Game Day: Blazers (0-0) @ Suns (0-0), Wed 10/18/17

[Superbone]

I went to learn some kids during the 2nd quarter. WTF happened?!?!

Learn some kids? You'll have to explain that one to me.

It's either slang for go masturbate or he meant he had to go teach some students. I still don't get "wet" either. Another slang term.

Well, if it was teaching, I hope it wasn't English.

[JustWinBaby]

I hope the Lakers beat us by 50. Maybe that will force Sarver's hand. That quite possibly is the best thing that could happen to this franchise.


Disgusting.

[iLLmatic]

Terry Porter, Lindsay Hunter, and Earl Watson. Great list of coaches under your ownership Sarver. Quit being cheap and invest in a proven head coach who knows X's and O's. We have three good pieces to our team, let's not ruin them with these run of the mill coaches.

[Flagrant Fowl]

I hope the Lakers beat us by 50. Maybe that will force Sarver's hand. That quite possibly is the best thing that could happen to this franchise.

If by "the best thing" you mean force him to sell the franchise, then I agree.

Firing Watson would still be good with me.

[Mori Chu]

Hey guys long time no see, last time I was here we had Nash, time to fire coach and get a pointy guard

Welcome back, Darrkin! Wish we had a better team to talk about.

[1tinsoldier]

10 assists. 10.

If that's not bad coaching, then I don't know s*** about basketball.

i agree. that's a stat the coach must bare. they've had the preseason and plenty of practice for opening day, at home, on our 50th, and they come out playing like me and my friends in my backyard? that would put "the timeline" at 1972

this young team is going to need a coach they can learn something from

[Mori Chu]

48-point loss. Tied for worst in franchise history?

The rot starts at the top, with the owner. It extends to our noticeably bad head coach, who has no apparent strategy of any kind for this team's offense or defense. Next in line is our starting point guard, who doesn't know how to run an offense or get others involved or make others better. I'm not mad at most of the young guys like Bender and Chriss for not being good; they should be college sophomores or juniors or something, not playing major minutes for an NBA team. The system is broken, and it hurts young guys like these to not be able to grow and learn at the proper level.

The squad that played tonight sure looks like a team that will end up last in the West. Just imagine what this game would have been like if we had played the Warriors. They might have tripled our score.

[Superbone]

SB has been very supportive.

Yep. Most have hated on him from the moment he was handed the job.

and we were correct, while you continue your support. I really do not know why but that is your choice.

How many more years does Watson have to be our coach?

It seems as though he has no accountability.

I do? Just because I don't slam him continuously like you and most others doesn't mean I'm happy with the results. It's becoming pretty apparent that he doesn't have X and O chops. Looks like he might be best utilized as an assistant coach.

[The Bobster]

Worst Opening Night Losses in NBA History -

48 points - 10/18/17 - Portland Trail Blazers 124, Phoenix Suns 76
46 points - 11/06/87 - Denver Nuggets 139, Los Angeles Clippers 93
42 points - 10/31/06 - Chicago Bulls 108, Miami Heat 66
41 points - 11/01/91 - San Antonio Spurs 140, Dallas Mavericks 99
40 points - 11/04/88 - Cleveland Cavaliers 133, Charlotte Hornets 93
38 points - 10/29/08 - Los Angeles Lakers 117, Los Angeles Clippers 79

[Superbone]

And it would have been 51 points if not for a tough, late three by James.

[Superbone]

Worst Opening Night Losses in NBA History -

48 points - 10/18/17 - Portland Trail Blazers 124, Phoenix Suns 76
46 points - 11/06/87 - Denver Nuggets 139, Los Angeles Clippers 93
42 points - 10/31/06 - Chicago Bulls 108, Miami Heat 66
41 points - 11/01/91 - San Antonio Spurs 140, Dallas Mavericks 99
40 points - 11/04/88 - Cleveland Cavaliers 133, Charlotte Hornets 93
38 points - 10/29/08 - Los Angeles Lakers 117, Los Angeles Clippers 79

Do you happen to have a list of the worst Suns' losses regardless of season timeframe?

[iLLmatic]

I'm not mad at most of the young guys like Bender and Chriss for not being good; they should be college sophomores or juniors or something, not playing major minutes for an NBA team.

Sorry Marty but Chriss is not good at basketball. McD whiffed on that pick, someone fell in love with his athleticism. From what i saw tonight he throws little temper tantrums when things don't go his way and he gets overly frustrated too easy. I would have yanked him from the game after he lowered his shoulder on that pick he tried fighting through. He's not good enough to act the way that he does, he's easily my most disliked player on the team right now and it's not even close.

[JustWinBaby]

SB has been very supportive.

Yep. Most have hated on him from the moment he was handed the job.

and we were correct, while you continue your support. I really do not know why but that is your choice.

How many more years does Watson have to be our coach?

It seems as though he has no accountability.

I do? Just because I don't slam him continuously like you and most others doesn't mean I'm happy with the results. It's becoming pretty apparent that he doesn't have X and O chops. Looks like he might be best utilized as an assistant coach.

I don't think he has assistant coaching experience in his resume. His resume was that he played for some pretty good coaches and they thought he would potentially be a good head coach in the future. I would not hire him as an assistant at this point.

My real pet problem is not the youth but he has worked with some of these guys for quite a while and I see no improvement. Arguably our two best player, Booker and Bledsoe seem to be going backers and he has turned them into nothing more than chuckers.

I think every Suns fan is disappointed and a vast majority do not believe that Watson is the answer.

[Cap]

Worst Opening Night Losses in NBA History -

48 points - 10/18/17 - Portland Trail Blazers 124, Phoenix Suns 76
46 points - 11/06/87 - Denver Nuggets 139, Los Angeles Clippers 93
42 points - 10/31/06 - Chicago Bulls 108, Miami Heat 66
41 points - 11/01/91 - San Antonio Spurs 140, Dallas Mavericks 99
40 points - 11/04/88 - Cleveland Cavaliers 133, Charlotte Hornets 93
38 points - 10/29/08 - Los Angeles Lakers 117, Los Angeles Clippers 79

Do you happen to have a list of the worst Suns' losses regardless of season timeframe?

http://www.landofbasketball.com/teams/s ... s_suns.htm

[iLLmatic]

And it would have been 51 points if not for a tough, late three by James.

Looking forward to seeing more of James once Bledsoe is traded.

[The Bobster]

Worst Opening Night Losses in NBA History -

48 points - 10/18/17 - Portland Trail Blazers 124, Phoenix Suns 76
46 points - 11/06/87 - Denver Nuggets 139, Los Angeles Clippers 93
42 points - 10/31/06 - Chicago Bulls 108, Miami Heat 66
41 points - 11/01/91 - San Antonio Spurs 140, Dallas Mavericks 99
40 points - 11/04/88 - Cleveland Cavaliers 133, Charlotte Hornets 93
38 points - 10/29/08 - Los Angeles Lakers 117, Los Angeles Clippers 79

Do you happen to have a list of the worst Suns' losses regardless of season timeframe?

48 points - 10/18/17 - Portland Trail Blazers 124, Phoenix Suns 76
44 points - 04/27/97 - Seattle SuperSonics 122, Phoenix Suns 78 (playoff game)
44 points - 04/02/88 - Seattle SuperSonics 151, Phoenix Suns 107
41 points - 03/10/71 - Atlanta Hawks 139, Phoenix Suns 98
40 points - 02/22/16 - Los Angeles Clippers 124, Phoenix Suns 84
40 points - 04/25/91 - Detroit Pistons 117, Phoenix Suns 77

[Nodack]

Game one of the season. They got their ass kicked. So what? It happens. Lots of teaching moments in the replay session tomorrow. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Lots of work to be done. I'm not gonna freak out over it. I'm half torn between tanking and not tanking anyway.

Aside from the ass kickage, it was nice to finally see the new guys in action. It's a bummer that Len was out. Been hearing how great he is playing and he misses the start. I hadn't been keeping up over the summer and didn't know that Williams was also out for surgery.

[AmareIsGod]

Game one of the season. They got their ass kicked. So what? It happens. Lots of teaching moments in the replay session tomorrow. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Lots of work to be done. I'm not gonna freak out over it. I'm half torn between tanking and not tanking anyway.

Aside from the ass kickage, it was nice to finally see the new guys in action. It's a bummer that Len was out. Been hearing how great he is playing and he misses the start. I hadn't been keeping up over the summer and didn't know that Williams was also out for surgery.

I'm trying to stay positive dack' but that's a historically bad game. In the history of bad.

[Nodack]

Well on the bright side, most likely they only go up from here.

[Superbone]

Worst Opening Night Losses in NBA History -

48 points - 10/18/17 - Portland Trail Blazers 124, Phoenix Suns 76
46 points - 11/06/87 - Denver Nuggets 139, Los Angeles Clippers 93
42 points - 10/31/06 - Chicago Bulls 108, Miami Heat 66
41 points - 11/01/91 - San Antonio Spurs 140, Dallas Mavericks 99
40 points - 11/04/88 - Cleveland Cavaliers 133, Charlotte Hornets 93
38 points - 10/29/08 - Los Angeles Lakers 117, Los Angeles Clippers 79

Do you happen to have a list of the worst Suns' losses regardless of season timeframe?

48 points - 10/18/17 - Portland Trail Blazers 124, Phoenix Suns 76
44 points - 04/27/97 - Seattle SuperSonics 122, Phoenix Suns 78 (playoff game)
44 points - 04/02/88 - Seattle SuperSonics 151, Phoenix Suns 107
41 points - 03/10/71 - Atlanta Hawks 139, Phoenix Suns 98
40 points - 02/22/16 - Los Angeles Clippers 124, Phoenix Suns 84
40 points - 04/25/91 - Detroit Pistons 117, Phoenix Suns 77

Thanks! Wow, nice that we could make history for both the league and for our team on this historic night opening the 50th season of Phoenix Suns basketball. Talk about getting a season off on the wrong foot!