Bricklayer
Don't Make Me Use The Bat
Artest ( B+ ) -- started off the game well hitting a pair of inside layups, but
then ventured outside and began throwing up bricks again. Had a good stint after being reinserted late in the 2nd quarter, hitting a couple of shots and hitting Corliss on the pass for a dunk to close the half.
Thomas ( C- ) -- another quiet outing of empty minutes. Doesn't look like a guy fighting for a spot.
Miller ( B- ) -- went on a big scoring streak in the early first with a couple of
wide open threes and then an inside hoop. In the second half it was scrappy. Got punked by Raja Bell at one point, and unfortunately did not respond very well. Kind of that one burst to start things and then w whole lot of nothing.
Martin ( C- ) -- struggled to start, missing his shots and seeing Raja Bell convert
on the other end. And seemed to begin to press and get out of control. Didn't get much better in the second half, and was the first starter to the bench as Salmons stole some of his minutes. First bad game of the preseason for Kevin.
Bibby ( C ) -- quiet start, and got victimized on defense for the first time this
preseason. Just did very little out there.
Salmons ( A ) -- in the first half contributed again in little ways with some
saavy veteran plays, and helped out on the glass as well. And earned Muss's confidence to such a degree he took most of Kevin's second half minutes, lef the team in PT, and racked up a Bonzi-esque guard double double in 33min.
Reef ( C+ ) -- mixed bag in the first half, dropped a nice score on Amare, also got beat for a
rebound by Marcus Banks (Suns #3 PG) . Peppered in a few shots in the second half, but no rebounding once again.
Garcia ( B+ ) -- in the first half hustled, but looked a little out of control on offense again. Did make a great open court block to save a fast break basket. Gave us some more good hustle in the second half, and also did a nice job of creating shots for others. Had to leave the game early with a cut over his eye.
Price ( B ) -- struggled to start after an early insertion, turned it over,
bricked his shot. But settled down and late in the half had a couple of solid in control baseline drives. Scored well, but not much else, and was kind of just in the run up and down and gun mode of the Suns.
Douby ( D ) -- still forcing on offense, and did almost nothing of note out there.
Williamson ( B+ ) -- in the first half came in and scored quickly and helped on the glass. Scored nicely in the second half, but disappeared on the glass. Still making his argument for PT. No room at SF...maybe at PF? Scary thoguht.
Taylor ( C- ) -- did very little out there, but did throw one nice bounce pass to Garcia in low (the shot was blocked). Have to wonder, how much incompetence will it take to cause us to call him a mistake and go with a kid instead?
Hart ( INC ) -- not much in a short first half stint
Admundson ( C- ) -- hustled, but looked badly underskilled for this type of game
Williams (INC) -- think I spotted him in there for maybe one bleeping minute of garbagetime?
Muss ( N/A ) -- our starters got rather badly outplayed by the Suns starters, and that's really all you can take out of this one. We didn't try much full court pressure this time, which of course makes sense against the Suns. We also once again got next to nothing out of our frontcourt -- indeed outside of one little streak by Brad, the WHOLE frontcourt (unless you call Corliss a PF). Only Salmons, truly impressed, with a little support from Cisco, Corliss and Price. Not sure why Loren, Justin and Louis all got dropped from evaluation until late garbagetime.
then ventured outside and began throwing up bricks again. Had a good stint after being reinserted late in the 2nd quarter, hitting a couple of shots and hitting Corliss on the pass for a dunk to close the half.
Thomas ( C- ) -- another quiet outing of empty minutes. Doesn't look like a guy fighting for a spot.
Miller ( B- ) -- went on a big scoring streak in the early first with a couple of
wide open threes and then an inside hoop. In the second half it was scrappy. Got punked by Raja Bell at one point, and unfortunately did not respond very well. Kind of that one burst to start things and then w whole lot of nothing.
Martin ( C- ) -- struggled to start, missing his shots and seeing Raja Bell convert
on the other end. And seemed to begin to press and get out of control. Didn't get much better in the second half, and was the first starter to the bench as Salmons stole some of his minutes. First bad game of the preseason for Kevin.
Bibby ( C ) -- quiet start, and got victimized on defense for the first time this
preseason. Just did very little out there.
Salmons ( A ) -- in the first half contributed again in little ways with some
saavy veteran plays, and helped out on the glass as well. And earned Muss's confidence to such a degree he took most of Kevin's second half minutes, lef the team in PT, and racked up a Bonzi-esque guard double double in 33min.
Reef ( C+ ) -- mixed bag in the first half, dropped a nice score on Amare, also got beat for a
rebound by Marcus Banks (Suns #3 PG) . Peppered in a few shots in the second half, but no rebounding once again.
Garcia ( B+ ) -- in the first half hustled, but looked a little out of control on offense again. Did make a great open court block to save a fast break basket. Gave us some more good hustle in the second half, and also did a nice job of creating shots for others. Had to leave the game early with a cut over his eye.
Price ( B ) -- struggled to start after an early insertion, turned it over,
bricked his shot. But settled down and late in the half had a couple of solid in control baseline drives. Scored well, but not much else, and was kind of just in the run up and down and gun mode of the Suns.
Douby ( D ) -- still forcing on offense, and did almost nothing of note out there.
Williamson ( B+ ) -- in the first half came in and scored quickly and helped on the glass. Scored nicely in the second half, but disappeared on the glass. Still making his argument for PT. No room at SF...maybe at PF? Scary thoguht.
Taylor ( C- ) -- did very little out there, but did throw one nice bounce pass to Garcia in low (the shot was blocked). Have to wonder, how much incompetence will it take to cause us to call him a mistake and go with a kid instead?
Hart ( INC ) -- not much in a short first half stint
Admundson ( C- ) -- hustled, but looked badly underskilled for this type of game
Williams (INC) -- think I spotted him in there for maybe one bleeping minute of garbagetime?
Muss ( N/A ) -- our starters got rather badly outplayed by the Suns starters, and that's really all you can take out of this one. We didn't try much full court pressure this time, which of course makes sense against the Suns. We also once again got next to nothing out of our frontcourt -- indeed outside of one little streak by Brad, the WHOLE frontcourt (unless you call Corliss a PF). Only Salmons, truly impressed, with a little support from Cisco, Corliss and Price. Not sure why Loren, Justin and Louis all got dropped from evaluation until late garbagetime.
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