Suns @ Clippers game thread 12-20-17

[Cheesebeef]

Our starting lineup is simply a joke and blame McDonough for that.

I said over and over that this teams biggest need was shooting and we did not address this at all.

Our current starting lineup has zero shooting, they have an abyssmal offensive rating of barely 60.

Marquese Chriss despite his struggles is the best 3pt shooter in our starting lineup.

You simply can't have so many guys on a roster that can't even shoot 30% from 3, you can't. It is unreal that McDonough has completely failed to adress this. Maybe it is a tanking strategy but hardly a good one because this team will never be good if they can't be a good 3pt shooting team.

@Chris_Sanders Who did this new poster... who's not Slin... say the bolded to "over and over again" in the off-season... if he just joined?

 

[Phrazbit]

It's definitely slin, he hasn't even denied it. I don't really care either way; I actually appreciate the perspective slin brings on a lot of players, it's just too bad he has to be so abrasive in any disagreement.

 

[Mainstreet]

If it is slinslin, I enjoy what he brings to the forum about players in the draft.

If it is him, I think he has moderated his language. I'd like to see how it plays out.

 

[Superbone]

If it is slinslin, I enjoy what he brings to the forum about players in the draft.

If it is him, I think he has moderated his language. I'd like to see how it plays out.

It appears it has been played out. His status shows as "Banned."

 

[Hoop Head]

It appears it has been played out. His status shows as "Banned."

I thought it was pretty obviously Slin, especially once he was asked if he watched any games. He ignored that just like Slin did and I saw that as my own confirmation. Rather than ignoring it outright he'd post more advanced stats and talk down to anyone who thought you actually had to watch basketball occasionally to have some idea of how it's played. What tipped me off originally was how he couldn't talk about how great Chriss is without bashing Bender, or vice versa in that he'd bring up Chriss while bashing Bender. For whatever reason he's always hated Bender and loved Chriss. Prior to that draft I thought he was a good poster with some quirks but he decided to bring racism into arguments about those 2 quite often, as the reason some liked Bender more than Chriss. I always found it kind of funny how he'd claim racism though considering he didn't watch any basketball so how did he know which players were which race.

 

[pokerface]

Quite the detectives on here

 

[Mainstreet]

It appears it has been played out. His status shows as "Banned."

I'm disappointed he was banned. He brought something to the Suns forum. IMO, he had moderated his abrasiveness.

 

[SirStefan32]

I disagree. He called me a racist because I preferred Bender to Chriss. That's not a moderation of abrasiveness. This board is much more pleasant without Slin.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

Unfortunately the rules are that if you re-register you are banned unless you only re-register to have a discussion with the moderator that banned you to appeal the ban.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

And I am open to the discussion if he wants to have it.

 

[Mainstreet]

I disagree. He called me a racist because I preferred Bender to Chriss. That's not a moderation of abrasiveness. This board is much more pleasant without Slin.

There are worse posters that are still posting on other forums... not that this is an excuse.

Slin may have only looked at stats but I thought this helped him bring a different perspective to the table. It was an untainted way of looking at the game.

I wanted to get as much information from him as I could. He was uncanny in evaluating players less Bender.

 

[BC867]

There are worse posters that are still posting on other forums... not that this is an excuse.

Slin may have only looked at stats but I thought this helped him bring a different perspective to the table. It was an untainted way of looking at the game.

I wanted to get as much information from him as I could. He was uncanny in evaluating players less Bender.

After reading so many of his posts, unfortunately Slin was the worst at turning debates into a personal issues. There is a big difference between intellect and emotions.

Such as someone who is, in fact, intelligent but just doesn't get it when dealing with people. A person who acts rationally understands that other people are entitled to their opinions, too.

As the saying goes, "Attack problems, not people." Or another saying, "When you put people on the defensive, don't be surprised when they become defensive."

Slin earned his banishment. Especially when he tried to sneak back on. Did he really believe that he was going to get away with being dishonorable? My guess is that ethics didn't even occur to him.

BTW, I have nothing against him personally. But I do about his behavior. 'Big difference.