Chaplin
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The absolute main reason Rubio is in any conversation is the dramatic improvement he made to his game under Igor. That's it.
Report: Suns engaged in trade talks for Dallas PG Dennis Smith Jr
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The thing is he really didn't improve all that dramatically under Igor. Slight improvement, yes, but not dramatic.
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That's why I'm all for Ja Morant if we can't get Zion, I'm betting we get a top 3 so it wouldn't be hard to pick him
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This would be my plan as well.
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It's my back-up. My plan is to draft Zion and trade the Milwaukee pick, our 2020 protected pick and Warren (if he's still here) for Ja Morant.
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That'll work! As long as they have a Head Coach with some fire in his belly.
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That'll work! As long as they have a Head Coach with some fire in his belly.
I've mostly been on the fence with Koko but I'm firmly in his corner now. I don't like everything I've seen and some of it confuses the heck out of me but we've played the best defense I've ever seen from a Suns team under his watch. And yes, this great defense I'm talking about has been off and on but that beats the hell out of the off and off defense some of us have watched for 50 years.
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I'm actually tired of the draft. I'm done with I'm excited to draft so and so. We have drafted lots of lottery picks and we are the absolute worst team in the league. I like our D lately that is a pleasant surprise . But I would trade it all just to be playoff relevant again and get a star who can get us there
For those of you who are iffy on Dennis Smith Jr., please note that Ja Morant at best is a skinnier version of him with less of an injury history.
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Yes, we are bad but no, we are not the absolute worst team in the league. And shooting for the playoffs as soon as possible means that we've put up with miserable basketball for years just so we can watch our team get their butts kicked in the first round each year. I'll pass.
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Agree. Pass.
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14%. Best odds you can get for a #1 pick. Tanking just doesn’t make sense unless there are 5 or 6 potentially great players. Not this year.
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I don't know how I feel on this. IMO Zion has a chance to be a generational player and I don't see any others with that pedigree so part of me figures 14% is better than the alternative. OTOH, this team needs to continue progressing (we've gone from laughably bad to inconsistently decent). I guess I'd play it straight at least through the all star break and then take our temperature.
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The Suns are in such disarray that it won’t make any difference. They are going to have one of the worst records.
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Sure. They look destined for a top 5 pick but they could easiy end up with the 8th or 9th worst record and it's questionable (IMO) whether that should be our priority. We've only had a handful of games where our best player was fully ready to play and most of them came before we'd acquired/integrated Oubre into the lineup so we've yet to see what this team really is.
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With all that garbage that came out about Booker yesterday this team is one episode away from a natural disaster.
Yesterday’s game was a train wreck.
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I think we need a forum shrink or maybe just some bipolar medication. We win, this board starts thinking we've turned a corner and greatness awaits, we get blown out the next game and we're on suicide watch.
We aren't as bad as we sometimes appear to be and we aren't as good as the final score sometimes suggests. I have no idea what the Booker reveal will do to us but I don't think yesterday's loss was anymore of a train wreck than a dozen of our losses this season. And last night was blowout night around the league, only the Lakers game kept it from setting an all time record for scoring disparity on a night with at least 5 games (borrowed from ESPN).
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I get all that. I’ve actually been the one to say it but I think they have bigger problems.
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You talking about the two girls lol
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Booker was supposed to be the face of the franchise, the leader, etc. He’s put up some big numbers but he’s out a lot and the team doesn’t play together as well when he’s on the court.
If you’re gonna dominate the ball you better make everybody else around you better. Yesterday he had a new role and he looked turble. They’ve got a lot to figure out.
Is their identity going to be defense, Point Book or some other thing.
TJ looks unhappy. Oubre looks stoned but more importantly he seems to be a pretty assertive player. He knows the remainder of the season is an audition and he’s gonna make the most of it. He’s taking minutes from TJ.
If the Suns were winning they’d probably all get along fine but that’s not the case.
Lots of personalities, lots of stories playing out.
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Thank you. Ive been riding booker all season and finally some are seeing what I've been seeing this season.
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