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Looks like I'm the low man on the totem pole at 39. I did base my prediction off the fact that I thought it might take us a while to gel & that Chris Paul is going to rest *a lot.* There are a ton of back-to-backs because they are doing this thing where they play 2 games in a city on back-to-back nights to reduce travel. Oh, we also play in the same division as the reigning champs, the new look Warriors and Kawhi. I think there's a bit of battered wife syndrome going on with me as well. I just can't believe anything good will happen for the Suns. Waiting for the other shoe to drop...
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Division games don’t matter, everyone in the conference plays everyone else 3 times. And as an FYI, CP3 rested 1 game last year and it was in the bubble. Not saying we won’t rest him, but he doesn’t have a track record of doing that. More likely we just try to scale back his minutes.carey wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 11:22 amLooks like I'm the low man on the totem pole at 39. I did base my prediction off the fact that I thought it might take us a while to gel & that Chris Paul is going to rest *a lot.* There are a ton of back-to-backs because they are doing this thing where they play 2 games in a city on back-to-back nights to reduce travel. Oh, we also play in the same division as the reigning champs, the new look Warriors and Kawhi. I think there's a bit of battered wife syndrome going on with me as well. I just can't believe anything good will happen for the Suns. Waiting for the other shoe to drop...
Also, we don’t really have much turnover, CP3 is a seamless fit into Rubio’s minutes. That’s the only switch from the bubble rotation. Add Crowder, who I don’t see having any issues fitting in. I think we’ll be ready to go from day 1.
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I'm having similar thoughts. I am trying to factor in the possibility of an injury to one of our important guys like CP3 or Book. And the strange season might cause us to lose a few random games. And maybe somebody gets COVID and misses a clump of games. And we're a young team with several new pieces to integrate. And the West is still brutal. Etc. etc. I'd love to see 46+ wins, but I'm hedging and saying 41 until they show me what they're made of.carey wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 11:22 amLooks like I'm the low man on the totem pole at 39. I did base my prediction off the fact that I thought it might take us a while to gel & that Chris Paul is going to rest *a lot.* There are a ton of back-to-backs because they are doing this thing where they play 2 games in a city on back-to-back nights to reduce travel. Oh, we also play in the same division as the reigning champs, the new look Warriors and Kawhi. I think there's a bit of battered wife syndrome going on with me as well. I just can't believe anything good will happen for the Suns. Waiting for the other shoe to drop...
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Chicken! <'Bone does the chicken dance>Mori Chu wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 11:40 amI'm having similar thoughts. I am trying to factor in the possibility of an injury to one of our important guys like CP3 or Book. And the strange season might cause us to lose a few random games. And maybe somebody gets COVID and misses a clump of games. And we're a young team with several new pieces to integrate. And the West is still brutal. Etc. etc. I'd love to see 46+ wins, but I'm hedging and saying 41 until they show me what they're made of.carey wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 11:22 amLooks like I'm the low man on the totem pole at 39. I did base my prediction off the fact that I thought it might take us a while to gel & that Chris Paul is going to rest *a lot.* There are a ton of back-to-backs because they are doing this thing where they play 2 games in a city on back-to-back nights to reduce travel. Oh, we also play in the same division as the reigning champs, the new look Warriors and Kawhi. I think there's a bit of battered wife syndrome going on with me as well. I just can't believe anything good will happen for the Suns. Waiting for the other shoe to drop...
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Of course. I know it happens. But there are 30 teams every year, so 300 predictions in just the last decade alone. So far it has happened twice for us in that span (I think, didn't look it up). And I guess the vegas odds are not what they expect to actually happen, but trying to pick a spot where people that bet will be split between the over/under.Superbone wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 11:14 amLook at Suns history then. There are examples.Indy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 8:11 amThat is a more than 10% improvement year-over-year. I am curious how often a team improves by more than that without signing/acquiring a top 5 MVP vote getter.
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I voted 48. My concience kept wanting to go lower, but my heart wouldn't let me. I look at last year's OKC team and I think the Suns will be better than them.
I do feel that the team is very fragile. If Ayton or CP3 is out for an extended period, we might see that lack of size or ball handling.
I do feel that the team is very fragile. If Ayton or CP3 is out for an extended period, we might see that lack of size or ball handling.
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I don’t know any team that isn’t vulnerable right now. Not being in a bubble is kinda risky, not just for games missed but players’s health.O_Gardino wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 1:03 pmI voted 48. My concience kept wanting to go lower, but my heart wouldn't let me. I look at last year's OKC team and I think the Suns will be better than them.
I do feel that the team is very fragile. If Ayton or CP3 is out for an extended period, we might see that lack of size or ball handling.
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I said 48, which is 55 in a normal season. And that's coming from someone who is still skeptical that the Chris Paul trade improves our team. I think just keeping the young group together would have resulted in close to that number of wins this season.
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Solid points!Split T wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 11:39 amDivision games don’t matter, everyone in the conference plays everyone else 3 times. And as an FYI, CP3 rested 1 game last year and it was in the bubble. Not saying we won’t rest him, but he doesn’t have a track record of doing that. More likely we just try to scale back his minutes.carey wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 11:22 amLooks like I'm the low man on the totem pole at 39. I did base my prediction off the fact that I thought it might take us a while to gel & that Chris Paul is going to rest *a lot.* There are a ton of back-to-backs because they are doing this thing where they play 2 games in a city on back-to-back nights to reduce travel. Oh, we also play in the same division as the reigning champs, the new look Warriors and Kawhi. I think there's a bit of battered wife syndrome going on with me as well. I just can't believe anything good will happen for the Suns. Waiting for the other shoe to drop...
Also, we don’t really have much turnover, CP3 is a seamless fit into Rubio’s minutes. That’s the only switch from the bubble rotation. Add Crowder, who I don’t see having any issues fitting in. I think we’ll be ready to go from day 1.
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I went 40... I am so much more optimistic than you carey!carey wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 11:22 amLooks like I'm the low man on the totem pole at 39. I did base my prediction off the fact that I thought it might take us a while to gel & that Chris Paul is going to rest *a lot.* There are a ton of back-to-backs because they are doing this thing where they play 2 games in a city on back-to-back nights to reduce travel. Oh, we also play in the same division as the reigning champs, the new look Warriors and Kawhi. I think there's a bit of battered wife syndrome going on with me as well. I just can't believe anything good will happen for the Suns. Waiting for the other shoe to drop...
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Looks like I'm right in the middle. I definitely think with Ayton playing a whole season, upgrade at PG, depth, players knowing their role, another yr of maturation by the core, and a yr experience with Monty, that this should be a big jump from last season. There are too many things going for them to not see this.
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On December 29, Monty Williams will be further into a second season as a non-interim Suns head coach than any Suns coach has been since 2014.
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We've gone through some bad coaches.
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It's about time we're on the right track! I'd say we've been off the rails since 2010 after which Nash left the team. And the derailment started quite a bit before that.
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Nash retired in 2010?
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Why are you putting words into my mouth?
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We are about a third of the way through the season and stand at 15-9. That puts the Suns on a 44ish win scenario falling into just about where most here thought they would. There is a lot of time left to suck or improve.
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6 of us (me included) had them at over 50 wins--which equates to ~57 wins over a normal 82 game season. I am guessing they don't make that.
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Honestly, If we could re-vote today, I would bet the over on 44 wins, and I don't know if 50 is completely out of the question.
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I think that is just the current win streak talking. A week ago we had just lost by over 20 points to the Pels.jonh wrote: ↑Thu Feb 11, 2021 3:40 pmHonestly, If we could re-vote today, I would bet the over on 44 wins, and I don't know if 50 is completely out of the question.