What I find interesting that I don't think I seen many mention of last couple games is Point Book
In our last 3 games Book has 13, 11 and 6 dimes which could have easily gotten to near double digits again if it wasn't a blowout
Meanwhile our point guard acquisition has played well recently in some folks opinion and that is mainly down to shooting and nothing to do with running the offense. His asts totals are 4,5 and 4 in those games which to be fair is solid for bench minutes. He's hit 12 3pters though which I'm guessing leads the team
So after all the off season chatter about what the Suns need to unlock Book n KD and the Big 3
We're still back to square one with seemingly best option being have Book initiate
What I find interesting that I don't think I seen many mention of last couple games is Point Book
In our last 3 games Book has 13, 11 and 6 dimes which could have easily gotten to near double digits again if it wasn't a blowout
Meanwhile our point guard acquisition has played well recently in some folks opinion and that is mainly down to shooting and nothing to do with running the offense. His asts totals are 4,5 and 4 in those games which to be fair is solid for bench minutes. He's hit 12 3pters though which I'm guessing leads the team
So after all the off season chatter about what the Suns need to unlock Book n KD and the Big 3
We're still back to square one with seemingly best option being have Book initiate
It's less that Point Book is good. It's more that Point KD is much worse, and Point Tyus just dribbling it up and handing it off to Point KD is even even worse.
It's also that playing 2-3 of the "Big 3" with other guys who don't hustle or defend is a recipe to lose.
Point Book plus KD plus the young guys is an okay team. Not a contender, but maybe a team that could go .500 in a different stretch of the season. In the upcoming 10 games, it won't work; we are going to get demolished.
Just waiting for Bud to send him to the bench again for no reason.
I seriously gotta wonder if it’s Ish pushing this.
When Ish arrived he made a lot of foolish shortsighted moves. But we figured he could learn from his mistakes.
Now he goes on record saying that he doesn’t care what happens in 2030 and that he thinks it’s “crazy” to think about tomorrow because he wants to win today.
Bud’s choices are perfectly consistent with Ish’s expressed “it’s crazy to do things that can benefit us in the future” philosophy. And Ish is never going to learn because he doesn’t want to.
“Are you crazy?! You think I’m going to go for seven years and try to get there? You enjoy the 2030 draft picks that we have holding? I want to try to see the game today.” — Ish 3/13/25
He's really mad at the owner for trying to win at all costs. Not sure if you've noticed.
We should be mad. His incompetence and impatience have put us into a hole that will take us most of a decade to crawl out of. We are doomed, one of the NBA franchises with the worst future, thanks to Mat Ishbia. This is ample cause for any Suns fan to be mad, and for that anger to be directed largely at our new owner.
And Ish is never going to learn because he doesn’t want to.
And you know this how?
Because he said so.
“Are you crazy?! You think I’m going to go for seven years and try to get there? You enjoy the 2030 draft picks that we have holding? I want to try to see the game today.” — Ish 3/13/25
And Ish is never going to learn because he doesn’t want to.
And you know this how?
He's really mad at the owner for trying to win at all costs. Not sure if you've noticed.
I’m mad at the owner for trading a decade’s worth of draft capital and several young talented players to assemble a team that’s probably going to miss the play in. If that’s what you call “trying to win,” I’d rather he didn’t try.
“Are you crazy?! You think I’m going to go for seven years and try to get there? You enjoy the 2030 draft picks that we have holding? I want to try to see the game today.” — Ish 3/13/25
He's really mad at the owner for trying to win at all costs. Not sure if you've noticed.
We should be mad. His incompetence and impatience have put us into a hole that will take us most of a decade to crawl out of. We are doomed, one of the NBA franchises with the worst future, thanks to Mat Ishbia. This is ample cause for any Suns fan to be mad, and for that anger to be directed largely at our new owner.
I'm probably an outlier, but I disagree. Trading for KD and Beal were both valid contender building transactions. You can argue whether the trades cost too much, sure. You can argue about team fit, sure. Some can argue that they wouldn't have made the moves. However, strategically, these are valid moves. It's not like he traded Doncic for Street Clothes. They were gambles for sure, and based on results, Ishbia lost the gamble.
Most of the criticism levied by fans today is based on hindsight. At the time, these moves were mostly applauded, with a fair amount of concern about what happens if the team fails.
