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Time: 3:00 pm AZ (3:00 pm PT/6:00 pm ET)
Place: Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, AZ
TV: FSAZ, NBALP

Early game today. Jazz have been playing pretty well even without Favors as Trey Lyles has been playing well in his stead. Hopefully, we'll stay competitive before losing at the end. No Knight and Leuer is questionable.

Go Suns!!!

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Was that a left handed layup attempt from Len? I can't rewind.

EDC wrote:Was that a left handed layup attempt from Len? I can't rewind.

Just getting ready to go watch the game. I will check and report back.

Superbone wrote:

EDC wrote:Was that a left handed layup attempt from Len? I can't rewind.

Just getting ready to go watch the game. I will check and report back.

Yes, it most definitely was. Eddie Johnson even comments on it. He kept the ball high and shot with his left to prevent Gobert from blocking the shot.

Len just serving up the block to Gobert by using his right hand after spinning off his right shoulder.

Superbone wrote:

Superbone wrote:

EDC wrote:Was that a left handed layup attempt from Len? I can't rewind.

Just getting ready to go watch the game. I will check and report back.

Yes, it most definitely was. Eddie Johnson even comments on it. He kept the ball high and shot with his left to prevent Gobert from blocking the shot.

Nice. Thanks for checking.

Gobert > Len.

I guess this isn't news.

Len is doing a Big Jake imitation, playing shorter than his height. Really ... 0-8 from the field??

Makes you wonder if Tyson, not Alex, is the center of the future.

Alex has disappeared in way too many games this year.

Edit: who says no? http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=jlto9nw

OE32 wrote:Makes you wonder if Tyson, not Alex, is the center of the future.

Alex has disappeared in way too many games this year.

Edit: who says no? http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=jlto9nw

Id rather have Lopez. Ho hum.

I'd rather be patient with Len.

And the Suns lose 101-86 to stay one game ahead of Brooklyn in the lottery race.

One down, 5 to go.

Len 1-18 over his last two games. Has that ever been done by a 7 footer in NBA history?

Shabazz wrote:Len 1-18 over his last two games. Has that ever been done by a 7 footer in NBA history?

Skillz.

Shabazz wrote:Len 1-18 over his last two games. Has that ever been done by a 7 footer in NBA history?

He has hit the proverbial third year wall.

Teletovic with three threes. He is three away from setting the all-time NBA record for most threes off the bench.

The Bobster wrote:I'd rather be patient with Len.

Me too. And it is not like he was ever in contention to be a top 5 center in the game. We are years away from being competitive. Let him work on stuff each summer and keep growing.

Indy wrote:

The Bobster wrote:I'd rather be patient with Len.

Me too. And it is not like he was ever in contention to be a top 5 center in the game. We are years away from being competitive. Let him work on stuff each summer and keep growing.

While being patient, somebody should also put him in a position to succeed.

By no stretch of the imagination is he a power forward. It's an experiment that is not going well; he's hurrying his shots and making bad decisions in the outcourt. He's not comfortable as a 4 and it shows. Rather than setting himself, he flings flat-footed jumpers that are getting blocked. He's 7-1 and getting his midrange shots blocked. Egad.

It reminds me of when the Knicks had both Cartwright and Patrick Ewing. Hubie Brown played Ewing at 4 and Patrick was none to happy or comfortable with it.

LazarusLong wrote:

Indy wrote:

The Bobster wrote:I'd rather be patient with Len.

Me too. And it is not like he was ever in contention to be a top 5 center in the game. We are years away from being competitive. Let him work on stuff each summer and keep growing.

While being patient, somebody should also put him in a position to succeed.

By no stretch of the imagination is he a power forward. It's an experiment that is not going well; he's hurrying his shots and making bad decisions in the outcourt. He's not comfortable as a 4 and it shows. Rather than setting himself, he flings flat-footed jumpers that are getting blocked. He's 7-1 and getting his midrange shots blocked. Egad.

It reminds me of when the Knicks had both Cartwright and Patrick Ewing. Hubie Brown played Ewing at 4 and Patrick was none to happy or comfortable with it.

I am not as opposed to him playing a stretch position, but you can't do that when we have such an awful team on the court. It only sets him up for failure. And you should be developing a game plan to put your future in the best spot possible. Right now, with the injuries and the crap season, we should be forcing everyone on the active roster not named Booker or Len to be doing everything they can to support Booker and Len. Instead we let everyone play for themselves, and it hurts our future.

I love that PJ and Price try harder than anyone else on the court (and I think there are good lessons to learn from that), but the way we use them is just acceptable for today, and jeopardizes our next year and beyond.

I am really disappointed in Ryan for not making this a priority.