Suns 2022 Off-Season Thread

[Shabazz]

Baxter Holmes is on a mission.

[ShadowHawke]

Does anyone at ESPN like the Suns?

[TOO]

"Among other things," she wrote, "they excluded me from client dinners, scrutinized my every move, decision, and email with excruciating levels of micromanagement."

"My job has grown more intolerable and toxic than ever," Panagiotakopoulos said.

Deandre can relate.

This some weird mom protecting her baby energy.

[TOO]

Does anyone at ESPN like the Suns?

SHOULD they?

[Split T]

I get all of the reasons not to go after him. Obviously we’d need our medical team to sign off. His combination of tools is just so enticing. Incredible defender. Can capably play the 4 or the 5 (look at what Robert Williams is doing and imagine him with a little more juice off the bounce). Can ably cover the Durants, Doncics, and Giannises of the league 1-on-1. Deadly in transition. Pretty good passer (.5). And he wouldn’t be the centerpiece, which would be WCJ. We’d also be giving up a player that hasn’t played in over a year (Saric).

I’m against his politics, but he plays balls out when he’s in the game. I don’t see him as a Kyrie-type.

Anyway, just a thought. Probably has a 0% chance of happening.

I’d take a shot at Isaac…loved him in the draft(He was #2 on my board behind Fultz) and he’s shown he’s a potential DPOY type player when healthy. I don’t trust his health at all, but with the non guarantees in his deal, it wouldn’t be that risky. I wonder if he’s still in Orlando’s plans?

I also don’t love some of his off the court opinions, but I can overlook that, I wouldn’t not sign someone because of their political opinions or religious opinions.

[Indy]

for the Ayton comment, Jeremy.

As this situation relates to Sarver, I'm inclined to believe he'll not be forced to sell the franchise by the NBA.

Maybe this employee is completely in the dark, but if she liked her job outside of the organizational culture stuff that stems from Sarver, wouldn't she be willing to stick around until the NBA announces something?

Pretty sure it isn't just Sarver. So even if he is forced to sell, it doesn't mean the entire company culture will change over night. She has been there for 15 years. There likely isn't a way to fix it so that she would feel OK enough to work for them. And "outside of the organizational culture stuff" is basically your entire job. You come to work each day in that environment and culture. You can't really divorce that from the work.

[Indy]

I get all of the reasons not to go after him. Obviously we’d need our medical team to sign off. His combination of tools is just so enticing. Incredible defender. Can capably play the 4 or the 5 (look at what Robert Williams is doing and imagine him with a little more juice off the bounce). Can ably cover the Durants, Doncics, and Giannises of the league 1-on-1. Deadly in transition. Pretty good passer (.5). And he wouldn’t be the centerpiece, which would be WCJ. We’d also be giving up a player that hasn’t played in over a year (Saric).

I’m against his politics, but he plays balls out when he’s in the game. I don’t see him as a Kyrie-type.

Anyway, just a thought. Probably has a 0% chance of happening.

I’d take a shot at Isaac…loved him in the draft(He was #2 on my board behind Fultz) and he’s shown he’s a potential DPOY type player when healthy. I don’t trust his health at all, but with the non guarantees in his deal, it wouldn’t be that risky. I wonder if he’s still in Orlando’s plans?

I also don’t love some of his off the court opinions, but I can overlook that, I wouldn’t not sign someone because of their political opinions or religious opinions.

Same. My comment was more about team culture and if that could work here.

And I had him as my choice for our pick and was pretty vocal about it. Still can't believe how badly that draft went for us.

[Split T]

Ya that’s fair, if he’s going to be a problem in the locker room I’d avoid it.

[Bucktastic365]

Our biggest need is on ball creation, if that guy could also be capable of playing the 4 or 5 defensively, all the better.

So our own Draymond.

[Split T]

Our biggest need is on ball creation, if that guy could also be capable of playing the 4 or 5 defensively, all the better.

So our own Draymond.

Kinda…we don’t need them to run the offense though. CP3 has that covered. I’d trade some of the passing and defense for shot making. Draymond is about as bad as it gets as a shot maker at this point. There’s really no need to guard him.

[AmareIsGod]

The US Sun: Kendall Jenner fans think she SPLIT from Devin Booker on their anniversary as they spot four ‘clues’ on social media
https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/5 ... our-clues/

[Superbone]

The US Sun: Kendall Jenner fans think she SPLIT from Devin Booker on their anniversary as they spot four ‘clues’ on social media
https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/5 ... our-clues/

I feel dirty after clicking on that link.

[Uncle_Gene]

Seriously ? That's great !

[TOO]

The US Sun: Kendall Jenner fans think she SPLIT from Devin Booker on their anniversary as they spot four ‘clues’ on social media
https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/5 ... our-clues/

I feel dirty after clicking on that link.

Sports!

[Aztec Sunsfan]

The US Sun: Kendall Jenner fans think she SPLIT from Devin Booker on their anniversary as they spot four ‘clues’ on social media
https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/5 ... our-clues/

I feel dirty after clicking on that link.

Haha

Well, it’s a link from the Sun, so it’s Suns related.

[Superbone]

https://arizonasports.com/story/3178794 ... direction/

Draft days for GM James Jones have shown Suns’ direction

The Phoenix Suns do not own a pick as of a week before the 2022 NBA Draft.

Whether they will purchase one with cash or make a deal to clear cap space to acquire one is possible with several teams stashing multiple picks from the late-first round down through the second.

And because the Suns face Deandre Ayton’s restricted free agency where a higher pick could be a return piece — or just because they could opt to make more aggressive moves to remain in title contention — we should be prepared to potentially see draft-day moves from Phoenix.

With all that said, here’s a peek back at the draft-day history of Suns general manager James Jones.

A win-now move... (click the link to see the rest)

[AmareIsGod]

[Split T]

It’s fake…not even possible until July 1st

[AmareIsGod]

It’s fake…not even possible until July 1st

Thanks. I realized that after searching all over TheAthletic and their Twitter. Nothing else to confirm or validate any of this. Also, July 1st. I'm an idiot.

[Split T]

Toronto would be an intriguing spot though. Siakam might be my favorite target, though I’d guess OG is more likely. I like both guys though.