Suns News: Week 7 (12/4 - 12/10)

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TOO wrote:
Sat Dec 09, 2023 12:37 pm
The answer was Haliburton.
At least we can wallow in that for the rest of our lives.
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The Bobster wrote:
Sat Dec 09, 2023 10:40 am
The season is now a quarter finished and we still havent had the Beal-Booker-Durant trio together. Not a good sign, because they're going to need all three healthy if thet're going to accomplish anything in the playoffs.

And I would have to echo the sentiment that this team is hard to enjoy so far - in part because Booker is the only one with a history here, and so many of them are new this season. Plus the product on the court has been underwhelming.
I think next week is the week we finally see the Big 3. Wednesday or Friday would be my guess.
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The KD/Beal team is better than any other team we would have fielded…

I loved Mikal as much as anyone, but a Booker/Mikal core was a recipe for 2nd round exits over the next decade.

Ya we could still go out in the 2nd round(or earlier), but this team has the ceiling of a champion. Just riskier with the age and health of our guys.


You risk being the clippers of the last 4 years, but the alternative is being the Kings. I’ve seen plenty of fun teams that had no chance to win…I’ll take a team like this that might have more lows but has a higher ceiling.

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Aside from Nurk and Allen, I’m just not impressed with any of our other role players.

Little is OK.

Yuta, Okogie, KBD are a waste of roster spots. None of them warrant minutes in the playoffs.

Eubanks is a big stiff. Very little skill there. I would have preferred Frank the Tank or Dario.

Metu hasn’t been given a chance yet

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Sat Dec 09, 2023 3:13 pm
Aside from Nurk and Allen, I’m just not impressed with any of our other role players.

Little is OK.

Yuta, Okogie, KBD are a waste of roster spots. None of them warrant minutes in the playoffs.

Eubanks is a big stiff. Very little skill there. I would have preferred Frank the Tank or Dario.

Metu hasn’t been given a chance yet
Pretty good assessment except for Eubanks. He's the best shot blocker on the team and he's quite skillful around the hoop. Shoots a pretty good percentage on those little push/hook shots.
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KBD is a good defensive player…his offense hasn’t been great though. He’s like a bigger Okogie…Goodwin has been good I’d say.

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Split T wrote:
Sat Dec 09, 2023 3:46 pm
KBD is a good defensive player…his offense hasn’t been great though. He’s like a bigger Okogie…Goodwin has been good I’d say.
In todays nba you just cannot be an offensive liability out there. It’s an offense first league and having Josh/KBD and to a lesser extent Eubanks out there (certainly all 3 at once to go along with Goodwin) is a massive spacing issue. Just not effective enough defensively to overcome the offensive deficiency

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This is cool…we’ve got 3 of them.

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Superbone wrote:
Sat Dec 09, 2023 1:50 pm
TOO wrote:
Sat Dec 09, 2023 12:37 pm
The answer was Haliburton.
At least we can wallow in that for the rest of our lives.
Nah, I'm just getting into hockey more and more.
Jones and Vogel out, Lue or Lee in, draft Grant Nelson or Tyler Kolek.

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