Game Day: Cavs (19-19) @ Suns (22-18), Tues 1/13/15

[specialsauce]

Bledsoe in chill mode......his act is getting old real fast. If he just had a consistent motor he would be great.

Really? The guy leads us in assists nearly every night, and rebounding every other night. I know he takes some plays off on D when he doesn't get the call, but if chill mode is 12/7/6 with a block, steal and only 1 TO, while his teammate is having a career scoring night, I'll take it.

Not what I expect with $70 million. He has all the tools to be a 20 ppg scorer. He could avg 20/5/5 if he wanted to. And I don't buy that it's from a lack of touches because he gets the ball plenty. I just wish he would attack the rim more and with less hesitancy. The great games he's had (against Thunder, Clippers, etc) are when he's aggressive.

[iLLmatic]

Yea...shuts up the piss parade for a day. The funny thing the usual suspects who piss and moan when Phoenix losses are no where to be found.

Who's that? About half the board was at the sports bar tonight.

Nice. I hope y'all had a good time. A lot of drinking done in the 4th Q? Lol.

We were, or at least I was, expecting a Suns meltdown in the 4th in typical fashion this season.

[iLLmatic]

Bledsoe in chill mode......his act is getting old real fast. If he just had a consistent motor he would be great.

Really? The guy leads us in assists nearly every night, and rebounding every other night. I know he takes some plays off on D when he doesn't get the call, but if chill mode is 12/7/6 with a block, steal and only 1 TO, while his teammate is having a career scoring night, I'll take it.

Not what I expect with $70 million. He has all the tools to be a 20 ppg scorer. He could avg 20/5/5 if he wanted to. And I don't buy that it's from a lack of touches because he gets the ball plenty. I just wish he would attack the rim more and with less hesitancy. The great games he's had (against Thunder, Clippers, etc) are when he's aggressive.

Honest question to anybody who's reading this..who would you rather have, Bledsoe @ 5 years for 70 million or Lowry @ 4 years for 48?

[iLLmatic]

I think Lowry would play really well with Dragic and his contract is easier to swallow than Bledsoe's..

[Shabazz]

Good win. It got scary there for a while. Nice to know that they can pull that kind of game out.

How about Len creating from the top of the key? He shows something new every game. I wouldn't be surprised to see him develop a little hook this summer. He could use a move like that when he has a mismatch in the post.

[Shabazz]

Bledsoe in chill mode......his act is getting old real fast. If he just had a consistent motor he would be great.

Really? The guy leads us in assists nearly every night, and rebounding every other night. I know he takes some plays off on D when he doesn't get the call, but if chill mode is 12/7/6 with a block, steal and only 1 TO, while his teammate is having a career scoring night, I'll take it.

Not what I expect with $70 million. He has all the tools to be a 20 ppg scorer. He could avg 20/5/5 if he wanted to. And I don't buy that it's from a lack of touches because he gets the ball plenty. I just wish he would attack the rim more and with less hesitancy. The great games he's had (against Thunder, Clippers, etc) are when he's aggressive.

Honest question to anybody who's reading this..who would you rather have, Bledsoe @ 5 years for 70 million or Lowry @ 4 years for 48?

Today it's Lowry, no question. But they're at different points in their career arc.

[SDC]

i laughed when EJ said "no", and steve albert said "yes"... #bam #5ptswing

[Ring_Wanted]

Not enough mental toughness on this team. 2 of Green, Tucker, Thomas need to be traded for players more level headed and fundamentally sound.

I agree. Posted basically the same on the Grizzlies thread. I added the twins, though.

[Ring_Wanted]

35 points, 7 reounds, 0 technicals. Great game by Markieff.

[SDC]

The Suns announcers are absolutely crushing the Cavs right now. "This is a dysfunctional situation I'm lookin' at right now."
-bill simmons

[Superbone]

Coro says he believes LeBron James will play tonight.

Good. Bring it.

We ain't scurred.

Welcome back, LeBron.

[Superbone]

Can anyone not see the run that's about to happen coming? Sigh.

Nailed it.

[Superbone]

Markieff Morris with no regard for human life!

'Kieff was on FIRE tonight!

[Superbone]

The highlights on ESPN.com are hilarious. No Suns buckets until they show a Markieff bucket 1:30 into the highlight then they do not show another Suns bucket or play. Just all Cavs highlights. You'd have thought they won until the end when they show the score.

I quit watching ESPN highlights. I just stick to NBATV. They know basketball.

[SDC]

markieff ate kevin love alive.

[OE32]

Kieff was hot tonight, but if JR wasn't hitting from everywhere, this wouldn't have been close.

[LazarusLong]

Kieff was hot tonight, but if JR wasn't hitting from everywhere, this wouldn't have been close.

Agree. LeBron got his points, no big deal. It was JR that nearly bailed them out. His trey falling out of bounds after stealing Marcus' pass was nuts.

[Mori Chu]

That was a fun game. Suns took care of business and beat a Cavs team that is somehow only .500 despite being crowned by almost everyone before the season began. We didn't really play great overall, but Len and Kieff carried us. And it was fun knowing that a group of our guys were together at the bar watching the game and having sugary drinks.

[INFORMER]

Also Kevin Love really isn't very good at defending. They should go to that Markieff-Love match up as possible

Nailed it.

[INFORMER]

Yea...shuts up the piss parade for a day. The funny thing the usual suspects who piss and moan when Phoenix losses are no where to be found.

Who's that? About half the board was at the sports bar tonight.

Me, I guess.