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Chaplin

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I am thinking more playoffs. The Suns are going to get out muscled come playoff time without more size.
If Beal and Durant are going to be in and out of the lineup, then we need to put points in the bucket. At the end of the day, you win by scoring more points.

With the both of them down for the count, that's like 45 points per game missing from the lineup. I don't care who your bench is, you're not going to win many games with only one post-20 point scorer and a bunch of guys that struggle to score 10.
 

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we're not getting out muscled tho - we're getting out hustled
Yep, I get that. However, the playoffs are going to run though bigger teams IMO. We are middle of the road ranked #15 in status related to size (i.e. rebounding). Where with scoring we are 17th but that is skewed because of Durant, Beal being out. Book not being Book. In other words, we will crack the top 10 easily again in scoring when healthy. I don't think we are going to make much movement with our lack of size in other categories. Naturally you can never have enough scoring but I think that isn't going to be a problem when healthy.
 

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we're not getting out muscled tho - we're getting out hustled

It's both. The Suns are getting out hustled and out muscled.

This Suns team needs some passion. The Joe Cool approach is getting old.

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Don't know if there is one available but they should target a PF. We need more size.

It's hard to find a trade that works, as the Suns cannot combine salaries in an outgoing trade and can't take more money back than they send out.
 

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Bradley Beal was doing some conditioning after today’s Suns practice. Today was a day for guys to walk through some stuff on film and get some individual work in, but good to see Beal running up and down the court
 

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It's hard to find a trade that works, as the Suns cannot combine salaries in an outgoing trade and can't take more money back than they send out.

The only thing that makes sense is a player nearing the end of their rookie deals, in terms of incoming players. If that team doesn't want to resign them or doesn't believe they can then perhaps a trade makes sense. Of course they'd need a wing in return because that's basically all we have to deal. Okogie, Grayson, and Royce are likely the 3 most available pieces we have. Not worth guessing the order since they all offer something different in terms of skill set as well as salaries, now and later.
 
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