Suns News: Week 5 11/12-11/18

[iLLmatic]

I still am not used to 3pt TJ lol but what a impressive start he's made. Full credit to him

https://twitter.com/SmanSports/status/1062921772029202432

TJ Warren!

[specialsauce]

TJ is a keeper. The work he put in this summer is obvious. I am not eager to send him out any more. He rather needed to develop a decent 3 or get serious about D, and he’s done the former. He’s one of the few bright spots this year.

It’s a no-brainer to me that JJ is the odd man out now. TJ and Bridges have the 3 spot on lock down for years to come.

Would love to package JJ and our first round pick into a core piece at the 1 or 4.

[Indy]

TJ is a keeper. The work he put in this summer is obvious. I am not eager to send him out any more. He rather needed to develop a decent 3 or get serious about D, and he’s done the former. He’s one of the few bright spots this year.

It’s a no-brainer to me that JJ is the odd man out now. TJ and Bridges have the 3 spot on lock down for years to come.

Would love to package JJ and our first round pick into a core piece at the 1 or 4.

TJ has played 97% of his minutes at the PF this year, and JJ has played 73% of his time at the 2 (according to bb-ref position estimates). Bridges is the only one of those 3 to spend significant time at the 3 (82%).

[specialsauce]

TJ is a keeper. The work he put in this summer is obvious. I am not eager to send him out any more. He rather needed to develop a decent 3 or get serious about D, and he’s done the former. He’s one of the few bright spots this year.

It’s a no-brainer to me that JJ is the odd man out now. TJ and Bridges have the 3 spot on lock down for years to come.

Would love to package JJ and our first round pick into a core piece at the 1 or 4.

TJ has played 97% of his minutes at the PF this year, and JJ has played 73% of his time at the 2 (according to bb-ref position estimates). Bridges is the only one of those 3 to spend significant time at the 3 (82%).

Which really reinforces my opinion honestly.

Josh has no business playing the 2 IMO, Booker has no business playing the 1. Once you make Booker strictly a two at 35 mpg, that’s 13 min for a backup 2. If you give Bridges 30 at the 3, TJ splitting his time at 3 and 4, there’s no minutes left for JJ other than 13 backup minutes at the 2.

I’d trade him before the entire league has given up on him. There’s no role for him on this team in the future. Bridges is our 3 of the future and I’d prefer warren to split his time with a legit bigger 4 to alternate with.

[Cap]

I still am not used to 3pt TJ lol but what a impressive start he's made. Full credit to him

https://twitter.com/SmanSports/status/1062921772029202432

Matt Smith? Why is he telling us about last season? Hop in your TARDIS and tell us about next season, Matt!

[JCSunsfan]

They just said on the radio that there are only two players averaging 50-45-90 so far this season.

Steph Curry and TJ Warren.

[Xylus]

I'd really like to know how much time TJ spent in the gym this summer. For him it wasn't a confidence issue, so he must have just put in the work. That kind of sudden, rapid shooting improvement is extremely rare.

[JeremyG]

Gambo said that a New Orleans source (Gentry?) told him that after the Suns-Pelicans game, Anthony Davis was raving about Ayton in the locker room, saying, "that kid's gonna be good, that kid is strong."

[Superbone]

I'd really like to know how much time TJ spent in the gym this summer. For him it wasn't a confidence issue, so he must have just put in the work. That kind of sudden, rapid shooting improvement is extremely rare.

The Athletic had an article on it. He worked with a shooting coach + David West and put up approximately 42,000 shots this summer.

[Cap]

They just said on the radio that there are only two players averaging 50-45-90 so far this season.

Steph Curry and TJ Warren.

And Quinn Cook.

[Charlie Smithy!]

Here's a couple snippets from Gina Mizell's chat on The Athletic (totally worth the $ btw):

[O_Gardino]

Sarver is at practice and shoot around. "Involved to some extent" is really playing it down.

[AmareIsGod]

Sarver is at practice and shoot around. "Involved to some extent" is really playing it down.

Should an owner not be at practice or shoot around? Doesn't seem far fetched that he's the only owner that attends them.

[TOO]

Just wish Sarver would've gotten us a title before going full Jerry Jones. Sigh.

[SDC]

TJ is a keeper. The work he put in this summer is obvious. I am not eager to send him out any more. He rather needed to develop a decent 3 or get serious about D, and he’s done the former. He’s one of the few bright spots this year.

It’s a no-brainer to me that JJ is the odd man out now. TJ and Bridges have the 3 spot on lock down for years to come.

Would love to package JJ and our first round pick into a core piece at the 1 or 4.

Thread, read the reactions-> http://www.phx-suns.net/viewtopic.php?f ... 00#p126605

having said that, I have no interest in trading Josh Jackson for Fultz.

[Indy]

They just said on the radio that there are only two players averaging 50-45-90 so far this season.

Steph Curry and TJ Warren.

And Quinn Cook.

They probably did a min number of FTA, like >10. He is only at 10, so he would drop out.

If you look at 50/40/90 guys for an entire season, where they would have taken enough shots to make the leader boards, it is a REALLY select group.


9 guys.

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Rk          Player  Season Age  Tm  Lg  FG%  3P%  FT% FTA   WS  G GS   MP  FG  FGA  2P  2PA  3P 3PA  FT ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV  PF  PTS  2P% eFG%  TS%
1       Larry Bird 1987-88  31 BOS NBA .527 .414 .916 453 15.0 76 75 2965 881 1672 783 1435  98 237 415 108 595 703 467 125  57 213 157 2275 .546 .556 .608
2       Larry Bird 1986-87  30 BOS NBA .525 .400 .910 455 15.2 74 73 3005 786 1497 696 1272  90 225 414 124 558 682 566 135  70 240 185 2076 .547 .555 .612
3    Jose Calderon 2007-08  26 TOR NBA .519 .429 .908 120 10.2 82 56 2484 367  707 288  523  79 184 109  34 202 236 678  87   6 126 134  922 .551 .575 .607
4    Stephen Curry 2015-16  27 GSW NBA .504 .454 .908 400 17.9 79 79 2700 805 1598 403  712 402 886 363  68 362 430 527 169  15 262 161 2375 .566 .630 .669
5     Kevin Durant 2012-13  24 OKC NBA .510 .416 .905 750 18.9 81 81 3119 731 1433 592 1099 139 334 679  46 594 640 374 116 105 280 143 2280 .539 .559 .647
6       Steve Kerr 1995-96  30 CHI NBA .506 .515 .929  84  8.3 82  0 1919 244  482 122  245 122 237  78  25  85 110 192  63   2  42 109  688 .498 .633 .663
7    Reggie Miller 1993-94  28 IND NBA .503 .421 .908 444 11.7 79 79 2638 524 1042 401  750 123 292 403  30 182 212 248 119  24 175 193 1574 .535 .562 .636
8       Steve Nash 2008-09  34 PHO NBA .503 .439 .933 210  7.3 74 74 2484 428  851 320  605 108 246 196  19 204 223 717  55  10 248 108 1160 .529 .566 .615
9       Steve Nash 2009-10  35 PHO NBA .507 .426 .938 225  9.9 81 81 2660 499  985 375  694 124 291 211  34 234 268 892  42  12 295 108 1333 .540 .570 .615
10      Steve Nash 2007-08  33 PHO NBA .504 .470 .906 245 10.5 81 81 2780 485  962 306  581 179 381 222  28 254 282 898  53   5 295 113 1371 .527 .597 .641
11      Steve Nash 2005-06  31 PHO NBA .512 .439 .921 279 12.4 79 79 2796 541 1056 391  714 150 342 257  47 286 333 826  61  12 276 120 1489 .548 .583 .632
12   Dirk Nowitzki 2006-07  28 DAL NBA .502 .416 .904 551 16.3 78 78 2820 673 1341 601 1168  72 173 498 122 571 693 263  52  62 167 171 1916 .515 .529 .605
13      Mark Price 1988-89  24 CLE NBA .526 .441 .901 292 11.3 75 74 2728 529 1006 436  795  93 211 263  48 178 226 631 115   7 212  98 1414 .548 .572 .623

Provided by Basketball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 11/16/2018.

[Xylus]

I think the 50-40-90 club is underrated. The guys on that list are indisputably the greatest shooters in NBA history. It's almost unbelievable that Nash made the list in 4 different seasons.

Nash would have hit it in 5 seasons straight but he shot--no lie--89.9% from FT in 2006-2007. Ironically that was his best shooting year: 53-45-89.

[Indy]

I think the 50-40-90 club is underrated. The guys on that list are the indisputably the greatest shooters in NBA history. It's almost unbelievable that Nash made the list in 4 different seasons.

Nash would have hit it in 5 seasons straight but he shot--no lie--89.9% from FT in 2006-2007. Ironically that was his best shooting year: 53-45-89.

And that year is the only year Dirk made it... Nash is wildly underrated as a shooter, and player.

It would be crazy if TJ finished the year in that club.

[Indy]

I also thought it was interesting that Kerr is the only person to make that list as a non-starter.

[O_Gardino]

Sarver is at practice and shoot around. "Involved to some extent" is really playing it down.

Should an owner not be at practice or shoot around? Doesn't seem far fetched that he's the only owner that attends them.

If the owner of my company sat and watched me do my day to day work, I would find a new job asap. He should watch the final product and stay out of the details of how that comes to be.