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    Timberwolves @ Suns Friday game thread 1-28-2022

    excellent insights and much better communication (without defensive insults) if Book can correct a few things everybody gets what they want -- he becomes a superstar on a championship team
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    Signings, Trades, Rumors including Suns and NBA

    Shamet had good numbers last year, and watching him this year, i see why the Suns signed him. as he showed last night, he can do a little bit of everything. has good fundamentals, makes sound decisions. but there's no getting around him delivering once in a full half of the season. coincidence...
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    Timberwolves @ Suns Friday game thread 1-28-2022

    now, for a compliment, as required, to balance out my prior remarks: the Suns keep winning because, overall, they're the smartest team in the nba it's no coincidence that the other smartest team, the Warriors, have the 2nd best record they keep closing out games by tightening up and making...
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    Timberwolves @ Suns Friday game thread 1-28-2022

    if Booker keeps repeating certain mistakes, posters are going to keep pointing them out (same as other players like Ayton). what's old is that no one can critique any aspect of Booker's game here without being bullied into silence. is criticism only allowed when the Suns lose or have a bad...
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    Suns @ Jazz Wednesday game thread 1-26-2022

    CP3 is, indeed, a risk. that's why we should mitigate it with a real backup pg. Payton is not fit for garbage time (has speed but his decision-making is so bad he gets more shots blocked than he makes) and Cam Payne is a CP1 -- a scorer. What we need is a CP2 -- a facilitator off the bench for...
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    Suns @ Jazz Wednesday game thread 1-26-2022

    the best and worst of Booker on display. terrific 1st quarter, excellent stats overall, but... typical bad fouls followed by a tech in the 2nd contributing to the loss of a 21 pt lead when CP3 has the ball the team stays in motion because they know they'll be rewarded. twice in the last 3...
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    Signings, Trades, Rumors including Suns and NBA

    when Book pushes and forces things he too often gets the ball stolen or throws the ball to a defender CP3 and the other Suns turnovers are rarely as ugly as Booker's Paul had his pass picked twice tonight after he faked a 3 because everyone knows he's much more likely to pass than shoot now...
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    Signings, Trades, Rumors including Suns and NBA

    i wouldn't do the trade either. i don't want Lebron (i would have stopped following the Suns if Kobe had been on this team too) i want to take our chances WITH Booker. all he has to do is apply a little more control and discipline -- shoot when he's open and periodically create his own shot to...
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    Signings, Trades, Rumors including Suns and NBA

    the bottom line is that i wouldn't make a major trade on a team with the best record this year, a game back of the best record last year, and that came within 2 games of the championship but, as usual, Booker is pissing me off with his bad decision making -- taking bad shots, too many shots (35...
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    Grizzlies @ Suns Monday game thread 12-27-2021

    they shouldn't even suit up Payton he played a total of 15 minutes his last 2 games, threw away 2 passes and got his shot blocked 3 times i don't think we ever had a worse decision-maker at the point
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    Thunder @ Suns Thursday game thread 12-23-2021

    Payton threw away 2 passes and got his shot blocked in the few minutes he played last night, and that's when the Thunder made their move. Payton doesn't even deserve playing time during garbage time -- which should be reserved for players with potential to get experience. that 3rd pg spot...
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    Signings, Trades, Rumors including Suns and NBA

    a year ago i would have agreed with all the criticisms of Ayton. now i just agree with some of them -- mainly that he can't create his own shot and his motivation wavers. But he surprised me with how much he's picked up since his Igor days. i have to see how far he can go in a Suns uni indeed...
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    Signings, Trades, Rumors including Suns and NBA

    yes, i heard Gambo postulate that "if the Suns wanted to keep Craig they would have" but i postulate that since Craig's offense dropped off in the playoffs, and Nader looked good before his injury, they were banking on Nader's upside. it looks like a mistake now. let's undo it. Craig's energy...
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    Signings, Trades, Rumors including Suns and NBA

    exactly. that was our off-season mistake. Nader is a weak link in the chain. we need Craig's energy back. get it done! the other weak spot may be backup point guard. Cam Payne is looking more like just some points off the bench (a Barbosa?) than a legit 2nd capable of running a championship...
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    Warriors @ Suns Tuesday game thread 11-30-2021

    my thoughts just before Booker went out -- Booker's playing a bit out of control -- pushing too hard. he's normally fast, but he was moving faster than ever on 1 or 2 plays. same old issues: *he has a history of hamstring problems. *he's got to play smarter, more often than harder
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    2021-22 Around the NBA Thread

    same old Westbrook -- great numbers, but bad decisions, including 6 turnovers and a bad shot in the end = another loss Lebron used to be smart. but hitching his star to the bb IQ of Westbrook, Carmelo and Howard was stupid. still, they might be able to pull it together for a few games in the...
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    Suns updates and discussion for the 2021-22 season

    MONTH 1 NOTES i like how Monty is often letting CP3 get games under control in the 4th before inserting Booker for offense with about 5 minutes to go after a raw deal of 3 games in 4 nights to open the season, the Suns are back to winning, even though they haven't played their best in many of...
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    Robert Sarver is in Big Trouble (ANNOUNCES SALE PROCESS)

    75% of the other owners need to vote Sarver out to remove him. some predict they won't because they won't want to subject themselves to that kind of risk in the future. i predict they WILL (after the NBA investigation uncovers more) because they will be happy to be rid of him and the chance of...
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    Robert Sarver is in Big Trouble (ANNOUNCES SALE PROCESS)

    indeed, the Ryan McDonough tweet says a lot -- mostly in what he doesn't say -- no defense of Sarver at all, and his optimism that the NBA will get to the truth (will some help from him?)
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    Sarvers future as owner

    this is how i'd summarize the situation: 1. some accusations are weak. Others are strong enough, if there was concrete evidence. 2. there's not enough evidence for the owners to force Sarver out, given his contract protections. 3. the NBA's investigation is likely to turn up more evidence. 4...
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    Booker Question

    everything that needed to be said about Booker has already been said in this thread and validated last season. imo, as surely as his skills got us within 2 wins of a championship, his questionable judgement/decision-making is one of several key reasons we fell short i read this critique today...
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    The Ayton Plan

    3 thoughts: * Ayton did not establish that he was worth the gamble of locking the team up for 5 years of max money. * Ayton had motivation issues for 3 regular seasons, and his stepping up in the playoffs reinforces the theory that he needs incentive. THIS year is probably our best chance at...
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    Suns @ Bucks Tuesday Finals game thread 7-20-2021 - Game 6

    i'm anxious to get the even-ing under way...
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    Booker Question

    i'm actually ok with no timeout, given that the chaos of the moment could have afforded us an opportunity -- if the ball-handler makes the right decision it became an easy decision for the defense -- because they knew he wasn't going to pass
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    Booker Question

    my game 5 comments, now in politically correct, priority order: 1. Booker played a great game 2. we wouldn't have been in this game without Booker's great performance 3. we might be on the verge of a championship instead of elimination if, in the final seconds, Booker had passed the ball to a...

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