Nice win for the Suns

The third game of the summer league finally gave the Suns a (nice) win, 94-86 over the Hornets.
What I really like about the Summer Suns so far is that we're getting some positive signs from each game: Marcus Banks (in the first game), D.J. Strawberry, Alando Tucker, Otis George and now Ron Hale.

The best things out of yesterday game: Hale scoring 25 points off the bench, D.J. dishing 9 assists, George and Sow getting 8 boards including 4 on offense for Pape. The most satisfying thing to watch I think was the way D.J. plays the game and stays on the field. I think he will be a solid pro someday, although I am not sure it'll be with the Suns. You can read a short interview with the young Strawberry on the Suns homepage.

On the negative side, I would like to underline the poor overall shooting from Tucker and D.J. going a combined 9-33. While you really can't expect much offence from D.J., I think Tucker could do better than that (he's shooting .417 in three summer games so far) even if we already knew he's not a shooter.

Next game later today against the Blazers (10.30 ET) as you all know, We won't be able to take a look at Oden.

On a final note since it's summer and people generally have more time to relax and maybe read some book, I found a nice link on The Painted Area Blog, listing the best 25 basketball books of the last couple of years. It's a nice read itself and possibly could be a nice occasion to pick up one for an upcoming vacation or a weekend at the beach...or maybe, just read the wonderful Jack McCallum's Seven Seconds or Less once more.

Go Summer Suns!