Phoenix Suns: The Pros And Cons Of A Twin Towers Lineup
For a team looking to end a five-year playoff drought, the Phoenix Suns still have some major questions to answer in their frontcourt. At the forefront of that conversation is what will happen with Markieff Morris, who’s sworn he won’t play for this organization again, but there’s also the question of how head coach Jeff Hornacek will manage two starting-caliber centers.
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By adding Tyson Chandler, the Suns were making a power play move to try and land LaMarcus Aldridge. Though it failed, Chandler is still the kind of defensive anchor that can help Phoenix reach its goal of making the playoffs. However, this might be the first time in franchise history that the Suns have two centers of this quality.
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With third-year center Alex Len seemingly on the verge of breaking out and in need of any many formative minutes as possible, should the Suns consider playing a Twin Towers lineup with Chandler and Len sharing the floor?
Clogging the lane with two behemoths is not a new concept; the Houston Rockets and the San Antonio Spurs popularized the Twin Towers concept by trotting out those famous lineups that saw a great amount of success in the 1990s.
But Chandler and Len are nowhere near being in that same class as Hakeem Olajuwon and Ralph Sampson or David Robinson and Tim Duncan, and with the NBA heading further into the small-ball era, it’s worth taking a look at what would a Suns small-ball lineup look like.
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