actually he is supposedly pretty quick..according to chris paul when he was interviewed after usa played china.

I think that Sun is destined to be a 2 or 3 for the Lakers. I think he is too slow to be a #1

With those five that Lakeshow listed, it seems like the starting five for the Lakers would be slow. I don't know if a team could have so many tall players all playing together. It seems like there would be a lack of speed and fast breaks. Shorter players do have advantages on break aways. Tall players could control the boards, but I am not convinced that five tall starters would work.

Sun's workout with the Lakers including him posting a time that was a full second faster than Farmer shuffling around the key and back. Farmar was at 11.5 seconds and Yue was 10.5. He handles the ball excellently, averages about 6-8 apg in China, shoots about 40% from 3 pt range, can rebound and block shots and received an endorsement from Kobe and several other Team USA players.

I don't think he and Farmar are comparable if ONLY due to the assists. PG's MUST average 7-10 apg in the NBA and Farmar and Fish combined average less than five. Get real...Yue is a critical missing ingredient who will be the starting PG in short order.

Your response shows you do not have an understanding of the Triangle offense or the level of passing ability of the other players on the team. LA does not need a 'classic' PG in that sense. Steve Nash, CP3, and others have high assist totals because they have the ball all the time and setup the offense. The Lakers offense is based on passing and movement based on the reads of players. Also, remember we have Pau (one of the better passing big men, Kobe who has the ball a ton, LO who is an excellent passer, etc...). Also note LA ranked 4th in the NBA last year in assists.

Also note that when the Bulls were running the triangle, Paxson and BJ Armstrong were the PG's and they were not assist machines. The triangle needs a PG that can hit the open jumpshot (look at Brian Shaw and Ron Harper) and neither was a high assist guy.

Bigger guards may be preferred, but here is a fact...

Steve Kerr 6'1"
John Paxson 6'2"
B.J. Armstrong 6'2"
Craig Hodges 6'2"

Farmar 6'2"
Fisher 6'1"

These are the listed heights of the players. So there seems to be a MYTH about the bigger PG. Phil has one with all of these guys except for Farmar at this point. As I have said before Farmar is still young just like Yue. You make it sound like Yue will come in and light it up from outside and he has not proven anything yet. While Farmar has shown he can play in the NBA at this point. We have no idea what Farmar will bring this year. A midrange game and outside shot can be learned. I remember guys named Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson who could not shoot outside during their first few seasons, but they worked on it and became good outside shooters. Remember a guy named Kobe Bryant who shot 3 airballs in the NBA playoffs against Utah. He learned his outside shot.

So to say Farmar does not havea the element of an outside shot gives the guy no chance to improve. Also note Farmar can get to the basket.

I honestly do feel that he shouldn't be called The Chinese Magic.\


But who cares, CP3 and Kobe praised him and they are players. Most of the critics are just people