Suns @ Spurs Saturday game thread 1-28-2023

[Mainstreet]

Malone was alot of things aggressive isn’t one of them he was the king of the 15’ jump shot.

Those elbows of Malone were deadly weapons.

 

[Mainstreet]

Halftime:

Suns 55 - Spurs 48

 

[Yuma]

Man, as dominant as we played, only a 7 point lead.

 

[Finito]

That last Ayton play was an example. Malone would have destroyed that defender on a dunk. Plus I don't remember how many times he would use those elbows to get space on that 15 foot jumper. He wasn't afraid to draw an offensive foul.

Swinging elbows isn’t aggressive play.

Malone was butter soft. Ask Rodman about him. Like it said as big and strong as he was his go to move was pick and roll fade away 15 footer

 

[Mainstreet]

Swinging elbows isn’t aggressive play.

Malone was butter soft. Ask Rodman about him. Like it said as big and strong as he was his go to move was pick and roll fade away 15 footer

You might want to tell that to Malone's opponents.

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[Finito]

You might want to tell that to Malone's opponents.

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Again throwing dirty elbows isn’t playing aggressive it’s dirty

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15 foot jump shot king

 

[Mainstreet]

@Finito

When did a 15 foot shot become a bad thing. What about his rebounding as well?

 

[Finito]

Would you rather have DLO or Collins?

These two guys are the names being linked.

 

[Yuma]

Isiah Thomas not a fan of Karl Malone

Part of aggressiveness to me, is going beyond your comfort level of scoring. What I mean is Ayton thinks he's a 20 point scorer. When he hits twenty, he backs off his aggressiveness. I think Ayton thinks his job is done. Whereas guys like Barkley, Malone, Jordan, will keep on scoring past their average to win a game. They mentally will keep the foot on the pedal scoring. Whether it's using a 15 foot jumper, or a dunk. They use their best scoring weapon to keep scoring until the game is won.

 

[Mainstreet]

Ayton stuffs that one. I wish he would do that more.

 

[Cheesebeef]

Karl Malone averaged 9 free throw attempts per game. He was mentally soft, not physically.

Ayton is both.

 

[Yuma]

Would you rather have DLO or Collins?

These two guys are the names being linked.

I know the prevailing theory is we need a scorer, but Collins rebounding and shot blocking would be nice!

 

[Mainstreet]

Suns needed that three by Cam Johnson.

 

[Finito]

@Finito

When did a 15 foot shot become a bad thing. What about his rebounding as well?

Surprisingly Not really a great rebounder the first year they went to finals he only averaged 9 rebounds.

Barkley much smaller and always averaged more rebounds than Malone.

 

[Yuma]

Cam is becoming such a good shooter, we need to keep him as a starter. Maybe Dlo as a sixth man is the way to go.

 

[Mainstreet]

Surprisingly Not really a great rebounder the first year they went to finals he only averaged 9 rebounds.

Barkley much smaller and always averaged more rebounds than Malone.

With all due respect, you are nitpicking.

 

[Yuma]

Surprisingly Not really a great rebounder the first year they went to finals he only averaged 9 rebounds.

Barkley much smaller and always averaged more rebounds than Malone.

True. Barkley is underrated. Some of his playoff games are epic scoring AND rebounding. There's guys that say he was not as tall as listed. Which makes his on court feats even more impressive.

 

[Yuma]

Torrey Craig a beast on the glass.

 

[Yuma]

CP3 with the old man game! LOL!

 

[Yuma]

Looks like they are challenging that last play. I don't see how it was out on Ayton.

 

[Mainstreet]

Sochan is eating the Suns alive.

 

[Mainstreet]

Chris Paul keeping the Suns from a meltdown.

 

[Yuma]

Maybe SA would trade McDermott. Would he be a good sixth man scorer for us?

 

[Mainstreet]

End of 3rd quarter:

Suns 87 - Spurs 76

 

[Finito]

Isiah Thomas not a fan of Karl Malone

Part of aggressiveness to me, is going beyond your comfort level of scoring. What I mean is Ayton thinks he's a 20 point scorer. When he hits twenty, he backs off his aggressiveness. I think Ayton thinks his job is done. Whereas guys like Barkley, Malone, Jordan, will keep on scoring past their average to win a game. They mentally will keep the foot on the pedal scoring. Whether it's using a 15 foot jumper, or a dunk. They use their best scoring weapon to keep scoring until the game is won.

You know what your right Malone was super strong mentally.

Smh