Last Week's Games
Tue, Jan 27th vs Nets 102 - 106 Win!
Thu, Jan 29th vs Pistons 96 - 114 Win!
Fri, Jan 30th vs Cavs 113 - 126 Win!
Sun, Feb 1st vs Clippers 117 - 93 Loss.
This Week's Games
Tue, Feb 3rd @ Trailblazers, 9:00 PM, Suns Live, Arizona's Family 3TV/Arizona's Family Sports, NBC, Peacock
Thu, Feb 5th vs Warriors, 8:00 PM, Prime Video
Sat, Feb 7 vs 76ers, 7:00 PM, Suns Live, Arizona's Family 3TV/Arizona's Family Sports
The Suns went 3-2 on their longest homestand of the season (beating the Pistons and Cavs last week), even though they were without Devin Booker for all five games. They’re now 4-5 without their All-Star and just percentage points behind the Lakers for a top-six spot in the West.
Three takeaways
The Suns have scored just 106.9 points per 100 possessions over the nine games without Booker, with their loss to the Clippers on Sunday just being just the fourth time this season they’ve scored less than a point per possession. They only committed five turnovers and shot well (19-for-46, 41%) from 3-point range, but their 12-for-47 (26%) inside the arc was the worst 2-point shooting game for any team in the last six seasons.
But the Suns’ defense was holding up well before that, allowing just 107.4 points per 100 possessions over their last six games in January. They forced three turnovers out of the Nets in the final minute and a half of their four point win on Tuesday. Then they kept the Pistons off the glass (Detroit’s third worst offensive rebounding game of the season) and the Cavs off the free throw line (Cleveland’s third lowest free throw rate) over the next two games.
While the Suns got destroyed inside and on the glass by the Clippers on Sunday, it was the third straight game where they made at least eight more 3-pointers than their opponent. Phoenix ranks second in 3-point differential, having outscored its opponents by 7.3 points per game from beyond the arc.
Coming up: The only team with a better 3-point differential is the Warriors, who’ve made 14 more 3s than the Suns over their three head-to-head meetings (2-1 in favor of Golden State). The final meeting is Thursday in Phoenix, the third of three straight games against the three teams directly behind the Suns in the standings.
Just checked, Bey makes a little over 6 million, so makes it tricky to get under the luxury tax if you trade for him. Would probably have to be something like Richards and Dunn for Bey and then wait as long as you can to convert someone like Bouyea. Even then, I’m not sure that saves enough money. Royce would probably have to be the player traded.
Just checked, Bey makes a little over 6 million, so makes it tricky to get under the luxury tax if you trade for him. Would probably have to be something like Richards and Dunn for Bey and then wait as long as you can to convert someone like Bouyea. Even then, I’m not sure that saves enough money. Royce would probably have to be the player traded.
Just checked, Bey makes a little over 6 million, so makes it tricky to get under the luxury tax if you trade for him. Would probably have to be something like Richards and Dunn for Bey and then wait as long as you can to convert someone like Bouyea. Even then, I’m not sure that saves enough money. Royce would probably have to be the player traded.
Just checked, Bey makes a little over 6 million, so makes it tricky to get under the luxury tax if you trade for him. Would probably have to be something like Richards and Dunn for Bey and then wait as long as you can to convert someone like Bouyea. Even then, I’m not sure that saves enough money. Royce would probably have to be the player traded.
Goodwin and Richards for him
Oh hell no I'd much rather have goody than Royce
lol don’t shoot the messenger…. It just auto generated that based off of my parameters. I just put in want bey, don’t include Williams.
I like Bey, and he could be a longer term piece for us. I'm just very reluctant to shake up this squad. I'd trade Royce for him straight up in a heart-beat, though I have no idea why NOP would do that.
The trade I would like to see happen is Richards for Nance. Cleveland could really use someone with size, and Nick would immediately be the biggest guy on the roster. We could use a real PF, and Nance is cheap enough to get us under the L-tax.
