Jazz @ Suns Friday game thread 2-7-2024

[Chaplin]

Gotta think KD and Beal will play tomorrow—otherwise playing Book that many minutes was idiotic.

 

[BirdGangThing]

good game by the suns tonight

 

[Yuma]

Gotta think KD and Beal will play tomorrow—otherwise playing Book that many minutes was idiotic.

Tomorrow have Beal and KD play and Book on the bench.

 

[nashman]

Tomorrow have Beal and KD play and Book on the bench.

Well maybe just a light minute load not sure about bench lol…

 

[BirdGangThing]

i might get a greyson allen tattoo

 

[clyde2tw]

We led by 13 pt mid 4th, but again we forced Book ISOs for too long and dug a 4pt deficit with 1.2sec left. Jazz defense is not that good but they also can figure out how to defend ISOs by a tired Book. Jazz didn't really want the game except for maybe Collier. Had Maka missed 2nd FT on purpose, they'd have won with .9sec left.

 

[Mainstreet]

Devin Booker with 47 points, 11 assists, 6 rebounds and a steal.

 

[Mainstreet]

A win still tastes good.

 

[BirdGangThing]

oh my greyson - you can see why bud refused to trade him

 

[clyde2tw]

We need more set plays to get our hot hands easy cath-n-shoot looks, like Allen in this game and sometimes Beal, Jones and even RO. When we do KD/Book ISOs, other players stand still watching too often, waiting for the resulting random chance. Against good def. teams, it's very ineffective.

 

[Mainstreet]

That's the third 40 point, 10 assist game by Devin Booker.

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[mjb21aztd]

Wowwwwzerssss thankkk u greyson creazy 3 pt to tie and 420 animal cookie kush rip to a nice dub)))

 

[Superbone]

Booker is going to have to play 40 minutes tonight. LOL!

40?! Pshaw. Try 49.

 

[Proximo]

good game by the suns tonight

You are being sarcastic right?

I turned the game off with 4.5 seconds left and missed the ending, but it changes nothing.

They completely and totally suck. There are only 4 teams that are certifiably worse than them - 1 of them is Utah, and they had to have a miraculous finish to beat them.

 

[BirdGangThing]

You are being sarcastic right?

I turned the game off with 4.5 seconds left and missed the ending, but it changes nothing.

They completely and totally suck. There are only 4 teams that are certifiably worse than them - 1 of them is Utah, and they had to have a miraculous finish to beat them.

it felt like we finally won the finals last night

 

[AzStevenCal]

You are being sarcastic right?

I turned the game off with 4.5 seconds left and missed the ending, but it changes nothing.

They completely and totally suck. There are only 4 teams that are certifiably worse than them - 1 of them is Utah, and they had to have a miraculous finish to beat them.

I'm sure it matters little to you but this kind of exagerration puts a dent in any credibility you might have here. I wouldn't disagree if you'd said we probably have the worst player/pick asset situation in the league. But we are hardly the 4th worst team regardless of whatever meaning you intended for "certifiably". We're mediocre and we have too many big names out there to justify losing half our games but there are 16 teams below us despite how disappointingly we've played this season.

 

[leclerc]

Yep, it's not that long ago when we actually were amongst the bottom three teams in the league. We're mediocre-to bad now, but still not bottom five. So there's that.

Problem is expectations were to compete with the top teams and go deep in the playoffs. That is not happening this year. So we probably will miss the playoffs or get bumped in play-in or the first round. If we "luck" into a high draft pick it will be taken away. Only positive is that the guys will get a long summer holiday and we can watch Bridges and Brunson in the playoffs

 

[Mainstreet]

Here is that Grayson Allen 3-point shot to tie the game and send it into overtime.

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[Mainstreet]

Grayson Allen talks about the game tieing play and the happy locker room after the game.

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[ASUCHRIS]

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Not sure how many people actually watched the game, but putting in Plumlee when Richards was dominating the boards looked like intentional sabotage. The 111-98 lead disappeared almost immediately, and Plumlee gave up like 4 offensive rebounds.

I really thought there was no chance that Bud would be worse than Vogel, but he even more clueless.

 

[BirdGangThing]

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Not sure how many people actually watched the game, but putting in Plumlee when Richards was dominating the boards looked like intentional sabotage. The 111-98 lead disappeared almost immediately, and Plumlee gave up like 4 offensive rebounds.

I really thought there was no chance that Bud would be worse than Vogel, but he even more clueless.

bud did a lotta weird ish last night

 

[JCSunsfan]

On this team. Keep: Book, Allen, O'Neal, Bol, Dunn, Richards, Oso

Trade or let go: Durant, Beale, Plumlee

I wish we could keep Jones, but I do not see any way.

Maybe keep: Gillespie, Morris, Bridges.

In trading Durant and Beale look for picks and quality young players. We might not get a lot back, but a decent pick and player would be helpful.

In the draft look for: Maturity, character, intelligence, work ethic, talent, and willingness to improve. Stay away from players that are too young or prima donnas.

 

[Mainstreet]

The Suns were fortunate to win last night, but the thought kept going through my head, the Suns are a better when they play team basketball.

Yes, Devin Booker had a sensational game, but I saw signs of team basketball last night.

Somehow, they got out of this style of play in the three-star system and went to more isolation basketball. They need to get back to team basketball. It's what carried them to the Finals. Two stars is more than enough.

Devin Booker and a star should be sufficient with good, solid rotation players.

Btw, I don't think Bradley Beal is the problem.

 

[Hoop Head]

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Not sure how many people actually watched the game, but putting in Plumlee when Richards was dominating the boards looked like intentional sabotage. The 111-98 lead disappeared almost immediately, and Plumlee gave up like 4 offensive rebounds.

I really thought there was no chance that Bud would be worse than Vogel, but he even more clueless.

I understand Vogel's point but this wasn't the first time he's "gone with his gut" to make this stupid decision. Richards is still relatively new to the Suns but he has more than earned the opportunity to be out there at the end of games. I hope he and Bud have some time over the All-Star break to get more familiar with each other because the new excuse is about to expire, IMO. It's not like Plumlee was here for years and I don't believe he's played for Bud before either.

 

[SirStefan32]

On this team. Keep: Book, Allen, O'Neal, Bol, Dunn, Richards, Oso

Trade or let go: Durant, Beale, Plumlee

I wish we could keep Jones, but I do not see any way.

Maybe keep: Gillespie, Morris, Bridges.

In trading Durant and Beale look for picks and quality young players. We might not get a lot back, but a decent pick and player would be helpful.

In the draft look for: Maturity, character, intelligence, work ethic, talent, and willingness to improve. Stay away from players that are too young or prima donnas.

Theoretically, they could keep Jones. They can get under the second apron and use their MLE on him. As for Beal... I don't think they can trade him. It's been reported that only two teams had any interest in him, and he can veto any deal. I agree with your assessment, but I don't think it's possible to trade Beal.