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I wonder why the Suns didn't have Saben Lee play in the summer league. I think he needs it more than Goodwin did.

We didn't get a pick for trading Payne. We gave up a pick and got a conditional pick in return. I agree with INF that it's dangerous to not have any players with bird rights or any players/tradeable contracts making between the minimum and the maximum. And if they don't use the TPE to keep that sal...

Oh, the Usher Raymond stuff the announcing crew was trying to work in was brutal.

Let’s be completely honest here Lebron’s titles all have asterisks Over OKC in a lockout season, they beat a bunch of youngsters with very little experience. Over Spurs they win on a Kawhi missed free throw. Over the Warriors, they’re gifted with Draymond ejection, which Lebron baited him into. Wit...

What happened to overpaying our own free agents (such as Bazley or others) so we could hold on to tradeable contracts/salary slots? That rumor just went by the wayside. That never made any sense. The Suns won't be able to aggregate players in a trade after this season, so they would have limited th...

AmareIsGod wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 18, 2023 8:05 am

Someone woke up with a bowl full of piss instead of Cheerios. Welcome back. Let the pessimism rain.

Sorry for the post dump. I haven't been around to respond to things as they happen or as they are posted.

Ya I don’t care about salary dumps on guys in the back third of the roster…though we probably should have just not guaranteed Payne’s salary if we were going to straight dump him. Some of Payne's salary was already guaranteed, so I don't think they were keen on paying him to not play for us. And an...

Why are we assuming we could trade Payne for anything? I'm not. I just said the move was disappointing. Now you can argue Payne is more valuable than what they traded him for..I think that's legit but to act like a trade exception/picks/flexibility isn't what the suns have in mind is nonsense. To a...

pickle wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 18, 2023 8:52 am

But he’s a better player and I still don’t see why the Pacers would want Payne over him.

In the reported trade talks, Payne wasn't going to Indiana.

Am I the only one who thought Quinton Crawford did a poor job coaching this team? I felt like he stayed with Olinde too long. Olinde just kept making bad plays on the defensive end. In the Jazz game, the team was making a come back and then Crawford subs in Olinde to make the inbound pass out of a t...

Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 17, 2023 10:30 pm

I'd much rather face prime Kobe than prime LeBron in the playoffs.

Now that is a wild take.

Split T wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 17, 2023 9:27 pm

Jordan has been an awful talent evaluator in Charlotte…he’d have ruined the bulls if he was making decisions on the roster

I don't buy that. I think Jordan the Owner has made different decisions than Jordan the player would have.

Tate or Pritchard would be nice, but the bummer is, had we made these moves earlier, we could have had KJ Martin or Obi Toppin for 2 second rounders. Ugh, thanks for reminding me. Martin or Toppin would have been tremendous. And the best thing would have been that we would have had their bird right...

Mori Chu wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 17, 2023 12:04 pm

This Payne trade is a good example not to take everything the team/FO says as gospel.

“Brad, Jordan and Isaiah will all help us in our quest for a championship." - James Jones.

TOO wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 16, 2023 7:29 pm

They brought Lee in off the streets and he looked better than Payne last year.

Well first, Lee and Payne played two different roles. Secondly, Lee was basically a non-factor the second half of the season.

https://twitter.com/youngnba/status/1680627521828667402?s=42&t=ROf4IjhneNCgfwbiOLKJFA Point guard is still a position that matters. Positionless basketball really applies to positions 2-4 more than anything else. Even the Bulls didn't waste Pippen and Jordan with bringing the ball up every poss...

This is a terrible trade that will likely end up hurting us. Terrible trade is a stretch… I agree that "terrible" is going too far, but it is disappointing to see Payne wasted like this. I get Payne was inconsistent and had injury issues, but it seems silly to dump on him and then prop up...

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1680603380945764353?t=7ZOdND_r9s6yzapT3CIsxg&s=19 But again, you just got him to sign for one year. So even if you do "develop" him, you're doing it for another team to benefit. I've always liked Bol Bol, but it seems strange that we bring him, but d...

Split T wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 15, 2023 9:48 am

I think McConnell is better for us than Payne, but not overall a significantly better player. Just more reliable and a better fit.

I've wanted McConnell on this team for years. Perfect role playing point guard. I knew it was too good to be true...

INFORMER wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 07, 2023 8:42 am

Sunsfanatic76 wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 06, 2023 10:38 pm

Second salary dump of the Ishbia regime, btw.

Three salary dumps and counting...