Thaddeus Young Proved He Could Be The Phoenix Suns Secret Weapon

Thaddeus Young Proved He Could Be The Phoenix Suns Secret Weapon

Nerk not playing today might have shown us something that we would have never seen right and so now you got another tool in the tool box all because nerk needed another day M fadus young bro there was a rebound defensive Rebound in the fourth quarter like jumped over yes Aaron G he’s out of position right he’s out of position Aaron gor’s one of the most athletic dudes in the world there’s no way on God’s green earth he’s supposed to get

That rebound and he’s out of position he out jumps over his shoulder snatches it nine rebounds four offensive like that’s the type of stuff that leads to Big Time basketball wins and potential playoff success and so now I think I think Frank got a conundrum I I’m I’m telling you

Right now I think Frank gonna lose some sleep tonight as he should he should I don’t you don’t think so no I think he should go to bed and wake up and say Thad young needs minutes because we we should have seen him way sooner than

This way more often than we have like if he played 19 minutes his first game and then since then it’s been like 19 minutes total until tonight when they had to like break glass in case of emergency so like we saw the passing we saw the effort on the glass again his

First game he had eight rebounds Off the Bench tonight he had n in limited minutes like he’s a guy that can help you no he’s not the best finisher but he did well tonight he made yic work defensively and his passing in the short rle helps him as a connector like he

Just he brings a different element and if the eubank’s minutes aren’t going to go well which in some matchups they’re just not you need to be able to have fad comfortable with the guys on the floor he looked really comfortable tonight but you need to get him more experience with

This team and I hope that this is kind of the first step to him cementing a spot in the rotation if Yousef isn’t in against OKC I start that because that gives you a lot of what nurkic gives you in terms of the passing hitting the glass hard I think it keeps

You feeling more like your normal that’s true offense with your starters and if you believe Drew is the guy that needs to be the bench player and at the backup and figure that out still and still work on that then keep him in that situation give Thad that opportunity see how he

Does in that spot I’d like that and then he does deserve more minutes especially I mean to me I look at it and I go I’d probably play him over Eubanks but I’m not paid millions of dollars to be a head coach and Frank’s told us no uh you

Know Drew is ahead of him in the rotation uh and and that’s just the way it is but I would go that way because he feels to like he fits a lot more of what nerk tends to do and it felt like the ball started moving really well when

Thad was in there with a lot of those starters and that’s important early on because against OKC against the Pelicans you can’t afford to fall behind right and and so that’s why I would look at it if nerk still out I’m also very confused

As to um what exactly it is or why Frank didn’t want to give him more opportunities here especially when he first joined the team because we were looking at the dates of when he got his first opportunity and it was like what two three days after he had had join the

Team y so a very very short window of time to get up to speed with anything granted he is a vet he’s 35 years old but feel like if that wasn’t a very pretty game for him he deserves a second chance especially after maybe having a

Week or two or three right to figure things out with the team so it’s just it’s it’s confusing because you would assume that maybe it’s something we’re not seeing behind the scenes maybe it’s not meel meshing or jelling correctly but looked pretty good tonight was it

More about Drew Eubanks than it ever was about Dad young yeah it was more Frank knowing that he was likely going to need Drew M did not want to take what last confidence that man may have had at when he was going through that bad stretch I

Mean because sometimes you got to play psychologist as a coach or a manager Y and do things that that help build that confidence help build self-belief I I wonder if that’s what this has always been more about because I don’t think you can say that I mean we

Know Thad young works hard that’s never been a knock on him since he’s been in the league so I think it’s that you know I I I I think it’s definitely that and I think Frank has told us that I mean here’s the thing as a coach you’re with

These guys from training camp and so you have a lot of Sweat Equity behind the scenes in games in the locker room that Drew EU Banks has brought to the table you bring a new guy in your starting spots already solidified and Drew has been your backup guy and then you at the

At that same moment you’re experiencing this boo experiment too right so it was like it was just like timing and I think at that point you you kind of want to give drew the benefit of the doubt to fight his way out of it but now again

The blessing this is the this is the beauty of basketball and this I always say this when there’s an injury blessings in Disguise because here’s what happened tonight we were hoping that nerk would play but nerk doesn’t play now I can make an argument that nerk not playing today might have shown

Us something that we would have never seen right and so now you got another tool in the toolbx all because nerk needed another day and so yeah I right now right now I think eub banks was ahead of him rightfully so but now I think you’re getting to the point where

You’re saying damn can can this guy push you in those spots and then to Friday’s point I would play him against uh chat because chat is a face up guy and and and that is in your face army knife Defender he can switch everything he can guard so I would absolutely even though

There’s a height deviation I would definitely put him in there against chat and let him give him hell go ahead it’s where we were a couple weeks ago when we just wanted him to get a chance like I I don’t I’m not expecting Frank to come out here in his postgame comments and

Say well that had a really good game so he’s officially passed you banks in the rotation I’m not expecting him to do anything like that he’s probably going to come out and say that was great for us we knew we could rely on him because

They have said we trust him if we need to turn to him and tonight they needed to do that so I’m sure he’s going to take that angle of we needed him tonight he stepped up but our rotation is what it is so I want to caution people against thinking that this changes

Everything but I just want to see him get a chance to build on it I want I this is supposed to kind of crack open the door I want to see him continue to be able to open the door instead of okay that was nice now the door’s closed

Again that’s well especially because if you do have to turn to him in an important situation whether that’s due to injury or maybe Eubanks is just struggling really bad one night he’s got more confidence too like it’s a balancing game when it comes to playing the confidence level yeah kind of game

Here yeah I mean it helps that that is a vet he understands you know that he just has to be ready at having any given point but now foul trouble injury whatever the case may be change of pace that you need m in a certain matchup uh you have more confidence in him

Teammates have more and you know even he knows that okay I can go out there like you’re saying Lindsay so there there’s nothing but positive on that front because yeah to your point it is another another option that you have now and you know you’re going to have to dig deep I

Mean we saw it in the playoff run to the finals where basically every big got hurt except for Frank there in in the fin it was like hey good luck buddy you serious don’t die like that was basically basically What It Is Well you know you’ve got depth and and that’s

That’s an important thing

On the latest PHNX Suns Podcast, Thaddeus Young proved in the Phoenix Suns’ 104-97 win over the Denver Nugget that he deserves more minutes as part of the rotation

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