Suns News: Week 8 12/12-12/18

[carey]

Last Week's Games

@ Utah L112-105
vs. Indiana L109-94
@ L.A. Lakers W119-115
vs. New Orleans L120-119 OT

This Week's Games

Tue, December 13th vs. New York 9:00PM EST
Thu, December 15th vs. San Antonio 9:00PM EST
Sat, December 17th @ Oklahoma City 5:00PM EST

Suns Stories

Suns' Devin Booker faces full-season featured role: http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/n ... /95318360/

Phoenix Suns lose to NOLA Pelicans; 120-119: http://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2016/ ... ns-120-119

[O_Gardino]

BSoTS has been quiet lately (there hasn't been a lot of bright sides lately), but here is a piece saying that Len is improving.

http://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2016/ ... -potential

[In2ition]

BSoTS has been quiet lately (there hasn't been a lot of bright sides lately), but here is a piece saying that Len is improving.

http://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2016/ ... -potential

It's about time for him to improve.

[carey]

Espo wrote an article for Sports 360 AZ. Sunny Disposition: Earl Watson the Real Deal - http://www.sports360az.com/2016/12/39972/

He was obviously a coaching star on the rise in the NBA. He wasn’t power hungry though. While I’d seen an assistant coach from the back row pull a coup and get his first head coaching gig by running his previous boss off, Watson’s rise to the top job with the Suns was different.

Hunter?

What I wasn’t quite sure of was if his positivity and optimism was an act that may dissipate as the pressures of the job began to mount. Many coaches come into the job with a Ned Flanders type disposition and leave somewhere closer to a Walter White mentality. Those were the guys whose optimism in bad times fell on deaf ears in the locker room.

This year Watson has remained extremely optimistic and positive despite his team being well under .500 and far below his expectations. He still talks playoffs when most people have already begun thinking about draft positioning and player development. Some may assume its delusional, I thought it was simply coach speak. That is until I read Zach Lowe’s interview with the Suns head coach.

In said interview you realize Watson’s positivity and optimism are part of who he is. They are something that is the byproduct of hardship and tragedy that have defined his journey: the murder of his brother and the sentencing of his killer just months before the Suns season began. At that sentencing, Watson publicly offered the man forgiveness.

“It’s why I’m not intimidated by our situation in Phoenix,” the first time head coach told Lowe. “It’s why when you ask if we can make the playoffs, I say there’s still a chance. If you listen to what the world says about you, you become someone you never wanted to be.”

[Superbone]

Espo wrote an article for Sports 360 AZ. Sunny Disposition: Earl Watson the Real Deal - http://www.sports360az.com/2016/12/39972/

He was obviously a coaching star on the rise in the NBA. He wasn’t power hungry though. While I’d seen an assistant coach from the back row pull a coup and get his first head coaching gig by running his previous boss off, Watson’s rise to the top job with the Suns was different.

Hunter?

For sure.

[Mori Chu]

Hey Espo: High five! *slaps* (That brings our total to 1.)

[In2ition]

Have any of you read the following article from Valley of the Suns? http://valleyofthesuns.com/2016/12/12/p ... e-machine/

I want to find out what you're thinking before I comment.

[carey]

Have any of you read the following article from Valley of the Suns? http://valleyofthesuns.com/2016/12/12/p ... e-machine/

I want to find out what you're thinking before I comment.

I'm not trading our 2017 1st for anything short of a top 5 player in the league.

[LazarusLong]

I can see trading Knight to Indiana.

I would not deal for Asik; Suns actually have depth at 5.

And I am not a big Brook Lopez fan. He puts up great numbers for mediocre to bad Nets team.

[Split T]

I can see trading Knight to Indiana.

I would not deal for Asik; Suns actually have depth at 5.

And I am not a big Brook Lopez fan. He puts up great numbers for mediocre to bad Nets team.

Knight to Indiana is fine, but I don't really have any interest in stuckey or Allen.

Agreed on Asik, we have no need for him.

And that was way too much to give up for Brook. Even if I was interested in Brook, he's a win now piece when we need to be building for the future, a potential top 5 pick is an overpay.

[UglyTruth]

Have any of you read the following article from Valley of the Suns? http://valleyofthesuns.com/2016/12/12/p ... e-machine/

I want to find out what you're thinking before I comment.

I'm not trading our 2017 1st for anything short of a top 5 player in the league.

Mark Cuban, is that you?

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/24 ... yer-In-NBA

[In2ition]

Have any of you read the following article from Valley of the Suns? http://valleyofthesuns.com/2016/12/12/p ... e-machine/

I want to find out what you're thinking before I comment.

I'm not trading our 2017 1st for anything short of a top 5 player in the league.

Mark Cuban, is that you?

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/24 ... yer-In-NBA

So, he's not trading his 1st for Westbrook, right?

[specialsauce]

Hell no on the Nets deal

[Cap]

Countdown till these ideas show up on SportsRageous as "rumors"...

[Ring_Wanted]

Hell no on the Nets deal

You bet. BroLo is not what we should pursue, if only because of age and health concerns. I want somebody able to give me gravity in the post, though.

And the mere thought of taking in Asik without getting assets back is insulting.

[ShelC]

Brook Lopez would be great on the Ws where he can play 24mpg, block some shots and pop out and shoot. He's an average rebounder at best and now the Nets have him playing at the 3pt line. We don't need him.

[carey]

https://twitter.com/paulcoro/status/808917554454556672

[Cap]

Ulis and Williams have been assigned to Prescott.

Does that means Jones is being called up?
https://twitter.com/suns/status/809082950071390208

[Superbone]

Good for Ulis to get some playing time. Also, don't know if it's been mentioned but Bledsoe is the first Suns player to have three consecutive 30 point scoring games since Amare Stoudemire.

[Cap]

Can we send Knight to Prescott? That's a guy who definitely needs a change of scenery.