Suns News: Week 9 12/11-12/17
Suns News: Week 9 12/11-12/17
Last Week's Games
@ Philadelphia WIN 115-101
@ Toronto LOSS 126-113
vs. Washington LOSS 109-99
vs. San Antonio LOSS 104-101
This Week's Games
Tuesday, December 12th @ Sacramento 10:00PM EST
Wednesday, December 13th vs. Toronto 9:00PM EST
Saturday, December 16th vs. Minnesota 8:00PM EST
Suns Stories
Center of the Suns: Suns lose 3 of 4 and Devin Booker this week. - https://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2017 ... -this-week
Evan Sidery’s Lottery Big Board 1.0: The top six have clear separation early -
https://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2017 ... gley-ayton
Triano: Bender has to earn his minutes. - https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/ ... 942531001/
@ Philadelphia WIN 115-101
@ Toronto LOSS 126-113
vs. Washington LOSS 109-99
vs. San Antonio LOSS 104-101
This Week's Games
Tuesday, December 12th @ Sacramento 10:00PM EST
Wednesday, December 13th vs. Toronto 9:00PM EST
Saturday, December 16th vs. Minnesota 8:00PM EST
Suns Stories
Center of the Suns: Suns lose 3 of 4 and Devin Booker this week. - https://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2017 ... -this-week
Evan Sidery’s Lottery Big Board 1.0: The top six have clear separation early -
https://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2017 ... gley-ayton
Triano: Bender has to earn his minutes. - https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/ ... 942531001/
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From the Bender article.
“He can’t see peripherally so that makes it tough to rebound when you can’t see sideways,” Triano said.
Bender said Monday that the mask is “definitely uncomfortable.” But he also acknowledged he didn’t play well against San Antonio and understood why Triano went with Dudley and Marquese Chriss at power forward.
“JD and Marquese had real good games on both ends so as long as we keep winning the games I don’t really care if I play five minutes or 35 minutes,” said Bender, adding he should be able to play without the mask by the end of the week. “At the end of the day it’s all about winning.”
Except the Suns aren’t winning – they’ve lost three straight and five of six – and Bender’s regression has caused Triano to play the 32-year-old Dudley, who might help Phoenix now but certainly doesn’t fit into the organization’s long-term plans. Meanwhile, Bender, who needs the playing time to grow, finds himself stuck to the bench.
“With our rotations before he had a chance to play through (slumps),” Triano said. “Now I have three (power forwards). There’s going to be an odd man out.”
Triano said there’s a simple solution to Bender getting more minutes: earn them.
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Bender sounds confused. He thinks we've been winning. Plus, he should be concerned if he only plays 5 minutes.
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He pulled a wrong fluff response from the bag on that oneSuperbone wrote:Bender sounds confused. He thinks we've been winning. Plus, he should be concerned if he only plays 5 minutes.
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I know, right? I guess we have to give him some slack since he came from another country and learned English by watching episodes of Friends.Hermen wrote:He pulled a wrong fluff response from the bag on that oneSuperbone wrote:Bender sounds confused. He thinks we've been winning. Plus, he should be concerned if he only plays 5 minutes.
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yea Bender lapsed there for sure with which BS answer to give. btw I just realised the subtle thing carey does by putting the opposing teams in the preview in a similar font as their team colours
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Cool, eh?bajanguy008 wrote:btw I just realised the subtle thing carey does by putting the opposing teams in the preview in a similar font as their team colours
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Carey does lots of nice touches like that to add value to the site. He posts lots of threads every week, gathering links and info from a variety of sources. He uses colors, fonts, formatting to make the posts nicer looking and easier to read. He posts in most every Game Day thread and clearly watches a lot of the games. He's a great Suns fan and a great contributor to this site. Carey da real MVP.btw I just realised the subtle thing carey does by putting the opposing teams in the preview in a similar font as their team colours
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This image of Carey Price displays exactly 45% of the coolness of our Carey.
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Ugh. The quotes from Bender in that article are the exact opposite of what I want to be hearing from him. He needs to start playing like he cares. He just never seems highly engaged on the court. I never seem him sprint in transition or crash the boards with force or drive like he means business. He defends fundamentally but not ferociously. All of this could be a case of him just being very young, but he needs to start showing more flashes.
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Somebody needs to light a fire under his butt!n4th4n wrote:Ugh. The quotes from Bender in that article are the exact opposite of what I want to be hearing from him. He needs to start playing like he cares. He just never seems highly engaged on the court. I never seem him sprint in transition or crash the boards with force or drive like he means business. He defends fundamentally but not ferociously. All of this could be a case of him just being very young, but he needs to start showing more flashes.
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And he ends up on IR with third-degree burns.Superbone wrote:Somebody needs to light a fire under his butt!n4th4n wrote:Ugh. The quotes from Bender in that article are the exact opposite of what I want to be hearing from him. He needs to start playing like he cares. He just never seems highly engaged on the court. I never seem him sprint in transition or crash the boards with force or drive like he means business. He defends fundamentally but not ferociously. All of this could be a case of him just being very young, but he needs to start showing more flashes.
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At least he won't want to go back to the bench!Cap wrote:And he ends up on IR with third-degree burns.Superbone wrote:Somebody needs to light a fire under his butt!n4th4n wrote:Ugh. The quotes from Bender in that article are the exact opposite of what I want to be hearing from him. He needs to start playing like he cares. He just never seems highly engaged on the court. I never seem him sprint in transition or crash the boards with force or drive like he means business. He defends fundamentally but not ferociously. All of this could be a case of him just being very young, but he needs to start showing more flashes.
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Re: Suns News: Week 9 12/11-12/17
How much does it suck that our one player outside of Booker who has shown genuine improvement this year (Len) is about to walk and leave us with nothing? Oh boy.
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It doesn't bother me. I don't think he'll ever be much better than he is now, and he's not worth the money he's asking.n4th4n wrote:How much does it suck that our one player outside of Booker who has shown genuine improvement this year (Len) is about to walk and leave us with nothing? Oh boy.
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So, a little extra guard depth. And I just knew we had an injury exception of some kind. I guess it doesn't work the way I thought.
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Do we even know what he is asking?carey wrote:It doesn't bother me. I don't think he'll ever be much better than he is now, and he's not worth the money he's asking.n4th4n wrote:How much does it suck that our one player outside of Booker who has shown genuine improvement this year (Len) is about to walk and leave us with nothing? Oh boy.
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I am ready to move on. From all of our frontcourt, actually (although I want to still believe in Bender).carey wrote:It doesn't bother me. I don't think he'll ever be much better than he is now, and he's not worth the money he's asking.n4th4n wrote:How much does it suck that our one player outside of Booker who has shown genuine improvement this year (Len) is about to walk and leave us with nothing? Oh boy.
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Don't forget about Alan Williams. I honestly think this team would look a lot better with Williams and Reed.
Untouchable:
Booker
Try to keep until they retire:
Ulis
Williams
Try to keep until they develop (and then decide what to do):
Jackson
Bender
Try to trade for good value (hopefully packaged with picks for a star):
Chriss
Warren
Chandler
Dudley
Probably no value on the trade market:
Reed
Daniels
Len
Monroe
Dump if possible without giving up anything:
Knight
Untouchable:
Booker
Try to keep until they retire:
Ulis
Williams
Try to keep until they develop (and then decide what to do):
Jackson
Bender
Try to trade for good value (hopefully packaged with picks for a star):
Chriss
Warren
Chandler
Dudley
Probably no value on the trade market:
Reed
Daniels
Len
Monroe
Dump if possible without giving up anything:
Knight
The league needs heroes, villains... and clowns. -- Aztec Sunsfan