Suns point guard situation

[JCSunsfan]

So, point guard is an issue for the Suns, but trading for a marginal back up pg does not seem to help. Here are our options.

1. Point Book. We have seen this before. Booker might be the best pg on the roster right now. But putting him there takes away the best SG on the roster, and the trade is a net negative.
2. Point Green. I see the value of wanting to put Green and Book on the floor together. He has the handles to bring the ball up, and could initiate an offense depending on how pg dependent the offense is. The most important thing for this team will be running. We need to move the ball quickly with this younger more athletic team. Green is not a distributor so far and the idea that he could be effective in that role is more hope than realistic expectation.
3. Collin Gillespie. He seems to be the closest thing to a traditional pg on the roster. He is a bit limited defensively. He went 15/6/6 per 36 for the Suns last year with 42% 3 point shooting. Per36 stats are deceiving sometimes, but that is interesting. This seems to be an option that should be explored.
4. Jordan Goodwin. He really does not have good distributing skills but would be a defensive dog at the pg position. He is a better rebounder than passer.
5. Jared Butler's per 36 numbers are really interesting, especially since he got those numbers over more actual minutes played. 17/7.3/3.6 with 35.2% three point shooting. That percentage is not great but not bad. He also seems to be a decent defender.

I guess we give the Book/Green backcourt a look. But if it becomes clear we need more of a pg, then I would guess Gillespie and Butler would Duke it out for minutes and Book would move to SF. The problem with that is that we have Dunn, Flemming, Hayes, Brooks, and ONeal that would need time at the forward positions.

Any predictions?

 

[Suns_fan69]

...then I would guess Gillespie and Butler would Duke it out for minutes and Book would move to SF. The problem with that is that we have Dunn, Flemming, Hayes, Brooks, and ONeal that would need time at the forward positions.

I think the bigger issue is that you'd have 3 terrible to average defenders on the perimeter which is a recipe for disaster. I think unfortunately it has to be Book/Green, with Gillespie first off the bench and then staggering Book/Green as much as possible to give each some space as the #1 option with a true PG.

 

[Mainstreet]

As of now, it's Devin Booker and/or Jalen Green at point guard.

The best pure point guard on the roster is Collin Gillespie, with Jordan Goodwin and Jared Butler as other options.

 

[Goldfield]

I think we make more moves when allowed. But I’d rather Green handle the ball keeping Book at SG.

 

[Phrazbit]

Unless Gillespie makes huge strides, it's going to be Booker doing 90% of the playmaking.

Green simply isn't a facilitator in any sense of the word... maybe we can use him to push the pace in the full court, but in the half court he simply does not pass. That article linked a few weeks back about Green's aptitude as a passer and shot creator detailed that he was, quite literally, dead last among high usage players in facilitation.

I think we're going to see a lot of hot potato perimeter passing when Booker sits. Even the guys who are good outside shooters (O'Neale, Allen) rarely take 3s unless they have a good look and I don't see how we're going to create good looks.

Hopefully we do a lot of off ball movement, the best teams do a ton of it and it does a lot of open up shooters, but with our lack of passing ability it is going to be tricky... lots of movement can lead to lots of turnovers if the passing talent isn't there.