Mavericks @ Suns Friday game thread 12-27-2024

[BirdGangThing]

worst game of the season - lame duck limp ish

 

[Mainstreet]

I mean i dont understand this, if you have picks you have chances to improve, if you dont, then you dont

If the Suns blow it up, they will be bad and they don't own the rights to their future draft picks until like 2031.

Conceivably, if the Suns improve their roster, they can be an above .500 team.

I guess it's which team do you watch, a mediocre Suns team or a terrible one?

 

[NashDishesDimes]

And in typical Arizona sports fashion, off to an incredible start, 8-1. Enough to get everyone excited and then just absolutely have crapped the bed since.

Yeah i dont know what happened to that team. Ball movement was great, energy was good, had real offensive sets…

 

[BirdGangThing]

back to the drafting table lol oops

 

[Broseph]

And in typical Arizona sports fashion, off to an incredible start, 8-1. Enough to get everyone excited and then just absolutely have crapped the bed since.

The roster is just poorly put together. We lack tough and hustle guys and cannot stay healthy; this has been an abysmal season. Once Book returns, Beal or KD will go out with an injury. I am over it at this point; it's insanity. I am now trading KD/Beal/Book for draft picks and rebuilding; this team doesn't win a championship, so what's the point of running it out again next year?

 

[Mainstreet]

Gafford is an all-star compared to what the Suns have at center.

 

[Phrazbit]

And in typical Arizona sports fashion, off to an incredible start, 8-1. Enough to get everyone excited and then just absolutely have crapped the bed since.

There were some indicators. That run of schedule looked brutal going into it but a few of those teams have turned out to be bad. Also, we couldn't put anyone away, almost every game was a nail biter.

We don't have a 5th gear, we also rarely can find a 4th gear.

 

[NashDishesDimes]

If the Suns blow it up, they will be bad and they don't own the rights to their future draft picks until like 2031.

Conceivably, if the Suns improve their roster, they can be an above .500 team.

I guess it's which team do you watch, a mediocre Suns team or a terrible one

Blow it up means sell your players for picks

Im not sure what were missing here. In one hand you have draft picks, in the other you do not

 

[Yuma]

How bad is Markief Morris that he's not seeing any time on the court?

 

[Mainstreet]

Blow it up means sell your players for picks

Im not sure what were missing here. In one hand you have draft picks, in the other you do not

In one hand you have NBA caliber players and in the other hand you would have future late draft picks.

Have you followed the trades for Durant and Beal?

 

[Cheesebeef]

3 straight years… hovering around .500 at the 30 game mark.

Blow this up:

 

[Mainstreet]

Final:

Mavericks 98 - 89

 

[Yuma]

I would have like to see Taurasi throw up a couple shots. She could miss just as well as the other guys this game.

 

[Mainstreet]

I would have like to see Taurasi throw up a couple shots. She could miss just as well as the other guys this game.

The Suns have an open roster spot. If she is old enough, she might fit right in.

 

[GatorAZ]

If the Suns blow it up, they will be bad and they don't own the rights to their future draft picks until like 2031.

Conceivably, if the Suns improve their roster, they can be an above .500 team.

I guess it's which team do you watch, a mediocre Suns team or a terrible one?

Well this team is unwatchable so…

 

[Mainstreet]

Some final stats.

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Mavericks 98-89 Suns (Dec 27, 2024) Box Score - ESPN

Box score for the Dallas Mavericks vs. Phoenix Suns NBA game from December 27, 2024 on ESPN. Includes all points, rebounds and steals stats.

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[Mainstreet]

Well this team is unwatchable so…

I'd like to see if there is any middle ground to this all or nothing approach with the GM and ownership.

 

[Cheesebeef]

I'd like to see if there is any middle ground to this all or nothing approach with the GM and ownership.

What have you been watching for three year? This HAS BEEN the middle ground.

 

[Mainstreet]

What have you been watching for three year? This HAS BEEN the middle ground.

Do you want to see what terrible looks like and would probably look like over the next decade or more if the Suns blow it up with no guarantee of success with late draft picks?

I don't like the product any more than anyone else.

It's certainly not the team I would have built.

 

[mjb21aztd]

Welppp w streak didnt l long

Till book kd beal all stay healthy suns will be a bad no def team who cant w multiple gms

Gonna be longgggh season booo

 

[GatorAZ]

I'd like to see if there is any middle ground to this all or nothing approach with the GM and ownership.

The Suns had a great offseason by 2nd apron standards and got worse. Not sure what you’re expecting next time around.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Do you want to see what terrible looks like and would probably look like over the next decade or more if the Suns blow it up with no guarantee of success with late draft picks?

I don't like the product any more than anyone else.

It's certainly not the team I would have built.

For me, all I can envision is this product getting progressively worse and the front office routinely selling picks and players like Dunn to try and make a mediocre team slightly better all the while using up the last little bit of value our veterans have.

 

[GatorAZ]

For me, all I can envision is this product getting progressively worse and the front office routinely selling picks and players like Dunn to try and make a mediocre team slightly better all the while using up the last little bit of value our veterans have.

If that happens our roster wil eventually look like this.
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[Mainstreet]

The Suns had a great offseason by 2nd apron standards and got worse. Not sure what you’re expecting next time around.

For me, all I can envision is this product getting progressively worse and the front office routinely selling picks and players like Dunn to try and make a mediocre team slightly better all the while using up the last little bit of value our veterans have.

What frustrates me is this didn't have to happen. The Suns had the pieces in place for a bright future.

The Suns GM and ownership just had to have the sparkling star on the top of the tree.

 

[AzStevenCal]

What frustrates me is this didn't have to happen. The Suns had the pieces in place for a bright future.

The Suns GM and ownership just had to have the sparkling star on the top of the tree.

I'm trying to not look backward.

I see no easy way to turn us around. I don't believe there is even a remote possibility of turning this roster into a true contender. So to me, our choices appear to be, mediocrity for a few years and then horrible for a very long time or horrible for a few years and then a gradual return to normalcy (middle of the road roster and a full allotment of future picks). Neither version will be pretty but obviously I would prefer we not throw away more assets trying to fix our unfixable team.