Suns News: Week 15 2/3-2/9

[Cap]

Suns players who have averaged 18 and 12 in a season:

http://bkref.com/tiny/T6kZm

You can play that game with anyone. http://bkref.com/tiny/uUlOE

Lol come on, I didn't put in any strange criteria. I didn't put in per 36 or any % restrictions. It's just 18 and 12. And it's a very rare achievement in Suns history.

If you put in 18 and 12, Ayton would have missed. You put in 18 and 11.9. That’s not a strange criterion?

[JeremyG]

Suns players who have averaged 18 and 12 in a season:

http://bkref.com/tiny/T6kZm

You can play that game with anyone. http://bkref.com/tiny/uUlOE

Lol come on, I didn't put in any strange criteria. I didn't put in per 36 or any % restrictions. It's just 18 and 12. And it's a very rare achievement in Suns history.

If you put in 18 and 12, Ayton would have missed. You put in 18 and 11.9. That’s not a strange criterion?

That's because he is averaging 11.95, which rounds to 12.0 for the one decimal place official NBA statistics, but does not register as such for bkref search purposes.

[Cap]

Suns players who have averaged 18 and 12 in a season:

http://bkref.com/tiny/T6kZm

You can play that game with anyone. http://bkref.com/tiny/uUlOE

Lol come on, I didn't put in any strange criteria. I didn't put in per 36 or any % restrictions. It's just 18 and 12. And it's a very rare achievement in Suns history.

If you put in 18 and 12, Ayton would have missed. You put in 18 and 11.9. That’s not a strange criterion?

That's because he is averaging 11.95, which rounds to 12.0 for the one decimal place official NBA statistics, but does not register as such for bkref search purposes.

That was a weak rationalization in the first place, and after tonight’s game is included in the results he’s down to 11.6818181818181818181818181818181818181, rounded up to 11.7.

[Superbone]

I feel a lot better about the team after listening to Monty on AZ radio on Friday. We're all freaked out about the losses and the injury plagued bench but he isn't freaking out at all. He thinks we're right where we're supposed to be. It's a process. He can see that we're getting better every day in practice. Devin is happy with his situation. Of course, none of them like the losing but the gradual improvement and culture is there. I think the early success messed with us fans' expectations for this team.

[JeremyG]

I feel a lot better about the team after listening to Monty on AZ radio on Friday. We're all freaked out about the losses and the injury plagued bench but he isn't freaking out at all. He thinks we're right where we're supposed to be. It's a process. He can see that we're getting better every day in practice. Devin is happy with his situation. Of course, none of them like the losing but the gradual improvement and culture is there. I think the early success messed with us fans' expectations for this team.

Yeah, I don’t think we have to make the playoffs for Booker to be okay with the situation. We just need to finish the season strong. To put this in perspective, Booker has never even won 25 games in his career!

[INFORMER]

A big concern of mine is if Book just gets tired of DA

I'm already tired of him.

[LazarusLong]

His play in the second quarter last night was an abomination, to be sure.
He did come back better in the third quarter, but Williams elected to play Diallo more in the second half, with good results.
I'm inclined to cut Ayton a bit of slack, but patience is wearing thin ...

[ShelC]

I feel a lot better about the team after listening to Monty on AZ radio on Friday. We're all freaked out about the losses and the injury plagued bench but he isn't freaking out at all. He thinks we're right where we're supposed to be. It's a process. He can see that we're getting better every day in practice. Devin is happy with his situation. Of course, none of them like the losing but the gradual improvement and culture is there. I think the early success messed with us fans' expectations for this team.

100% agree.

[Superbone]

https://theathletic.com/1593195/2020/02 ... -30-games/

Suns general manager James Jones took outside flak for standing pat at Thursday’s trade deadline. Jones told The Athletic he did not want to disrupt the continuity of the roster and likes Phoenix’s consistent competitiveness when healthy. Kelly Oubre Jr., who dropped a career-high 39 points against the Rockets, acknowledged that Friday’s shootaround also came with a collective sense of relief.

“The first thing we said when we saw each other this morning was, ‘We made it,’ ” said Oubre, whose name was floated in trade speculation. “Everybody here loves each other. To leave this group of guys would be heartbreaking. But we’re all here, so it’s a blessing.”

[Superbone]

Hey, just had a thought. Is Cubby no longer with us? Just curious as there's a troll over on the AZSF and I haven't heard about Cubby for years. Anybody know?

[Indy]

I realize there is no way we will shoot the way we did last night on a regular basis, and neither will Kelly. But it would be great if he turns into a plus defender that can play the 3 and average 22/8 on 46/43/81 splits like he has been the last 10 games. I realize he still can't pass and makes poor decisions at times, but those other things outweigh that.

[JeremyG]

Hey, just had a thought. Is Cubby no longer with us? Just curious as there's a troll over on the AZSF and I haven't heard about Cubby for years. Anybody know?

As far as I know he is, he was posting just recently on another board after Kobe's death.

[Nodack]

As long as he’s not here I don’t care.

[Superbone]

As long as he’s not here I don’t care.

Agreed. Just curious. He seems like the type to pass on his posting style to his next of kin. Glad to be rid of him though.

[SunsRIt]

Hey, just had a thought. Is Cubby no longer with us? Just curious as there's a troll over on the AZSF and I haven't heard about Cubby for years. Anybody know?

As far as I know he is, he was posting just recently on another board after Kobe's death.

I thought I had heard a couple of years ago that he had passed away. I thought it was someone here that said it. Don’t know for sure though. What are we, 0-53 now? Let us proceed.

[Nodack]

I don’t understand people who get pleasure out of pissing people off.

[JeremyG]

Hey, just had a thought. Is Cubby no longer with us? Just curious as there's a troll over on the AZSF and I haven't heard about Cubby for years. Anybody know?

As far as I know he is, he was posting just recently on another board after Kobe's death.

I thought I had heard a couple of years ago that he had passed away. I thought it was someone here that said it. Don’t know for sure though. What are we, 0-53 now? Let us proceed.

Nope, he’s still around. He’s been active on Twitter, mainly for politics (supporting Trump).

[JeremyG]

You can play that game with anyone. http://bkref.com/tiny/uUlOE

Lol come on, I didn't put in any strange criteria. I didn't put in per 36 or any % restrictions. It's just 18 and 12. And it's a very rare achievement in Suns history.

If you put in 18 and 12, Ayton would have missed. You put in 18 and 11.9. That’s not a strange criterion?

That's because he is averaging 11.95, which rounds to 12.0 for the one decimal place official NBA statistics, but does not register as such for bkref search purposes.

That was a weak rationalization in the first place, and after tonight’s game is included in the results he’s down to 11.6818181818181818181818181818181818181, rounded up to 11.7.

Fine, he's at 12.00 now, are you happy?

[The Bobster]

Ayton since returning to the starting lineup vs. the Knicks on Jan. 16 -

13 GP, 35.0 Min, 53.9 FG% 83.7 FT%, 12.7 Reb, 2.5 Ast, 0.9 Stl, 1.6 Blk, 20.9 Pnts

List of players averaging 20/12 for the season so far -

Joel Embiid (22.7/12.0)
Gianis Antetokounmpo (30.0/13.5)

[Mori Chu]

Hey, just had a thought. Is Cubby no longer with us? Just curious as there's a troll over on the AZSF and I haven't heard about Cubby for years. Anybody know?

I don't really look at any other Suns content other than an occasional scroll through reddit /r/suns or /r/nba. I haven't seen him.