Robin Lopez having a career game

[pauls931]

Amare looked like he wasn't really interested in this game at all.

Probably because he was being used as a decoy allowing Lopez to up some serious numbers.

What i liked about this game is that it appears the suns may have two functional teams, not just starters and a bench. Now when other teams sub, the suns just leave fry, dragic, dudley, and Lopez in and lay the hurt to them. At least it may work vs teams with a shallow bench.

[Chieflion]

Timing. As his minutes have increased/become consistent, his fouls per 10 minute average has decreased. He went from averaging 2.9 fouls per 10 minutes in November to 2 per 10 in December to 1.3 per 10 in January to 1.1 per 10 thus far in February. When you're a big man, timing is just about everything.

That's good. More legit centers is good for the league. Thinking about Robin Lopez the foul machine makes me think about Ian and Pop.

[boston.balla]

comparing lopez to ian is unfair. lopez seems to have a much better game. Him being foul prone comes from bad timing not bad defensive plays (that and the fact that suns perimiter d is swaitzer like )

[lefty]

Did I miss something

Did the Suns and Nets make a trade I don't know about?


LOL those teams could make a trade after the deadline, the NBA wouldn't notice

[Spurfan]

comparing lopez to ian is unfair. lopez seems to have a much better game. Him being foul prone comes from bad timing not bad defensive plays (that and the fact that suns perimiter d is swaitzer like )

Wrong, comparing Lopez to Mahinmi isn't fair because Lopez has not accomplished half of what Mahinmi has accomplished in the D-league. Lets see Lopez earn first all developmental league honors like Mahinmi, then maybe you can compare the two.

[Pero]

Wrong, comparing Lopez to Mahinmi isn't fair because Lopez has not accomplished half of what Mahinmi has accomplished in the D-league. Lets see Lopez earn first all developmental league honors like Mahinmi, then maybe you can compare the two.

God, I hope this is a joke.

[mojorizen7]

At some point the light came ON for Lopez and it looks as though we've got a young legitamit bigman.
Couldn't have happened to a more deserving franchise....

Seriously though, I have on Kerr for the Lopez pick,but it seems that he may be less incompetent than initially thought as a GM.

The Good
-Move Marion who was obviously a product of DA's system(and a primadonna pain in the ass) and wanted to get PAID.
-Draft Lopez and watch him play like a complete stiff for over a year and not give up(like I did)
-Draft Dragic in rd 2.
-Move Raja Bell's faded game and Diaw's lazy ass and fat contract for a major upgrade in JRich and the younger hustle-game of JDuds.
-Move Shaq's contract.
-After receiving lukewarm offers for Amare over the last 2 years he didn't cave and accept a deal just to make a deal.

The Bad
- Extending Nash is going to prove to be a mistake even IF his body doesn't break down, because Dragic is going to be ready to lead next season, and Kerr will be in NO POSITION to hand over the car keys with Nashy continuing to dominate the ball and make sure everybody's having fun.
- If you were in favor of extending Nash then i guess the Grant Hill extension was just icing.....if not(like myself) bringing Hill back was salt on an open wound. Valuable minutes taken away from Duds and the rook E.Clark were imediately reduced with Hill on board to help us(Nash) win 45 games. I would have preferred a "Thanks for your services Grant,good luck to you in the future[handshake]."
-Matt Barnes and his reckless turnovers were sent packing. Ok fine, but we also sent his nastatude packing which is something this team is severely lacking in. The choir boy mentality act is growing "old." Not to mention that Barnes played well here for the most part and could D up on the perimeter.
With the addition of JDuds the casual loss of Barnes is forgiven but not forgotten ; )

The Ugly
Kerr came in here as the new GM and said all the things that I wanted to hear:This team needs to get better defensively and find a committment to playing defense. So D'Umbtoni walks and the table is set to rebuild this team and finally move away from the SSOL garbage that got us nothing but a load of reg season victories & postseason dissappointment........
STILL WAITING..........STILL WAITING........STILL WAITING.......
oh wait, we changed from SSOL to Fun and ing Gun.....I got it, its about Sarver and the bottom line My bad .

[Jeremy]

You forgot about the Kurt Thomas and two 1st-rounders for nothing trade.

And we should have ended up with at least a 1st-round draft pick after trading Marion and Shaq--instead of nothing.