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Last Week's Games
@ Atlanta LOSS 123-110
@ New York WIN! 121-98
@ Boston WIN! 123-119
vs. San Antonio LOSS 120-118

This Week's Games

Wed., Jan 22nd vs. Indiana 9:00 PM EST
Fri., January 24th @ San Antonio 8:30 PM EST
Sun., January 26th @ Memphis 6:00 PM EST

Suns Stories

Center of the Sun: Suns face a crucial week ahead if they want to stay in the playoff race - https://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2020 ... f-race-nba

Suns 'realistic' trade partner with Kevin Love - https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/ ... 501965002/

NBA mock draft: Why no love for Markus Howard, the nation’s leading scorer? - https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/ ... 522645002/

It's great to have Fitz as a minority owner, as he offers the POV of a star athlete and what they are looking for out of a franchise. He will arguably go down as the 2nd best WR to ever lace them up and adding him to Jones and Monty give the Suns even more legitimacy to how they are running things.

I haven't looked at much in regards to the draft this coming year. I was thinking though, if the Suns were to jump up into the top 3 or even 1. Would you trade the #1 or top 3 pick for SGA?

In2ition wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 9:33 am

I haven't looked at much in regards to the draft this coming year. I was thinking though, if the Suns were to jump up into the top 3 or even 1. Would you trade the #1 or top 3 pick for SGA?

I haven't looked much at the coming year's draft class. Isn't it regarded as somewhat weak? (But don't they say that a lot of years?) NBADraft.net has Anthony Edwards first on their big board:

https://www.nbadraft.net/ranking/bigboard/

Mori Chu wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 9:53 am

In2ition wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 9:33 am

I haven't looked at much in regards to the draft this coming year. I was thinking though, if the Suns were to jump up into the top 3 or even 1. Would you trade the #1 or top 3 pick for SGA?

I haven't looked much at the coming year's draft class. Isn't it regarded as somewhat weak? (But don't they say that a lot of years?) NBADraft.net has Anthony Edwards first on their big board:

https://www.nbadraft.net/ranking/bigboard/

I liked him in Gotcha! and ER. Also, I wouldn't worry too much about getting a top 3 pick. As it stands now, we're most likely picking 12th or 13th with very little chance of moving up.

Mori Chu wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 9:53 am

In2ition wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 9:33 am

I haven't looked at much in regards to the draft this coming year. I was thinking though, if the Suns were to jump up into the top 3 or even 1. Would you trade the #1 or top 3 pick for SGA?

I haven't looked much at the coming year's draft class. Isn't it regarded as somewhat weak? (But don't they say that a lot of years?) NBADraft.net has Anthony Edwards first on their big board:

https://www.nbadraft.net/ranking/bigboard/

I'm guessing LaMelo and James Wiseman are up there too. They have high upside and intriguing talent and are arguably more valuable than SGA.

In2ition wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 8:07 am

It's great to have Fitz as a minority owner, as he offers the POV of a star athlete and what they are looking for out of a franchise. He will arguably go down as the 2nd best WR to ever lace them up and adding him to Jones and Monty give the Suns even more legitimacy to how they are running things.

Yeah, good stuff.

https://www.nba.com/suns/features/arizo ... ship-group#

Superbone wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 10:27 am

Mori Chu wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 9:53 am

In2ition wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 9:33 am

I haven't looked at much in regards to the draft this coming year. I was thinking though, if the Suns were to jump up into the top 3 or even 1. Would you trade the #1 or top 3 pick for SGA?

I haven't looked much at the coming year's draft class. Isn't it regarded as somewhat weak? (But don't they say that a lot of years?) NBADraft.net has Anthony Edwards first on their big board:

https://www.nbadraft.net/ranking/bigboard/

I liked him in Gotcha! and ER. Also, I wouldn't worry too much about getting a top 3 pick. As it stands now, we're most likely picking 12th or 13th with very little chance of moving up.

Bkref thinks we have about a 30% chance of drafting 10 or higher. I believe they are factoring in a prediction of final standings. https://www.basketball-reference.com/fr ... draft.html

In any case, there are a few players worth watching in the 10-14 range. Obi Toppin feels like a James Jones pick.

We may have found the shooter off the bench that we need!

JeremyG wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 11:27 am

We may have found the shooter off the bench that we need!

He's going to need to learn to keep the elbow in and we'll have to get rid of that hitch.

Man that's a really cool clip

Our boy is growing up!

The article specifically compares him to Demarcus Aldridge. It also notes that the jump Aldridge made in his 2nd year was much more significant than Ayton. Is that true? It seems like Ayton is already a better rebounder and defender than even the best seasons Aldridge has had.

Superbone wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 11:44 am

JeremyG wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 11:27 am

We may have found the shooter off the bench that we need!

He's going to need to learn to keep the elbow in and we'll have to get rid of that hitch.

If only Larry was wealthy enough to buy the whole team from Sarver.

JeremyG wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 2:40 pm

Superbone wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 11:44 am

JeremyG wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 11:27 am

We may have found the shooter off the bench that we need!

He's going to need to learn to keep the elbow in and we'll have to get rid of that hitch.

If only Larry was wealthy enough to buy the whole team from Sarver.

Some day. We can only dream.

Can anyone tell me why he posted that story with a picture of Fitz with Kobe? Do better, Woj.

Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 3:38 pm

Can anyone tell me why he posted that story with a picture of Fitz with Kobe? Do better, Woj.

Because Fitz/Kobe are going to buy the team and move it to Los Angeles.

Superbone wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 3:16 pm

JeremyG wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 2:40 pm

Superbone wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 11:44 am

JeremyG wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 11:27 am

We may have found the shooter off the bench that we need!

He's going to need to learn to keep the elbow in and we'll have to get rid of that hitch.

If only Larry was wealthy enough to buy the whole team from Sarver.

Some day. We can only dream.

50% ownership would be about $800 million. And Larry's net worth is around $100 million.

AmareIsGod wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 22, 2020 2:37 pm

The article specifically compares him to Demarcus Aldridge. It also notes that the jump Aldridge made in his 2nd year was much more significant than Ayton. Is that true? It seems like Ayton is already a better rebounder and defender than even the best seasons Aldridge has had.

The jump was more significant because Aldridge only averaged 9/5 his rookie year lol. And Ayton's just getting started this year, so he may still have a big jump by the end of this season.