Magic @ Suns Game Thread

[Phrazbit]

The world is a vampire.

 

[Mainstreet]

From the Cardinals right to the Suns. I guess I like pain.

 

[Mainstreet]

Anyone know why Dragic is not playing?

 

[Mainstreet]

I guess Dragic has been ill, so he is out tonight.

 

[AzStevenCal]

I guess Dragic has been ill, so he is out tonight.

Yeah, they just said he'd be out because of illness but didn't elaborate much.

I love that Dudley is starting to play like the Dudley of old. Great effort and he's playing with confidence again.

Steve

 

[Phrazbit]

Wes Johnson has twice now fouled guys shooting 3s. Not the plays to make if you're trying to get out of the doghouse.

Its really hard to watch a team with so many stupid players.

 

[Mainstreet]

The Suns just let Redick annihilate them. It seems like every team the Suns play, they look like all-stars. This is probably because the Suns talent is so bad.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Wes Johnson has twice now fouled guys shooting 3s. Not the plays to make if you're trying to get out of the doghouse.

Its really hard to watch a team with so many stupid players.

There is plenty of stupidity to go around. For some reason we are again playing Scola and Beasley together, something that should be reserved for garbage minutes only.

Steve

 

[Phrazbit]

There is plenty of stupidity to go around. For some reason we are again playing Scola and Beasley together, something that should be reserved for garbage minutes only.

Steve

The results of him and Morris together are just as bad... and with Brown and Beas out there its apocalyptic.

I dont know what to say about the rotations... yeah, they're bad but I dont know what the alternatives are unless some guys are playing 45 minutes a night.

 

[AzStevenCal]

The results of him and Morris together are just as bad... and with Brown and Beas out there its apocalyptic.

I dont know what to say about the rotations... yeah, they're bad but I dont know what the alternatives are unless some guys are playing 45 minutes a night.

Tonight it's a little tough but it really doesn't need to be. All you do is sit Beasley until it's garbage time. We have several defensive combinations that are a problem but playing Beasley next to Scola is on a whole different level. When Scola is out there without Beasley the D does pretty good for the most part especially if Jermaine is also on the court.

Steve

 

[Phrazbit]

Tonight it's a little tough but it really doesn't need to be. All you do is sit Beasley until it's garbage time. We have several defensive combinations that are a problem but playing Beasley next to Scola is on a whole different level. When Scola is out there without Beasley the D does pretty good for the most part especially if Jermaine is also on the court.

Steve

I agree, thats what should happen... but even in the stupid commercial that just aired the franchise is trying to showcase Beasley. I'm honestly surprised they let Gentry remove him from the starting lineup.

 

[SirStefan32]

Tonight it's a little tough but it really doesn't need to be. All you do is sit Beasley until it's garbage time. We have several defensive combinations that are a problem but playing Beasley next to Scola is on a whole different level. When Scola is out there without Beasley the D does pretty good for the most part especially if Jermaine is also on the court.

Steve

That's how I look at it as well. Sit Beasley and you have addition by subtraction.

 

[Phrazbit]

On that same note...

It was really sad last game to see Dudley promoted to the starting lineup, play very well in the minutes he was given, the TEAM play well in the minutes he was given... and for him to get the fewest total minutes he has seen all year.

 

[Phrazbit]

That's how I look at it as well. Sir Beasley and you have addition by subtraction.

Just look at the Timberwolves. He was a starter and the guy who took the most shots for them in 2010 and they were the worst team in the league. The following year they demote him to the bench and their winning % nearly doubles. This year, no Beasley, and despite a rash of injuries they are .500 and have the most improved defense in the NBA.

 

[AzStevenCal]

I do not like Scola and apparently there's at least one ref that agrees. That was the most obvious offensive foul you'll ever see, there's just no way the ref saw it wrong. He called that against Scola for a reason other than the play itself.

Steve

 

[Mainstreet]

I'm thinking just sit Beasley period and the Suns get better.

 

[jagu]

I find it hard even turning on the Suns now. Well I'm just not feeling bball right now. Just checking out the boxscore. I suck as a fan...

 

[SirStefan32]

I am really having a difficult time watching the Suns as well. I absolutely hate/ despise Besley and Brown, and I dislike Scola.

 

[AzStevenCal]

I find it hard even turning on the Suns now. Well I'm just not feeling bball right now. Just checking out the boxscore. I suck as a fan...

I've never found it hard to watch the Suns no matter how bad they are. I really can't explain why either because the logical reaction would be pretty much the one you're having. I have a lot more trouble staying with a football game that turns ugly than I do with a bad bball game. I stay with a bad football game such as today's Cards massacre but it takes a real effort. I guess with basketball I just love the parts that make up a game so much that it's easier for me to enjoy the individual plays while dismissing the overall results.

Steve

 

[AzStevenCal]

Uh oh, we're back to within 5 points - time to bring in Beasley.

Beasley, Beasley, he's our man.
If he can't get us the number one pick, no one can.

Steve

 

[Griffin]

Another game, another double digit deficit. It doesn't seem to matter that the Suns are at home, playing a team that's just as bad as they are.

 

[Phrazbit]

Some players fill a stat sheet. Beasley fills my toilet.

 

[jagu]

Beasley makes me yearn for the days of Hakim Warrick.

 

[Mainstreet]

I now expect the Suns to lose every time they play. It's hard to take them seriously.

 

[Mainstreet]

Beasley makes me yearn for the days of Hakim Warrick.

Funny stuff and so true.