Suns updates and discussion for the 2021-22 season

[Muggz]

How hard could it be? We just need a Tim Duncan like player.

 

[1Sun]

How hard could it be? We just need a Tim Duncan like player.

Actually, all we need is a player like Bobby Portis, Serge Ibaka, Jeff Green, JaMychal Green, Trey Lyles, Thaddeus Young, LaMarcus Aldridge, Blake Griffin or even Paul Millsap.

Just a serviceable true power forward who can contribute 15-20 minutes per game and not leave Ayton or McGee to play one-on-three in the paint all game.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Actually, all we need is a player like Bobby Portis, Serge Ibaka, Jeff Green, JaMychal Green, Trey Lyles, Thaddeus Young, LaMarcus Aldridge, Blake Griffin or even Paul Millsap.

Just a serviceable true power forward who can contribute 15-20 minutes per game and not leave Ayton or McGee to play one-on-three in the paint all game.

The backup power forward is always greener on the other side.

The difference between Cameron Johnson and some of those guys is so negligible I doubt if that swap would even win us a single game. The problem isn't that our starter is weak or our backup is weak, the problem is that neither of them are plus players.

Turning Crowder or Cam into a below average power forward does not change our reality - a few of the very unavailable ones would but Milsap, Lyles, Green and Green are such marginal improvements as to be meaningless most nights (maybe every night). Young is available and could make a difference but he's the only reasonable target from your list IMO.

 

[1Sun]

The backup power forward is always greener on the other side.

The difference between Cameron Johnson and some of those guys is so negligible I doubt if that swap would even win us a single game. The problem isn't that our starter is weak or our backup is weak, the problem is that neither of them are plus players.

Turning Crowder or Cam into a below average power forward does not change our reality - a few of the very unavailable ones would but Milsap, Lyles, Green and Green are such marginal improvements as to be meaningless most nights (maybe every night). Young is available and could make a difference but he's the only reasonable target from your list IMO.

The difference between Cam Johnson and the guys you bolded is 17 to 47 pounds.

Does it occur to you why Ayton was so darn gassed in the Finals? He needs help.

This team needs a B A N G E R at the 4, or else another rim protector or athlete there. Badly. Last year, especially in the Finals, made that crystal clear. It is the one piece we need to get over the top, so the fact that there is no effort whatsoever to acquire it, especially with at least $10 million in cap exceptions left on the table, frustrates the hell out of me. If they at least TRIED to fill the hole, and it just didn't work out, I could accept that. But to leave all of the minutes at the 4 to a small forward and a shooting guard is just pure lunacy, in my opinion. The only thing more insane, in my opinion, would be to count on the extremely awkward and uncoordinated Jalen Smith at that position after he looked horrible in the G League and Summer League.

 

[Phrazbit]

The difference between Cam Johnson and the guys you bolded is 17 to 47 pounds.

Does it occur to you why Ayton was so darn gassed in the Finals? He needs help.

This team needs a B A N G E R at the 4, or else another rim protector or athlete there. Badly. Last year, especially in the Finals, made that crystal clear. It is the one piece we need to get over the top, so the fact that there is no effort whatsoever to acquire it, especially with at least $10 million in cap exceptions left on the table, frustrates the hell out of me. If they at least TRIED to fill the hole, and it just didn't work out, I could accept that. But to leave all of the minutes at the 4 to a small forward and a shooting guard is just pure lunacy, in my opinion. The only thing more insane, in my opinion, would be to count on the extremely awkward and uncoordinated Jalen Smith at that position after he looked horrible in the G League and Summer League.

If only the Suns did what you find acceptable... trading Paul in the preseason for, literally, anything... signing Taj Gibson over Crowder... waiving Cam Johnson because he shouldn't be allowed on an NBA court...

 

[Mainstreet]

Devin Booker on the cover of KICKS 24.

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[Muggz]

Actually, all we need is a player like Bobby Portis, Serge Ibaka, Jeff Green, JaMychal Green, Trey Lyles, Thaddeus Young, LaMarcus Aldridge, Blake Griffin or even Paul Millsap.

Just a serviceable true power forward who can contribute 15-20 minutes per game and not leave Ayton or McGee to play one-on-three in the paint all game.

That's what I've always said just a serviceable 4 with exp. was kidding

 

[Mainstreet]

Sports betting opens in Arizona today.

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[Mainstreet]

Get ready for PHNX Sports.

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[Mainstreet]

For those missing Lindsey Smith.

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[Chaplin]

Get ready for PHNX Sports.

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So I guess it's just Dave King on The Solar Panel?

Good to see Lindsey getting back in the game.

 

[Chaplin]

So I guess it's just Dave King on The Solar Panel?

Good to see Lindsey getting back in the game.

My mistake looks like they are rebranding Solar Panel. Wonder where Dave King is going to go.

 

[Muggz]

Id watch Lindsey read a phonebook.

 

[95pro]

For those missing Lindsey Smith.

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Yassss

 

[Mainstreet]

Cam Johnson has changed agents.

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[Mainstreet]

Cotton Fitzsimmons will always live on in the memory of Suns fans.

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[Hoop Head]

Cotton Fitzsimmons will always live on in the memory of Suns fans.

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I'm glad she's still a part of the Suns in some fashion as far as she shows up and makes appearance that Cotton would have. Like when they inducted Nash in the ROH, she was there in Cotton's spot. They had almost all other ROH inductees except KJ and Barkley. I remember Nash hugging her and thanking her for being there.

Even as a young fan who missed Cotton's real heyday with the Suns, the organization has always treated him as a legend. It helped show me he was important and inspired me to learn about him. I'm glad it's continued on with a new owner. Of course Cotton and Jerry had a personal relationship of sorts, as well as professional, but Sarver has tried embracing the entire history of the franchise rather than ignoring it like some owners do. Its like the teams didn't exist prior to their purchase.

 

[Mainstreet]

I'm glad she's still a part of the Suns in some fashion as far as she shows up and makes appearance that Cotton would have. Like when they inducted Nash in the ROH, she was there in Cotton's spot. They had almost all other ROH inductees except KJ and Barkley. I remember Nash hugging her and thanking her for being there.

Even as a young fan who missed Cotton's real heyday with the Suns, the organization has always treated him as a legend. It helped show me he was important and inspired me to learn about him. I'm glad it's continued on with a new owner. Of course Cotton and Jerry had a personal relationship of sorts, as well as professional, but Sarver has tried embracing the entire history of the franchise rather than ignoring it like some owners do. Its like the teams didn't exist prior to their purchase.

I never saw Cotton anything but upbeat and willing to talk to the everyday fan. He was a treasure.

 

[1Sun]

Cotton Fitzsimmons will always live on in the memory of Suns fans.

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My all-time favorite Suns coach (though I still curse him for leading the Kansas City Kings to an upset of the Suns in the 1981 playoffs)...

 

[Mainstreet]

Some partial plan packages available for Suns games.

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[Mainstreet]

Cam Johnson appears on the Phnx Suns Podcast. He talks about dunking and other stuff.

The interview with Cam starts at about the 18:50 mark.

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[Ronin]

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[Yuma]

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PTSD flashbacks of Patrick Beverly......

 

[Mainstreet]

Congratulations to Flex From Jersey for joining a weekly segment on PHNX Sports called 'The Flex Appeal.' It will provide information on the Phoenix Suns.

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[Mainstreet]

The above podcast is scheduled every Wednesday.

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