Suns 2024-2025 Season Discussions

[Cheesebeef]

Kevin Durant has a $54,708,608 expiring contract next season.

There is no use pretending it's a level field. A star player has a say in where he plays in the future.

And a team wants to know if they invest assets and money in a player, he wants to stay there.

Luka got traded without having a say in it. Can’t get bigger than him for stars.

 

[Mainstreet]

Here is the James Jones interview today.

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[BirdGangThing]

all them fans talking mad ish about beal refusing to go - he was never asked to go - i take this to be true for one major reason - not because jj said so but because miami didn't want beal (and his contract) - im guessing miami told jj that beal was a nonstarter from the very beginning - yet beal was villainized by the casual fans - not for his subpar play but for refusing to board a plane that never existed

far as kd goes - grown ass man - sensitive as all hell - probably got into another twitter fight with some rando nobody today - truth is he can't be mad - ish and jj didn't make a deal and then tell him - nah - kd was informed of the situation - got to say his piece and ultimately got his way - so he better have a coke - smile - and shut the funk up

when your team sucks for the reason the suns do - when it's not the lack of talent but the lack of focus - care - and determination - you can't blame the front office for exploring different avenues - well you can - but you're already half way gone if you do

 

[Yuma]

Luka got traded without having a say in it. Can’t get bigger than him for stars.

That's not normal anymore.

 

[Mainstreet]

Luka got traded without having a say in it. Can’t get bigger than him for stars.

There is a cost and a risk of doing it this way as addressed by Brian Windhorst.

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[AzStevenCal]

Luka got traded without having a say in it. Can’t get bigger than him for stars.

Yeah but that's a pretty unique situation. Dallas was even willing to take back far less value in order to keep it quiet, that's not the case with a KD trade. I hope that we would have made the trade regardless of KD's wishes but given the kind of person KD is, I just don't see any way that GS would have given up assets knowing he didn't want to play for them.

 

[Yuma]

Suns fans be like:

1. We are bad because of our owner (Sarver). Again, we are bad because of our owner (Ishbia).

2. Our GM sucks. (Lance Blanks, McDonough, James Jones, etc.)

3. Our coach is bad (Monty). Again, our coach is bad (Vogel). Currently, our coach is bad (Budenholzer).

4. Our players are terrible (Just guessing but Suns have had about a quarter to half of the league come through Phoenix).

No point, just an observation.

 

[Ronin]

Suns mum on noise, reported frustration after trade deadline

As has become the norm, the Phoenix Suns were mum on all of the fallout from Thursday's trade deadline, reporting that included the team nearly trading Kevin Durant.

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[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

The really bad part is GS has a connection to him. There is a very good chance that is the best offer we will ever get.

It also says that the team that really knows him was willing to pay significantly for him. So I’m unsure your statement is accurate.

 

[BirdGangThing]

It also says that the team that really knows him was willing to pay significantly for him. So I’m unsure your statement is accurate.

accurately provocative

 

[BirdGangThing]

it's bad when you celebrate after utah

 

[Raindog]

You prefer Ishbia?

I prefer Ishbia spend some of his extravagant wealth on smart front office people and let them do their jobs. He obviously has the funds to do that, if he so chooses.

That means no James Jones (and no Isiah Thomas, of course).