SL Game Day: Suns (0-0) @ Kings (0-0), Fri 7/7/17
SL Game Day: Suns (0-0) @ Kings (0-0), Fri 7/7/17
Time: 7:30 pm AZ (7:30 pm PT/10:30 pm ET)
Place: Thomas & Mack, Las Vegas, NV
TV: ESPN2
Starting this early since I'll be on my way to Vegas Friday morning to watch our first 3 NBA Summer League games.
Kings are stacked. Some of their notables:
De'Aaron Fox
Harry Giles
Buddy Hield
Justin Jackson
Skal Labissiere
Frank Mason
George Papagiannis
Malachi Richardson
Our projected (by me) starting lineup:
Mike James (PG)
Derrick Jones, Jr. (SG)
Josh Jackson (SF)
Dragon Bender (PF)
Marquese Chriss (C)
Davon Reed (6th man)
Go Suns!!!
Dis • cuss
Place: Thomas & Mack, Las Vegas, NV
TV: ESPN2
Starting this early since I'll be on my way to Vegas Friday morning to watch our first 3 NBA Summer League games.
Kings are stacked. Some of their notables:
De'Aaron Fox
Harry Giles
Buddy Hield
Justin Jackson
Skal Labissiere
Frank Mason
George Papagiannis
Malachi Richardson
Our projected (by me) starting lineup:
Mike James (PG)
Derrick Jones, Jr. (SG)
Josh Jackson (SF)
Dragon Bender (PF)
Marquese Chriss (C)
Davon Reed (6th man)
Go Suns!!!
Dis • cuss
"Too little, too late, too unbothered."
- Phoenix Suns 2023-2024 season motto.
"Be Legendary."
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"Be Legendary."
Re: SL Game Day: Suns (0-0) @ Kings (0-0), Fri 7/7/17
Can't wait. Hopefully Chriss, Bender, Reed and Jackson play a ton. Also, I'm a little frustrated that with center being kind of a need we didn't pick up any real size to take a look at.
Re: SL Game Day: Suns (0-0) @ Kings (0-0), Fri 7/7/17
Christian Wood at 6'11" is playing pretty well for the Mavericks SL team in Orlando:
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"Too little, too late, too unbothered."
- Phoenix Suns 2023-2024 season motto.
"Be Legendary."
- Phoenix Suns 2023-2024 season motto.
"Be Legendary."
Re: SL Game Day: Suns (0-0) @ Kings (0-0), Fri 7/7/17
Why is Bender the PF and Chriss the C? I think of them the other way around, with Bender being slightly slower of foot but better on defense and protecting the paint. Why wouldn't Bender be the natural center?
Re: SL Game Day: Suns (0-0) @ Kings (0-0), Fri 7/7/17
Bender's best attribute coming out of the draft was his footspeed and ability to defend the perimeter. I don't love the idea of him at the 3, which is where he got a lot of run last year in SL (and looked good defensively) but he should be groomed as a 4. Chriss is a bit too small to be a full time NBA 5 IMO and Bender can hopefully grow into that role down the line. Ideally, they grow together and can switch adequately.
Re: SL Game Day: Suns (0-0) @ Kings (0-0), Fri 7/7/17
Chriss looks quicker on offense because he is more decisive. Bender is such a good perimeter defender, it seems like a waste to put him on most centers.Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:Why is Bender the PF and Chriss the C? I think of them the other way around, with Bender being slightly slower of foot but better on defense and protecting the paint. Why wouldn't Bender be the natural center?
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Re: SL Game Day: Suns (0-0) @ Kings (0-0), Fri 7/7/17
I know, right?O_Gardino wrote:Bender is such a good perimeter defender, it seems like a waste to put him on most centers.
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Re: SL Game Day: Suns (0-0) @ Kings (0-0), Fri 7/7/17
Guess what .....
It's GAME DAY !!
It's GAME DAY !!
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Re: SL Game Day: Suns (0-0) @ Kings (0-0), Fri 7/7/17
I'm excited to see how they do. Boy, I hope that Dragan breaks out big time and the rest of the players we are counting on look incredibly improved on both ends.
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Re: SL Game Day: Suns (0-0) @ Kings (0-0), Fri 7/7/17
What a horrible thing to wish on a teenager just when he's going to be on national TV.In2ition wrote:Boy, I hope that Dragan breaks out big time
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Re: SL Game Day: Suns (0-0) @ Kings (0-0), Fri 7/7/17
8/10Cap wrote:What a horrible thing to wish on a teenager just when he's going to be on national TV.In2ition wrote:Boy, I hope that Dragan breaks out big time
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Re: SL Game Day: Suns (0-0) @ Kings (0-0), Fri 7/7/17
Haha, 9/10Cap wrote:What a horrible thing to wish on a teenager just when he's going to be on national TV.In2ition wrote:Boy, I hope that Dragan breaks out big time
"When we all think alike, nobody is thinking" - Walter Lippmann
"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them." ~ Frederick Douglass
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Re: SL Game Day: Suns (0-0) @ Kings (0-0), Fri 7/7/17
Heading out to Vegas now. I'll report live from courtside.
"Too little, too late, too unbothered."
- Phoenix Suns 2023-2024 season motto.
"Be Legendary."
- Phoenix Suns 2023-2024 season motto.
"Be Legendary."
Re: SL Game Day: Suns (0-0) @ Kings (0-0), Fri 7/7/17
Yay! Have a safe trip and a great time!Superbone wrote:Heading out to Vegas now. I'll report live from courtside.
"When we all think alike, nobody is thinking" - Walter Lippmann
"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them." ~ Frederick Douglass
"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them." ~ Frederick Douglass
Re: SL Game Day: Suns (0-0) @ Kings (0-0), Fri 7/7/17
I hear he has been working on his pick-and-(pimple)-pop.Cap wrote:What a horrible thing to wish on a teenager just when he's going to be on national TV.In2ition wrote:Boy, I hope that Dragan breaks out big time
Re: SL Game Day: Suns (0-0) @ Kings (0-0), Fri 7/7/17
Thanks, man. I'm currently in a town called Hesperia on the way.In2ition wrote:Yay! Have a safe trip and a great time!Superbone wrote:Heading out to Vegas now. I'll report live from courtside.
"Too little, too late, too unbothered."
- Phoenix Suns 2023-2024 season motto.
"Be Legendary."
- Phoenix Suns 2023-2024 season motto.
"Be Legendary."
Re: SL Game Day: Suns (0-0) @ Kings (0-0), Fri 7/7/17
Never heard of it. It sounds like the Greek goddess of pestilence.Superbone wrote:Thanks, man. I'm currently in a town called Hesperia on the way.In2ition wrote:Yay! Have a safe trip and a great time!Superbone wrote:Heading out to Vegas now. I'll report live from courtside.
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"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them." ~ Frederick Douglass
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Re: SL Game Day: Suns (0-0) @ Kings (0-0), Fri 7/7/17
That doesnt look like TJ Warren to me.Wally_West wrote:
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Re: SL Game Day: Suns (0-0) @ Kings (0-0), Fri 7/7/17
I think that's him in the far back lolJCSunsfan wrote:That doesnt look like TJ Warren to me.Wally_West wrote: