Magic @ Suns Monday game thread, November 18th, 2024

[Mainstreet]

Robert Williams which would be the swing of all swings.

It's not like the Suns haven't taken the swing already with Durant and Beal.

At this point, shoving all the chips to the middle of the table doesn't seem like such a reach when he might be the answer if he is healthy.

I know that is a big "if."

 

[Mainstreet]

we were just 9-2 lol - books getting doubled and folks aren't hitting their shots when he passes out of it - our offense has understandably fallen off without kd and beal in the line up - imagine that

i also happen to notice this thing called defense - which we're starting to get better at - i was a nurk guy but now im a bud guy - meaning what have you done for us lately and im specifically talking about the last 15 minutes

you've seen what this team can do - right off the back too - so im not going to argue about who should stay or go - far as i can tell nobody's going anywhere - we're phx fans so i understand but we're clearly better than last year and don't know what we have yet + we're developing two rookies!

im still good

The Suns need a dose of nasty, preferably at the 4/5.

 

[Peter Sheldon]

This. This injury stretch sucks and the Suns can't afford for it to last much longer but this board is moody. If the team gets healthy and goes on another streak the mood will swing back the other way. The question becomes can this team even stay healthy enough to actually make a lasting run this season? That to me is the biggest concern. No matter how good this team is when healthy? None of that matters if they can't stay healthy.

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 possession, make unnecessary fouls, can't finish a dunk. Just complete cringe-worthy play.

 

[CardNots]

The question becomes can this team even stay healthy enough to actually make a lasting run this season?

I was going to add this to my post but the attention span can bit short around here

 

[CardNots]

The Suns 2020-21 team was special as well. IMO, only one rotational big man short of a championship.

This Suns team has similar issues.

If the officiating didn’t let the bull in the china closet run wild we would be still talking about a season culminating with our first NBA title.

 

[Suns_fan69]

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 possession, make unnecessary fouls, can't finish a dunk. Just complete cringe-worthy play.

The Suns are a top heavy team missing 2 of their 3 best players. Without KD/Beal, it's the equivalent of the Dragen Bender, Josh Jackson era Suns; everyone is asked to do more than they are reasonably capable of because we don't really have any other shot creators other than Book.