NBA News: Week 14 (1/19 - 1/25)

[ShelC]

Nurk has his limitations but he's a good player and was scapegoated by a lot of the fan accounts on social. He wasn't the problem some thought he was.

[Split T]

He was awful in Bud’s system, but that might be because of what we asked him to do…more and more I just think Bud might’ve been the worst coach in suns history (at least in my time).

[TOO]

He was awful in Bud’s system, but that might be because of what we asked him to do…more and more I just think Bud might’ve been the worst coach in suns history (at least in my time).

Yeah, he was freaking terrible., Earl Watson bad.

[Split T]

We’ve had some rough ones…Terry Porter, Lindsey Hunter…Ott is such a nice change.

[LazarusLong]

Watson was bad, but he was inexperienced as a head coach. He also had marginal talent to work with.

Budenholzer had an impressive coaching resume, and an Arizona connection.
With all that going for him, he instead appeared as a totally clueless, vapid, Dilbert-like character.
His failure was an abject inability to connect with the talent at hand.

[Kryptonic]

Watson was bad, but he was inexperienced as a head coach. He also had marginal talent to work with.

Budenholzer had an impressive coaching resume, and an Arizona connection.
With all that going for him, he instead appeared as a totally clueless, vapid, Dilbert-like character.
His failure was an abject inability to connect with the talent at hand.

The guy always looked like he just came from happy hour. Was such a disappointment and was really hoping for the storybook career here for a guy whom was from AZ but nope. Real bummer.

[Superbone]

Watson was bad, but he was inexperienced as a head coach. He also had marginal talent to work with.

Budenholzer had an impressive coaching resume, and an Arizona connection.
With all that going for him, he instead appeared as a totally clueless, vapid, Dilbert-like character.
His failure was an abject inability to connect with the talent at hand.

The guy always looked like he just came from happy hour. Was such a disappointment and was really hoping for the storybook career here for a guy whom was from AZ but nope. Real bummer.

Yeah, such a sad story. I remember so many wanted him before he went to the Bucks. Maybe he would have been better then. I think the death of his brother took the life out of him unfortunately.

[JJ Slim]

We’ve had some rough ones…Terry Porter, Lindsey Hunter…Ott is such a nice change.

Remember Frank Johnson? Mori, remember?

[INFORMER]

The "no shit ...!" statement of the day.

It's like saying, "Hey, did you know 250 million people want to win the Powerball?"

His post would have been easier if he wrote the teams that didn’t want Giannis lol

Well, he listed 29 teams. That is every team other than the Bucks. He wouldn't have had a tweet.

I think you are all missing what he was doing with that post.

[Superbone]

The "no shit ...!" statement of the day.

It's like saying, "Hey, did you know 250 million people want to win the Powerball?"

His post would have been easier if he wrote the teams that didn’t want Giannis lol

Well, he listed 29 teams. That is every team other than the Bucks. He wouldn't have had a tweet.

I think you are all missing what he was doing with that post.

I think pickle got it:

It’s a tongue in cheek tweet I guess. To mock some of the breaking news tweets.

[Mori Chu]

Clip of crowd reaction before the Wolves game ... Posting this because it is directly related to an NBA game, but putting it in a spoiler tag because it relates to current events and politics.

Spoiler: show/hide

[Superbone]

[specialsauce]

Anddd contrary to some on this board's prediction, Ryan Dunn was not selected for the Rising Stars. He is just not a high end prospect and is nowhere close.

[Shabazz]

Anddd contrary to some on this board's prediction, Ryan Dunn was not selected for the Rising Stars. He is just not a high end prospect and is nowhere close.

That just means he isn't one of the 11 best sophomores - and he isn't. And that's OK. He was drafted 28th.

I don't think anyone here thinks he's a star in the making, but I do think he can become a very high end role player. He needs to get his confidence back, though. He's been playing tentatively for a while now.

I'm more concerned that we really, really missed a once in a lifetime opportunity by not taking the Pelicans trade in favor of drafting Maluach, who could still turn out well, especially given we've got the center position potentially locked in for the foreseeable future with MW and Oso. Getting a top-5 pick in this draft would have single-handedly given our long term prospects a massive boost. Can you imagine starting Dybantsa, Boozer, Peterson, Caleb Wilson or Peat (to name 5) instead of Royce O'neale next season. Oof.

[BKinSJC]

Yeah. Or the Suns could've just taken Queen themselves. He looks like a very high quality player that you can run a lot of offense through, although I think he's a physical type that might always be a little bit limited defensively.

Just have to hope that Maluach takes steps and becomes an impact player. It's hard not to be disappointed so far, although I keep reminding myself that he's really really young.