Dallas releases Fisher, needs PG

[AzStevenCal]

If the Clips can leave Sandy Eggo and be the home team in L.A. (and in the Staples Center), I guess they can be the home team in Phoenix, too.

Are you watching the game? I can understand why the refs think the Clips belong there, the fans are cheering Blake's every move.

Steve

 

[BC867]

Are you watching the game? I can understand why the refs think the Clips belong there, the fans are cheering Blake's every move.

Steve

Yes, Steve, I'm watching. I wonder if the Tucson banker is watching.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Yes, Steve, I'm watching. I wonder if the Tucson banker is watching.

It's good to know there's at least a few of us that still watch the game. I can't blame anyone for finding something else to do, this is painful. We're not too far away from starting a game thread by month, let's face it, there's not enough interest on most nights.

Steve

 

[SirStefan32]

It's good to know there's at least a few of us that still watch the game. I can't blame anyone for finding something else to do, this is painful. We're not too far away from starting a game thread by month, let's face it, there's not enough interest on most nights.

Steve

I've only missed one game so far this year, but it's getting really difficult to watch. I don't like Scola, Beasley, or Brown. The team is not bad enough to get a top three or even a top five pick, but they are not good enough to be relevant. It's just really painful to watch, yet I can't just not watch, or root for the team to lose.

 

[AzStevenCal]

I've only missed one game so far this year, but it's getting really difficult to watch. I don't like Scola, Beasley, or Brown. The team is not bad enough to get a top three or even a top five pick, but they are not good enough to be relevant. It's just really painful to watch, yet I can't just not watch, or root for the team to lose.

I have mixed feelings on Brown. I really like watching him when his game is on but I don't think you can survive long with him as your primary scorer, he's just too inconsistent. He's also a ball stopper and that kind of guy needs to be coming off the bench, not starting.

I still maintain we can be as bad as we want to be. Play Beasley heavy minutes and let's live and die with the guy. There is a one in thousand chance that he learns to play the game and if that happens, great, we have a real star. If it goes true to form, he'll cost us 50 games and we'll finish with one of the worst records in the league. It's a no-lose IMO. I'd also start Wesley and see how that plays out. Give Johnson, Beasley and Morris 35 minutes a night and let them play their way out of the league or into stardom.

Steve

 

[BC867]

Are you watching the game?

Steve

To the bitter end! Hey, maybe things will improve by the 22nd Century.

G'night, Suns fans.

 

[Mainstreet]

I have mixed feelings on Brown. I really like watching him when his game is on but I don't think you can survive long with him as your primary scorer, he's just too inconsistent. He's also a ball stopper and that kind of guy needs to be coming off the bench, not starting.

I still maintain we can be as bad as we want to be. Play Beasley heavy minutes and let's live and die with the guy. There is a one in thousand chance that he learns to play the game and if that happens, great, we have a real star. If it goes true to form, he'll cost us 50 games and we'll finish with one of the worst records in the league. It's a no-lose IMO. I'd also start Wesley and see how that plays out.

Give Johnson, Beasley and Morris 35 minutes a night and let them play their way out of the league or into stardom.

Steve

I think if there were hope for any of the three playing their way into stardom Gentry would be riding it for all it's worth. However, it's not in the cards. The Suns certainly cannot win consistently with mediocre talent. I know you don't like Scola's game but at least he will fetch some value in return.

 

[BC867]

I think if there were hope for any of the three playing their way into stardom Gentry would be riding it for all it's worth. However, it's not in the cards. The Suns certainly cannot win consistently with mediocre talent. I know you don't like Scola's game but at least he will fetch some value in return.

I think Steve's proposal figures a 98% chance of tanking (for a good draft pick) and, oh, about a 2% chance of Johnson, Beasley and Morris leading us to the promised land. Make that 99.8% vs. 0.2%.

Every time I think about that concept, I just can't picture myself watching Suns games and hoping that they lose. And we probably can't offer enough trade pieces to achieve it. So that leaves free agent signings.

No matter how you look at it, $arver has put our team in a bind.

Thanks, Jerry, for turning the team over to a small minded banker!

 

[AzStevenCal]

I think Steve's proposal figures a 98% chance of tanking (for a good draft pick) and, oh, about a 2% chance of Johnson, Beasley and Morris leading us to the promised land. Make that 99.8% vs. 0.2%.

Every time I think about that concept, I just can't picture myself watching Suns games and hoping that they lose. And we probably can't offer enough trade pieces to achieve it. So that leaves free agent signings.

No matter how you look at it, $arver has put our team in a bind.

Thanks, Jerry, for turning the team over to a small minded banker!

First off, I am against tanking but I don't consider something like this to truly be tanking. If I were in favor of tanking, I'd play Beasley and Scola together for 35 minutes a night and watch the losses pile up. As for the chances one of them becomes a star, it's slim, incredibly slim. But, we are what we are and there are no good paths leading from this jungle that Sarver has carved out for us. Everything is a long shot. It seems to me that loading the lineup with the young players holds slightly more promise than the other options.

Steve

 

[AzStevenCal]

I think if there were hope for any of the three playing their way into stardom Gentry would be riding it for all it's worth. However, it's not in the cards. The Suns certainly cannot win consistently with mediocre talent. I know you don't like Scola's game but at least he will fetch some value in return.

Oh I really doubt that. Unless Gentry was given a long term deal and full support from the FO he'd have no choice but to view this team from a short term perspective. The best thing he could do for the short term is kneecap Beasley and send Wesley on a walkabout. He'd bring Morris in and give him a couple of minutes to show where his head is at and if it wasn't in the game he'd bench him for the day.

Steve