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Re: Suns Off-Season Thread

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 4:43 pm
by Shabazz
Baxter Holmes is on a mission.

Re: Suns Off-Season Thread

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 4:57 pm
by ShadowHawke
Does anyone at ESPN like the Suns?

Re: Suns Off-Season Thread

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 5:10 pm
by TOO
JeremyG wrote:
Tue Jun 14, 2022 4:16 pm

"Among other things," she wrote, "they excluded me from client dinners, scrutinized my every move, decision, and email with excruciating levels of micromanagement."

"My job has grown more intolerable and toxic than ever," Panagiotakopoulos said.
Deandre can relate.
This some weird mom protecting her baby energy.

Re: Suns Off-Season Thread

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 5:12 pm
by TOO
ShadowHawke wrote:
Tue Jun 14, 2022 4:57 pm
Does anyone at ESPN like the Suns?
SHOULD they?

Re: Suns Off-Season Thread

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 5:19 pm
by Split T
Shabazz wrote:
Tue Jun 14, 2022 3:32 pm
I get all of the reasons not to go after him. Obviously we’d need our medical team to sign off. His combination of tools is just so enticing. Incredible defender. Can capably play the 4 or the 5 (look at what Robert Williams is doing and imagine him with a little more juice off the bounce). Can ably cover the Durants, Doncics, and Giannises of the league 1-on-1. Deadly in transition. Pretty good passer (.5). And he wouldn’t be the centerpiece, which would be WCJ. We’d also be giving up a player that hasn’t played in over a year (Saric).

I’m against his politics, but he plays balls out when he’s in the game. I don’t see him as a Kyrie-type.

Anyway, just a thought. Probably has a 0% chance of happening.
I’d take a shot at Isaac…loved him in the draft(He was #2 on my board behind Fultz) and he’s shown he’s a potential DPOY type player when healthy. I don’t trust his health at all, but with the non guarantees in his deal, it wouldn’t be that risky. I wonder if he’s still in Orlando’s plans?

I also don’t love some of his off the court opinions, but I can overlook that, I wouldn’t not sign someone because of their political opinions or religious opinions.

Re: Suns Off-Season Thread

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 5:30 pm
by Indy
Flagrant Fowl wrote:
Tue Jun 14, 2022 4:33 pm
:roll: for the Ayton comment, Jeremy.

As this situation relates to Sarver, I'm inclined to believe he'll not be forced to sell the franchise by the NBA.

Maybe this employee is completely in the dark, but if she liked her job outside of the organizational culture stuff that stems from Sarver, wouldn't she be willing to stick around until the NBA announces something?
Pretty sure it isn't just Sarver. So even if he is forced to sell, it doesn't mean the entire company culture will change over night. She has been there for 15 years. There likely isn't a way to fix it so that she would feel OK enough to work for them. And "outside of the organizational culture stuff" is basically your entire job. You come to work each day in that environment and culture. You can't really divorce that from the work.

Re: Suns Off-Season Thread

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 5:32 pm
by Indy
Split T wrote:
Tue Jun 14, 2022 5:19 pm
Shabazz wrote:
Tue Jun 14, 2022 3:32 pm
I get all of the reasons not to go after him. Obviously we’d need our medical team to sign off. His combination of tools is just so enticing. Incredible defender. Can capably play the 4 or the 5 (look at what Robert Williams is doing and imagine him with a little more juice off the bounce). Can ably cover the Durants, Doncics, and Giannises of the league 1-on-1. Deadly in transition. Pretty good passer (.5). And he wouldn’t be the centerpiece, which would be WCJ. We’d also be giving up a player that hasn’t played in over a year (Saric).

I’m against his politics, but he plays balls out when he’s in the game. I don’t see him as a Kyrie-type.

Anyway, just a thought. Probably has a 0% chance of happening.
I’d take a shot at Isaac…loved him in the draft(He was #2 on my board behind Fultz) and he’s shown he’s a potential DPOY type player when healthy. I don’t trust his health at all, but with the non guarantees in his deal, it wouldn’t be that risky. I wonder if he’s still in Orlando’s plans?

I also don’t love some of his off the court opinions, but I can overlook that, I wouldn’t not sign someone because of their political opinions or religious opinions.
Same. My comment was more about team culture and if that could work here.

And I had him as my choice for our pick and was pretty vocal about it. Still can't believe how badly that draft went for us.

Re: Suns Off-Season Thread

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 5:43 pm
by Split T
Ya that’s fair, if he’s going to be a problem in the locker room I’d avoid it.

Re: Suns Off-Season Thread

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 7:28 pm
by Bucktastic365
Split T wrote:
Tue Jun 14, 2022 3:22 pm
Our biggest need is on ball creation, if that guy could also be capable of playing the 4 or 5 defensively, all the better.

So our own Draymond.

Re: Suns Off-Season Thread

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 9:03 pm
by Split T
Bucktastic365 wrote:
Tue Jun 14, 2022 7:28 pm
Split T wrote:
Tue Jun 14, 2022 3:22 pm
Our biggest need is on ball creation, if that guy could also be capable of playing the 4 or 5 defensively, all the better.

So our own Draymond.
Kinda…we don’t need them to run the offense though. CP3 has that covered. I’d trade some of the passing and defense for shot making. Draymond is about as bad as it gets as a shot maker at this point. There’s really no need to guard him.

Re: Suns Off-Season Thread

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 10:20 pm
by AmareIsGod
The US Sun: Kendall Jenner fans think she SPLIT from Devin Booker on their anniversary as they spot four ‘clues’ on social media
https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/5 ... our-clues/

Re: Suns Off-Season Thread

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 11:30 pm
by Superbone
AmareIsGod wrote:
Tue Jun 14, 2022 10:20 pm
The US Sun: Kendall Jenner fans think she SPLIT from Devin Booker on their anniversary as they spot four ‘clues’ on social media
https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/5 ... our-clues/
I feel dirty after clicking on that link.

Re: Suns Off-Season Thread

Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2022 11:37 pm
by Uncle_Gene
Superbone wrote:
Wed Jun 08, 2022 11:12 pm
Seriously ? That's great ! :P

Re: Suns Off-Season Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 6:05 am
by TOO
Superbone wrote:
Tue Jun 14, 2022 11:30 pm
AmareIsGod wrote:
Tue Jun 14, 2022 10:20 pm
The US Sun: Kendall Jenner fans think she SPLIT from Devin Booker on their anniversary as they spot four ‘clues’ on social media
https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/5 ... our-clues/
I feel dirty after clicking on that link.
Sports!

Re: Suns Off-Season Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 9:00 am
by Aztec Sunsfan
Superbone wrote:
Tue Jun 14, 2022 11:30 pm
AmareIsGod wrote:
Tue Jun 14, 2022 10:20 pm
The US Sun: Kendall Jenner fans think she SPLIT from Devin Booker on their anniversary as they spot four ‘clues’ on social media
https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/5 ... our-clues/
I feel dirty after clicking on that link.
Haha

Well, it’s a link from the Sun, so it’s Suns related.

Re: Suns Off-Season Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 3:19 pm
by Superbone
https://arizonasports.com/story/3178794 ... direction/

Draft days for GM James Jones have shown Suns’ direction
The Phoenix Suns do not own a pick as of a week before the 2022 NBA Draft.

Whether they will purchase one with cash or make a deal to clear cap space to acquire one is possible with several teams stashing multiple picks from the late-first round down through the second.

And because the Suns face Deandre Ayton’s restricted free agency where a higher pick could be a return piece — or just because they could opt to make more aggressive moves to remain in title contention — we should be prepared to potentially see draft-day moves from Phoenix.

With all that said, here’s a peek back at the draft-day history of Suns general manager James Jones.

A win-now move... (click the link to see the rest)

Re: Suns Off-Season Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 10:07 pm
by AmareIsGod

Re: Suns Off-Season Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 10:08 pm
by Split T
It’s fake…not even possible until July 1st

Re: Suns Off-Season Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 10:11 pm
by AmareIsGod
Split T wrote:
Wed Jun 15, 2022 10:08 pm
It’s fake…not even possible until July 1st
Thanks. I realized that after searching all over TheAthletic and their Twitter. Nothing else to confirm or validate any of this. Also, July 1st. I'm an idiot.

Re: Suns Off-Season Thread

Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2022 10:21 pm
by Split T
Toronto would be an intriguing spot though. Siakam might be my favorite target, though I’d guess OG is more likely. I like both guys though.