Stephen Pridgeon-Garner
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first heard Mar 2026
last heard 21 Mar
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He's gotten significantly better with understanding what verticality is and how to use that verticality with kind of seeing things early in terms of rim protection, not being late, but being early, not just being on time with that and then allowing for his length and activity around the basket to improve.
had that impact, but doing that without fouling I think has been as important as anything.
And then to the other side, screening is probably the other thing that he needs to hit at a consistent level.
He's a little raw on the edges in other areas, but I think if he can just set solid screens with good angles and get that screen contact percentage to be up on the higher end of things, create an opportunity for his guards, he'll get return on investment downhill once he turns and gets into the role because he has good feet.
in that kind of transition point there.
So I think that's it with those two.
I think in tandem with those two on the floor, they can kind of get to some fun cross-matching, do some switching and things like that defensively that make them unique, especially against reserve units.
But they're both in a solid space, and it kind of is an example of the development piece for the Suns and how far along they've kind of expedited that for guys across their roster.
Yeah, I think I start with Colin Gillespie.
He got the contract that he did going into this new iteration of the Suns off of the work that he put in.
But also just the way he kind of went about his day to day.
I think those two things and just the person that he is.
is a direct example of everything that the Suns are wanting to establish with their culture in this change of general manager and head coach coming into this season and going forward.
So I think being intentional about bringing guys in that kind of strike that accord and alignment for what they're working towards matters as much as the talent that they're bringing in.
So you start with Gillespie.
You have to find a way to bring that guy back in.
He's the most direct example of proof of concept that you have in terms of a guy developing under you and you seeing the benefits of if guys buy into what Jordan and company are preaching, you could potentially have a season similar to what Colin Gillespie is having in respect to what he showed to do prior to this season and the level he's sustained at now.
I think Jordan Goodwin is another example in a different fashion, but similar to Gillespie.
And this is a guy that's shown to be able to do things to an elite level.
They just never had the opportunity, the runway to show in other situations.
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