Hollinger: The Run-And-Gun Suns Have Returned

[pauls931]

Question for Suns fans and followers:

Now that Gentry has returned the team to its former run-and-gun philosophy, how long do you think it will take for the "Big Cactus" to start moaning, groaning and ing about his touches?

Recall when he got there, he claimed he "only wanted to fit in" and that he was brought there to head up the "Amare Stoudamire" project. Of course, we know how that turned out, as he became the focus of the half-court, post-up, offense under Porter. Now, that Nash is back to running the fun-n-gun, will this suit the Big man? Thoughts?

Winning will help cover that, also the Cactus has to accept that he's there for defense and covering when nash is off the floor. I didn't watch last night's game or even know who won, but I'm hoping gentry tries this idea rather than keeping nash and shaq on the floor at the same time.

When shaq is on the floor at the same time as nash, he needs to rebound and get the ball up the court as fast as possible, if SSOL does not work, fall into a half court set and let shaq get in position.

A nice thing to see with the run and gun is it gives them a chance to attack defenses before they are set hence utilizing shaq and amare better.

[sribb43]

Sunday will be a nice test for the old/new look suns...the Celtics come to town

[SenorSpur]

Winning will help cover that, also the Cactus has to accept that he's there for defense and covering when nash is off the floor. I didn't watch last night's game or even know who won, but I'm hoping gentry tries this idea rather than keeping nash and shaq on the floor at the same time.

When shaq is on the floor at the same time as nash, he needs to rebound and get the ball up the court as fast as possible, if SSOL does not work, fall into a half court set and let shaq get in position.

A nice thing to see with the run and gun is it gives them a chance to attack defenses before they are set hence utilizing shaq and amare better.

Easier said than done. Shaq has never been one to readily accept a diminished role.

[pauls931]

Easier said than done. Shaq has never been one to readily accept a diminished role.

Hopefully he has grown since his LA days and Amare's ego is less than Kobe's. (questionable...) If he wants to win, he'll accept this role and have astronomical rebounding numbers.