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Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 10, 2023 5:31 am

There are only a few of us here who have any interest in it, but I was a heavy favorite to win the fantasy league before the KD injury.

You bastards got lucky and now you have a chance.

Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 10, 2023 11:58 am

Al is great. Legendary.

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I can't help but feel bad if the Suns don't win a title be for he dies.

ShelC wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 09, 2023 5:10 pm

Meanwhile Shamet's been re-evaluated every week for the past 3 weeks.

TOO wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 10, 2023 1:52 pm

Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 10, 2023 11:58 am

Al is great. Legendary.

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I can't help but feel bad if the Suns don't win a title be for he dies.

Why? It's not like he was working for free.

ShelC wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 10, 2023 3:07 pm

ShelC wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 09, 2023 5:10 pm

Meanwhile Shamet's been re-evaluated every week for the past 3 weeks.

Superbone wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 10, 2023 6:14 pm

TOO wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 10, 2023 1:52 pm

Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 10, 2023 11:58 am

Al is great. Legendary.

Spoiler: show/hide

I can't help but feel bad if the Suns don't win a title be for he dies.

Why? It's not like he was working for free.

Cold, man!

TOO wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 10, 2023 1:52 pm

Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 10, 2023 11:58 am

Al is great. Legendary.

Spoiler: show/hide

I can't help but feel bad if the Suns don't win a title be for he dies.

Why? It's not like he was working for free.

virtual9mm wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 10, 2023 7:01 pm

TOO wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 10, 2023 1:52 pm

Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 10, 2023 11:58 am

Al is great. Legendary.

Spoiler: show/hide

I can't help but feel bad if the Suns don't win a title be for he dies.

Why? It's not like he was working for free.

Wow. You're a jerk.

MightyMoog wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 10, 2023 7:30 pm

Meanwhile, we've all been rooting for this team for years for free. Sometimes even paying the team.

7. KEEP GOING TOWARD THE BASKET, DEANDRE AYTON

Keeping Deandre Ayton was an under discussed subplot of the Phoenix Suns deal for Kevin Durant -- even if the Brooklyn Nets were never much interested in acquiring him, per league sources.

Ayton is 24. He's not the interior force proponents envisioned when the Suns took him No. 1 (over Luka Doncic), but he's a good two-way player. If Ayton and Devin Booker (just 26) remain mostly healthy over the next half-decade, that should fortify Phoenix against the severe Nets-style downside of coughing up high-end lottery picks as Durant and Chris Paul age.

Right now, Ayton is perhaps the most important non-superstar variable in the championship race -- presuming Durant returns in time and at 100% from his ankle injury. Phoenix needs him to be airtight defensively. He is one of the few bigs who can corral pick-and-rolls at the arc and fight Nikola Jokic in the post.

The combined supernova threat of Durant, Paul, and Booker -- perhaps the greatest collection of pull-up shooting and pick-and-roll ballhandling ever on one team -- will catapult Ayton into open spaces and mismatches. He has to take advantage with more ferocity.

Ayton's default direction in traffic is backward. For whatever reason, he prefers to gather and spin away from the rim for hooks. Ayton has never averaged more than three free throws per game.

Can we excise this nonsense?

[Video of DA posting up Pat Bev and Beverly stuffing him]

This is how easy it will be now: One Durant post touch triggers cascading rotations that remove Nikola Vucevic from Ayton, and end with Ayton catching down low with some combination of no one and Patrick Beverley on him. Go fast, and Ayton might rise up before Beverley completes his rotation. Ayton is 10 inches taller and 70 pounds heavier than Beverley. Forget this twirling finesse. Dunk it, and toss Beverley into the stanchion.

Shabazz wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 10, 2023 11:16 pm

From Zach Lowe’s “10 things” column:

https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/inside ... us-bol-bol

7. KEEP GOING TOWARD THE BASKET, DEANDRE AYTON

Keeping Deandre Ayton was an under discussed subplot of the Phoenix Suns deal for Kevin Durant -- even if the Brooklyn Nets were never much interested in acquiring him, per league sources.

Ayton is 24. He's not the interior force proponents envisioned when the Suns took him No. 1 (over Luka Doncic), but he's a good two-way player. If Ayton and Devin Booker (just 26) remain mostly healthy over the next half-decade, that should fortify Phoenix against the severe Nets-style downside of coughing up high-end lottery picks as Durant and Chris Paul age.

Right now, Ayton is perhaps the most important non-superstar variable in the championship race -- presuming Durant returns in time and at 100% from his ankle injury. Phoenix needs him to be airtight defensively. He is one of the few bigs who can corral pick-and-rolls at the arc and fight Nikola Jokic in the post.

The combined supernova threat of Durant, Paul, and Booker -- perhaps the greatest collection of pull-up shooting and pick-and-roll ballhandling ever on one team -- will catapult Ayton into open spaces and mismatches. He has to take advantage with more ferocity.

Ayton's default direction in traffic is backward. For whatever reason, he prefers to gather and spin away from the rim for hooks. Ayton has never averaged more than three free throws per game.

Can we excise this nonsense?

[Video of DA posting up Pat Bev and Beverly stuffing him]

This is how easy it will be now: One Durant post touch triggers cascading rotations that remove Nikola Vucevic from Ayton, and end with Ayton catching down low with some combination of no one and Patrick Beverley on him. Go fast, and Ayton might rise up before Beverley completes his rotation. Ayton is 10 inches taller and 70 pounds heavier than Beverley. Forget this twirling finesse. Dunk it, and toss Beverley into the stanchion.

AmareIsGod wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 11, 2023 7:32 am

Shabazz wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 10, 2023 11:16 pm

From Zach Lowe’s “10 things” column:

https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/inside ... us-bol-bol

7. KEEP GOING TOWARD THE BASKET, DEANDRE AYTON

Keeping Deandre Ayton was an under discussed subplot of the Phoenix Suns deal for Kevin Durant -- even if the Brooklyn Nets were never much interested in acquiring him, per league sources.

Ayton is 24. He's not the interior force proponents envisioned when the Suns took him No. 1 (over Luka Doncic), but he's a good two-way player. If Ayton and Devin Booker (just 26) remain mostly healthy over the next half-decade, that should fortify Phoenix against the severe Nets-style downside of coughing up high-end lottery picks as Durant and Chris Paul age.

Right now, Ayton is perhaps the most important non-superstar variable in the championship race -- presuming Durant returns in time and at 100% from his ankle injury. Phoenix needs him to be airtight defensively. He is one of the few bigs who can corral pick-and-rolls at the arc and fight Nikola Jokic in the post.

The combined supernova threat of Durant, Paul, and Booker -- perhaps the greatest collection of pull-up shooting and pick-and-roll ballhandling ever on one team -- will catapult Ayton into open spaces and mismatches. He has to take advantage with more ferocity.

Ayton's default direction in traffic is backward. For whatever reason, he prefers to gather and spin away from the rim for hooks. Ayton has never averaged more than three free throws per game.

Can we excise this nonsense?

[Video of DA posting up Pat Bev and Beverly stuffing him]

This is how easy it will be now: One Durant post touch triggers cascading rotations that remove Nikola Vucevic from Ayton, and end with Ayton catching down low with some combination of no one and Patrick Beverley on him. Go fast, and Ayton might rise up before Beverley completes his rotation. Ayton is 10 inches taller and 70 pounds heavier than Beverley. Forget this twirling finesse. Dunk it, and toss Beverley into the stanchion.

This x1000.