Suns News: Week 18 2/11-2/17

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Weird. Any word on if he just forgot or purposefully blew it off?
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Superbone wrote:
Thu Feb 28, 2019 2:09 pm
Why does everybody just assume Oubre is playing for a contract and thinks he'll be a lazy bum after getting his contract?
His first 3.5 years in the league? He has never been a net positive from a +/- perspective until he got here. Despite being on a winning team (until this season).

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Oubre is going to break our hearts if we sign him. I like his last month or so, but it is a contract year run if I ever saw one.

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Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:
Sat Mar 02, 2019 1:34 am
Oubre is going to break our hearts if we sign him. I like his last month or so, but it is a contract year run if I ever saw one.
I like his energy, but he doesn't pass it and his shot isn't very efficient.
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His numbers really aren’t that different with us than the rest of his career. I’m curious why people thing this is a contract year bump...it’s not much of a bump. This is pretty much who he’s been.

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Indy wrote:
Fri Mar 01, 2019 5:40 am
Superbone wrote:
Thu Feb 28, 2019 2:09 pm
Why does everybody just assume Oubre is playing for a contract and thinks he'll be a lazy bum after getting his contract?
His first 3.5 years in the league? He has never been a net positive from a +/- perspective until he got here. Despite being on a winning team (until this season).
Actually easier to be a net positive on a bad team. That’s not a surprising stat. Especially since he was coming off the bench in Washington. Probably played a lot of minutes without wall and Beal.

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Split T wrote:
Sat Mar 02, 2019 9:40 am
His numbers really aren’t that different with us than the rest of his career. I’m curious why people thing this is a contract year bump...it’s not much of a bump. This is pretty much who he’s been.
Agree. Nothing about his numbers scream "contract year player".

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Superbone wrote:
Thu Feb 28, 2019 2:09 pm
Why does everybody just assume Oubre is playing for a contract and thinks he'll be a lazy bum after getting his contract?
I don't think it is laziness that people fear.

Personally, Oubre just isn't consistent enough. I like his handles, energy, and he is a playmaker on the defensive end. But we have a thousand small forwards, and small forwards are very easy to find, so it just doesn't seem like a good investment to bring Oubre back.
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INFORMER wrote:
Sat Mar 02, 2019 11:55 am
Superbone wrote:
Thu Feb 28, 2019 2:09 pm
Why does everybody just assume Oubre is playing for a contract and thinks he'll be a lazy bum after getting his contract?
I don't think it is laziness that people fear.

Personally, Oubre just isn't consistent enough. I like his handles, energy, and he is a playmaker on the defensive end. But we have a thousand small forwards, and small forwards are very easy to find, so it just doesn't seem like a good investment to bring Oubre back.
I can buy that. However, out of our small forwards, he plays with the most intensity and desire. I probably prefer him over all of our others except maybe Bridges.
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Keep Bridges and get rid of the rest.
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INF has spoken!

Cap agrees, FWIW.

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INFORMER wrote:
Sat Mar 02, 2019 5:52 pm
Keep Bridges and get rid of the rest.
Yep. Can we go sign Brogdon and Mirotic at midnight of free agency and force the Bucks to make the Brogdon contract a S&T? With them just signing Bledsoe, and Middleton likely to opt out to get paid, they have a lot of holes, while still having like $94M on the books for next year. The cap is like 109, so they have 15 to play with.

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