Suns vs Lakers

[sunsfan88]

Warren played too well averaging 20 & 6 against CLE, OKC and SAS so he's being benched. Another example of the great Jeff Hornacek's logic.

Especially considering this is a game against the freaking Lakers where starting Warren won't expose some big defensive weakness...

https://twitter.com/paulcoro/status/683827806514511872

 

[StreetTruckinTitan]

Warren played too well averaging 20 & 6 against CLE, OKC and SAS so he's being benched. Another example of the great Jeff Hornacek's logic.

Especially considering this is a game against the freaking Lakers where starting Warren won't expose some big defensive weakness...

https://twitter.com/paulcoro/status/683827806514511872

He's energy off the bench. Who else they got? Besides, he'll probably end the game.

 

[devilalum]

I'm so excited I just can't hide it...

sent from a fone

 

[slinslin]

At this point Hornacek is straight up trolling the fanbase.

Benching Warren again that is unreal.

This game is very important to lose in the tank race.

 

[slinslin]

Knight just cant handle the ball well enough.

At this point I am just laughing at all those long 2s he takes.

Half the players on this team have serious trouble catching passes.

 

[clif]

This is terrible. It's almost hilarious it's so bad.

 

[sunsfan88]

I'm guessing we'll cut it close eventually but holy crap we're right now getting our ass kicked by the Lakers without Kobe.

 

[slinslin]

Hornacek...

What has Werms done to deserve any playing time? He could well be the worst player in the league, negative PER.
How do you play Werms instead of Goodwin??

How can we be soooo bad after timeouts? We blow the play after a timeout so many times, unreal.

 

[D-Dogg]

Go SUNS!!!!!!!

 

[SweetD]

Ugh, I am happy to see a tanking going on, but man it is not fun to watch.

 

[sunsfan88]

Brandon Knight may be worse than Dragic or even Nash defensively.

 

[SweetD]

Well Goodwin has been showing why he gets zero playing time

 

[devilalum]

Defense is all about effort which explains why the Suns are the worst in the league.

sent from a fone

 

[slinslin]

It is a weird feeling.

Getting angry about the way we play and laughing at the same time.

Cant tell me this is not down to coaching, the absolute incompetence of running an offense.

If I was a player I could not respect Hornacek either. All this lineup shuffling and rotation changes paired with his i difference.

Coaching a team from the ground up? Nothis thing

Hornacek might be a coach who can only succeed when everything falls in place automatically and he just needs to give a few pointers.

 

[clif]

@BillSimmons "Don't Win Again for Ben"

 

[slinslin]

It is one thing to tank. It is another thing to utterly embarass yourself.

 

[slinslin]

So where are the folks who think we are better without Bledsoe?

Becomes obvious that without him our roster is a collection of 2nd round/d-league talent outside of a rookie, a 2nd year player and a bad erratic no defense chucker.

Edit: again a timeout followed by a turnover!! Lmao

 

[SirStefan32]

Sarver has got to fire Hornacek. This is embarrassing!

 

[clif]

It is one thing to tank. It is another thing to utterly embarass yourself.

Yep.

 

[SweetD]

It is the players not executing on anything. I can't put this on Jeff. The team is just a bunch of players, that don't seem to know how to play team basketball.

Even Jeff is on the sidelines just shacking his head.

 

[clif]

It is the players not executing on anything. I can't put this on Jeff. The team is just a bunch of players, that don't seem to know how to play team basketball.

Even Jeff is on the sidelines just shacking his head.

Poor talent + injuries + flip flopping lineup = **** season.

 

[Bert]

I'm so excited I just can't hide it...

sent from a fone

LOL

 

[slinslin]

It is the players not executing on anything. I can't put this on Jeff. The team is just a bunch of players, that don't seem to know how to play team basketball.

Even Jeff is on the sidelines just shacking his head.

This is 90% on Jeff.

He is the coach of this team for several years now and he has completely failed to install any sort of structure or plan to the offense.

It is apparent how nobody has a clue what they are trying to do on offense. Where is his game plan?`Maybe he is as unspecific with his players as he is with the media when it comes to that. "Well we want to attack, swing the ball and attack, take shots when they are open".

It is ridiculous how many times we completely botch plays after Hornacek draws up a play during a timeout.

Also Hornacek tinkering with lineups and rotations all the time. It is clear that this is not very helpful for player confidence.

He handled the Morris situations terribly last year and this year. Then his wrong claim against Delladova.

This team needs a tough coach that values discipline, not a soft sarcastic nice guy like Hornacek.

 

[Lefty]

The season is over and the team is playing for a top-5 draft pick. How about fire Jeff and hire Sir Charles for the rest of the year? Fans will come out just to see Charles coach and I'm sure the players will play hard for him.

 

[slinslin]

TJ Warren has averaged 20+ since Bledsoe is out, he is clearly our best player right now, smart move by Hornacek to bench him and then play him just 9 minutes in the worst half a Suns team ever played.

All this knowing that the Suns are most likely not intentionally tanking.