If we are going to beat the suns we need to work on our pick and roll defence. I think the suns migghtly wiht take us lithout roy. Maybe start batum on nash, miller on richardson, and webster on hill. I dont know.
Blazers have become very good at switching and that should be useful against the Suns. For as good as Roy was on offense, he was just OK on defense. I don't think we lose anything on the defensive end from losing Roy. Batum, Webster, Miller and sometimes Bayless and Rudy can all be good defenders. Rudy has a very hard time with physical players, but he is actually very quick with his hands and quite animated on defense. He might end up being a good option against Nash if Batum is needed to cover more ground.