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Superbone wrote:https://twitter.com/nbastats/status/925746865030815744

Cap wrote:

JCSunsfan wrote:

O_Gardino wrote:Still can't believe we are 3-1 under Triano.

And that Portland game was winnable.

IIRC, our over-under was 25 wins. If you'd told the oddsmakers that Bledsoe would be shut down after three games, it would probably have been even worse. Now it's starting to look like this roster is better than anyone realized.

Split T wrote:

ShelC wrote:In an ideal situation, Chriss would've been brought along more slowly last year, playing behind a veteran he can learn from. Instead he was handed the starting gig by Watson. Now I feel like Chriss is going to be the guy who loses minutes to Bender and blames Triano for it.

Ya, it's way, way early to get worried, but if Bender keeps improving and proves to be better than Chriss, we might just have to move Chriss.

iLLmatic wrote:

Split T wrote:

ShelC wrote:In an ideal situation, Chriss would've been brought along more slowly last year, playing behind a veteran he can learn from. Instead he was handed the starting gig by Watson. Now I feel like Chriss is going to be the guy who loses minutes to Bender and blames Triano for it.

Ya, it's way, way early to get worried, but if Bender keeps improving and proves to be better than Chriss, we might just have to move Chriss.

I don't see it ending well. Likely another future malcontent on our hands.

carey wrote:I'm glad you are all team Bender today. It's going to be a bumpy ride but I think we'll get somewhere around 15/8 with good defense from him down the line.

iLLmatic wrote:

Superbone wrote:https://twitter.com/nbastats/status/925746865030815744

He's a bad player though.

Superbone wrote:https://twitter.com/TheMattPetersen/status/925580363035967488

specialsauce wrote:Please, please get rid of Chriss sooner than later.

You are not going to fix his lack of bball IQ or his piss poor attitude. He is M******f M****s at his best. I hope the suns FO is not stubborn and ships him out if a trade with decent value in return presents itself.

For example, I'd love to send him + bledsoe out for Jabari Parker. I would absolutely take that trade in a heartbeat.

TheOriginalOriginal wrote:For the record I'd definitely attach Chriss to Bledsoe to get Brogdon and Parker. Won't happen, but I can dream.

Split T wrote:Bender is being a little more aggressive and I like that. His shot is falling right now and defenders have to cover him which is allowing him to attack the basket a little bit and use his crazy length to finish. He needs to keep that up and then the next step is to limit his turnovers. All the advanced efficiency stats hate him because he has a very low usage rate and a very high turnover rate.

I'm concerned about Chriss. He seems to just be floating through games, not doing much of anything. He had that one good game under triano where we went to him early and got him involved in the offense from the jump. Maybe that's the key with him.

Lastly, I think we need to reign in Jackson on offense a little bit. He's isolating too much and that's not his game right now. I like him handling the ball in the open court and coming off screens and attacking the rim, but he's taking too many 1 on 1 pull up jumpers right now.

carey wrote:https://www.basketball-reference.com/pl ... 01&y2=2018

Split T wrote:

ShelC wrote:In an ideal situation, Chriss would've been brought along more slowly last year, playing behind a veteran he can learn from. Instead he was handed the starting gig by Watson. Now I feel like Chriss is going to be the guy who loses minutes to Bender and blames Triano for it.

Ya, it's way, way early to get worried, but if Bender keeps improving and proves to be better than Chriss, we might just have to move Chriss.

Shabazz wrote:

Split T wrote:

ShelC wrote:In an ideal situation, Chriss would've been brought along more slowly last year, playing behind a veteran he can learn from. Instead he was handed the starting gig by Watson. Now I feel like Chriss is going to be the guy who loses minutes to Bender and blames Triano for it.

Ya, it's way, way early to get worried, but if Bender keeps improving and proves to be better than Chriss, we might just have to move Chriss.

Maybe we can trade him for Skal, Bogdan and Papagiannis.

carey wrote:https://www.basketball-reference.com/pl ... 01&y2=2018

carey wrote:https://www.basketball-reference.com/pl ... 01&y2=2018