. Our guards are not good at throwing lobs, particularly IT who may be the worst PnR passer I've ever seen.

I honestly don't think any of that matters. But I appreciate the attempt to be objective.

Lon Babby wrote:our burgeoning Suns culture

INFORMER wrote:

Lon Babby wrote:our burgeoning Suns culture

What is your problem with that?

Indy wrote:

INFORMER wrote:

Lon Babby wrote:our burgeoning Suns culture

What is your problem with that?

It seems a little much and just more Blabby speak.

I have to catch up. I found out we traded for him when I got a twitter notification everyone was following Brandan Wright all of a sudden.

INFORMER wrote:

Indy wrote:

INFORMER wrote:

Lon Babby wrote:our burgeoning Suns culture

What is your problem with that?

It seems a little much and just more Blabby speak.

Well it is certainly PR spin, but that's his job.

iLLmatic wrote:

ShelC wrote:I do wonder what it'll do to our rotation. I like Wright and his ability to defend but it just creates more of a logjam. We have to shake this roster out.

I'm okay with seeing Plumlee get less minutes. Am I in the minority with this?

Sadly, no. I think Wright is the better player. What I do NOT want to see is a reduction in Len's minutes. They need to slowly increase to about 30mpg in March.

Shabazz wrote:That's a good trade for the playoff run. I think wright can play next to any of our bigs.

INFORMER wrote:

Shabazz wrote:Two potential issues with Wright:

1 - He's incredibly injury prone. Among the most injury prone players in the league.
2 - He excels as a roll man in the PnR, especially catching lobs. Our guards are not good at throwing lobs, particularly IT who may be the worst PnR passer I've ever seen.

I honestly don't think any of that matters. But I appreciate the attempt to be objective.

Not a fan I take it?

pointless move. why get wright when you already have plumlee and len? adding more redundant players doesnt move the needle. instead of getting a stretch 5 or a back to the basket center, mcdo added another sam delambert type. the sig stays.

Shabazz wrote:Suns will probably have to waive Warren or Ennis now when they offer Jermaine O'Neal the max.

Wewriteouronchapter?

SDC wrote:pointless move. why get wright when you already have plumlee and len? adding more redundant players doesnt move the needle. instead of getting a stretch 5 or a back to the basket center, mcdo added another sam delambert type. the sig stays.

You, sir, are an idiot.

Shabazz wrote:1 - He's incredibly injury prone. Among the most injury prone players in the league.

This acquisition greatly improves our ability to withstand an injury up front, because we now have four legitimate bigs instead of three. I don't like having to depend on Shav, or having to rely on Mook and Tucker playing PF.

jkalldaway wrote:And THIS is why you don't go for a bum like O'NEAL. Brilliant McD.

nobody's pining for wright other than the suns apparently. that's why mcdo got him easy and for cheap. now you have len, plumlee and wright who play similarly (athletic shotblocker, rebounder, dunker)

#facepalm

OTOH, oneal has many suitors. (portland, cleveland, dallas, LAC)

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12130 ... oneal-race

jkalldaway wrote:

SDC wrote:pointless move. why get wright when you already have plumlee and len? adding more redundant players doesnt move the needle. instead of getting a stretch 5 or a back to the basket center, mcdo added another sam delambert type. the sig stays.

You, sir, are an idiot.

Let's try to stay away from personal attacks as tempting as they are in some cases.