Also, I don’t see Grant Hill and Channing Frye playing in garbage time such a bad thing….I agree with KJ, Nice insurance during the game.

I’m a big Amare fan. Unfortunately, he needs to pick up his Defense and rebounding, bit time…his offense is unbelievable. Still, I’m starting to think we should start Lou and have amare come in every now and then. It’s sad when you have a bench that is better than the starters on defense. Maybe THAT”S the reason for the suns up and down lead changes in games.

Grant Hill always rolls out at the beginning of the fourth with the second unit whether we're up by 10 or down by 1. He gives that unit stability and he is Gentry's insurance policy.

Amare doesn't need to have monster numbers in games and quarters that don't matter. What is the point? It's also a good thing that he gets as much rest as possible in these early games because he still isn't anywhere near 100% as far as his conditioning goes.

If he doesn't have to be on the floor he shouldn't be. Garbage time minutes in a blowout game here or there will not help his conditioning. What it will do is increase his risk of injury, and for what? 7 more points on a stat sheet?

To be honest, you should be thanking the gods above the valley of the sun that Gentry pulls the big stars so early. It shows that not only does he have faith in his bench, but that he wants to continue to polish them. He understands that we can't go 7 deep and survive in the playoffs. The stars will be rested and the bench will be more than adequate as we get into April and beyond.

Just like in any sport, if you don't know the "playbook" you won't see the field, (or in this case the court). When Gentry puts his bench out here he expects them to play the exact same way as the starts in the exact same system. If Clark doesn't know every play like the back of his hand, he shouldn't get burn while the rest of the bench builds that cohesive mindset.

As the season goes on, Clark will get his run. He'll get more comfortable and his understanding will increase. Like Amare, he needs practice time and a proper environment to get up to full power. He doesn't need garbage time.

Also, saying Tucker is "terrible" without any reasoning doesn't solve the riddle as to why *he* can't crack the rotation. For most teams I wouldn't mind, but the Suns seem to always have that guy on the end of the bench that we don't use but as soon as he ends up on another team, he explodes.

a max player playing into his contract year avg 7 rebound! Im suprise we are winning at all.