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pickle wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 07, 2021 4:39 pm

Just the worst news for Dario. Like Monty said, he epitomizes what the Suns stand for, someone who works hard and gives it all when he’s called upon, no complaints, no ego, always playing the right way, always ready to step up. He made the most of his very limited athletic talents, and despite tearing his ACL he managed to keep that possession alive and didn’t turn the ball over.

Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 07, 2021 4:47 pm

pickle wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 07, 2021 4:39 pm

Just the worst news for Dario. Like Monty said, he epitomizes what the Suns stand for, someone who works hard and gives it all when he’s called upon, no complaints, no ego, always playing the right way, always ready to step up. He made the most of his very limited athletic talents, and despite tearing his ACL he managed to keep that possession alive and didn’t turn the ball over.

Not just keep the possession alive, he lasered a no-look pass to Crowder for an open three, which he bricked of course. Then he went back and played a whole defensive possession, and almost a full offensive possession before the official whistled Forbes for a foul on Booker.

After watching the game a second time last night, I'm 99% sure the official called that touch foul on Forbes because he knew Dario was hurt. The Suns should've used a timeout, but it was some meta gamesmanship to get the official to do it for them.

ShelC wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 07, 2021 2:57 pm

Charlie Smithy! wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 07, 2021 5:07 pm

If he can do that much with a torn ACL, he might still be better than Kaminsky

Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 07, 2021 5:06 pm

ShelC wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 07, 2021 2:57 pm

This is interesting. Maybe the Suns could actually get one of those ring chasing veterans next season.

Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 07, 2021 5:06 pm

ShelC wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 07, 2021 2:57 pm

This is interesting. Maybe the Suns could actually get one of those ring chasing veterans next season.

Torrey Craig is easy to miss. The fourth-year wing is the last man in the Suns’ rotation, averaging 4.2 points and 12.8 minutes per game in the playoffs. He had just two points and three rebounds in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday. Even hardcore fans might not have realized that he began the season with the Bucks before being traded to the Suns for cash at the trade deadline. But Craig plays an important role for Phoenix, one Milwaukee is desperately lacking in the series. His absence reveals underlying flaws in the Bucks’ organization that could keep them from winning a title.

“In our 36 games, there were probably no less than 10 of those games where he found himself playing every position on the floor,” Wright said in a phone call this week. “If I needed him to bring the ball down the floor and get us 2, he could do that. Come off a down screen and shoot the 3? He could do that. If I needed him to be my pick-and-pop guy, he could do that. If I needed to run him to the block and post up a 5 because he had a mismatch, he could do that. … It translates into what you’re seeing right now, because he can adapt and fit into whatever role he needs to be for the team to win.”

Winning has followed Crowder: from Marquette, where he starred for two seasons; to those Boston teams; and now to back-to-back Finals with the Miami Heat -- who never quite recovered from losing him -- and the Suns.

pickle wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:50 pm

Where do you guys go for merchandise? I’d like to get a shirt with this design if it were made available.

Indy wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:20 am

pickle wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:50 pm

Where do you guys go for merchandise? I’d like to get a shirt with this design if it were made available.

He hasn't created this shirt yet, but Craig Hamil (@CraigAHamil on twitter) has a redbubble shop and makes a ton of original art Suns stuff.

https://www.redbubble.com/people/craigahamil/shop?asc=u

Mori Chu wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 08, 2021 7:17 am

Thanks for the articles, Shel. Good reading right before tonight's game.

https://heatnation.com/rumors/report-ja ... iami-heat/

“Crowder was maybe the only player on Miami’s roster with the courage, bravado, and shared history — from their year together at Marquette — to confront Jimmy Butler when he felt it necessary,” wrote ESPN’s Zach Lowe. “A prolonged series of one-on-one games between them was perhaps Miami’s secret defining moment of last season’s bubble run.

“The two had started trash-talking during five-on-five action in practice toward the end of the seeding games. It got heated, and they cleared the court to settle it with a series of one-on-one games that lasted somewhere between 30 minutes and an hour. The player with the ball had to start either on the wing or at the top of the key, and could take only a certain number of dribbles before shooting.

“The trash talk became so profane, and so personal, it was borderline uncomfortable, team sources said. Almost the entire Heat contingent stayed to watch. ‘I’ve been busting your a– since school!’ Butler taunted, according to Crowder. (It got much worse than that.) Everyone loved it — and appreciated Crowder for bringing an edge to practices. (Butler won the final game.)”

Superbone wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 08, 2021 10:42 am

Indy wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:20 am

pickle wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:50 pm

Where do you guys go for merchandise? I’d like to get a shirt with this design if it were made available.

He hasn't created this shirt yet, but Craig Hamil (@CraigAHamil on twitter) has a redbubble shop and makes a ton of original art Suns stuff.

https://www.redbubble.com/people/craigahamil/shop?asc=u

Cool stuff! Just ordered the purple and black shirt with 9 cartoon style Suns faces. Would have preferred Cam Payne to Carter but other than that, perfect!