Suns News: Week 1 (10/20 - 10/26) WE BACK MFs!!!!

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Anybody else watching OKC/HOU? I am super hate-watching hoping Durant sucks and the Rockets lose. Right now Houston is up 7 in the middle of the 3rd quarter, but OKC is showing signs of life.

His first game in Houston *should* have ended with him calling an illegal timeout at the end of the first overtime, but apparently the ghost of Richie Powers possessed the officials right then and they looked it off. So instead, his first game ended with him taking an obvious foul on SGA to provide the winning points for OKC, and fouling out in the process.

Durant was good for the most part, and served as a great decoy for Sengun, especially. He didn't get a lot of easy shots, especially late in the game. Shot creation looks like it might be a little bit of a struggle for Houston, but there's a lot of things they can do well.

Wait, isn't that the reason behind Houston acquiring Durant in the first place? (I'm being facetious)

[Mori Chu]

Watching Houston lose to OKC, and then the Lakers lose to GSW, was a glorious first day of the NBA season. Also, what did you guys think of the NBA on NBC production? I thought they were great, much better than ESPN. The graphics and music were really top-notch. They seem to have hired Reggie Miller for some reason, though, ugh.

[Carno]

Agreed on all accounts, especially the one about hiring Reggie Miller. I just don't get it. He isn't good.

[Superbone]

The thing is that Bill Simmons never said this. This was from the Ringer article that Shel posted. I heard an AZ Sports snippet the other day where Simmons responded and said as much. But then he goes on to say his only Suns prediction is the under on winning 31.5 games. So, he didn't say they were going to have the worst defense just that they're not going to win many games.

[ShelC]

It's Ishbia being a clown again. He can't even hit back properly. The article was meant to over the top, extreme predictions and Michael Pina wrote it. But Ishbia can't stay out of the spotlight, constantly needs attention. I did like that he QT'd Sam Cooper's tweet tho.

[Superbone]

It's Ishbia being a clown again. He can't even hit back properly. The article was meant to over the top, extreme predictions and Michael Pina wrote it. But Ishbia can't stay out of the spotlight, constantly needs attention. I did like that he QT'd Sam Cooper's tweet tho.

I don't have any problem with Ish wearing his heart on his sleeve. He's not worried about being embarrassed nor should he.

[Mori Chu]

I have some major concerns about Ishbia, but this isn't one of them. The take that we would have the NBA's worst defense seems silly and unlikely, and it was fine for Ishbia to criticize it and respond to it. In general I do think Ishbia would be wise to settle down a bit and take a step back, especially given the dark times that are likely ahead for the franchise (and that were caused largely by his input and ideas and will). But most people don't buy a sports team to just sit on the sidelines quietly.

[Superbone]

[Superbone]

Everybody here seems to love hearing Mat Ishbia talk so here's his full media availability.

[Superbone]