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    Where do we go from here?

    The sad part is that the Suns actually had a pretty successful off-season and incredible draft considering their picks. But it’s all predicated on 2 out of 3 of our superstars stepping up. And we are only getting one and he’s injured half the time. Although we needed a true point guard, that was...
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    Suns @ Pelicans Thursday game thread, December 5th, 2024

    Beal with 3 stupid turnovers in a row
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    Magic @ Suns Monday game thread, November 18th, 2024

    A lot of teams that have just beaten Suns were down key players as well. Yet virtually all of these teams played well and looked cohesive. Suns without Beal & KD look like a High School team at times to me. Get a steal, dribble it off your foot. Throw a pass over mid court stripe and lose...
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    Magic @ Suns Monday game thread, November 18th, 2024

    I admire your optimism, but at present, I’m not sure there is a team in the league that the Suns could for sure beat.
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    Suns @ Clippers Thursday game thread, October 31st, 2024

    so very true. Am I alone in wondering if Beal out for some games is kind of a good thing? His absence automatically makes us larger and better defensively. I mean, he's had a good shooting season so far, and he'll be a godsend if Booker misses games, but.... I never liked that signing at all...
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    Ryan Dunn - the Real Deal or Beginner's Luck?

    Dunn actually helped Westbrook up off the floor!
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    Suns @ Nuggets Sunday game thread, October 13th, 2024: Preseason

    agreed. Poor Scouting Philosophy. If you plan or get lucky enough to nab a top 5 pick, you CANNOT go strictly on potential. You must get a sure thing that can produce and have at least even odds of eventually becoming part of your starting five. Maybe you endured a whole season of tanking. You...
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    Suns @ Nuggets Sunday game thread, October 13th, 2024: Preseason

    I see your point, but in my mind, if you are selected top 5 in the draft, your floor should be a solid bench player, not out of the league. That's some serious lack of doing your homework on draft selection to me. If nothing else, you need high IQ players with at least one elite skill. Suns have...
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    Suns @ Nuggets Sunday game thread, October 13th, 2024: Preseason

    Maybe not quite peak Kawhi, but Dunn could certainly be very special. It's sooo unusual for Suns to find a diamond it the rough in any part of the NBA draft, much less late first round. Hell, this guy is way better then all those flame-outs we had with top five pick's in the past! The beauty of...
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    Suns 2024-2025 Season Discussions

    So true. Somebody like Ishbia, with deep pockets, should figure out who in Miami is the expert scout(s) and just double their pay and bring them to Phx. Bang for the buck would be enormous. You would wind up with quality players on the cheap (for a few years) for the price of some expensive...
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    Suns 2024-2025 Season Discussions

    I think the 4th qtr woes were due to KD exhaustion. Missing shots and TOs, and too much Book iso. Absolutely no cohesiveness. Shooting percentages dropped quite a bit in 4th. Suns would maybe enter 4th with a ten point lead, try endless 3s that would fail. Other team playing better defense and...
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    Suns 2024-2025 Season Discussions

    Dunn looking like he has a solid spot in the rotation so far! Hopefully we got a diamond in the rough. Hard to know until we see some real games.
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    Suns 2024-2025 Season Discussions

    a) you mean the one where Nash got body-checked into Nebraska, and the two tallest players on the Suns made the mistake of standing up in horror? Oh, in that same game, Tim Duncan got a pass for doing the same thing....that game? Oh and next game Nash almost wins it single handily without said...
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    Suns 2024-2025 Season Discussions

    If Beal, starts, I firmly believe Suns are hurting themselves. Three shooters all trying to be alpha scorers with limited defense. I never really felt last season like the three particularly took pressure off each other or created space for each other. Maybe it was the lack of a true PG. Maybe...
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    Suns sign Tyus Jones

    FTFY Yep. No more running the clock down and missing hero ball shots at the last second.
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    Suns 2024-2025 Season Discussions

    But if anything, this season I see Booker playing more small forward than shooting guard due to our smallish PG acquisitions.
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    Suns 2024-2025 Season Discussions

    so true I might be in the minority on this, but it's frustrating watching a player like Booker fight through a screen on defense (and get tangled up and become a chaser) only to have the player he was covering drive to the hoop and score at will against our slow-footed center. I'd like to see...
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    Suns 2024-2025 Season Discussions

    well put! And Nurk doesn't take games off. Always tries his best.
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    Suns 2024-2025 Season Discussions

    AD, Bam Adebayo. To some extent: Joker, Embiid, Sabonis, Myles Turner, Vucevic, Steven Adams. All better at guarding mobile people than Nurk. (or at least using height advantage to make up for it). Nurk has almost no vertical leap, so he cannot make up for it on defense when someone sneaks past...
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    Suns 2024-2025 Season Discussions

    True, most centers have great difficulty covering fast athletic wings, but Nurk might be in bottom 10% of starting centers in this regard IMHO. He is very slow footed laterally. But as I mentioned, he has some excellent qualities that help the team in other areas. And he always seems to give...
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    Suns 2024-2025 Season Discussions

    Nurk's 3 shooting is unimportant to me. But I'd be thrilled if he could learn to make a layup at the hoop through contact. That'd buy us an extra 6-10 points per game. To me, that is Nurk's major weakness aside from having difficulty covering fast athletic wings. But he's a great passer and...
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    Suns players and Team USA Basketball in the Olympics

    Booker was such a stabilizing force in these Olympics,
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    Suns players and Team USA Basketball in the Olympics

    4th quarter looked remarkably like a Suns 4th quarter. Until Curry went nuclear. A lot of standing around. Too much KD trying to pass. No cutters. KD and Book missing some shots they made earlier.
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    Suns sign Tyus Jones

    Suns had the most stellar off-season possible, considering they didn't trade away any high quality players and had very little money to work with. The top 10-12 players on the team seem to all possess at least one elite skill. I don't think we could make that same claim last season. As Proximo...
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    Suns sign Tyus Jones

    It is probably reverting to the mean if KD is out for a couple months anyway. He was lucky health-wise last season. I agree with your take. But it's kind of hard to imagine many wins without him though. Just not a ton of fire-power on this team unless they finally realize (for a change) that...

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