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Nodack wrote:The way we are playing is about what I expected. We all knew we weren't going to be very good before the season started. It is what it is. Optimistically we almost make the playoffs. We are a young rebuilding team with no All Stars. Banther Fodder.

Indy wrote:

Shabazz wrote:I'm actually OK with how we're bringing Booker along. He's not as ready as some on the board think he is, IMO. But he should be getting a few minutes every game.

Agreed, to a point. He has been blowing basic assignments on both ends of the floor. I am a fan, and want to see him play, but you have to have some discipline for him. People here complain when coach doesn't hold a vet accountable, and then complain when he does hold a rookie accountable. I get the frustration on the first one, but not the 2nd. Start them off right.

Indy wrote:

Shabazz wrote:I'm actually OK with how we're bringing Booker along. He's not as ready as some on the board think he is, IMO. But he should be getting a few minutes every game.

Agreed, to a point. He has been blowing basic assignments on both ends of the floor. I am a fan, and want to see him play, but you have to have some discipline for him. People here complain when coach doesn't hold a vet accountable, and then complain when he does hold a rookie accountable. I get the frustration on the first one, but not the 2nd. Start them off right.

Shabazz wrote:

Indy wrote:

Shabazz wrote:I'm actually OK with how we're bringing Booker along. He's not as ready as some on the board think he is, IMO. But he should be getting a few minutes every game.

Agreed, to a point. He has been blowing basic assignments on both ends of the floor. I am a fan, and want to see him play, but you have to have some discipline for him. People here complain when coach doesn't hold a vet accountable, and then complain when he does hold a rookie accountable. I get the frustration on the first one, but not the 2nd. Start them off right.

I think we agree in full and not just to a point.

Superbone wrote:

Nodack wrote:The way we are playing is about what I expected. We all knew we weren't going to be very good before the season started. It is what it is. Optimistically we almost make the playoffs. We are a young rebuilding team with no All Stars. Banther Fodder.

I don't understand how you can have expectations when you didn't pay attention all off-season. I expected these guys to play team basketball. I have been sorely disappointed.

Superbone wrote:I'm just really disappointed in our style of play. It's not Suns basketball. And it doesn't have to be... if we're winning. It's really frustrating for me watching this team right now.

ShelC wrote:Markieff and PJ for Cousins.

Markieff Morris, Suns

How is Markieff Morris handling his separation from his twin brother Marcus? By slapping together the infamous “Chinese Flag” shot chart.

To date, Morris is averaging 14.1 points on 36% shooting and 26.1% three-point shooting for a Suns offense that ranks 27th in efficiency. His discipline has left a lot to be desired: Morris has no reservations about launching contested jumpers, off-balance jumpers, or contested and off-balance jumpers. He’s already chucked up at least 20 shots in a game three times this season, and Phoenix’s wins have generally come in spite of him rather than because of him (he’s a combined 16-for-42 in the Suns’ three victories).

Morris has proven in recent years that he’s better than this—he’s a fairly accomplished “tough shot-maker”—and it’s still very, very early. But after the NBA fined him this summer for publicly making a trade demand, it’s fair to wonder whether a fresh start is still the right resolution here.

Marcus’s start in Detroit—16.7 points on 42.4% shooting for a surprising 5-2 team with a clear offensive vision—only reinforces the argument that Markieff might find greater success in a more structured and stable environment. Ditto with Marcus’s recent comments that Markieff doesn’t look “happy” or “comfortable” or “too excited” in Phoenix. (Who would have ever thought that the Pistons would qualify as “more structured and stable”? But that’s the case, at least for the time being.)

Shabazz wrote:

ShelC wrote:Markieff and PJ for Cousins.

I've been thinking about a Cousins trade. No way it happens without us including at least 3 of Len/Warren/Miami pick/Our pick.

Ring_Wanted wrote:

Shabazz wrote:

ShelC wrote:Markieff and PJ for Cousins.

I've been thinking about a Cousins trade. No way it happens without us including at least 3 of Len/Warren/Miami pick/Our pick.

I'm ok with that. Then send Knight and pieces other than Booker and Leuer for Melo.

Bledsoe-Booker-Melo-Cousins-Chandler. Not bad.

carey wrote:Oh no. Former UofA Wildcat player Michael Wright found dead in his car: http://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/7/71 ... ht-dies-35

Former Sun Kevin Johnson leaving Sacramento mayor's seat

Former Suns star Kevin Johnson announced that he will not seek a third term as Sacramento mayor but said in an Oct. 22 press conference that his decision had nothing to do with recent reports on 1996 sexual abuse allegations that brought no charges against him.

ESPN indefinitely pulled a "30 for 30" film featuring Johnson from airing Oct. 20 after Deadspin.com ran a Sept. 25 article that included a new interview with Mandi Koba, who accused Johnson of molesting her at his Phoenix home on multiple occasions in the mid-1990s when she was 15 and 16 and he was a Suns guard. On Oct. 8, Deadspin also posted 1996 video of a Phoenix police detective interrogating her. The allegations first became public in a 1997 New Times article.

No charges were made but the Sacramento Bee reported in 2008 that Johnson and Koba agreed to a $230,000 settlement, a figure she confirmed to Deadspin with the confidentiality agreement’s draft.