Suns updates and discussion for the 2021-22 season

[GatorAZ]

Bradley Beal may not play on Saturday when the Suns play at the Wizards.

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Has any star player ever had a more irrelevant career?

 

[Mainstreet]

Has any star player ever had a more irrelevant career?

I think Beal should have got out of Washington and found out if he could have achieved more.

 

[Hoop Head]

Has any star player ever had a more irrelevant career?

Dominique Wilkins comes to mind.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Dominique Wilkins comes to mind.

Funny he was my first thought too. But his hawks made the playoffs in almost all his seasons and won four series. Beal has only made playoffs half the time.

 

[Phrazbit]

Funny he was my first thought too. But his hawks made the playoffs in almost all his seasons and won four series. Beal has only made playoffs half the time.

And the East was a helluva lot better back then than now.

But I CAN think of a more irrelevant star.

Demarcus Cousins. Different position, but he got a ton of attention with virtually zero results. Dude spent 4-5 years putting up numbers that would get him MVP consideration but he was doing it on a trash team, getting himself ejected once every few weeks and playing garbage defense. Beal has had some playoff runs where he played very well, in what little playoff basketball Cousins has seen he has only served as a target for opposing offenses to brutalize.

They hype when Cousins got traded to the Pelicans to unite with Davis was pretty damn big... and they got worse... up until Cousins got hurt, then they got better.

The jury is out on Beal, I think he is not an empty stat player on a bad team, I think he is merely on a bad team that got cursed by John Wall's injuries and terrible roster management. I think he could have a big impact elsewhere.

 

[Ronin]

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[Ronin]

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[Ronin]

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[Ronin]

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[Mainstreet]

Monty Williams is Coach of the Month for January, 2022.

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[Chaplin]

Don't know if true, but I just read somewhere, that Eric Gordon's last year isn't guaranteed UNLESS his team wins the championship. Then it becomes guaranteed. I've never heard of that in a contract before. And I don't know if that is accurate or not.

 

[Mainstreet]

I went back and looked for a contract clause on Eric Gordon. I'm not sure if the championship part transfers if he is traded.

I don't think Gordon has made an All-Star team.


From CBS Sports by Sam Quinn, August 31, 2019:


Eric Gordon has agreed to a four-year, $75.6 million contract extension with the Houston Rockets, as first reported by Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle. ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski broke down the terms of the deal: $16.9 million in the 2020-21 season, $18.2 million in the 2021-22 season, and $19.6 in the 2022-23 season. The fourth season, which is non-guaranteed, would pay him $20.9 million. That season becomes guaranteed if Gordon makes an All-Star team or the Rockets win a championship during the life of the deal.

Eric Gordon, Rockets agree to four-year, $75.6 million contract extension, per report

The Rockets are keeping one of their core players with a very expensive long-term deal

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Eric Gordon contract and salary cap details, full contract breakdowns, salaries, signing bonus, roster bonus, dead money, and valuations.

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[Suns_fan69]

I went back and looked for a contract clause on Eric Gordon. I'm not sure if the championship part transfers if he is traded.

I don't think Gordon has made an All-Star team.


From CBS Sports by Sam Quinn, August 31, 2019:


Eric Gordon has agreed to a four-year, $75.6 million contract extension with the Houston Rockets, as first reported by Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle. ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski broke down the terms of the deal: $16.9 million in the 2020-21 season, $18.2 million in the 2021-22 season, and $19.6 in the 2022-23 season. The fourth season, which is non-guaranteed, would pay him $20.9 million. That season becomes guaranteed if Gordon makes an All-Star team or the Rockets win a championship during the life of the deal.

Eric Gordon, Rockets agree to four-year, $75.6 million contract extension, per report

The Rockets are keeping one of their core players with a very expensive long-term deal

www.cbssports.com

Eric Gordon | NBA | Spotrac.com

Eric Gordon contract and salary cap details, full contract breakdowns, salaries, signing bonus, roster bonus, dead money, and valuations.

www.spotrac.com

Weird clause. But, I don't really care if it transfers or not. If Phoenix wins the championship I'm sure they're more than happy to pay that extra year.

 

[95pro]

At this point Gordon might just want to first, win a championship.

Second, boost his stock so he can lock up one last contract

 

[Ronin]

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[JCSunsfan]

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And Steph, who was the unanimous choice in the fall is not even on the list. Things can change quickly in this league.

 

[Suns_fan69]

That's a surprise coming from SAS. He was a skeptic during the early part of the season. Maybe a leopard can change it's spots?

 

[AzStevenCal]

That's a surprise coming from SAS. He was a skeptic during the early part of the season. Maybe a leopard can change it's spots?

I think it's a balancing act on his part. He and the rest of the talking heads are in large part responsible for the poor attention paid to the Suns which contributed to the situation we now see - the best team in the NBA by far has no all star starters.

Anyway, it costs him nothing to push Paul and Devin's name out there just like he pushed for Dragic getting attention when he was likewise snubbed as a Sun. That belated push led to Goran making an All NBA team which was probably a slight overreaction - I fear we'll see the same thing this year with Booker adding an All NBA team to his resume.

 

[Hoop Head]

I think it's a balancing act on his part. He and the rest of the talking heads are in large part responsible for the poor attention paid to the Suns which contributed to the situation we now see - the best team in the NBA by far has no all star starters.

Anyway, it costs him nothing to push Paul and Devin's name out there just like he pushed for Dragic getting attention when he was likewise snubbed as a Sun. That belated push led to Goran making an All NBA team which was probably a slight overreaction - I fear we'll see the same thing this year with Booker adding an All NBA team to his resume.

Booker is more deserving of All-NBA honors than Dragic. He's a better player on both ends and does more to help the team win.

 

[Ronin]

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[Ronin]

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[Ronin]

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[Mainstreet]

Devin Booker is officially an ALL-Star for the third time!

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[Chris_Sanders]

How does Donkey from Shrek get in?

Really 3 people from the second best team

 

[Chris_Sanders]

Now we need to hear Chris Paul being named to the All-Star team.

Already done