Could Rookie Ryan Dunn START For The Phoenix Suns This Year?

Could Rookie Ryan Dunn START For The Phoenix Suns This Year?

there could be some wild cards in here right I mean we literally just talked about how it seems like there’s a lot of experimenting and you got to try a few different things with Coach bud at the helm you got a lot of guys you could tap into and some younger guys who might be able to surprise you maybe not I don’t know we’ll find out but Flex you have an interesting thought when it comes to our friend Ryan dun huh I do what’s your thought look at G G’s laughing know what it is G knows I love me some Ryan done listen I I think this is going to all depend on one summer league okay we got to see how things shake out in summer league and obviously through training camp but if everything I’m hearing behind the scenes about Ryan Dunn is correct um I believe there’s an opportunity where you go right to Ryan dun early you say hey man this what we gonna do we going book we going Bill we going KD we going nerk and Ryan dun you are getting we’re sticking you on everybody you’re sticking all the best players on all the best teams we don’t care what position uh you’re that guy we don’t care about your offense we don’t care about your shooting we want you to be this guy and guess what now Grayson Allen is potentially the best six-man in basketball Royce O’Neal and graceon Grayson Allen backto Back Off the Bench is dangerous you add in am Monte Morris and now you might be cooking now that’s wishful thinking this is this is assuming G that uh Ryan Dunn is as good as advertised and is some somewhere in the level of a Mel Bridges type dude right away and if he is that then I’m going with him in the starting lineup but again we got to see how things shake out okay talk to me I’m GNA play the internet here all right brother can’t shoot okay how you going to play supposedly according to what yeah listen he he had some really excited he was excited to prove everyone wrong yesterday James Jones said some nice things about him yesterday what are they supposed to Sayed allegedly I got statistics as Gerald likes to say and they ain’t good from Deep so why am I supposed to believe that that that won’t be a hindrance to him starting so that’s a great question and I do think it’s because similar to Josh aogi last year the case that we made for him was his lack of shooting is mitigated if you are playing him with three Central gravity hubs of the big three like superstars that are going to demand attention you might be able to get away if he can shoot if if the shooting is as bad as we fear it might be putting him with the big three might alleviate some of those concerns where you’re sticking him in a dunker spot roll or roller roll or screener whatever and trying to alleviate that concern that way but I do hear you I I personally think the shooting and the offense is still going to need to come along for that to happen yeah but that would be the argument is that like if you put him next to those three the shooting concerns aren’t as great because they have to focus on stopping those three well part of the argument too Flex that if he’s out there being the point of attack Defender taking on the toughest defensive assignment you’re not making Kevin Durant do that so he might be even more effective which is tough he was effective last year but even more effective offensively where it doesn’t put that much pressure on D yeah no I think it’s you look at the whole thing you look at less pressure on B Beal and D I mean and KD because he could perbly be guarding any one of those guys Man On Any Given night the NBA is unique you know it could be Kyrie one night Luka the next night Anthony Edward so D is that Swiss army knife that you can go in and say you take that guy and now that guy on offense is a little freed up um because he doesn’t have to work so hard on defense I’m with you g the shooting has to come around right I I do get that I I I push back a little bit on the aogi thing people keep saying he’s Josh aogi right if Josh aogi was 67 like Ryan Dunn Josh a kogi will not be signing a little bit more than the minimum deal right now I’m very confident in saying that Josh is a good basketball player but he’s 6’2 that’s like saying if Devin Booker was not 66 and he was 6’2 uh he he he wouldn’t be Devon Booker I’ll tell you that right now Devon would not be Devon if he was four inches shorter right so he’d be P Tyrese Maxi but that’s a whole another point right but I I do think that uh summer league here’s what I want to see G uh this this could be completely off and this could be nowhere near able to happen based on the jump shot thing but is it crazy for me to go to summer league and say hey he Ryan man put him up I want five threes a game in summer league I don’t give a damn if you don’t make them I don’t care if we lose by 30 it’s summer league go out there put five up a game force the issue hold on that that [ __ ] ain’t crazy we watched Dragon Bender play point guard in summer league when they were scrambling to figure out if he could be anything so I do want to see it in the context of the that he would have I I don’t want him like trying to do [ __ ] off the dribble or like forcing threes I do want to see like if somebody kicks it to you and you have space in a catch and shoot situation I want to see what you can do I want to see you in the corner and you get an open look I want to see you knock that down I think I I I do I want to see him shoot I want to see how he shoots at summer league but I do want it to be in similar scenarios that he might see with the Suns which is hard to replicate because they don’t have guys on this summer league roster that are going to create that same gravity for him but that’s kind of what I’m looking forward also we’re you’re talking about later on in the season not to start the season correct oh no I’m talking he’s talking I’m talking about from I’m talking about here’s what I’m saying I was gonna say it makes sense a little bit later on in the season you have some time to build up that confidence you have some time to show not just because Summer League is very valuable but again it’s summer league you’re not playing against veteran NBA players who have far more talent and skill than all of the rookie class you know what I mean but I could see by like you know maybe December if he’s really been able to prove that why not I I Pie in the Sky he goes to summer league he’s First Team all summer league he’s a defensive monster and he shows that he can shoot 30% from three okay then that translates to training camp and now you’re in training camp and guys like Devin Booker Brad and Kevin Durant are walking to buz’s office and saying hey man this guy is pretty damn good this guy is is giving us all we can handle in practice there’s no reason to think or overthink this this kid can go out there day one and make hell for Anthony Edwards and some of these guys that’s the that’s everything working out that’s that’s yo we hit on everything do I think that’s likely probably not but I’m not rolling it out so that’s why I’m saying let’s have fun in summer league and see how this kid develops maybe we get surprised okay so what’s the minimum three-point percentage he needs to be at for the most part consistently in order to win that fifth starting spot 30% for me you shoot you can make yeah yeah if you can make 30% to start day one right okay I I want him to be better than that but I’m saying forget 30 one out of three if you’re shooting 33% you you you I can live with that enough that your if your defense is that good I’ll live with 32% I’d go like 35 36 probably for me that’s League average just below League average that would probably be where I’m at okay it’s not the three point percentage for me what is it’s the free throw percentage that’s fair because he shot so poorly from the St right that that’s going to be an easy out for some teams too if he’s got an easy look at the hoop foul right like it just put him on the line that’s that’s a deficit and that’s where I need to see him start make F making him first because once he does that I think then the three-point shooting comes along it’s the free throw shooting that I’ll be watching at summer league and in in the preseason and understanding that because I can deal with that from a guy on my bench I can’t I can’t deal with it from a guy in my starting lineup because that can disrupt a lot of things in a lot of ways so that’s where where I’m looking with him I think there is a world where he could could start and start at the beginning of the year but you have to show promise in that area

The Suns are filling out there roster, and one of their most intriguing pieces is 29th overall pick Ryan Dunn. Could the defense-first forward crack the starting rotation to play with the big 3? The PHNX Suns Podcast discusses.

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