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Suns News: Week 24 3/25-3/31
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 10:06 am
by carey
Down to 8 games remaining in this season. Will Jimmer make an impact and earn himself a roster spot for next season? Will TJ Warren come back
just in time to earn his bonus for shooting 3-pointers? Will Booker ever get his own 3-point shot back? These stories and more on as the Suns turn.
Last Week's Games
Monday, March 18th vs. Chicago
LOSS 116-101
Thursday, March 21st vs. Detroit
LOSS 118-98
Saturday, March 23rd @ Sacramento
LOSS 112-103
This Week's Games
Monday, March 25th @ Utah 9:00 PM EST
Wednesday, March 27th vs. Washington 10:00 PM EST
Saturday, March 30th vs. Memphis 10:00 PM EST
Suns Stories
Center of the Sun: Suns finish the week at 17-57 after going 0-3 -
https://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2019 ... ies-piling
Preview: Suns look to pick up some sort of momentum in Utah -
https://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2019 ... -utah-jazz
The homies Max and David are back with a new pod with a free agency primer -
Suns' Deandre Ayton 'will be ready' for Utah after posting his 'worst game' against Jazz -
https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/ ... 262997002/
Igor Kokoskov thinking present, not uncertain future with Phoenix Suns -
https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/ ... 258007002/
Re: Suns News: Week 24 3/25-3/31
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 10:22 am
by ShelC
I know anything is possible but do we really expect to see Igor fired? Is that actually a thing?
Re: Suns News: Week 24 3/25-3/31
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 10:25 am
by Split T
I don’t see it happening. The scenario where it’s possible is if we bring in a new front office guy(GM or President of Basketball Operations) that wants to bring in his own coach. I think it’s a bad look to fire a coach after 1 year when you really didn’t give him the pieces to make something work. Especially since it seems the team responded and played well for a two week stretch before injuries kinda killed the momentum.
Re: Suns News: Week 24 3/25-3/31
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 10:35 am
by Mori Chu
I think the little mini winning streak recently saved his job. Don't think he did well this year, but Saver won't want to fire him yet.
Re: Suns News: Week 24 3/25-3/31
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 10:44 am
by carey
Re: Suns News: Week 24 3/25-3/31
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 10:45 am
by Split T
Jimmer time!
Re: Suns News: Week 24 3/25-3/31
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 11:06 am
by specialsauce
I want Igor to get another season. I don’t think he did a particularly great job, but the team seemed to improve as the year went on and I’d rather not have yet another new face needing time to implement his system. I just want to see him put more of an emphasis on running through Ayton next year.
Re: Suns News: Week 24 3/25-3/31
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 11:06 am
by ShelC
I think the progress from the start of the season until now has been noticeable. Getting rid of some personnel from earlier in the year (Ariza, Canaan) helped but you can tell guys have picked up on his system and we've had stretches of some pretty good basketball. I care whether the guys are still playing hard for him and whether we've seen progress on both sides of the ball.
Not to knock another team, but take the Knicks for example...you'd be hardpressed to find any Knicks fan who thinks they've made progress on either side of the ball this season under Fizdale. Before or after the trade, there wasn't any marked improvement, solid lineups or rotations, player development, etc.
Re: Suns News: Week 24 3/25-3/31
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 11:31 am
by Split T
Funny that the two other coaches we were linked to are coaching the best team and the worst team in the nba
Re: Suns News: Week 24 3/25-3/31
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 12:23 pm
by Mori Chu
We blew it by not getting Coach Bud. But Igor has been okay. I think others have made the good point that if he were really doing a bad job, the players would have turned on him, and they haven't. They see him much closer than any of us do. So that says something.
Re: Suns News: Week 24 3/25-3/31
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 12:59 pm
by Split T
Maybe...but I also think it’s highly likely Bud never wanted the job. He was probably after the Milwaukee job the whole time.
Re: Suns News: Week 24 3/25-3/31
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 1:12 pm
by Split T
Will we see TJ warren again this year? He literally will get a $500,000 contract bonus if he just attempts 5 more threes this year.
Question on that...does anyone know if that bonus would count towards this season or will it impact his salary next year as well?
Re: Suns News: Week 24 3/25-3/31
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 2:39 pm
by The Bobster
He would have been out of his mind to pick the Suns over the Bucks.
100 of 100 coaching candidates would have picked the Bucks.
Re: Suns News: Week 24 3/25-3/31
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 3:28 pm
by Indy
The Bobster wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 2:39 pm
He would have been out of his mind to pick the Suns over the Bucks.
100 of 100 coaching candidates would have picked the Bucks.
even if the Suns offered more (unless it was a crazy number). no question.
Re: Suns News: Week 24 3/25-3/31
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 4:22 pm
by carey
Split T wrote:Will we see TJ warren again this year? He literally will get a $500,000 contract bonus if he just attempts 5 more threes this year.
Question on that...does anyone know if that bonus would count towards this season or will it impact his salary next year as well?
I can't answer your question specifically but I can offer an educated guess. Bonuses are put into 2 categories when a contract is signed. Likely to meet and unlikely to meet. Only the likely to meet bonus counts toward the cap figure. My guess is that because this is based on attempts and not made baskets it falls in the likely to meet category.
Re: Suns News: Week 24 3/25-3/31
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 4:49 pm
by Split T
carey wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 4:22 pm
Split T wrote:Will we see TJ warren again this year? He literally will get a $500,000 contract bonus if he just attempts 5 more threes this year.
Question on that...does anyone know if that bonus would count towards this season or will it impact his salary next year as well?
I can't answer your question specifically but I can offer an educated guess. Bonuses are put into 2 categories when a contract is signed. Likely to meet and unlikely to meet. Only the likely to meet bonus counts toward the cap figure. My guess is that because this is based on attempts and not made baskets it falls in the likely to meet category.
250,000 was just the attempts. The other 250,000 is if he gets the attempts and shoots over 37%...he’s at 43% so he’s not in danger of losing that. Just needs the 5 more attempts to qualify. So I guess the percentage might not be a likely one.
Re: Suns News: Week 24 3/25-3/31
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 5:12 pm
by JeremyG
Split T wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 1:12 pm
Will we see TJ warren again this year? He literally will get a $500,000 contract bonus if he just attempts 5 more threes this year.
Question on that...does anyone know if that bonus would count towards this season or will it impact his salary next year as well?
Sounds to me like he will come back for the final game then. All the sudden he will be able to play through the pain.
Re: Suns News: Week 24 3/25-3/31
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 5:52 pm
by carey
Split T wrote:
250,000 was just the attempts. The other 250,000 is if he gets the attempts and shoots over 37%...he’s at 43% so he’s not in danger of losing that. Just needs the 5 more attempts to qualify. So I guess the percentage might not be a likely one.
So it's written as two separate bonuses?
Re: Suns News: Week 24 3/25-3/31
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 5:54 pm
by carey
JeremyG wrote:
Sounds to me like he will come back for the final game then. All the sudden he will be able to play through the pain.
Gary Bender: "All of a sudden TJ Warren is available for game 82. But what's this? Coach Koko is REFUSING to play him opting instead for the recently signed Carmelo Anthony who will start at PG tonight."
Re: Suns News: Week 24 3/25-3/31
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2019 5:59 pm
by Split T
carey wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 5:52 pm
Split T wrote:
250,000 was just the attempts. The other 250,000 is if he gets the attempts and shoots over 37%...he’s at 43% so he’s not in danger of losing that. Just needs the 5 more attempts to qualify. So I guess the percentage might not be a likely one.
So it's written as two separate bonuses?
Ya, that’s how I read it at least.