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Split T wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 20, 2025 12:32 am

I’d guess Booker, Dunn, Grayson, Royce, and Gillespie? Brooks only not in there due to missed games.

O_Gardino wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 20, 2025 8:28 am

It felt like Bud was a parasite, too.

O_Gardino wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 20, 2025 8:28 am

It felt like Bud was a parasite, too.

ShelC wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 20, 2025 8:53 am

Bud looked checked out at the introductory press conference. I don't know if the game passed him by or if he knew it was a losing cause with KD and Beal once they all got into the gym. I think he might've had more success without Beal and KD there but not much.

ShelC wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 20, 2025 9:16 am

pickle wrote: ↑

Thu Nov 20, 2025 8:50 am

... When the ball drops through the net, the rebounders break off the lane lines to jog downcourt, but Gillespie goes the other way. He veers toward the baseline near Golden State’s bench, attaching himself to Warriors guard Brandin Podziemski in the backcourt. It’s a small maneuver, but a meaningful one. Gillespie and the Suns have made it a point to pressure opposing ball handlers full court this season.

“It’s one way for me to stick in the league,” Gillespie tells me. “I got to play hard. I got to compete. That’s probably my calling card as an NBA player.”

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The Suns are applying backcourt pressure more than three times as often as they did last season, according to Synergy Sports. Their overall defense has improved, their opponent turnover rate has spiked, and they’ve jumped out to a surprising 9-6 start behind a newfound feistiness.

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“Try to make them take at least six seconds off the clock,” says Suns guard Jordan Goodwin of his goal when pursuing a full-court press. “So they start offense like 15 [seconds on the shot clock], instead of 20 or 18.”

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In Phoenix, Gillespie and Goodwin have similarly latched onto the opportunity to dictate the terms of engagement without contributing volume scoring.

“I got to affect the game in a different way, and that’s defense,” Gillespie says. “Pressuring the ball, competing at a high level, being scrappy, grabbing rebounds, deflection, steals, all the little things.”