I just got over to an internet cafe to post my observations of the game. First, its in a small gym…almost like a high school gym. Sat in the second row next to Gar Heard.

First on Darko…he actually played pretty well. He didn’t look lackadaisical at all. He is very athletic. He did get pooped out toward the end. One thing I didn’t understand about Darko is that he looks go pass first. He is very much a team player. He is a good passer. He made a lot of good passes that were not turned into points. Heard was happy with him. The Sun center did not outplay him at all. He rarely scored agaist Darko. Heard said they want Darko to call for the ball more and just get more aggressive overall. The one thing I didn’t like was that he didn’t grab rebounds hard. He definately has to get angry at the ball more.

Defino is fine. He made several amazing drives to the hoop and constantly brought bhe ball up the court with authority. He just didn’t hava good shooting night.

We have a definite winner in Maxiel. He has arms almost down to his knees. He is very quick and strong. He’s like Corlis on speed. He has a nice 15 ft jumper that he hit every time. He is a very strong rebounder…like Ben. Other stuff…Acker is a keeper…he is very smooth at the 2. The high school kid is very athletic and long but is clearly out of his depth now. I was surprised at Glinny…he has a banged up hand and didn’t play but he looks really good. Gar told me that they had him lose weight and he is now as thin as Darko. He was knocking in all of his warmup jumpers.

It was clear that our guys were instructed to play defense and team ball. The Suns were jackin it up all the time. They beat us with 3’s. Thats about it.

Gar Heard was cool. He was sitting right next to me and was a great guy.

Dave Hanners was the coach. I would say that Delfino did have the fire. He just never tried to take the game over. Darko is much cooler. He hustled the whole time even when he was out of gas. He made one really angry move under the basket and it kind of surprised everyone. I’m sure they will tell him to do more of that.

Kurtz was on Darko most of the time but Darko just missed some short shots. Darko must have been under instructions to stick his nose in it. He did not hang around the perimiter. Acker was playing the 2. Harrington was the 1 and he shared it with Billups. He is a great dribbler ball handler but just looks so short. Amir is a little thin but very athletic. He wasn’t afraid to dive right in their for rebounds. He played the 4 and should be able to handle it with some added muscle. Gotta go now…see ya tomorrow.