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Again: the whole point of fan voting is to get people thinking about all-star weekend so that they will tune in when the time comes. Fan voting is not an attempt to crowd-source a ranked list of the best players in each conference.
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Split T wrote:
Fri Jan 10, 2020 7:25 am
they left out "fans" as the operative word there.

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Lowe with some Baynes/Ayton thoughts in his weekly column.
5. Deandre Ayton and Aron Baynes together, and the vanishing of Dario Saric

The Suns are plus-6 in 50 minutes with their double-barreled center, but I'm skeptical. I get the reasoning. The Suns have to start Ayton, and Baynes has been their keystone on defense. He spaces the floor, clearing the paint for Ayton.

It just doesn't look right. Phoenix wants Baynes barricading the rim on defense, forcing Ayton to chase stretch power forwards. He is out of his depth there. Smart teams are going to run his guy off pindowns and pick-and-roll him to death.

Opponents reverse the matchups on the other end; they stick power forwards on Baynes and assign centers to jostle with Ayton. That can neuter Baynes' shooting. Power forwards are faster than centers closing out on him.

Cross-matches create chaos in transition as teams scramble to find optimal matchups, but so far that chaos seems to work more against Phoenix. Ayton is still learning the basics of NBA defense. It's asking a lot of him to toggle assignments on a dead sprint as the game whirs around him.

The Suns built their roster not to play this style. They have a decent power forward in Saric, and three rangy wings filling time there in small-ball lineups: Kelly Oubre Jr., Mikal Bridges and Cameron Johnson.

The Ayton-Baynes duo has marginalized Saric; he hasn't cracked 20 minutes in any of Phoenix's past five games, and didn't even reach 10 in two of them. Phoenix traded down from No. 6 in last year's draft to acquire Saric and the No. 11 pick -- which they used on Johnson. Johnson's shooting is as advertised, and he's nimbler than expected on defense.

But Saric was a key component -- a potential long-term starter. What now?

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hes right

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I still don’t understand why Monty won’t give us the game one starting line-up. The big run in the third quarter that put the Suns up 20 before pissing it away? Was with that lineup. What do you think is his reason for going away from it?
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I still don’t understand why Monty won’t give us the game one starting line-up. The big run in the third quarter that put the Suns up 20 before pissing it away? Was with that lineup. What do you think is his reason for going away from it?
The team that got the lead up to 20 didn't include Saric. He cam in about half way through, after the other were a plus 17 to start the quarter.

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Devin Booker has never been part of a win streak for more than three games! Wow.

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That factoid is sad but not too surprising. The Suns have been terrible every year Booker's been here.

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That reminds me of an old joke.

Q: Why don't the Suns have their own web site?
A: They can't seem to put three "Ws" together.

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I wonder if Minnesota would be interested in bringing back Ricky Rubio. I would love to swap him for Jeff Teague, and then be able to go into the offseason shedding Teague's, TJ's, and Kaminsky's salaries, giving us possibly $36 million in cap space.
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INFORMER wrote:
Sat Jan 11, 2020 6:31 pm
I wonder if Minnesota would be interested in bringing back Ricky Rubio. I would love to swap him for Jeff Teague, and then be able to go into the offseason shedding Teague's, TJ's, and Kaminsky's salaries, giving us possibly $36 million in cap space.
And do what with the cap space?

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Cap wrote:
Sat Jan 11, 2020 6:34 pm
INFORMER wrote:
Sat Jan 11, 2020 6:31 pm
I wonder if Minnesota would be interested in bringing back Ricky Rubio. I would love to swap him for Jeff Teague, and then be able to go into the offseason shedding Teague's, TJ's, and Kaminsky's salaries, giving us possibly $36 million in cap space.
And do what with the cap space?
We buy a bunch of first round picks to squander. :D
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Cap wrote:
Sat Jan 11, 2020 6:34 pm
INFORMER wrote:
Sat Jan 11, 2020 6:31 pm
I wonder if Minnesota would be interested in bringing back Ricky Rubio. I would love to swap him for Jeff Teague, and then be able to go into the offseason shedding Teague's, TJ's, and Kaminsky's salaries, giving us possibly $36 million in cap space.
And do what with the cap space?
See if there is a team who wants to give us a young player who averages 17 ppg, shoots 50% FG and 40% 3PTs, is on a reasonable deal and include a second pick. And all we send back is cash considerations.
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INFORMER wrote:
Sat Jan 11, 2020 6:46 pm
Cap wrote:
Sat Jan 11, 2020 6:34 pm
INFORMER wrote:
Sat Jan 11, 2020 6:31 pm
I wonder if Minnesota would be interested in bringing back Ricky Rubio. I would love to swap him for Jeff Teague, and then be able to go into the offseason shedding Teague's, TJ's, and Kaminsky's salaries, giving us possibly $36 million in cap space.
And do what with the cap space?
See if there is a team who wants to give us a young player who averages 17 ppg, shoots 50% FG and 40% 3PTs, is on a reasonable deal and include a second pick. And all we send back is cash considerations.
Warren could win 5 MVPs and id still be happy we sent him on his way. One of the least enjoyable players to watch.

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specialsauce wrote:
Sat Jan 11, 2020 7:32 pm
INFORMER wrote:
Sat Jan 11, 2020 6:46 pm
Cap wrote:
Sat Jan 11, 2020 6:34 pm
INFORMER wrote:
Sat Jan 11, 2020 6:31 pm
I wonder if Minnesota would be interested in bringing back Ricky Rubio. I would love to swap him for Jeff Teague, and then be able to go into the offseason shedding Teague's, TJ's, and Kaminsky's salaries, giving us possibly $36 million in cap space.
And do what with the cap space?
See if there is a team who wants to give us a young player who averages 17 ppg, shoots 50% FG and 40% 3PTs, is on a reasonable deal and include a second pick. And all we send back is cash considerations.
Warren could win 5 MVPs and id still be happy we sent him on his way. One of the least enjoyable players to watch.
Agreed, having to give up the pick kinda sucked, but he needed to go.

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I have no desire to have Warren back.

I like that Indiana was a playoff team, got another team to pay them to make them better, and are still winning team even without their star player. Conversely, the Suns were an abysmal team, that paid another team to take a good player away, so that they could pour premium resources into mediocre players to be less abysmal. So yeah. Yay.
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INFORMER wrote:
Sat Jan 11, 2020 8:04 pm
I have no desire to have Warren back.

I like that Indiana was a playoff team, got another team to pay them to make them better, and are still winning team even without their star player. Conversely, the Suns were an abysmal team, that paid another team to take a good player away, so that they could pour premium resources into mediocre players to be less abysmal. So yeah. Yay.
They definitely didn’t use their assets efficiently to put this team together.

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Something I would never have considered 2 months ago: Terry Rozier may have been a better signing than Ricky Rubio.

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