Thunder @ Suns game thread 1-7-18

[devilalum]

Bender en fuego!


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[pokerface]

Bender finally earned his #4 pick. He's arrived!

 

[Hoop Head]

Jackson has 12 point, 5 assists, and 10 rebounds. I knew he was having a good game but just pulled up the boxscore on ESPN to see how many 3's Bender had and JJ's rebounds popped out at me.

 

[Finito]

Why is Bender coming out!

 

[SirStefan32]

LOVE Bender right now! I am telling you guys, he's gonna be a big-time player.

 

[Mainstreet]

That was a great sort of behind the back pass by Ulis to Bender for the 3. If only he played like that all the time, and was 3 inches taller.

Ulis hears you.

 

[3rdside]

Not having an NBA quality PG has hurt this team this year, have to wonder if they'd be a playoff team if Bledsoe didn't pout his way out. Although not having a good PG has caused Booker to step up and work on his playmaking, and it's caused others to work on their passing and shot creation as well.

Maybe / probably even, but I’m glad as hell we’ve gone a different route; one more shot at the draft, the booker PG experiment and, most importantly, no Bledsoe on our team...he did nothing for me that guy.


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[Mainstreet]

Jackson with a 3.

I like. Looking good.

 

[Finito]

Who saw this coming wow

 

[pokerface]

Next season we should be seeing daylight finally. I predict a winning record.

 

[3rdside]

Next season we should be seeing daylight finally. I predict a winning record.

Trade every pick we have for Doncic or young and we’re set.


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[Mainstreet]

I don't think OKC sees Ulis sometimes.

He's the Suns Kerwynn Williams.

 

[3rdside]

*assuming we don’t get a decent draft pick in the first place


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[Mainstreet]

Final:

Suns 114 - Thunder 100

Very nice win tonight.

 

[pokerface]

Trade every pick we have for Doncic or young and we’re set.


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Yeah it would be awesome if some package could get us a high pick.

 

[Hoop Head]

Really impressed with how the bench played in the 4th, without Warren and Booker.Jackson, Bender, Daniels, Ulis, and Chandlers were able to basically close the game out, or extend the lead out of reach for OKC.

 

[Hoop Head]

Who saw this coming wow

I did!

I think the Suns should matchup well against OKC for the most part, except Ulis on Westbrook. It's a bad game for Canaan to be out but I guess we can help collect pingpong balls if nothing else.

Well, if you ignore the part about getting pingpong balls.

 

[Finito]

Best game I've seen from the young Suns

Bender 20 points, 6 Rebounds 3 Blocks

Jackson 17 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assist

Warren 23 points

Booker 26 points

Just a well balanced attack everyone was hitting the spacing was really good and I loved Warren just carving them up cutting to the basket.

Jackson is going to be a player

I would trade every pick we have plus anyone of Bender/Chriss or Warren for Donic this year

 

[GatorAZ]

Best game I've seen from the young Suns

Bender 20 points, 6 Rebounds 3 Blocks

Jackson 17 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assist

Warren 23 points

Booker 26 points

Just a well balanced attack everyone was hitting the spacing was really good and I loved Warren just carving them up cutting to the basket.

Jackson is going to be a player

I would trade every pick we have plus anyone of Bender/Chriss or Warren for Donic this year

I would trade any player or picks not named Booker for a top-3 pick.

 

[Mainstreet]

Best game I've seen from the young Suns

Bender 20 points, 6 Rebounds 3 Blocks

Jackson 17 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assist

Warren 23 points

Booker 26 points

Just a well balanced attack everyone was hitting the spacing was really good and I loved Warren just carving them up cutting to the basket.

Jackson is going to be a player

I would trade every pick we have plus anyone of Bender/Chriss or Warren for Donic this year

Certainly the Suns enjoyed it as well.

 

[Hoop Head]

Yeah it would be awesome if some package could get us a high pick.

Hopefully Bender, Chriss, and Jackson keep it up throughout the rest of the year. Not just to give us a better future but if they can play like they have been then they'll have some value if the Suns want to package one of them with their own pick.

Although seeing them when they're on, I don't know which I'd be willing to trade. Chriss is the one I'd probably be most willing to part with if only because his attitude effects his game more than the other two and when it's bad, he's really bad. Trading Warren is a possibility also.

 

[BC867]

Bender finally earned his #4 pick. He's arrived!

'Great to see Bender hitting 3's tonight, but he was pretty much left open. I wouldn't jump to any conclusions based upon one game.

The Suns problem remains that, with the exception of Booker's and Warren's scoring and Chandler's and Monroe's rebounding, there has been no consistency on offense or defense from game to game. We have a long way to go to put together a dependable rotation.

 

[Mainstreet]

Hopefully Bender, Chriss, and Jackson keep it throughout the year. Not just to give us a better future but if they can play like they have been then they'll have some value if the Suns want to package one of them with their own pick.

Although seeing them when they're on, I don't know which I'd be willing to trade. Chriss is the one I'd probably be most willing to part with if only because his attitude effects his game more than the other two and when it's bad, he's really bad. Trading Warren is a possibility also.

I'm hoping the Suns can keep their young players. Hopefully the Suns can swap draft picks if necessary and then add additional picks to sweeten the deal.

 

[AZCrazy]

If Chriss can mature over the course of the year to a good point, and if they keep Bender at PF rather than having him try to bang with the C's,
Warren, Bender, Jackson, and Chriss can be a nice quartet of forwards that is deep and talented moving forward. Draft Ayton, Doncic, or Young.

 

[ColdPickleNachos]

Unfortunately, it's hard to imagine any team with a top 5 pick in this upcoming draft trading that pick.

But wow! If Bender, Chriss, and Jackson start to approach their potential...that opens up some other exciting paths to success.