"One positive movement for one positive player came out of the rubble of negativity Friday night at Portland.

The Suns' third-most-lopsided defeat in franchise history went so awry that it got swingman Josh Childress back on the floor. Those 16 minutes led to a real role in the rotation against Memphis on Saturday night, one that might stick.

Childress maintained his congenial way as a supportive locker-room figure throughout the nine consecutive games in which he did not play. He fell out of the rotation after the first four games of the season and made one six-minute appearance over the next 13 games."