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Time: 5:00 pm AZ (5:00 pm PT / 8:00 pm ET)
Place: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA
TV: FSAZ/NBALP

The Pelicans are looking to get their first win of the season against us Friday night on their home turf. The New Orleans role players finally stepped up in their last game but then Davis has his first stinker of the season after a terrific start.

Go Suns!!!

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Good luck, Jared Dudley.

Shabazz wrote:Good luck, Jared Dudley.

Are you saying he's getting the Davis assignment?

I'd like to see Bender on Davis tonight. It would be a good learning experience.

I agree. Bender is a good matchup for Davis. Long and quick.

I would be surprised if Coach trusted him enough to give him that chance, but I agree that it'd be interesting. I bet they put somebody like Chandler or Len on Davis. But what do I know?

Bender might be a long shot to get significant minutes tonight, but I hope Watson trusts his defense. Bender is a very smart defender for a teenager.

Bender and Chriss should just rotate on him. They match up well regardless of age/experience and throwing them into the fire this early will be good for their development.

These might be the two best 1-9-combined-record teams in the league. Both probably better than their records so far, though both are probably not playoff teams.

Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:These might be the two best 1-9-combined-record teams in the league. Both probably better than their records so far, though both are probably not playoff teams.

I want to agree, because I like the young stars. But both teams are shooting poorly, fouling a lot, and turning the ball over. They've got a long way to go to prove they are good teams.

O_Gardino wrote:

Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:These might be the two best 1-9-combined-record teams in the league. Both probably better than their records so far, though both are probably not playoff teams.

I want to agree, because I like the young stars. But both teams are shooting poorly, fouling a lot, and turning the ball over. They've got a long way to go to prove they are good teams.

It's got all the ingredients for a great game!

Please let Bender and Ulis play.

It doesn't have to be a lot. 10 minutes each is okay. But I want to see what these guys can do. I care more about that than I do about winning the game.

The Pelicans are really bad. If the Suns can't win tonight... well, it actually doesn't change much because my opinion has always been to play the young pups and try to trade the old guys.

carey wrote:The Pelicans are really bad. If the Suns can't win tonight... well, it actually doesn't change much because my opinion has always been to play the young pups and try to trade the old guys.

Would be nice if Watson actually played Bender and Ulis over turds like Tucker and Knight.

I think Tucker and Knight are coming along. Bender needs some of Chriss's minutes. If we gave Bender 3 or 4 of Chriss's minutes per game we would see multiple players improve.

I think Dudley got inspired by Durant's last game seeing that first three point attempt and make.

I want to see more of Booker operating in the post against smaller guards (of which there are plenty.)

That was so bad. The team had to have seen Chandler was trailing the play but instead of covering the bigs down under the guards and TJ just ran to their own guys leaving Dudley to guard two bigs under the hoop. Horrible awareness on the defensive end.

Tim Frazier looks pretty good.

We aren't even really attempting to play defense. Going for a few steals sure, but often at the expense of being way out of position.