Suns News: Week 17 (2/6 - 2/12)

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Last Week's Games
Mon, Jan 30 vs Toronto Raptors 114-106 WIN! :D
Wed, Feb 1 vs Atlanta Hawks 132-100 LOSS :(
Fri, Feb 3 @ Boston Celtics 106-94 WIN! :D
Sat, Feb 4 @ Detroit Pistons 116-100 WIN! :D

This Week's Games
Tues, Feb 7 @ Brooklyn 5:30pm MST/7:30pm EST TNT
Thu, Feb 9 @ Atlanta 5:30pm MST/7:30pm EST BSAZ
Friday, Feb 10 @ Indiana 5:00pm MST/7:00pm EST BSAZ

Suns Stories
Center of the Sun: Preparing for Booker’s return, kudos to DA, and never getting what I want
https://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2023 ... i-want-nba

Phoenix Suns offered Chris Paul, Jae Crowder, draft picks for Kyrie Irving
https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/ ... 875746007/

Monty Williams Drops ‘Facts’ After Devin Booker Wasn’t Selected for All-Star Game
https://www.si.com/nba/2023/02/05/monty ... -game-snub


Power Rankings
CBS Sports
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba- ... ine-chaos/
8. Phoenix Suns (up 5 spots)
Phoenix won three games this week, including holding the high-powered Celtics offense to 94 points in Boston. The Suns reportedly dangled Chris Paul in a potential Kyrie Irving deal, which could have been routine negotiation with no intent to follow through, but it still gives the indication that Phoenix might be looking to make a more major move than simply swapping Jae Crowder for a similarly salaried piece.

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Bullet. Dodged.

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Makes you wonder what the FO is thinking working on a trade like that. The talent is undeniable, but maybe Jones knows him well enough to trust him? Would we have extended him? Were Book and/or Monty asked about bringing him in?

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It’s just about getting an elite talent on the team. I was surprised at his value too, thought only LAL and LAC would be in on him. Turns out teams will look past a lot to get an elite talent on the team.

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Talent aside, and even politics/beliefs aside (which is a big thing to leave aside), I just don’t think you can trust the guy. He’s burned every recent bridge and it’s only a matter of time before he does something insane to torpedo the Mavs. It’s in his nature.

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Ya but Dallas is desperate…they need help next to Luka

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Shabazz wrote:
Mon Feb 06, 2023 8:52 am
Talent aside, and even politics/beliefs aside (which is a big thing to leave aside), I just don’t think you can trust the guy. He’s burned every recent bridge and it’s only a matter of time before he does something insane to torpedo the Mavs. It’s in his nature.
That’s the thing, though. We could have just had him for half a season to try to win a title this year. We didn’t have to keep him around until he caused problems. I trust him in the playoffs more than I trust CP3. That’s what it comes down to for me and I’m guessing for the Suns FO as well.
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Split T wrote:
Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:09 am
Ya but Dallas is desperate…they need help next to Luka
We’re desperate after 55 years without a championship.
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For sure, that’s why we tried to get him as well. I think it shows that James Jones job is on the line. I don’t think he would’ve traded CP3 if Sarver was still the owner

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Unless Sarver was desperate too, like when he traded for Shaq.
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Ya possibly..just doesn’t seem like a typical James Jones move

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Split T wrote:
Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:57 am
Ya possibly..just doesn’t seem like a typical James Jones move
Well he did upgrade Rubio for CP3, maybe he felt it was time to do the same thing again. And perhaps he liked Kyrie as a teammate.
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4D chess by Jones. He's got Kyrie in the bag in the offseason. Gonna leave the Mavs stripped of talent.

There's also this quote from a few years ago:

“A front office must find high-character, hardworking, and competitive professionals who love the game and want to have team success,” Jones added. “If you have team success, only then you can throw in a selfish individual—or as I call them, a mercenary—into the bunch and be able to withstand it. But if you first build a team full of mercenaries, you’re going to get bad results from a selfish group.”

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Windy saying Kyrie wanted Phoenix

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Everybody "wants" Phoenix, yet nobody is there. Suns are the just pivot man in the media circle jerk.

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JeremyG wrote:
Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:49 am
Split T wrote:
Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:09 am
Ya but Dallas is desperate…they need help next to Luka
We’re desperate after 55 years without a championship.
1 more year ain't gonna hurt.

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TOO wrote:
Mon Feb 06, 2023 10:30 am
Everybody "wants" Phoenix, yet nobody is there. Suns are the just pivot man in the media circle jerk.
Seems like Tsai might be a little vindictive and not wanting to send anyone where they want

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Shabazz wrote:
Mon Feb 06, 2023 8:52 am
Talent aside, and even politics/beliefs aside (which is a big thing to leave aside), I just don’t think you can trust the guy. He’s burned every recent bridge and it’s only a matter of time before he does something insane to torpedo the Mavs. It’s in his nature.
Like when the scorpion asked the turtle to carry it across the river.
"Too little, too late, too unbothered."
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