Suns News: The Offseason

[Mori Chu]

Typos like that really piss me of.

[Cap]

You should of gotten used to it by now.

[Indy]

You should of gotten used to it by now.

This one kills me. Like nails on a chalk board.

[Superbone]

I gave him a pass the first time but then he did it again. No soup for you!

[O_Gardino]

My thoughts on Jok: He is making NBA type plays in those highlights, but the game is much slower. Defenses are slow and he's never really pressured by a defender. He is going to have to play a LOT faster to make it in the NBA. Still, not a bad training camp invite.

I don't think Jok fits on our opening night roster, barring another injury. We have Milsap's spot, Len's spot, and Alec Peter's spot. One of those needs to be a 2-way. If Peters doesn't pan out, Jok can take the 2-way spot. Otherwise, I have no interest in bringing in a 21 year old who wont play. I would rather fill the 14tha dn 15 spot on the roster with veteran leadership.

[O_Gardino]

Actually, we have Knight's spot, as well. But I would still rather have Barbosa back than Jok.

[djy2j]

Watched Jok for 4 years at Iowa. He's like a Victor Oladipo lite on offense. Victor better at slashing. Jok better pure shooter. He put up 25+ five times this year in the Big Ten conference season which is tough because they tend to be a more defensive minded conference than most. He was unstoppable in stretches. If, and it's a big if, he can adjust to the speed of the NBA he will be a valuable microwave off the bench eventually. His defense isn't great but I never heard him labeled as a "liability" in college.

[carey]

Actually, we have Knight's spot, as well. But I would still rather have Barbosa back than Jok.

How do we have Knight's roster spot? Are you thinking they will give us a disabled player exception and allow us to fill it with a player?

[bajanguy008]

“Devin Booker will talk a little. I love Devin Booker, man,” Durant told Simmons. “He love the game and he like a dog. He’ll talk (expletive). He’ll, like, rough you up. He’ll get up into you. You better watch out for that boy because he is nice. He next — I’m telling you.”

https://arizonasports.com/story/1217425 ... talk-game/

I didn't know the draft night part

[Superbone]

“Devin Booker will talk a little. I love Devin Booker, man,” Durant told Simmons. “He love the game and he like a dog. He’ll talk (expletive). He’ll, like, rough you up. He’ll get up into you. You better watch out for that boy because he is nice. He next — I’m telling you.”

https://arizonasports.com/story/1217425 ... talk-game/

I didn't know the draft night part

Ha ha! That is great to hear. He has the respect of many a good NBA player. If he keeps progressing, I could easily seem him in the Suns' Ring of Honor when all is said and done.

[O_Gardino]

Actually, we have Knight's spot, as well. But I would still rather have Barbosa back than Jok.

How do we have Knight's roster spot? Are you thinking they will give us a disabled player exception and allow us to fill it with a player?

Yeah, we might see something like that.

[carey]

Durant is calling Booker "next" and we have writers at CBS that are claiming he isn't even good.

[O_Gardino]

"His ceiling is CJ McCullum"

smh

[bajanguy008]

Ammmmm........ Oh dear smh

http://www.nba.com/suns/press-release/d ... ury-update

[ShelC]

That f-ckin blows man. I was super excited about him. This probably means a lost rookie season now. McD's probably happy tho since it fits in the #TheTimeline.

[bajanguy008]

That f-ckin blows man. I was super excited about him. This probably means a lost rookie season now. McD's probably happy tho since it fits in the #TheTimeline.

Yea I feel the same, not knowing who he was on draft night I was just "hoping" he could be kinda like Raja then I was pleasantly surprised during SL and as u said was looking forward to him contributing this season

[carey]

Good job, Bajan. You beat me to it.
https://twitter.com/KellanOlson/status/901105441509220352 I guess we now know why we signed Peter Jok, but he isn't the defensive presence Reed is, obviously.

[Split T]

DJJ probably gets those minutes, if he wasn't already gonna get them.

[O_Gardino]

Sucks, because I thought Reed was our 2nd best player in summer league. I hope he comes back and gets a chance to play next season.

[Indy]

That is a pretty major surgery if they are saying 4-6 months. Wow. Typical scopes are 4-6 weeks.