Game Day: Suns (5-4) @ Clippers (4-3), Sat 11/15/14

[iLLmatic]

Good to see 56 and 70 million amassing a grand total of 9 points so far...

[The Bobster]

Clippers taking a little nap.

[Xylus]

26-point lead cut down to 11 all of a sudden.

[The Bobster]

4th quarter - Suns 20, Clippers 9

[INFORMER]

Gerald Green starting off the game horribly.

WHy are we initiating offense through Gerald Green?

I love how these are the only comments dsf has to make about Gerald Green. This is reaching the PJ Tucker/RealGM level bashing. So sad.

26 points, 10-18 shooting. 0 turnovers

Let us proceed...

[INFORMER]

Good to see 56 and 70 million amassing a grand total of 9 points so far...

Whatever. Gerald Green is everything wrong with this team.

[iLLmatic]

Silver lining?? I'm encouraged by Len's play tonight...

[OE32]

Silver lining?? I'm encouraged by Len's play tonight...

Absolutely. Now he's shined against DeAndre and Duncan.

[iLLmatic]

I'm still confused why we tied up $126 million in those 3 players. Did McD make those sh*tty choices because he's scared that the quality of talent on the roster would have declined? Now we have close to zero cap flexibility and our team sucks ass.

[INFORMER]

Silver lining?? I'm encouraged by Len's play tonight...

Encouraged? People were ready to enshrine him in the hall of fame when he hit a turnaround jumper.

Len putting up 17/11 against DeAndre Jordan is nothing short of awesome. It definitely exceeds encouraging.

[Xylus]

Next 4:

@Boston
@Detroit
@Philly
@Indiana (B2B)

We need to go 4-0 in these games.

[INFORMER]

I'm still confused why we tied up $126 million in those 3 players. Did McD make those sh*tty choices because he's scared that the quality of talent on the roster would have declined? Now we have close to zero cap flexibility and our team sucks ass.

Well first, don't put it all on Ryan. I think Babby had a lot to do with making such a substantial commitment to the Morris Twins.

It is confusing but at the same time it's not. As I feared, the front office overreacted to last season's unexpected success. Secondly, Ryan just loves him some Bledsoe. That's his guy. So you can throw objectivity out of the window. Third, the Morris Twins are the poster children for the arts & craft environment Babby promotes. Babby values them as employees, not as basketball players. Ryan, my guess is, went along because Markieff had such an improved year. Still, I feel that only explains why the Suns were interested in retaining the Morris Twins instead of moving them. It doesn't explain why they made such a significant commitment to them, and so early too.

[INFORMER]

Next 4:

@Boston
@Detroit
@Philly
@Indiana (B2B)

We need to go 4-0 in these games.

I don't think they need to. And I don't think 4-0 is likely. That Detroit game may be a tough one to get. And Boston hasn't been as abysmal as many predicted. It took 40+ from LeBron for Cleveland to beat them.

[The Bobster]

Time to shake up the starting lineup. Len and Tucker in, Plumlee and Marcus out.

[Xylus]

Next 4:

@Boston
@Detroit
@Philly
@Indiana (B2B)

We need to go 4-0 in these games.

I don't think they need to. And I don't think 4-0 is likely. That Detroit game may be a tough one to get. And Boston hasn't been as abysmal as many predicted. It took 40+ from LeBron for Cleveland to beat them.

We need to win these 4 so that I don't feel like the sky is falling. I'm sure the season isn't a failure if they drop one or two of them.

[Gladiator]

As much as the Suns have a mis-matched roster in desperate need of a trade (and they do) I think individually players are suffering from the "second year blues" syndrome a little. Last year, no-one expected them to do anything and they could just go out, have fun and win some matches.

This year, it's all a bit more serious. There's pressure to succeed, to push for playoffs and I think players are pressing a little too hard, and clearly there's not that same atmosphere in the squad there was last season. This is also a result of having a lot of players fighting for spots in a few positions. I'm not sure if there's an answer, except to sit back and see who can work through it best.

I didn't expect us to make the playoffs before the season and certainly don't now.
/end rant

[specialsauce]

#tradeisaiah #benchmarcus #fuckmelissaplumlee #perfecthairdothough

[INFORMER]

Spencer Hawes had 8 rebounds and 3 blocks in 18 minutes. You've got to be kidding me.

[Gladiator]

Spencer Hawes had 8 rebounds and 3 blocks in 18 minutes. You've got to be kidding me.

On the back of a 14-minute double-double by Bismack Biyombo the night before

[djy2j]

I think the thing to take away from this one is that Eric Bledsoe doesn't need to be hurt to miss games.