Suns News: Week 18 (2/17 - 2/24)

[Mori Chu]

The Play-In Center

Piece of Ish Arena

The Regrettable Supermax Center

11th Seed Garden

[Carno]

I vote for "Piece of Ish Arena".

[Kryptonic]

The Play-in Palace

[LazarusLong]

Miss Congeniality Center

[TOO]

Paid Ay-ton for this place Center.

[Cap]

It’s across the street from Chase Field, so Run Away Arena.

Go to a game. By the time you exit the arena, it has run thirty miles. Chase is still right next door. The attached parking garage comes with them.

[Superbone]

#toxic

[Superbone]

James Jones: Suns, Kevin Durant moving forward after noisy trade deadline (with audio interview)
https://arizonasports.com/nba/phoenix-s ... 93ophq7wlx

[Superbone]

[ShelC]

[Cap]

Is he being diplomatic or does he really believe that? Because if he means it… he usually knows what’s he’s talking about.

[TOO]

He sold the team 2 decades ago, who cares?

[Cap]

I care because he’s credible, not because he used to own the Suns.

[Split T]

Gambo said he thinks the end is near for Tyus as a starting PG.

[Cap]

Gambo said he thinks the end is near for Tyus as a starting PG.

Yeah, in about two months.

[TOO]

Gambo said he thinks the end is near for Tyus as a starting PG.

Just like Ryan Dunn was the starting F.

[Superbone]

From CBS Sports (nailed it!):

No organization in the NBA operates with less foresight than the Suns. That's true in a macro sense, obviously. ESPN's Kevin Arnovitzwrote a lengthy feature about how little stock general manager James Jones puts into the draft. But it's evident on a micro level as well. They are the impulse shoppers of the NBA.

They went after Bradley Beal as a pure talent play, but didn't stop to think that maybe uniting three players on max contracts that do not generate consistent rim pressure might yield diminishing offensive returns and hamstring their ability to field a decent defense. They traded one very valuable unprotected 2031 first-round pick to the Jazz for three very weak picks. At the time, it seemed as though the move was a precursor to a Jimmy Butler trade. It turned out, however, they had no follow-up move lined up. They just sacrificed a very valuable asset for... the theoretical flexibility to trade three worse assets separately? They didn't even think to keep Kevin Durant informed when they discussed trading him at this deadline. That is a very basic star relationship fumble.

It doesn't seem as though decisions are made with a three-year plan in mind, or even a three-month plan for that matter. One minute they're aiming for a big three of Durant, Devin Booker and Jimmy Butler. The next, they're prepared to give up Durant, the best player in that trio, to secure Butler? They're currently on their third coach in three years with no signs of improvement. They control none of their own picks between now and 2031. Ryan Dunn is the only notable young player on the roster, but they somehow managed to give up Toumani Camara, who would eventually grow into the perfect young role player for this roster, as a throw-in when they shipped Deandre Ayton to Portland. It's one thing to ruin your future by going all-in on the present. It's another to botch the present by going all-in on the present. The Suns have done so, and that inspires little trust in their leadership moving forward.

Our front office is ranked 28th just above the Mavs.

[Kryptonic]

From CBS Sports (nailed it!):

No organization in the NBA operates with less foresight than the Suns. That's true in a macro sense, obviously. ESPN's Kevin Arnovitzwrote a lengthy feature about how little stock general manager James Jones puts into the draft. But it's evident on a micro level as well. They are the impulse shoppers of the NBA.

They went after Bradley Beal as a pure talent play, but didn't stop to think that maybe uniting three players on max contracts that do not generate consistent rim pressure might yield diminishing offensive returns and hamstring their ability to field a decent defense. They traded one very valuable unprotected 2031 first-round pick to the Jazz for three very weak picks. At the time, it seemed as though the move was a precursor to a Jimmy Butler trade. It turned out, however, they had no follow-up move lined up. They just sacrificed a very valuable asset for... the theoretical flexibility to trade three worse assets separately? They didn't even think to keep Kevin Durant informed when they discussed trading him at this deadline. That is a very basic star relationship fumble.

It doesn't seem as though decisions are made with a three-year plan in mind, or even a three-month plan for that matter. One minute they're aiming for a big three of Durant, Devin Booker and Jimmy Butler. The next, they're prepared to give up Durant, the best player in that trio, to secure Butler? They're currently on their third coach in three years with no signs of improvement. They control none of their own picks between now and 2031. Ryan Dunn is the only notable young player on the roster, but they somehow managed to give up Toumani Camara, who would eventually grow into the perfect young role player for this roster, as a throw-in when they shipped Deandre Ayton to Portland. It's one thing to ruin your future by going all-in on the present. It's another to botch the present by going all-in on the present. The Suns have done so, and that inspires little trust in their leadership moving forward.

Our front office is ranked 28th just above the Mavs.

Ding ding ding…. Winner!

[JeremyG]

[Kryptonic]

If true.. that’s f’d up and hope he sues Shaq. What a dick.