Suns News: Week 3 10/29-11/4

[Indy]

thanks for the birthday wishes

[Indy]

also, for as much shit as INF got for the big red F two years ago... man.

[Mori Chu]

Get over McD. He was nowhere near terrible. He hit on Warren, Booker, Jackson, Okobo, Ayton, and Bridges. He whiffed Chriss and Bender. Altogether the team blew at developing talent. Len is a mediocre starter in this league but needed time. He still has potential higher ceiling than Fropez. Anyway, Jones will be good to help bring in free agents. Sarver hopefully won’t fudge it up.

McDs burner account folks!!!!!!!

That is a normal post. Move on, find a new slant

[Indy]

Get over McD. He was nowhere near terrible. He hit on Warren, Booker, Jackson, Okobo, Ayton, and Bridges. He whiffed Chriss and Bender. Altogether the team blew at developing talent. Len is a mediocre starter in this league but needed time. He still has potential higher ceiling than Fropez. Anyway, Jones will be good to help bring in free agents. Sarver hopefully won’t fudge it up.

1) How can you say he hit on Okobo and Bridges? We don't even know what the other end of the Bridges equation is yet, much less if either will be solid starters.

2) He hit on Jackson? Really? Josh Jackson? Really? The guy that is a -51 net O vs D ration per 100 possessions? And the worst win share per 48 of anyone in the league that has played more than 30 minutes this season?

3) Alex Len has a higher career ceiling than Robin Lopez?

[gosuns]

Suns have to decide on Bender's 4th year option in the next day.

Benders option declined. So a draft that I hated because we picked 2 dudes who showed no real NBA skills yields us nothing. FANTASTIC.

I will say it yielded us less than most, but that draft still sucks. Both players were risks when we took them, but there was no obvious picks. Murray, Hield, or Sabonis would be nice, but I'm not upset that we took a chance. We swung and missed

Taking chances with a top 5 pick is stupid, taking chances with 2 top 10 picks is stupider. Just flat out awful. Hated it then, even more now because we're no closer to finding an answer at the 4 spot. Sigh.

Let's not forget that we gave up the rights to Bogdanovic for the priviledge.

I voted Skal. I know its a reach at #4, but i would try to trade down but at the same time try to make sure we get him. None of the other players really exite me and i think skal has the biggest upside of all those prospects. I'm thinking who will be the best player if he fullfills his potential and who would possibly be a top 3 player on a championship team, again by reaching its full potential. Bender would be my second option, also because of his potential.

I was off on Labissiere but trading down to get other assets would have been an option. That Draft wasn’t going to be good.

[Indy]

Benders option declined. So a draft that I hated because we picked 2 dudes who showed no real NBA skills yields us nothing. FANTASTIC.

I will say it yielded us less than most, but that draft still sucks. Both players were risks when we took them, but there was no obvious picks. Murray, Hield, or Sabonis would be nice, but I'm not upset that we took a chance. We swung and missed

Taking chances with a top 5 pick is stupid, taking chances with 2 top 10 picks is stupider. Just flat out awful. Hated it then, even more now because we're no closer to finding an answer at the 4 spot. Sigh.

Let's not forget that we gave up the rights to Bogdanovic for the priviledge.

I voted Skal. I know its a reach at #4, but i would try to trade down but at the same time try to make sure we get him. None of the other players really exite me and i think skal has the biggest upside of all those prospects. I'm thinking who will be the best player if he fullfills his potential and who would possibly be a top 3 player on a championship team, again by reaching its full potential. Bender would be my second option, also because of his potential.

I was off on Labissiere but trading down to get other assets would have been an option. That Draft wasn’t going to be good.

You clearly don't get it. When a draft is widely regarded as "not that good at the top" you are supposed to double down on it and trade assets to get more chances to pick up busts.

[gosuns]

Warrens Stats

http://www.nba.com/players/tj/warren/203933
——————-MPG FG% 3P% FT% PPG RPG APG BPG
SEASON 23.2 51.4 47.8 88.9 15.2 3.7 1.2 0.7
CAREER 26.8 50 29.8 75.6 13.7 4.1 1.1 0.5

He obviously worked on his 3 pt shooting over the summer. From 29.8% to 47.8%

Warren deserves more playing time.

[gosuns]

I will say it yielded us less than most, but that draft still sucks. Both players were risks when we took them, but there was no obvious picks. Murray, Hield, or Sabonis would be nice, but I'm not upset that we took a chance. We swung and missed

Taking chances with a top 5 pick is stupid, taking chances with 2 top 10 picks is stupider. Just flat out awful. Hated it then, even more now because we're no closer to finding an answer at the 4 spot. Sigh.

Let's not forget that we gave up the rights to Bogdanovic for the priviledge.

I voted Skal. I know its a reach at #4, but i would try to trade down but at the same time try to make sure we get him. None of the other players really exite me and i think skal has the biggest upside of all those prospects. I'm thinking who will be the best player if he fullfills his potential and who would possibly be a top 3 player on a championship team, again by reaching its full potential. Bender would be my second option, also because of his potential.

I was off on Labissiere but trading down to get other assets would have been an option. That Draft wasn’t going to be good.

You clearly don't get it. When a draft is widely regarded as "not that good at the top" you are supposed to double down on it and trade assets to get more chances to pick up busts.

I m sorry, i obviously didn’t understand the analytics. I forgot that you later can trade those crappy players you drafted for old washed up players that make way more money. Thank you for pointing it out.

[Cap]

1) How can you say he hit on Okobo and Bridges?

I was there. I saw it happen. It was really awkward. They complained, he got fired.

[Indy]

Warrens Stats

http://www.nba.com/players/tj/warren/203933
——————-MPG FG% 3P% FT% PPG RPG APG BPG
SEASON 23.2 51.4 47.8 88.9 15.2 3.7 1.2 0.7
CAREER 26.8 50 29.8 75.6 13.7 4.1 1.1 0.5

He obviously worked on his 3 pt shooting over the summer. From 29.8% to 47.8%

Warren deserves more playing time.

Absolutely. Of our top 7 minutes played guys, his Per 36 ranks on the team are:

Points--2nd to Booker
Rebounds--2nd to Ayton
3P%--1st by a long shot
FG%--2nd to Ayton

[Indy]

Taking chances with a top 5 pick is stupid, taking chances with 2 top 10 picks is stupider. Just flat out awful. Hated it then, even more now because we're no closer to finding an answer at the 4 spot. Sigh.

Let's not forget that we gave up the rights to Bogdanovic for the priviledge.

I voted Skal. I know its a reach at #4, but i would try to trade down but at the same time try to make sure we get him. None of the other players really exite me and i think skal has the biggest upside of all those prospects. I'm thinking who will be the best player if he fullfills his potential and who would possibly be a top 3 player on a championship team, again by reaching its full potential. Bender would be my second option, also because of his potential.

I was off on Labissiere but trading down to get other assets would have been an option. That Draft wasn’t going to be good.

You clearly don't get it. When a draft is widely regarded as "not that good at the top" you are supposed to double down on it and trade assets to get more chances to pick up busts.

I m sorry, i obviously didn’t understand the analytics. I forgot that you later can trade those crappy players you drafted for old washed up players that make way more money. Thank you for pointing it out.

I am glad you have seen the light--clearly having another year under your belt has helped you mature.

[Indy]

1) How can you say he hit on Okobo and Bridges?

I was there. I saw it happen. It was really awkward. They complained, he got fired.

So does that mean we get to fire him for cause and Sarver can recoup his pay?

[iLLmatic]

also, for as much s*** as INF got for the big red F two years ago... man.

Dude's an Oracle, I never doubt the man when it comes to talent evaluation.

[Indy]

also, for as much s*** as INF got for the big red F two years ago... man.

Dude's an Oracle, I never doubt the man when it comes to talent evaluation.

It seems that nearly every time if we are taking about a top 15 pick or so, he is right on the money 3 years before everyone else. When it comes to 2nd round picks, it is a complete crap shoot, even with his picks.

[Superbone]

also, for as much s*** as INF got for the big red F two years ago... man.

Dude's an Oracle, I never doubt the man when it comes to talent evaluation.

It seems that nearly every time if we are taking about a top 15 pick or so, he is right on the money 3 years before everyone else. When it comes to 2nd round picks, it is a complete crap shoot, even with his picks.

What can we say? His big red F was correct! And he got a lot of guff. I for one apologize!

[Indy]

also, for as much s*** as INF got for the big red F two years ago... man.

Dude's an Oracle, I never doubt the man when it comes to talent evaluation.

It seems that nearly every time if we are taking about a top 15 pick or so, he is right on the money 3 years before everyone else. When it comes to 2nd round picks, it is a complete crap shoot, even with his picks.

What can we say? His big red F was correct! And he got a lot of guff. I for one apologize!

Me too. I didn't give him a lot of shit, but I did say an F was crazy as it should be a C or B-. How wrong I was, and at the time I felt like I was still in the extremely small minority of not thinking it was some version of A or B.

[Big Jake Little Jake]

While INF was proven quite right, there is still an argument that two "swing for the fence" picks weren't an awful idea. Even when we picked them, we knew they were projects in the most raw sense. Bender was purely hypothetical skill/talent and Chriss basically having to learn how to actually play. Chriss came to basketball late and had already made great strides as the college season went on, so I understand the thinking, even though I kinda hated the pick at the time.

There was a logic to it, it just didn't work out. It was two big whiffs - no other way to put it. When you go out on a limb, sometimes the limb breaks.

[Superbone]

[Superbone]

Too bad we didn't get this alternate reality Bender:

[Indy]

Good choice. Make him earn it.