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Are we feeling the Lakers pain. No, I don't think so.
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One is AD, who’s the other one?Do you have any idea how silly you make yourself look by repeatedly saying the Lakers such when they routinely make the playoffs? They’re a perennial playoff team with two of the best players in the league.
but coach has to adjust better.
He did. He didn’t play Nurk much of the game. And as a result we won. That’s literally the coach adjusting. On the fly. Something we didn’t see Vogel or Monty do very often or effectively.AD is a good player. No problem Nurk can't guard everyone, but coach has to adjust better.
I’m glad at least based on Early returns that he is on our sideline nowMajor Kudos to Coach Bud. It's refreshing to see a coach make an adjustment based on play. Monty used to force Ayton out there no matter what. Vogel did this with multiple players. Bud? Let's go with Plumlee.
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How old is Durant? Looked young tonight
It can be less or equal to Nurks salary ($18,125,000) from what I am reading. It just can't be more or part of an aggregated package.The Suns have these issues with trading Nurkic:
They must take back less salary than his. They have only 19 real teams to trade with and those teams must be sending a player that costs at least 10.5 million.
The most gettable guy in that range is Steven Adams
Eh, I give Monty mostly a pass for this (but not for everything). In hindsight, sure, forcing Ayton in the lineups looks like a poor decision. At the time, however, it felt warranted to get some reps in for DA in different situations to help develop him further. It obviously didn't pan out but I don't think the process was wrong.Major Kudos to Coach Bud. It's refreshing to see a coach make an adjustment based on play. Monty used to force Ayton out there no matter what. Vogel did this with multiple players. Bud? Let's go with Plumlee.
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Steven Adams would be an upgrade in almost every way, but I have no idea why Houston would want to do that, unless they want a pick way out in the future which I'm not sure if Phoenix is even allowed to trade.The Suns have these issues with trading Nurkic:
They must take back less salary than his. They have only 19 real teams to trade with and those teams must be sending a player that costs at least 10.5 million.
The most gettable guy in that range is Steven Adams
Except being sat when you're playing poorly and especially when you aren't playing hard is part of developing a player. Playing him through poor effort only rewards the poor effort.Eh, I give Monty mostly a pass for this (but not for everything). In hindsight, sure, forcing Ayton in the lineups looks like a poor decision. At the time, however, it felt warranted to get some reps in for DA in different situations to help develop him further. It obviously didn't pan out but I don't think the process was wrong.
Except Dunn is proof you can develop someone young without hurting the team in the process. Plus, Monty was horrible at adjustments. He almost never made them during a game.Eh, I give Monty mostly a pass for this (but not for everything). In hindsight, sure, forcing Ayton in the lineups looks like a poor decision. At the time, however, it felt warranted to get some reps in for DA in different situations to help develop him further. It obviously didn't pan out but I don't think the process was wrong.
Sure, but that's not true of everybody. Growth curves for players are all over the place and mostly hard to predict. Given the team's investment in DA, it's not unreasonable for the team to put him out there more than his current play deserved to see if his potential can be realized.Except Dunn is proof you can develop someone young without hurting the team in the process.
Monty benched Ayton plenty of times during those poor effort stretches.Except being sat when you're playing poorly and especially when you aren't playing hard is part of developing a player. Playing him through poor effort only rewards the poor effort.