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"I feel like we got the best bench unit in the league and to add me to it, it'll be great too." Miles Bridges will come off Phoenix's bench with Luke Kennard, Collin Gillespie and Jordan Goodwin, and is picking up full court on defense for the first time since Michigan State.
From Suns practice Oct. 12: more of the offense is running through the center. "Everyone's playing through their 5 a little bit more," and the plan is to keep building on it. Oso Ighodaro and Collin Gillespie were named in that answer.
Luke Kennard is being told to shoot more. Suns coach Jordan Ott called him the team's best shooter, likening his movement shooting to Kyle Korver and Joe Harris. Collin Gillespie's message after a 48% three-point season: "shoot first and ask questions later."
Phoenix's Jordan Goodwin says having Miles Bridges and Dillon Brooks means he'll guard more guards, fewer of the taller forwards he took last season. Point guard is his easiest spot, running the bench and getting Collin Gillespie going. On Jalen Green, he gave no update.
Miles Bridges said the plan this year is to touch the paint more to open up shooters: "I get to the paint at will, and I got guys that know how to shoot." Collin Gillespie on a pickup scrap with Dillon Brooks: "I was ready to kill him." He called it just competing.
Ott: who starts and finishes at center will shift by matchup, but "once you get a starting center, you want to keep them for as long as you can." Miles Bridges is being asked to crash for rebounds on missed shots, new for him. Collin Gillespie says practice units change daily.