Devin Booker is the greatest player EVER in Suns history

[Yuma]

7 teams to notch 40+ on everyone. Would love to see him accomplish that. Atlanta, Toronto, Miami, Charlotte, Detroit, Brooklyn, and the lone western squad Golden State.

That Toronto score needs to go up for sure!

 

[1tinsoldier]

i haven't read through this thread but the only way to make the case for Booker being the "greatest Sun" is to heavily consider his accumulative stat totals in points over his decade here because the results of his tenure was mostly leading the Suns to the bottom of the NBA rankings, 2 horrific playoff endings, and the 3rd -- one good run with CP3 as our MVP.

but amidst all the talk of dumping players, the talking media heads in AZ still stay clear of offering up the face of the franchise -- for that reason

Beal is the fall guy but statistically, Beal's shooting percentage from 2 and 3 is close to Durant's and Booker is significantly behind them both. Also, Beal's defensive score is better. Booker has more assists because he has the ball more, they both have the same turnover rate, and Beal is ahead in all the other departments like rebounds and steals.

Bud needs to call the shots. And give Beal more of a shot.

 

[1tinsoldier]

and Durant is a better value than Book. Better to keep Durant and Beal and add a closer than be stuck long term with Book on a super max wanting the final shots but tanking them in the final 2 minutes of games.

i know that sounds harsh. but you know what sounds harsher? paying him 53 million per year and he doesn't even look happy to be here any more

 

[Covert Rain]

and Durant is a better value than Book. Better to keep Durant and Beal and add a closer than be stuck long term with Book on a super max wanting the final shots but tanking them in the final 2 minutes of games.

i know that sounds harsh. but you know what sounds harsher? paying him 53 million per year and he doesn't even look happy to be here any more

Durant is better than Book and Beal. However, Durant is at the end of his career and I think you will see him fall off the cliff similar to CP3. Then what? All you will have is Beal…Mr. Glass?!? No thank you.

Having said that if the Suns can’t get another tier 1 star next to Book it’s pointless keeping him. Trade him for a ton of assets and rebuild. I don’t want to see Book languishing through a last huge contract if Ishbia can’t give him a legit number one to play beside him after this Durant experiment is done.

 

[1tinsoldier]

i'm good with blowing it up, rather than languish with these huge salaries.

but during the game they just showed a stat of Jones being the #1 clutch shooter of 3's and that's the opposite of Booker. So what do we really need Booker to do for 53 million per, if not clutch shooting? We don't need his defense either.

you could say we need him for general scoring. He will give us points. But the reality is that he's shooting no better than an average team's shooting percentage. So, by playing team ball, and getting better shots, we'd do just as well without him -- or better.

we could get 2 productive years out of Durant and saddle him with someone that gives us something we need. Then rebuild in 2 years. Booker's a dead end. His window closed when Chris Paul's did.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

I’m shocked at JUST how bad Bradley Beal is at basketball now.

 

[Phrazbit]

and Durant is a better value than Book. Better to keep Durant and Beal and add a closer than be stuck long term with Book on a super max wanting the final shots but tanking them in the final 2 minutes of games.

i know that sounds harsh. but you know what sounds harsher? paying him 53 million per year and he doesn't even look happy to be here any more

Durant has a fraction of Booker's value... and if we trade Booker Durant would demand a trade.