Suns Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Suns Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

While the rest of the top rookies assembled in New York had their fingers crossed hoping to be drafted as soon as possible, Stanford center Robin Lopez followed a different tack.

“I was almost hoping that I would drop,” Lopez said after Suns selected him with the 15th overall pick. “I was probably the only person in the draft room that was hoping I would drop a few spots to end up on this team.”

The Suns had their fingers crossed as well. And after Kansas shooting guard Brandon Rush and LSU power forward Anthony Randolph—two players also high on Phoenix’s wish list—went 13th and 14th, respectively—they were able to take the 7-foot, 255-pound Lopez and plug him in as Shaquille O’Neal’s backup and understudy at center.

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