Is KD coming to the Suns?

[AmareIsGod]

If it weren't for all the baggage, I think Simmons would be a great fit as the Suns PF. I know people don't like his lack of shooting (for good reason), but he can create offense and is an All-NBA level defensive player.

As the great Book said, if my aunt had a weiner she’d be my Uncle

Lol. Is this serious? I am laughing so hard.

[specialsauce]

If it weren't for all the baggage, I think Simmons would be a great fit as the Suns PF. I know people don't like his lack of shooting (for good reason), but he can create offense and is an All-NBA level defensive player.

As the great Book said, if my aunt had a weiner she’d be my Uncle

Lol. Is this serious? I am laughing so hard.

Lol yeah it was the most epic shot back at AD -

https://firstsportz.com/nba-if-my-aunti ... laims/?amp

[specialsauce]

[Mori Chu]

Since KD has already tweeted that he isn't going to retire, won't that make Brooklyn less likely to panic trade him? If they know he'll show up and play for them, begrudgingly, won't they want to give that a try first?

Maybe this KD trade is going to be a midseason one after that experiment fails.

[Indy]

If it weren't for all the baggage, I think Simmons would be a great fit as the Suns PF. I know people don't like his lack of shooting (for good reason), but he can create offense and is an All-NBA level defensive player.

If Ayton was a more credible threat from outside and occasionally drew free throws, it would be a much cleaner fit.

Don't worry, he just needs more touches and for Monty to stop telling him to not shoot and for his teammates to support him.

[Superbone]

If it weren't for all the baggage, I think Simmons would be a great fit as the Suns PF. I know people don't like his lack of shooting (for good reason), but he can create offense and is an All-NBA level defensive player.

If Ayton was a more credible threat from outside and occasionally drew free throws, it would be a much cleaner fit.

Don't worry, he just needs more touches and for Monty to stop telling him to not shoot and for his teammates to support him.

He can't pass the ball to himself!

[AmareIsGod]

I'm just going to repeat that he's 24 years old. Yes, there are 24-year-old players with more maturity. He doesn't need Monty to tell him to shoot more or his teammates to support him. He just needs to be involved as a factor in the offense consistently if people are looking for more offensive consistency from him. If they aren't working with him during practice or on plays to draw contact and get fouled, that's on the coaching. Is it that hard to believe that he's 24 years old on a team with guard dominant alpha males? As a younger player, sometimes it's hard to be the man when there are 2 to 3 "men" ahead of you that are the primary focus of the offensive play calling.

He got paid. Let's see if the coaches and the team can use him correctly this season. I want us to punish the fuck out of Dallas the first game in the paint and see Ayton go off for 30 points. How the hell we didn't use him the right way to dominate those guys in the playoffs and their small ball lineups has as much to do with Monty as it does Ayton.

[TOO]

If it weren't for all the baggage, I think Simmons would be a great fit as the Suns PF. I know people don't like his lack of shooting (for good reason), but he can create offense and is an All-NBA level defensive player.

If Ayton was a more credible threat from outside and occasionally drew free throws, it would be a much cleaner fit.

Don't worry, he just needs more touches and for Monty to stop telling him to not shoot and for his teammates to support him.

[TOO]

I'm just going to repeat that he's 24 years old. Yes, there are 24-year-old players with more maturity. He doesn't need Monty to tell him to shoot more or his teammates to support him. He just needs to be involved as a factor in the offense consistently if people are looking for more offensive consistency from him. If they aren't working with him during practice or on plays to draw contact and get fouled, that's on the coaching. Is it that hard to believe that he's 24 years old on a team with guard dominant alpha males? As a younger player, sometimes it's hard to be the man when there are 2 to 3 "men" ahead of you that are the primary focus of the offensive play calling.

He got paid. Let's see if the coaches and the team can use him correctly this season. I want us to punish the fuck out of Dallas the first game in the paint and see Ayton go off for 30 points. How the hell we didn't use him the right way to dominate those guys in the playoffs and their small ball lineups has as much to do with Monty as it does Ayton.

Ayton gets pushed around by smaller players and always drops his hands on catches, he's never gonna consistently punish anyone in the paint until he changes those 2 things. He also for some unknown reason gathers before he goes up because he doesn't understand he's bigger and stronger than most, which is baffling.

[In2ition]

If it weren't for all the baggage, I think Simmons would be a great fit as the Suns PF. I know people don't like his lack of shooting (for good reason), but he can create offense and is an All-NBA level defensive player.

If Ayton was a more credible threat from outside and occasionally drew free throws, it would be a much cleaner fit.

Don't worry, he just needs more touches and for Monty to stop telling him to not shoot and for his teammates to support him.

He can't pass the ball to himself!

True, but he can also make himself available and a target, which he fails to do a lot of time, like he is hiding from the ball. You rarely see him demand it by making himself open and sealing his man for the pass.

[Mori Chu]

I have no doubt that Ayton has devoted his entire summer, days and nights, to relentless work and constant effort toward becoming a better and better player.

At Call of Duty.

[Indy]

He's more of a 2K player. Which is why it probably KILLED him that Book beat him in that tournament when Book is known as a COD player and not a 2Ker.

[Superbone]

He's more of a 2K player. Which is why it probably KILLED him that Book beat him in that tournament when Book is known as a COD player and not a 2Ker.

Yeah, but Ayton is the only NBA player that is a 2K Legend! He puts in the time so he deserves it. If only the other NBA players would be as devoted as Ayton to a simulation of their jobs that anybody can play.

[Indy]

lol

All this joking aside, I really hope to see an Ayton that makes the most of his ability, consistently.

[Superbone]

It would be huge if he does. He could take us to the next level.

[Split T]

First I’m hearing of what the National media is saying about our offer.

The Phoenix Suns similarly have dangled a package around All-Defensive wing Mikal Bridges and a handful of first-round draft picks, which has not picked up any steam with the Nets, league sources said. With Deandre Ayton signed to a four-year maximum contract and unable to be moved until January, Phoenix has attempted over the past month to make creative proposals to Brooklyn, possibly via three- or four-team trades where an All-Star-caliber player goes to the Nets. But the Suns have yet to find a suitable deal — and that is largely why they appear to be behind Boston, Toronto and Miami in the Durant sweepstakes.

[Indy]

This is the first mention I have seen that says we have actually offered Mikal.

[Superbone]

This is the first mention I have seen that says we have actually offered Mikal.

Yeah, and I don't like it but I get it. But if that offer isn't enough, move on. We can't gut our youth and future for a 34-year-old. Unless we want to give the title a couple shots and then back to average. I guess that's the quandary.

[wpmiller42]

This is the first mention I have seen that says we have actually offered Mikal.

Yeah, and I don't like it but I get it. But if that offer isn't enough, move on. We can't gut our youth and future for a 34-year-old. Unless we want to give the title a couple shots and then back to average. I guess that's the quandary.

I agree. Part of me really just wants to see how Ayton responds to being here. If we were to trade Bridges and Durant isn't able to play as often as we'd like and Ayton is just going through the motions because he doesn't want to be here, we're in a tough spot. Now, if Ayton takes that next step and becomes a force, and maybe even Bridges and Cam Johnson makes some strides, well, now we're in really great shape to either stand pat or roll the dice with Durant.

[Indy]

Ayton was told in many ways that we don't believe he is worth the max and we actively shopped him. I don't see him taking that and saying "well now I want to play better than ever for this team and I will work harder at this than ever before." I hope he proves me wrong.

But put me in the camp of trading anyone on the team if it means we have a better chance at winning a ring. Isn't that what we have been clamoring for, only to come up empty for over 50 years?