I think the Suns didn’t get the memo as they drafted Blake Griffin’s brother who wasn’t that good in college. Griffin played in 129 games in four years at Oklahoma and he averaged 6.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.0 assist per game. It’s hard to imagine Griffin developing into anything more than a backup if he even makes the Suns’ roster in 2009-2010.

The Phoenix Suns selected power forward Earl Clark with the 14th pick of the NBA Draft last night. Clark played in 104 games in 3 seasons at Louisville and he averaged 10.6 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.2 steals per game. The Suns thought they had a deal in place to move Amare Stoudemire to the Warriors but it appears that the deal fell through. It Stoudemire stays and returns to playing center, Clark would have a chance to start as a rookie. Regardless of what happens with the proposed trade the Suns will likely find some minutes for Clark in the 2009-2010 season.

The Suns acquired shooting guard Goran Dragic from the Spurs for small forward Malik Hairston and a 2nd round pick in 2009. Dragic is 6′4″, 180 pounds and he’s from Slovenia. Dragic has played in 194 games (53 starts) in the pros overseas and he averaged 8.8 points, 2.7 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.4 steals per game. Don’t expect much from Dragic in the near future for the Suns.

The Suns figured that they wanted a big man to back up Shaq this season and Lopez was the best center left on the board. Lopez isn’t much of an offensive player but he’s a good rebounder and defender. He is a big guy at 7′0″, 255 and he likes to throw his body around. Lopez played in 67 games (61 starts) at Stanford and he averaged 8.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 2.3 blocked shots per game. Lopez was picked with an eye on the future.

D.J. Strawberry’s main claim until now is that he’s Darryl Strawberry’s son, but he will try to change that with the Suns.  Strawberry is a tall (6′5″, 201 pound) shooting guard and he likes to play offense so he should fit right in on the Suns.  He played in 111 games at Maryland and he averaged 10.1 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.8 steals per game.  He shot 46.1% from the floor, 33% from three point range and 64% from the free throw line.