Suns updates and discussion for the 2020-21 season

[GatorAZ]

Considering Harden is out for the regular season I think Book makes 3rd team. He’s still behind Paul, Luka, Lillard, Curry, Kyrie and George. If one or two are considered forwards he’s in for sure.

 

[CardsSunsDbacks]

Considering Harden is out for the regular season I think Book makes 3rd team. He’s still behind Paul, Luka, Lillard, Curry, Kyrie and George. If one or two are considered forwards he’s in for sure.

It would be a damn shame if Booker didn’t make an all NBA team with 3 player of the week awards and a player of the month award while also being an all star.

 

[JCSunsfan]

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[Suns_fan69]

Oh man, getting both CP3 and Booker in as All NBA would be a great accomplishment, but there's going to be some tough competition.

I think it'll be...

1st
Luka
Curry

2nd
Dame
Westbrook

3rd
CP3
Simmons

But there are so many guards that have a valid argument for it.
Kyrie, Beal, Booker, Mitchell, Conley, Derozan, Lavine, Harden...

A lot of these guys are probably disqualified due to games missed but this year has been so weird that this might not be the black mark it usually is.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

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That’s nuts

 

[Ronin]

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[GatorAZ]

Oh man, getting both CP3 and Booker in as All NBA would be a great accomplishment, but there's going to be some tough competition.

I think it'll be...

1st
Luka
Curry

2nd
Dame
Westbrook

3rd
CP3
Simmons

But there are so many guards that have a valid argument for it.
Kyrie, Beal, Booker, Mitchell, Conley, Derozan, Lavine, Harden...

A lot of these guys are probably disqualified due to games missed but this year has been so weird that this might not be the black mark it usually is.

If either Westbrook/Beal are making they should be 3rd team. If they were top-15 players they wouldn’t be 30-35 in the East.

 

[overseascardfan]

After tonight, we play 7 games in 12 days including back to back tomorrow....brutal.

All 7 teams are going to be tough with one more game at LAL which I'm sure LeBron will be playing in.

If we can go 4-3 that would be awesome.

 

[GatorAZ]

If the 10-seed beats the 7-seed do they go in as the 8-seed given they’d have the worst record to make the playoffs?

 

[CardsSunsDbacks]

If the 10-seed beats the 7-seed do they go in as the 8-seed given they’d have the worst record to make the playoffs?

The 10 Seed can't become the 7 seed. The 7 and 8 seed play each other to determine the 7th seed and the 9 and 10 seed play each other to determine who plays the loser of the other game for the 8 seed.

 

[GatorAZ]

The 10 Seed can't become the 7 seed. The 7 and 8 seed play each other to determine the 7th seed and the 9 and 10 seed play each other to determine who plays the loser of the other game for the 8 seed.

oh snap. I think that’s more fair.

 

[CardsSunsDbacks]

oh snap. I think that’s more fair.

It does mean though that in theory the team with the 7th best record could end up in the 8th spot if they were to lose that first game with the 8 seed.

 

[Ronin]

From worst to first: Phoenix Suns continuing a most remarkable turnaround

https://sports.yahoo.com/worst-first-phoenix-suns-continuing-130016583.html

 

[Ronin]

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[Ronin]

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[Ronin]

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[Chaplin]

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That's a good article. If Saric can bust out of his slump, I like our frontcourt, at least offensively.

 

[Ronin]

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[95pro]

About Kaminsky and Saric, Kaminsky has produced from the first game and been the most consistent of the two. Head scratching how he just dropped out of the rotation.

 

[Hoop Head]

About Kaminsky and Saric, Kaminsky has produced from the first game and been the most consistent of the two. Head scratching how he just dropped out of the rotation.

Frank is an atrocious defender who often has the worst plus/minus on the team when he gets big minutes. I think he's still effective in limited time though.

I wondered why he was glued to the bench for a while also and when I looked into his stats more I saw that issue with the plus minus. The more he plays and the worse it gets.

 

[Carolinacacti]

I think we all question that +- stat but yes the Tank should not get a lot of minuets

 

[Mainstreet]

About Kaminsky and Saric, Kaminsky has produced from the first game and been the most consistent of the two. Head scratching how he just dropped out of the rotation.

My take is that Saric was the de facto backup center dating back to the Orlando bubble.

For the most part Kaminsky was competing for minutes at power forward with Crowder and Cam Johnson. The addition of Craig further contributed to this slide. When he fell out of favor at power forward, he slipped down the depth chart.

When the play of Saric declined, Kaminsky started competing directly with Saric for backup center minutes. I think this is generally how it evolved. Also I think Kaminsky is better suited to play center.

 

[Ronin]

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[GatorAZ]

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After this one you sit CP3

 

[Proximo]

After this one you sit CP3

depends. Utah is losing to the warriors. If Portland beats Utah suns need to win out to get 1.