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    Monty Williams Fired (Hired by Detroit)

    The opportunity costs of missing the true #1 of that draft are done. Let bygones be bygones and look forward to DA's trade value and how it can be used to improve our roster around the KD/Book core.
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    Monty Williams Fired (Hired by Detroit)

    At least he is honest, a likeable guy with a lot of shortcomings as a championship head coach.
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    Monty Williams Fired (Hired by Detroit)

    His betting on Shamet ruined a lot flexibility in previous offseasons. We could have used Bruce Brown for example for below 7m/y.
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    Monty Williams Fired (Hired by Detroit)

    Monty is a good regular season coach when he can rely on simple but well executed plays, like we saw over and over with those high pick settings. Otherwise he seems slow and stubborn when facing complications like in playoffs. The series we won were mainly due to talent and experience overmatch.
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    2023 Phoenix Suns Offseason

    Kerr as Suns GM wanted Curry in that draft, and then joined him to GS when that failed. I recall. :)
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    Booker in elimination games

    Their offense anchored by Jokic worked like an oiled machine in Game 6, just awesome. When Murray also gets unleashed due to insufficient defense...
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    The Ayton Plan

    DA's main problem is bad habits and going through set motions, mental laziness on the court. With better coaching and right team, and only 24 in age, he can improve.
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    2023 Phoenix Suns Offseason

    I was only referring to previous posts' suggestions. The core would be DA for Capella/Collins, which talent wise greatly favors Hawks just due to age, and gets them cap relief of ca. 15mil in 2024/25 where Murray's extension kicks in.
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    Booker in elimination games

    That Jeff Green dangerous foul injured Book. He lost touch after that. But even he were not hurt, there was no way they won Game 6, because all Monty did was no adjustment to opponents' adjustments, three years in a roll. MJ and Kobe didn't have to deal with such bad coaching and team play back...
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    2023 Phoenix Suns Offseason

    First, we need a new coach inserted. Book's press no show is frustration vs. Monty that 3 years in a roll we got eliminated the same way, without proper adjustment to the series evolution. Book and KD makes the best duo core to build a team around, comparable maybe by Jokic single-core, and...
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    The Ayton Plan

    Maybe it's time for someone to open an 'offseason discussion' thread, but for Ayton, he must go and I believe there are teams out there that'd value him more than we do. He sets good picks and really need a great-passing PG to be more effective. Pacers, Dallas, Altanta are all maybes.
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    Playoffs: Nuggets @ Suns Thursday game thread 5-11-2023 - Game 6

    Denver has the best or 2nd best offense in the league. It's insane to believe we could simply outgun them with the shaky and simplistic off. game we have. Once the get confident, their offense is like an oiled machine.
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    Playoffs: Nuggets @ Suns Thursday game thread 5-11-2023 - Game 6

    Monty's roster evaluation has been a big problem behind our failure. Last year, Payne was bad but he let him play for too long before switching to Shamet. This year, Shamet has been bad except for one game, but he stuck to him, not giving Ross and Warren more chances earlier. Only very late did...
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    Playoffs: Nuggets @ Suns Thursday game thread 5-11-2023 - Game 6

    Denver feeling comfortable now, no longer triple team him with discipline
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    Playoffs: Nuggets @ Suns Thursday game thread 5-11-2023 - Game 6

    refs made some makeup off. foul calls as the lead was huge. LOL
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    Playoffs: Nuggets @ Suns Thursday game thread 5-11-2023 - Game 6

    Both KD and Book get triple teamed timely in this game, yet without proper spacing of teammates to fully take advantage of it. Book was hurt by Jeff Green's foul which should have been called flagrant 1. He lost shooting touch after that foul.
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    Playoffs: Nuggets @ Suns Thursday game thread 5-11-2023 - Game 6

    The same farce over and over in each of the last 3 playoffs. The offense by Monty is simplistic and limited in numbers, and seen through by the opponents by the 5th game at latest. The good enough team always find a way to stop it completely, and Monty has no other alternatives. OTH, Monty in...
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    Playoffs: Suns @ Nuggets Tuesday game thread 5-9-2023 - Game 5

    The strategy should continue, to have DA/Landale and Okogie/Shamet cover Jokic and Murray one-on-one. Let them score the hard way and exhausted energy wise, and keep the other players cold. Now we uncovered confidence of our shooters in Shamet, Ross and Warren, and hope Payne will join them at...
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    The Ayton Plan

    DA's main problem is the short span of attention. He tends to watch on as bystander if a play sequence is ended and the associated tension. When he can improve on that and constantly do the hussle he showed in the closing minutes of the game, then he will be mature. For his own development, a...
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    Playoffs: Nuggets @ Suns Friday game thread 5-5-2023 - Game 3

    so true. The team has been trying hard to integrate KD in short time, both Book and KD committed quite some turnovers trying to connect to DA on the court to get him more involved on offense. Now we were down 0:2 in the series, the margin for error is very thin to risk those TOs. The best DA can...
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    Playoffs: Nuggets @ Suns Friday game thread 5-5-2023 - Game 3

    Very crucial positive signs, Payne, Warren, Ross all played fine enough, although their shooting touch is still below normal, but their defensive energy and awareness were there. We ought to keep playing them more. If two of them were to shoot normal, we'd be fine. Shamet played a little too...
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    Playoffs: Nuggets @ Suns Friday game thread 5-5-2023 - Game 3

    I also still have hope for Suns in 7. First, we played good enough D except for final 6 or so mins to keep Nugs score less than 100. Okogie was annoying to Murray, and as team we had sufficient focus on D. The main problem is too simplistic offensive plan of ISO after ISO for Book and KD at the...
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    Playoffs: Suns @ Nuggets Monday game thread 5-1-2023- Game 2

    First, on D we improved a lot and Okogie played great on Murray that the latter never got hot. Later in 4th, the 3 3s from KCP killed the game, and our def. was not attentive enough to deny him the chances after the first of them. Damion was to fight through the screen to shadow KCP but he...
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    hypothetical with Hawks

    I believe Trae has more value on the market. Heard that Utah were interested in Colins before deadline. So, a 3 way with Ayton+Shamet to Atlanta, Colins to Utah, Capela, Sexton+some fillers to Phx might work, with picks as side compensations as needed.
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    2023 NBA Playoffs - Other Teams

    The logic behind Saric trade is first tax saving, 2nd both Saric and Bazley won't play much this season, 3rd Saric not coming back anyway but Bazley has some potential to become serviceable journeyman like Okogie with a decent 3pt stroke. A coach better than Monty might know better how to use...

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