Suns News: The Offseason (2016)

[Split T]

why not have chriss vs bender one on one game?

I'm sure the suns would have loved that. Lottery picks won't workout with other players anymore though. There is no benefit to them.

[Superbone]

why not have chriss vs bender one on one game?

To the death. Winner take all!

[Mori Chu]

NO!!!!!!!!

To the pain.

[carey]

I'm sure the suns would have loved that. Lottery picks won't workout with other players anymore though. There is no benefit to them.

Brown has been working out against anyone. Dunn also said he'd only work out against Simmons, Ingram, Bender and Murray. Some of the other late lotto guys like Sabonis have been in for group workouts.

[Split T]

I'm sure the suns would have loved that. Lottery picks won't workout with other players anymore though. There is no benefit to them.

Brown has been working out against anyone. Dunn also said he'd only work out against Simmons, Ingram, Bender and Murray. Some of the other late lotto guys like Sabonis have been in for group workouts.

Brown is the only one who actually did and he doesn't have an agent. Dunn may have said he would, but he didn't work out against those guys. Sabonis is a borderline lotto pick and I'm pretty sure we only got a solo workout from him.

[INFORMER]

I would love to move Archie on draft night for Damian Inglis, #36, and a future second rounder.

[Sunsfan4life]

Ryan McDonaugh's Bro, Sean, was named the new play by play MNF announcer.

[Sunsfan4life]

MNF=Monday night football btw.

[carey]

Ryan McDonaugh's Bro, Sean, was named the new play by play MNF announcer.

Didn't this happen last month?

[Superbone]

Coaches Wins for 2016/2017 Season: Watson versus the guys we did not interview.

Watson: 0
Mike D'Antoni: 0
Jeff Hornacek: 0
Frank Vogel: 0
Tom Thibodeau: 0
Luke Walton: 0
Scott Brooks: 0
Dave Joerger: 0

Totally meaningless unless they're all coaching the same players.

[Gladiator]

Don't know much about Mitch Lawrence (he writes for sporting news and Forbes) but this is his take on the Earl Watson hire

http://www.forbes.com/sites/mitchlawren ... a8e60f5fcc

Having Watson stay on after he was interim coach with Hornacek’s firing is being viewed as merely a temporary move.

Until Steve Nash comes back to run the team.

Apparently, that’s owner Robert Sarver’s master plan. Sources tell Forbes.com that the Suns are looking to bring in Nash, their former two-time MVP, to take over as the team’s top basketball executive sometime in the next year.

Before giving Watson the job, the Suns wanted Villanova’s Jay Wright, fresh off his NCAA title. But he was wise to stay put.

GM Ryan McDonough wants to control the coach and Watson, in his first head coaching job, will carry out orders.

“Can you say uninspired?’’ one scout said. “They just didn’t want to spend money.’’

[INFORMER]

Mitch Lawrence used to be a sports writer for a NY paper, IIRC.

[ShelC]

He wrote for the Daily News and was an "insider" before it was a thing to be and before the internet and social media. I always felt over the last 6-8 years tho that he was mostly off with just about everything and seemed out of touch. This seems about spot on tho.

[Superbone]

He wrote for the Daily News and was an "insider" before it was a thing to be and before the internet and social media. I always felt over the last 6-8 years tho that he was mostly off with just about everything and seemed out of touch. This seems about spot on tho.

Mostly off and out of touch? Yeah, I'd say that's spot on with this "assessment." Bring in Nash as head coach? Give me a break. Not happening.

[OE32]

He wrote for the Daily News and was an "insider" before it was a thing to be and before the internet and social media. I always felt over the last 6-8 years tho that he was mostly off with just about everything and seemed out of touch. This seems about spot on tho.

So, the plan is to win now with shortsighted moves and then fire the coach after we've won a bunch so we can bring in Steve Nash, so we can have the pleasure of one day firing the greatest player in Suns history once the team inevitably falls back down to earth?

Sounds legit.

[Gladiator]

https://twitter.com/InsiderSuns/status/745445150587920384

[Sunsfan4life]

Like it. Won't happen though. Hayward is a very good player.

[INFORMER]

Exum would be a better target.

Hayward is a good player though. Calling him a star is bit silly. And what on earth is Phoenix Suns Insider?

[Gladiator]

And what on earth is Phoenix Suns Insider?

Good question! I think it's a kind of twitter filter for Phoenix Suns news

[carey]

Like it. Won't happen though. Hayward is a very good player.

Someone posted his stats next to Knight's. You might be surprised at the similarity. Both seem to be streaky players that disappear entire games at a time.