<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The Suns have one remaining roster spot open and will fill it with a big man by the end of the month. Looking to fill the frontcourt void created when they traded Kurt Thomas and his $8 million contract to Seattle, the Suns held workouts this week with free agents Elton Brown, Vitaly Potapenko and Michael Ruffin. Phoenix hopes to bring in Brian Skinner next week and has scouted Esteban Batista. Mike Sweetney appears out of the picture.</p> The Suns have 12 guaranteed contracts but must carry 13 players. Any player they sign will cost double his salary due to the luxury tax. "That's our weakness," Suns coach Mike D'Antoni said of his team's size. "I don't think people understand that because we have a weakness there, we're able to keep our nucleus and perimeters together. Otherwise, you would not have a Raja Bell or you wouldn't have a Leandro Barbosa. You wouldn't have a Boris Diaw. Something's got to give. "We are a really good team. It'd be nice to have a big guy who can play, but it costs you $10 million to get one of those. You can't have all the good players in the league. Financially, you can't do it. You pick the guys you like. Do we have a weakness? Yeah. Does San Antonio have a weakness? They have a weakness. They just played better than we did." Pat Burke, a Suns reserve for two years, played with Steve Nash and Grant Hill last week. Re-signing him is possible, especially with Nash's backing. "We'd like some size, but we can't fill the end of the bench with 21 feet of guys," Nash said. "If they don't play, what's the point of having size? There are only so many big guys out there, and it's not easy to play. "We definitely want to stay true to who we are. Do we want to augment our team with (big men) on the bench who can bang, defend and use six fouls? Absolutely. Do we have those now? Not necessarily. Can we get them before the season starts? Maybe, but we also have until the trade deadline to acquire someone. If nobody's available right now, who knows how the season plays out?" Brown, Ruffin, Skinner and Batista are 6 feet 8 or 6-9, rugged rebounders and decent defenders with limited offensive skills.</div></p> Source: AZCentral</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Brown, Ruffin, Skinner and Batista are 6 feet 8 or 6-9, rugged rebounders and decent defenders with limited offensive skills.</div></p> no problem i see with any of those guys bein picked up by the Suns. that's exactly what they need, good rebounding and defending and players who don't need the ball on offense. </p> they've got enough scorers on the team, and with Marion wanting the ball more, it couldn't hurt to bring in one of these guys. </p>
