Re: Suns Coach 2018-19
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 1:39 pm
LoL KnOcK iT OfFIndy wrote:THis season feels like 3.specialsauce wrote:DIdn't realize his injury was only in September. Feels like he's been out a lot longer.
LoL KnOcK iT OfFIndy wrote:THis season feels like 3.specialsauce wrote:DIdn't realize his injury was only in September. Feels like he's been out a lot longer.
The best part is that I didn't plan that. My shift finger is slower than my other ones.specialsauce wrote:LoL KnOcK iT OfFIndy wrote:THis season feels like 3.specialsauce wrote:DIdn't realize his injury was only in September. Feels like he's been out a lot longer.
There are exercises for that.Indy wrote:The best part is that I didn't plan that. My shift finger is slower than my other ones.specialsauce wrote:LoL KnOcK iT OfFIndy wrote:THis season feels like 3.specialsauce wrote:DIdn't realize his injury was only in September. Feels like he's been out a lot longer.
This. He's young Robin Lopez. While that's fine, it's nothing to get worked up about. He only looks good in comparison to our other bad options.Split T wrote:I just don't see it with Len, he's a good defensive anchor/rebounder but he's not elite and that's what you need to be if you're a non shooter and completely dependent on others offensively. He's like the 60% version of Gobert.
I heard we should not expect him back this season.Indy wrote:It wasn't a scope. It was a full blown meniscus repair. So once it is all healed, then he will have to do all the work to get back into playing shape. I didn't expect him back until march or so. I haven't heard an update lately.specialsauce wrote:Speaking of Williams, did he get a prosthetic leg? What the hell is taking so long with his recovery?
Do you have some source you aren't telling us about lolcarey wrote:I heard we should not expect him back this season.Indy wrote:It wasn't a scope. It was a full blown meniscus repair. So once it is all healed, then he will have to do all the work to get back into playing shape. I didn't expect him back until march or so. I haven't heard an update lately.specialsauce wrote:Speaking of Williams, did he get a prosthetic leg? What the hell is taking so long with his recovery?
THat is fair, and nobody is expecting him to be a top 15 center in the league. But if Alex is 60% of Gobert, Tyson has to be like 12%. Tyson is fantastic at getting the tip at the start of the game. Other than that, I am not sure what else he has. He doesn't even rebound like he did last year.O_Gardino wrote:This. He's young Robin Lopez. While that's fine, it's nothing to get worked up about. He only looks good in comparison to our other bad options.Split T wrote:I just don't see it with Len, he's a good defensive anchor/rebounder but he's not elite and that's what you need to be if you're a non shooter and completely dependent on others offensively. He's like the 60% version of Gobert.
Sure, that's fair. But Tyson is on his way out and I don't expect him to play much next year in his last year. He may not even be here.Indy wrote:THat is fair, and nobody is expecting him to be a top 15 center in the league. But if Alex is 60% of Gobert, Tyson has to be like 12%. Tyson is fantastic at getting the tip at the start of the game. Other than that, I am not sure what else he has. He doesn't even rebound like he did last year.O_Gardino wrote:This. He's young Robin Lopez. While that's fine, it's nothing to get worked up about. He only looks good in comparison to our other bad options.Split T wrote:I just don't see it with Len, he's a good defensive anchor/rebounder but he's not elite and that's what you need to be if you're a non shooter and completely dependent on others offensively. He's like the 60% version of Gobert.
We didn't expect him to play much this year either. He was supposed to be a great locker room presence. But instead we play him like he is a 28 year old at the top of his game. It is frustrating. I would rather be playing guys we are giving a look to from the G league.Split T wrote:Sure, that's fair. But Tyson is on his way out and I don't expect him to play much next year in his last year. He may not even be here.Indy wrote:THat is fair, and nobody is expecting him to be a top 15 center in the league. But if Alex is 60% of Gobert, Tyson has to be like 12%. Tyson is fantastic at getting the tip at the start of the game. Other than that, I am not sure what else he has. He doesn't even rebound like he did last year.O_Gardino wrote:This. He's young Robin Lopez. While that's fine, it's nothing to get worked up about. He only looks good in comparison to our other bad options.Split T wrote:I just don't see it with Len, he's a good defensive anchor/rebounder but he's not elite and that's what you need to be if you're a non shooter and completely dependent on others offensively. He's like the 60% version of Gobert.
Because Triano is not under contract next season, and the Suns have to make a decision about whether to hire him or someone else.JustWinBaby wrote: Why in the world is Triano's coaching acumen even being questioned?
Yeha, I've said it before, but people seem to have the feeling that we've been tanking ever since we last made the playoffs, when in reality we've produced a bunch of mediocre seasons trying to compete, from the last couple of Nash years to the Hornacek period.Split T wrote:This whole timeline thing really hasn't had enough time to produce results. It's only lasted two drafts.
Absolutely. Some player (I believe it was Goran after the breakup) even said that after that season, it was assumed the team would go after a big man but instead they just added another starter PG. IT was a colossal mistake.Criticize him for botching the 13-14 team with dragic/Bledsoe and by trading for knight and resigning Knight.
Overall I tend to agree, but critics are not without merit. Already has fired two coaches and has a monster blunder in Knight. Bender is a role player, Chriss is more than halfway there as a bust and Jackson needs to grow a ton to be a meritable selection. Booker and Warren were terrific picks but the reality is that McD will be ultimately judged on what happens this draft and offseason. He'll have his time to finish executing the 3 year standard tanking/rebuild, but if by 1/3 of the '18-19 season we are still this pitiful or close to it, he is getting the axe no doubt.But I think criticizing him for the timeline not being ready yet is dumb. We've drafted Bender, Chriss, and Jackson. Let's give them time to grow.
Ring_Wanted wrote:Yeha, I've said it before, but people seem to have the feeling that we've been tanking ever since we last made the playoffs, when in reality we've produced a bunch of mediocre seasons trying to compete, from the last couple of Nash years to the Hornacek period.Split T wrote:This whole timeline thing really hasn't had enough time to produce results. It's only lasted two drafts.
Losing by design happened in '12-13 (remember Scola? haha) and, under McD, in '15-16 and '16-17 plus the current season of course.
Absolutely. Some player (I believe it was Goran after the breakup) even said that after that season, it was assumed the team would go after a big man but instead they just added another starter PG. IT was a colossal mistake.Criticize him for botching the 13-14 team with dragic/Bledsoe and by trading for knight and resigning Knight.
Overall I tend to agree, but critics are not without merit. Already has fired two coaches and has a monster blunder in Knight. Bender is a role player, Chriss is more than halfway there as a bust and Jackson needs to grow a ton to be a meritable selection. Booker and Warren were terrific picks but the reality is that McD will be ultimately judged on what happens this draft and offseason. He'll have his time to finish executing the 3 year standard tanking/rebuild, but if by 1/3 of the '18-19 season we are still this pitiful or close to it, he is getting the axe no doubt.But I think criticizing him for the timeline not being ready yet is dumb. We've drafted Bender, Chriss, and Jackson. Let's give them time to grow.
“He’s [Booker] a really good player who deserves better players around him and we’ll do whatever we can to make that happen this upcoming offseason,” McDonough told Doug & Wolf.
“I think you’ll see us be more aggressive than we have been and that’s probably after adding a very talented player in this draft,” McDonough told Doug & Wolf.
Got it.Split T wrote:The McD quote was from here:
http://arizonasports.com/story/1424054/ ... in-booker/
“He’s [Booker] a really good player who deserves better players around him and we’ll do whatever we can to make that happen this upcoming offseason,” McDonough told Doug & Wolf.“I think you’ll see us be more aggressive than we have been and that’s probably after adding a very talented player in this draft,” McDonough told Doug & Wolf.