Phx-Suns.Net

The newest sure-thing in the NBA is when LeBron James says he doesn't want to make excuses, he's about to make an excuse.

I don't think there is a single all-time great who is as lousy of a competitor as LeBron James.

TheOriginalOriginal wrote:I'd pay Kieff 6 and Mook 4.

I'm on record with wanting to move them, but if they are to be retained, I think that's about the neighborhood of fair compensation for them, as well as being a decent deal for the Suns. I'd probably want Kieff's deal to max out at $5.75 million.

Green hadn't done squat in the NBA until this season and Hornecek still had a long lesh with him and stayed with him taking terrible shots and portraying some low basketball IQ particularly early on. Green's been hitting shots all year long. Is he consistent? No. But he has shown from the very begi...

Sunsfan4life wrote:Hornecek might be the only coach who will let Gerald take the crazy shots he does

I really don't think his shot selection is any worse than Jamal Crawford, Brandon Jennings, JR Smith, Tony Wroten, Dion Waiters, or Russell Westbrook. And all of their coaches let them fire away.

TheOriginalOriginal wrote:Bledsoe/Dragic/Green/MoBros is gonna be tough to guard down the stretch.

Markieff at the 5 really isn't a sustainable recipe for success.

Awesome. Tyson Chandler slams Kevin Love during his halftime interview with a "he can't play D" blast.

Ring_Wanted wrote: In my opinion he looks better now than at the time because what came after him was awful beyond words, but I wouldn't give him more than a C.

Yeah, that's about what I would give him as well.

Al Jefferson is playing some great basketball. He has a 22.45 PER for the season. But the most impressive thing? He averages 1.5 turnovers per game. For someone that productive, that's incredible.

Latest Simmons article on the Sixers tanking job: Here Good read. I don't get too hot-and-bothered about it, but yeah, what Hinkie is doing is pathetic. Simmons concludes that article in interesting fashion: And that’s why this tanking bullshit matters. When 36 percent of your league is willfully t...

Shabazz wrote:I don't have the history with him that 'Bone does, but if you've pissed off someone like Bone to that extent, there must be something wrong with you.

Is there a more positive, optimistic, and generally accepting poster than 'bone? It really gets on my nerves sometimes.

Whenever I think of Steve Kerr's tenure with us, the "I might be a moron" quote sticks out, regarding the Shaq trade. It's funny, I know our training staff gave Shaq the last hurrah of his career. And you can even probably say that, at 36, he was the best center we ever had. Even still, c...

Who'd ever guess Dragic would do a great Paul Westphal imitation? He's a joy to watch just like my favorite player as a kid, Westy. I never imagined the kid from Slovenia would ever reach these heights. I guess Kerr and the old scouting staff knew what they were doing. I'm sorry, but I thought that...

Shabazz wrote: Honestly, I wouldn't mind if Plumlee sat a few more games so Len could get in to some sort of groove.

Agreed.

I don't recall him having bad hands at Maryland, so I don't know if it's going to always be a concern. To me it usually looked like he was trying make moves before he actually caught the ball. I would say he had inconsistent hands at Maryland. Some nights, it would seem like he was catching everyth...

TheOriginalOriginal wrote:Dudley is fat.

I'm really disappointed with how little he's given the Clippers.

Numbers Never Lie
‏@ESPN_Numbers

LeBron scored 49% of his 61 pts on Michael Kidd-Gilchrist. On Jan 24th, @CarmeloAnthony scored 40% of his 62 pts while defended by @MKG14.

Markieff has taken great strides, but if we start to really bet on him and depend on him, he will break our hearts. I still don't think he is consistent enough. His rebounding still a little lackluster too. He's really helping to drive the Suns lately, but ultimately I'm still committed to moving h...

carey wrote:I still think you guys are ignoring how unimpressive Green has been as a bench player.

Yeah, he does seem to play better as a starter.

TheOriginalOriginal wrote:If you reduce B2B wouldn't that make the long season longer?

Not significantly.

Reduce the number of preseason games, as well as how long it takes to play them.

Concerning Adam Silver:

I wish he would stay away from all the gimmicky ideas of a play-in tournament and a 4-point line. The NBA doesn't need that stuff.

Concentrate on reducing the back-to-backs, improving the officiating, and making adjustments to the draft lottery.