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    Monty and Paul don’t like each other

    yeah. that's what you said last time. but as i said, if he had said, "i'm going to bet the best" i'd applaud. but what he did was reinforce the impression that he is naive and out of touch with expectations and the dedication and work ethic that it takes to be the best THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE...
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    Monty and Paul don’t like each other

    i think Monty totally values and respects Chris Paul, but it's totally believable that as a coach he doesn't like having his player know more, have more experience, and probably applying what he knows when it doesn't always jive with his own plans or strategy. but one thing is clear. Monty...
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    Monty and Paul don’t like each other

    when i questioned Ayton saying he was "the best" i got nothing but an LOL and other posters defending him
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    Monty and Paul don’t like each other

    remember what else made you LOL, a month go? when i said i had a slight concern about Ayton recently saying he's "the best" center. -- a guy who's the exact opposite of Paul. young, immature, lacking experience, who, by his own admission during this title run was getting frigging, "2 hours of...
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    Monty and Paul don’t like each other

    interesting that for some posters pretend they don't know what a defense mechanism is and conveniently disregard the probability that the guy who says, "it's not life or death" is the guy who's made the thing the most important in his mind and has got the most disproportionate anxiety about it...
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    This Team is About To Be Broken Up!

    he was 2nd best in the league in steals this year (behind D Murray by .1 %)
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    the "What Ended Season 2022?" thread

    the "All The Right Moves" clip in the Monty thread clearly outlines the defensive adjustments that Dallas made and adjustments that Monty didn't make -- which was key to Dallas' turn-around. They knew exactly what was working by game 7, and were able to double their blowout from game 6 but it...
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    the "What Ended Season 2022?" thread

    yes, in regards to adding a piece, they're saying, "hindsight is 20/20" -- but the history was there and clear to see. Booker had hamstring issues over multiple seasons, including last year's playoffs, Paul's health risks were similarly known and predictable and Payton and Shamet were...
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    the "What Ended Season 2022?" thread

    without knowing what went on behind the scenes/in the locker-room that contributed to the melt-down, it's too hard for anyone to speculate on what moves the Suns should make?
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    the "What Ended Season 2022?" thread

    yes, we can only hope to pick the better of some bad options. i'd prefer whatever gives us one more crack at it next season before we start working on the next "timeline"
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    the "What Ended Season 2022?" thread

    some points made here and on talk radio are leaving out an important detail. to be fair, Monty was between a rock and a hard place. 3 key points: 1. Monty did rely too much on Paul in the regular season and in the playoffs -- because way too often the team was not getting it done! how many...
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    Suns Off-season Thread

    i brought up the Lebron to phx scenario a few months ago -- said i don't approve, but it makes sense i was going to bring it up again today, and found the conversation already started both Paul and Lebron probably have only one more crack at it. it's not going to happen for Lebron with the...
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    the "What Ended Season 2022?" thread

    as if multi-millionaires whose life goal is to win a championship would throw that away and subject themselves to humiliation for more cash
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    the "What Ended Season 2022?" thread

    i think we need a thread to make sense of one of the worst collapses in recent NBA history (take heart, Lebron's Lakers and the superstar studded Nets were worse in this season alone!) surely, we'll find out more in the weeks ahead, but for now, here's my speculation: * Suns ended the season...
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    Starts and Ends with Chris Paul

    actually, getting beat by the Mavs makes sense when you consider that a great part of our #1 record was built on Paul being the most clutch player in 4th quarters. with him breaking down, the team with the 2nd best record since January stepped up. so, the shocker is not that we lost in 7. it's...
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    Starts and Ends with Chris Paul

    Paul wasn't right, Payne has been off all season and Book can't play point. so with Monty not willing to play Holiday, we were between a rock and a hard place there were no adjustments from the game 6 blowout so they doubled the game 7 blowout
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    and now, some things to be grateful for

    in lue of the horrific, worst imaginable way to end the 2022 playoffs, let us now take solace and reflect on the things to be grateful for: * 64 wins. Many exciting and dominating 4th quarters. * #1 record in the league * Booker and Paul All-Stars * Booker a top MVP candidate * Paul #1 in...
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    Mavericks @ Suns Sunday Playoff game thread, R2, 5-15-2022 - Game 7

    Ayton did NOT "look amazing" without Paul this season, just like he did not look amazing when Paul broke down this series. but the offense, particularly our center strength, did indeed break down when Paul broke down. Ayton HAS to be paired with a gifted pg like Paul who can feed him properly...
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    Mavericks @ Suns Sunday Playoff game thread, R2, 5-15-2022 - Game 7

    i respect you for saying that. I'm more encouraged by his season than dissapointed in the way it ended, though. we knew CP3 would break down soon. But it's Booker who is still our future. It helps to know how much of a load he can carry. Pairing him up with another all-star in a year or two...
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    Mavericks @ Suns Sunday Playoff game thread, R2, 5-15-2022 - Game 7

    way wrong about Crowder too. yea, he hasn't been shy about taking shots in the first quarter all year, regardless of how often he misses. He needs to be replaced.
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    Mavericks @ Suns Sunday Playoff game thread, R2, 5-15-2022 - Game 7

    only a fool would pass a snide remark about "now" hearing about a Paul injury when it should have been obvious to anyone with eyes. And it's not something you'd want the Mavs to know. Monty probably felt he owed it to Paul to let him play through it if that's what he wanted to do.
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    Mavericks @ Suns Sunday Playoff game thread, R2, 5-15-2022 - Game 7

    the key stat was that Luka had 8 rebounds in q1 -- Suns had 9 and that, overall, the Mavs had 23 2nd chance points to 0 for the Suns
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    Monty…

    that's rich -- now the player who turned many teams around and who's leadership got us to the Finals and best record, who was #1 in assists and #1 in the clutch is to blame for a "bad" system that was holding back the coach of the year from getting the job done with a 2-0 lead in the 2nd round.
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    Starts and Ends with Chris Paul

    Paul's Hall Of Fame legacy is more-so cemented as leading the most teams to the best turnaround records, including the Suns last year, and this year being the #1 clutch closer who just couldn't last through the playoffs indeed, the end of our season started with Chris Paul when he turned 37 a...
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    Mavericks @ Suns Sunday Playoff game thread, R2, 5-15-2022 - Game 7

    sure, Paul "checked in" for career games a week ago, but just suddenly "checked out" this week because one of the games' great leaders and focused, clutch players is suddenly having a mental breakdown for some reason anyone with any kind of common sense judgement of human character who has...

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