Suns sign Luke Kennard.

[Germz249]

I approve of this

 

[95pro]

About as happy as can be.

 

[RON_IN_OC]

This is ok. Maybe the best we could realistically do. Not sure how much he will actually play though. Good depth at least.

I'll give you 13 million reasons why he might get a little run.

 

[Yuma]

Not a good sign for Dunn.

Kennard isn't a defensive player. If Dunn gets back his defensive mojo, there's still a role for him. Plus Dunn's cheap. You need cheap good players around the bigger salaries.

 

[iLLmatiC]

Don't see how. You think he is playing over Goodwin?

He’s going to be needed on the floor for spacing.

 

[JCSunsfan]

Kennard isn't a defensive player. If Dunn gets back his defensive mojo, there's still a role for him. Plus Dunn's cheap. You need cheap good players around the bigger salaries.

Kennard is a guard isn’t he?

 

[Chaplin]

Most pure shooters aren't lockdown defenders, so I'm not sure what everyone expected.

 

[Chaplin]

Kennard is a guard isn’t he?

6'5" shooting guard, yes

 

[Brian in Mesa]

Hate to see him go. One of the league's all-time best shooters.

Kennard’s career 3-point percentage of .4421 ranks second in NBA history and first among active players. This is a major achievement, as only a handful of players have ever reached the 44% mark over their careers.

 

[Phrazbit]

Yes.

No shot.

Goodwin is far more versatile, he will feature in a ton of different looks.

I like the signing, we needed shooting but Kennard is probably going to be the 9th or 10th man.

 

[Phrazbit]

He's a good shooter and floor spacer, doesn't bring a lot else. Nice, basically no risk contract. But he does not replace Grayson Allen's production. Allen made more 3s per game than Kennard attempted.

If you put Kennard on our team last year he would have ranked 8th in 3s made per game. He's a little gun shy, which can be a bummer because it's the only thing he does well.

Solid, end of rotation, shooter.

 

[ProdigalSun]

With all the random games these players take off for injuries, minutes management, etc these days Kennard is going to get plenty of burn and should earn that contract easily

 

[CardsSunsDbacks]

He's a good shooter and floor spacer, doesn't bring a lot else. Nice, basically no risk contract. But he does not replace Grayson Allen's production. Allen made more 3s per game than Kennard attempted.

If you put Kennard on our team last year he would have ranked 8th in 3s made per game. He's a little gun shy, which can be a bummer because it's the only thing he does well.

Solid, end of rotation, shooter.

Kennard would have likely shot a lot more threes on our team. Keep in mind that was easily the most threes per game that Allen had ever attempted. Kennard will not only have an ultra green light on this team, but will be heavily encouraged to fire them up.

 

[iLLmatiC]

He's a good shooter and floor spacer, doesn't bring a lot else. Nice, basically no risk contract. But he does not replace Grayson Allen's production. Allen made more 3s per game than Kennard attempted.

If you put Kennard on our team last year he would have ranked 8th in 3s made per game. He's a little gun shy, which can be a bummer because it's the only thing he does well.

Solid, end of rotation, shooter.

Ott is going to give Kennard the green light. Kennard does not the possess the driving ability of Grayson but he’s lights out.

 

[JCSunsfan]

Ott is going to give Kennard the green light. Kennard does not the possess the driving ability of Grayson but he’s lights out.

Yup. He is going to get 6 or more attempts per game, or maybe more. They will HAVE to play him a lot just to space the floor. He will definitely not be 5th among guard minutes. I am not a Kennard fan by any means, I am just looking at the roster and the mix of skills.

 

[Mainstreet]

I approve of this

Hey, what happened to the Waffle House news scoops?

 

[leclerc]

Great signing. Lakers are worse, Suns get better. I think he will get plenty of playing time. Currently we have Booker, Green, Gillespie, Goodwin, Kennard. That is not a bad mix of skills if you disregard the fact that there is only one PG.

 

[95pro]

The second year player option doesn’t sit well with me.

 

[leclerc]

Are you afraid he will leave us early or do you prefer team option?

 

[clyde2tw]

Kennard is a good secondary ball handler, after faking a 3pt shot and driving. He is reasonable at D. We have Booker, Green, CG and MB as the primary ball handlers and won't miss GA a bit.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

i'm guessing more will come out but i'm also guessing kennard could've gotten more elsewhere - but he'll get a lot of shots here with grayson and oneale gone

 

[GatorAZ]

The second year player option doesn’t sit well with me.

He’s a role player not a cornerstone. If he opts out it likely means we got a good year from him.

 

[oaken1]

Thought I would just stop in and say...


YAAAYY!!!..

okay, thats my contribution

 

[Phrazbit]

With all the random games these players take off for injuries, minutes management, etc these days Kennard is going to get plenty of burn and should earn that contract easily

Kennard would have likely shot a lot more threes on our team. Keep in mind that was easily the most threes per game that Allen had ever attempted. Kennard will not only have an ultra green light on this team, but will be heavily encouraged to fire them up.

Yup. He is going to get 6 or more attempts per game, or maybe more. They will HAVE to play him a lot just to space the floor. He will definitely not be 5th among guard minutes. I am not a Kennard fan by any means, I am just looking at the roster and the mix of skills.

I don't think he lacked a green light in LA. On a per minute basis, he took less threes than Bronny James, which I cannot imagine was part of the design.

Maybe he was surrounded by ball hogs (something we don't lack) or perhaps he's kinda like... Channing Frye. A really good outside shooter who gets gun shy.

Either way. To the crowd who thinks this is an easy Allen replacement and someone who will get more minutes than Goodwin... I think you're way off.

I like the signing. We need a reliable deep threat, rotation guy to keep teams honest and that "Steve Kerr" type at the end of a game is always great, but he's back end of the rotation player. Goodwin, Gillespe... they are both significantly better players and will feature a lot more.

Also, Goodwin is the definition of what this team is trying to do. He was huge for us, him getting hurt late in the year sucked, that dude was a pivotal player. I think he'd be a solid rotation player on any team in the NBA.

 

[Carolinacacti]

Not sure how much he will play. I know one of my biggest complaints of the 1970, 80's and 90's teams was the bench. I like this bench