Game Day: Clippers (30-18) @ Suns (15-33), Wed 2/1/17

[UglyTruth]

Brandon Bass looks so much like Draymond Green holy crap.

[UglyTruth]

Bledsoe is tired af, Watson put Ulis in and give him a breather.

[EDC]

Well Bender to the bench. I wonder if Chriss will get back in to hit 30 minutes.

[carey]

What an awful foul call on Bledsoe.

[carey]

I could be wrong. Book needs 2 more with 4:30 to go.

[EDC]

Griffin sure knows how to sell it.

[carey]

Glad to be wrong.

[EDC]

Glad to be wrong.

I'm actually kinda glad I get the other teams stream most of the time. So I don't have to listen to them go on about the streak.

[The Bobster]

and on a positive note, the Suns lose ground to Dallas and Miami and are starting to look like a good bet for a top-3 pick.

[The Bobster]

Glad to be wrong.

I'm actually kinda glad I get the other teams stream most of the time. So I don't have to listen to them go on about the streak.

scoring 20 on another sub-40% shooting night isn't that impressive.

[EDC]

Sell high.

[carey]

scoring 20 on another sub-40% shooting night isn't that impressive.

We should trade him. Scoring 26.5 ppg on 47% in his last 10 games at only 20 years old. Sad. Should be 30ppg on 50% at least.

[The Bobster]

Back the truck up - Chandler, Knight, Tucker, Bledsoe - (past) time to get as much as you can for them, play the youngsters and build for the future.

[Flagrant Fowl]

Sell high.

Why? We're losing close games with him already. Trading Bledsoe would send a bad message to the entire roster that the FO blatantly doesn't care about winning games.


Keep him onboard unless he wants to be traded before the deadline. Wait until the summer to see what the draft prospects can do.

[The Bobster]

scoring 20 on another sub-40% shooting night isn't that impressive.

We should trade him. Scoring 26.5 ppg on 47% in his last 10 games at only 20 years old. Sad. Should be 30ppg on 50% at least.

Nobody's saying that, but he's gone from unheralded draft pick to overrated second year player. He needs to become a more efficient scorer and has a long way to go defensively.

[Split T]

Chriss is playing s*** defense is 2-13 from the floor and is still in there. Meanwhile if Bender sneezes wrong he gets yanked.

Heh. Just what I was thinking.

Not sure why we have to hate on Chriss to throw some support for bender. I'd love for bender to get more minutes too, but it doesn't have to be chriss or bender, it can be both. And let's not pretend like bender has been any good when he's been out there. He's shown flashes, just like Chriss, but his stats, regular and advanced, aren't very good. In fact they are pretty bad. Why is Chriss starting over bender? I'd guess it's because he was producing better during preseason and got the nod first. Has he looked better than bender recently? Not really, but bender hasn't done anything to take his spot either. Both look like 19 year olds who aren't quite ready for serious NBA minutes. Hopefully Tucker is gone soon and both can get valuable experience.

[EDC]

Sell high.

Why? We're losing close games with him already. Trading Bledsoe would send a bad message to the entire roster that the FO blatantly doesn't care about winning games.


Keep him onboard unless he wants to be traded before the deadline. Wait until the summer to see what the draft prospects can do.

I agree it would send a bad message but honestly if they trade Tucker it will do the same thing. I'm just really worried that he will injure himself before the season ends.

[EDC]

Chriss is playing s*** defense is 2-13 from the floor and is still in there. Meanwhile if Bender sneezes wrong he gets yanked.

Heh. Just what I was thinking.

Not sure why we have to hate on Chriss to throw some support for bender. I'd love for bender to get more minutes too, but it doesn't have to be chriss or bender, it can be both. And let's not pretend like bender has been any good when he's been out there. He's shown flashes, just like Chriss, but his stats, regular and advanced, aren't very good. In fact they are pretty bad. Why is Chriss starting over bender? I'd guess it's because he was producing better during preseason and got the nod first. Has he looked better than bender recently? Not really, but bender hasn't done anything to take his spot either. Both look like 19 year olds who aren't quite ready for serious NBA minutes. Hopefully Tucker is gone soon and both can get valuable experience.

It isn't about Chriss getting more minutes than Bender. It isn't one or the other it is about the consistency on how they are treated by Watson. Chriss was really horrible tonight. I'm not hating on him it just is what it is. Part of it has to do with coach forcing him to defend Griffin with no weak side help. He was left on an island all game long and it was shameful how little help he got from anyone on the team. Yet it didn't change how many minutes he got to play. Which is fine but why isn't that the case for Bender?

I could understand if this was some isolated instance but this has been ongoing the whole season. Playing well in a few preseason games over 3 months ago doesn't justify more than double the playing time for one over the other. Just no real reason not to balance out the playing time. Bring Chriss down to 20 and increase Bender to 20. I think 20 minutes a game for each of the rookies would be awesome.

[specialsauce]

Chriss is playing s*** defense is 2-13 from the floor and is still in there. Meanwhile if Bender sneezes wrong he gets yanked.

Someone in Reddit said it's because Watson is black and is gonna prefer the black player Chriss over Bender.

Obviously it's silly but games like this makes me wonder. Sure Chriss had a good game last game but if he's struggling tonight then take him out and let Bender play instead of watching Chriss chuck away.

Griffin is literally double teaming off of Chriss.

Can we stop spewing bullshit from reddit and realgm?

Really. Watson is playing Chriss because he's black. Yeah, okay.

And the matter-of-fact that Bender was out until the all-star break despite all quotes from him stating he was close to coming back and had been practicing was also WAY OFF and without any backed up sources.

[specialsauce]

Bledsoe and Booker got their points.

Chriss got minutes.

Bender is back and playing again.

Suns lost.

What is NOT to like here?!?

Loved this game. Just play Len more, that'd be nice.