A grandmother's poetry

Said Marilyn, "I'm showering in my birthday suit."
"Oh great," said Darrell. "I bet you look cute."
And when you come out, if you're feeling fine.
Lend me your suit, because I forgot mine."

A little treat.

After you go back and read those first two blogs, enjoy this little article. J.A. Adande is one of the most intelligent men on the planet. And he agrees with me. Or at least did. So, just follow this link and enjoy. (Also, notice how Grant Hill is playing against the Suns in the picture. It may only be humorous to sports gurus like me.)

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=adande_ja&page=Suns-080206

Can't replicate the first time.

I've noticed a slight trend. It's starting to go away, but it's still there. In my first two blogs I cover a lot of information about the Suns past and future. So, I think that some of my readers may not have taken the opportunity to read those. They are excellent, and although they are old news, I do consider them my two best written blogs. Thus, I encourage all of my readers to go back and take a look-see at the first two blogs that I posted.

A little bit on NBA rookies.

When someone gets selected in the first round of the NBA draft, they are guaranteed a contract. Not a big one, in fact, rookies always get the minimum to start, but they are for sure going to get some money. Thus, the Phoenix Suns have signed Robin Lopez. Little trivia info: Robin Lopez signed on with the Phoenix Suns on Thursday, July 10, 2008.

Second round picks have to prove that they're worth it before the team signs them. D.J. Strawberry is a perfect example of that.

The Summer League is mostly rookies, undrafted guys hoping to impress, guys that have played for a few years and are looking for a job, and some second year players. Right now the Suns are giving D.J., Alando, and Robin a lot of minutes so that they can get in NBA game shape, and to see where they're biggest weaknesses are. Just getting some, maybe, extra scouting done and whatnot.

Suns Summer League

The Suns Summer League is underway with a 100-97 loss to the Rockets last night. Robin Lopez looked somewhat impressive with 19 points on 5 of 13 shooting. D.J. Strawberry did nicely as a point guard. And Alando Tucker played well, also. They can be seen on NBA TV on Friday and Saturday against the Knicks and Trailblazers respectively.

Coach Thunder Dan Majerle was on with Doug & Wolf this morning and said that he was overall impressed with everyone especially Robin, being the first the game. He did say that the coaching staff is really only looking at Robin, Alando, and D.J. for the roster even though others did play very well. Also, everywhere that I've seen, Dan Majerle has been listed as head coach of this Summer League team, yet this morning he told Doug & Wolf that Igor Kokoskov was actually the head coach. Just a little tidbit. Here are some pictures of the three main guys on this team. (D.J. Strawberry is #8, Alando Tucker is #29, and Robin Lopez is #15.)

Many celebs, yes?

I would just like to reiterate that I would very much appreciate reader identification of some sort when you leave a comment. As of right now I don't take any of the more subjective comments seriously because as far as I know it could be Joe Shmuck that doesn't know anything about sports saying it. However, if it were to be Tim Legler or J.A. Adande reading my blog, I would take some extreme interest in what they have to say.

But don't get me wrong, I appreciate everyone's input and read all of the comments more than once. I just would like to know, or at least have an idea of, how many readers I really have. Technically, the same person could be posting all of the unclaimed comments and that is the position that my stubborn self is going to take. I don't write if I don't know that I have multiple readers.

With the fifteenth pick in the 2008 NBA Draft, the Phoenix Suns select Robin Lopez from Stanford University.

So, the Suns used their draft pick and got a center. Seems like they may have finally realized that Shawn Marion was useful. And irreplaceable. Also, maybe they got a center because Big Burnt Fat out there can't handle the load that Marion took on. However, I must say that it was an alright draft shoice for the Phoenix Suns. They do need help down low. Amare Stoudemire plays good defense about once a month and Shaquille O' Neal just isn't making a big enough impact. Robin was known for his defense at Stanford while letting his twin brother, Brook, do most of the scoring. And, what do the Suns need more than low post defense.

Yet, in his introductory press conference, Robin swore that he had a good offensive game. He also, in a round about way, admitted to liking chick flicks. Not that there's anything wrong with such films, just not what I expected. (Another fun fact: Steve Kerr and Terry Porter wore very similar looking shirts to that press conference.) On the other hand, for the entire time that Steve Nash has been a Phoenix Sun, they have always said that they are wanting a back up point guard for him. NBA experts were always attacking Mike D'Antoni for having his 34-year-old MVP guard play 34 or 35 minutes a game. And I'm sure that there were some qualified guards left at 15. But, the Suns decided that Shaq really wasn't the answer and now have to get him replaced.

I like Robin Lopez as of right now. I've never seen him play a lick of basketball. I am just inclined to like him. He seems like a good, tough, hardnosed player. So, I guess a tiny bit of congratulations must go to Steve Kerr. Not too much, though.