FLAGSTAFF – Tyson Chandler is a proponent of drafting teenage big men – then and now.
Chandler was that teenager in 2001 when he was that draft’s No. 2 pick out of Compton (Calif.) Dominguez High School. But even with his 34th birthday coming Sunday signaling that his career hourglass is fuller on the bottom, the Suns' 16th-year center supported Phoenix landing teenage power forwards Dragan Bender and Marquese Chriss on draft night in June.
“I thought it was good for the future to be quite honest,” Chandler said. “I thought that was where we lacked last year – at power forward.