Suns 2022 Off-Season Thread

[JeremyG]

No part-time players.

I guess KD is out then.

2021-22 Season

Deandre Ayton: 58 games played
Kevin Durant 55 games played

Durant literally averaged 30.0 games per season the last 3 seasons.

You have to count the year he missed with an Achilles tear for that to be true. Also still more productive than Ayton, his last 3 years(really 2) VORP is higher than Ayton’s VORP over his entire career.

I did not bring DA into this and DA had nothing to do with my point. Why the comparisons?

[JeremyG]

Gambo says that the Lakers, Mavs, Suns, and Knicks are all interested in Bojan, with one of those teams likely landing him. Lakers have shown the most interest.

Suns will have to give up at least one first round pick, probably second round pick(s) as well.

[Split T]

I guess KD is out then.

2021-22 Season

Deandre Ayton: 58 games played
Kevin Durant 55 games played

Durant literally averaged 30.0 games per season the last 3 seasons.

You have to count the year he missed with an Achilles tear for that to be true. Also still more productive than Ayton, his last 3 years(really 2) VORP is higher than Ayton’s VORP over his entire career.

I did not bring DA into this and DA had nothing to do with my point. But thank you for helping me realize that calling KD a part time player isn’t fair unless I also call Ayton a part time player.

Fixed it for you

[JeremyG]

2021-22 Season

Deandre Ayton: 58 games played
Kevin Durant 55 games played

Durant literally averaged 30.0 games per season the last 3 seasons.

You have to count the year he missed with an Achilles tear for that to be true. Also still more productive than Ayton, his last 3 years(really 2) VORP is higher than Ayton’s VORP over his entire career.

I did not bring DA into this and DA had nothing to do with my point. But thank you for helping me realize that calling KD a part time player isn’t fair unless I also call Ayton a part time player.

Fixed it for you

I will call Ayton a part-time player as soon as he averages 30 games per season over a three-year span.

[Split T]

[Flagrant Fowl]

I guess KD is out then.

2021-22 Season

Deandre Ayton: 58 games played
Kevin Durant 55 games played

Durant literally averaged 30.0 games per season the last 3 seasons.

You have to count the year he missed with an Achilles tear for that to be true. Also still more productive than Ayton, his last 3 years(really 2) VORP is higher than Ayton’s VORP over his entire career.

I did not bring DA into this and DA had nothing to do with my point. Why the comparisons?

I thought you were just trolling at first, but wow.

[Wally_West]

Oh yeah? Well Ayton has bigger juicier tits than Durant!

Back me up, ‘Bazz.

[Shabazz]

Ummm. I'm gonna sit this one out, WW.

[Wally_West]

[Shabazz]

Gambo says that the Lakers, Mavs, Suns, and Knicks are all interested in Bojan, with one of those teams likely landing him. Lakers have shown the most interest.

Suns will have to give up at least one first round pick, probably second round pick(s) as well.

Bogdan is fine, I just feel like there are better uses for a FRP out there. Danny Ainge is in greedy mode right now.

[Split T]

Ya I’m staying away from the jazz players if that’s the asking price…let someone else pay or wait till the price comes down.

[Superbone]

Need some more anger in your life? I've got you covered...

Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul
https://www.netflix.com/title/81026443

I didn’t see this until just now. I watched it earlier tonight. The NBA covered up most of the problem and got away with it. And the fact that Scott Foster is still reffing games in the NBA is a joke. Sure seems like Foster still influences games to this day.

I just finished watching it myself. Scott Foster was very close to Donaghy. Many phone calls between the two when Dohaghy was known to be betting his own reffed games. Very shady stuff. I can’t believe Foster is still in the league and reffing high profile games. His Chris Paul streak is ridiculous. There is no way that is natural. These refs take it out on players they don’t like. Donaghy said so in the doc.

[Split T]

I’m not sure Donaghy has a whole lot of incentive to be honest about the nba and what they do. Not necessarily saying he’s lying, but there’s definitely incentive for him to make it seem like the whole league and it’s refs are corrupt.

[Mori Chu]

I’m not sure Donaghy has a whole lot of incentive to be honest about the nba and what they do. Not necessarily saying he’s lying, but there’s definitely incentive for him to make it seem like the whole league and it’s refs are corrupt.

I agree. I think the NBA should send Foster out to pasture, but I don't want to treat Donaghy as any kind of reliable source.

[Superbone]

I’m not sure Donaghy has a whole lot of incentive to be honest about the nba and what they do. Not necessarily saying he’s lying, but there’s definitely incentive for him to make it seem like the whole league and it’s refs are corrupt.

Have you watched the doc? It's not just Donaghy. David Stern was a master manipulator in all this.

[Split T]

I did watch the doc, sure the nba maybe took advantage of the knowledge they got passed on from the FBI, but I don’t think there was anything in there to say the whole league was corrupt.

My comments were mostly about Scott Foster. Is it a little suspicious that he and Donaghy talked all the time on the phone? Sure, but I’m actually more suspicious that Donaghy says he was innocent. They were clearly close friends and I don’t think Donaghy was gonna sell him out.

My biggest take away from the doc is how the heck was Donaghy only making $2000 per game or whatever low number it was. Millions were being made on the other end and he was selling his info and throwing games for peanuts.

[Superbone]

I did watch the doc, sure the nba maybe took advantage of the knowledge they got passed on from the FBI, but I don’t think there was anything in there to say the whole league was corrupt.

My comments were mostly about Scott Foster. Is it a little suspicious that he and Donaghy talked all the time on the phone? Sure, but I’m actually more suspicious that Donaghy says he was innocent. They were clearly close friends and I don’t think Donaghy was gonna sell him out.

My biggest take away from the doc is how the heck was Donaghy only making $2000 per game or whatever low number it was. Millions were being made on the other end and he was selling his info and throwing games for peanuts.

Well, at the end of it, when asked if he made more money on the tips than was let on, he said "I don't know." or some stupid answer like that. Then he recanted that. The guy is a serial liar including to himself.

[wpmiller42]

I don't think Foster should ever ref a game with Chris Paul involved until there's at least some internal league review (which I suppose could have happened and the league just kept it quiet). It's just very statistically unlikely the CP3 would be on the losing end of that for so long. The league should have automated checks to flag these kind of anomalies.

[ShadowHawke]

I stopped believing whatever BS the league shovels long ago.

[Superbone]