Suns News: Week 12 (1/8/24 - 1/14/24)

[Carno]

I'm looking forward to Damian Lee's return, personally. Part of the problem is that guys that were supposed to be good shooters have been awful (Watanabe, KBD... Okogie and Goodwin too, but at least those two were known to be awful). I'm hopeful that Lee will provide a reliable shooter off the bench that can actually make a shot. He provides energy too, which the Suns lack, albeit he's not as effective defensively as I'd like. There all lots of other problems that are higher priority, but I do think Lee will help.

[Split T]

Lee is Diet Grayson to me

[Carno]

That's a good way to put it.

[Cap]

Are we going to run a five-SG lineup of Beal-Book-EG-Gray-DLee?

Otherwise, what are we going to do with him that we can’t do without him? He’d be the fifth SG and clearly behind the top four. How do you find minutes for a player like that?

[Superbone]

Are we going to run a five-SG lineup of Beal-Book-EG-Gray-DLee?

Otherwise, what are we going to do with him that we can’t do without him? He’d be the fifth SG and clearly behind the top four. How do you find minutes for a player like that?

We would be smaller but he would replace Watanabe/KBD in the rotation. Those guys aren't giving us much anyway.

[Split T]

We start 3 guards…so the way I see it:

1. Booker/Beal
2. Beal/EG
3. Allen/Okogie

That seems to be our current guard rotation. Little sometimes takes those Okogie minutes at times. Lee could take them instead and that would be his spot.

We could also just go really small and play 4 guards.

[bajanguy008]

Well I came on here expecting to help the likes of Split and 'Bone try keep the positive energy up but yeah those stats much worst than I thought lol

Either way, gonna still be stubborn about my belief that the team is going to be alright. I actually see phases when they are scrambling on D and the team making tough shots but it surely isn't consistent enough

[Carno]

Here's some positivity: It can only get better!

[Cap]

Here's some positivity: It can only get better!

So getting blown out by the Lakers on national TV is getting better, or is something that can’t happen?

[bajanguy008]

Last week I saw the Beal chatter beginning to sound much more positive and that's cool
Beal is a hooper and just working to find that balance

There was the post-game interview with him saying you get caught up putting pressure on yourself but he just will have fun like when he was a kid.

Count me in as one that super high on Grayson and I came up with this the other day


Hear me out lol
We have the dude who's more likely to joke around and the more stoic guy with the checkered past who ppl have started to accept

I think they have a good chemistry on the court so I'm calling them Falcon and Winter Soldier


Know Marvel has fallen off but hey

[Carno]

I guess I was referring to the 4th quarter performance, which has the Suns at the bottom of the league.

But think of it this way, the more you go down, the easier it is to go up! Every time it gets worse makes it more likely it will get better. The power of positive thinking.

[ShelC]

[Superbone]

I guess I was referring to the 4th quarter performance, which has the Suns at the bottom of the league.

But think of it this way, the more you go down, the easier it is to go up! Every time it gets worse makes it more likely it will get better. The power of positive thinking.

Let's hope we've already hit rock bottom!

[Superbone]

[TOO]

Lee is Diet Grayson to me

Feels like a slight to Allen tbh, Lee is just a guy.

[Cap]

I guess I was referring to the 4th quarter performance, which has the Suns at the bottom of the league.

But think of it this way, the more you go down, the easier it is to go up! Every time it gets worse makes it more likely it will get better. The power of positive thinking.

Let's hope we've already hit rock bottom!

Just keep digging, keep digging, keep digging. Eventually we’ll hit bedrock and have nowhere to go but up. Or hit mantle and burn. Either way, there’s got to be a limit to how bad things can get, so let’s find it!

[Split T]

Lee is Diet Grayson to me

Feels like a slight to Allen tbh, Lee is just a guy.

Well does it help to know I can’t stand diet drinks? Haha

He’s just similar sized as Allen and is a similar profile, just not nearly as good. The shooting is the closest skill, but Allen is better and Allen is also a better ball handler, driver, finisher, passer, etc.

[Superbone]

I guess I was referring to the 4th quarter performance, which has the Suns at the bottom of the league.

But think of it this way, the more you go down, the easier it is to go up! Every time it gets worse makes it more likely it will get better. The power of positive thinking.

Let's hope we've already hit rock bottom!

Just keep digging, keep digging, keep digging. Eventually we’ll hit bedrock and have nowhere to go but up. Or hit mantle and burn. Either way, there’s got to be a limit to how bad things can get, so let’s find it!

I'm hoping we already found it, Cap!

[Cap]

I guess I was referring to the 4th quarter performance, which has the Suns at the bottom of the league.

But think of it this way, the more you go down, the easier it is to go up! Every time it gets worse makes it more likely it will get better. The power of positive thinking.

Let's hope we've already hit rock bottom!

Just keep digging, keep digging, keep digging. Eventually we’ll hit bedrock and have nowhere to go but up. Or hit mantle and burn. Either way, there’s got to be a limit to how bad things can get, so let’s find it!

I'm hoping we already found it, Cap!

A lifetime of experience tells me that when you think things can’t get worse…

[ShelC]