Suns News: Week 11 (12/29- 1/4/26)

[Kryptonic]

Target all they want…. Unless they come with some ridiculously dumb offer that we can’t refuse, kick rocks.

[BKinSJC]

Yeah, the '21-'22 team was way, way faster to 20 wins, as you point out. When they beat the Spurs on December 6th to go 20-4, they had just had an 18-game winning streak snapped a couple of days before.

The '22-'23 team also hit 20 wins at 20-15, so slightly faster in terms of games played, on December 27th, slightly faster in terms of calendar date.

The last two seasons have been 20-18 (January 11th) and 20-20 (January 16th), so this season's team is ahead of both those teams to 20 wins.

I really wonder where they got the info for that tweet. My guess is, they plugged the question into an LLM, got a wrong answer and didn't do any commonsense research to verify it.

[Superbone]

I checked and we started 20-4 in 21-22

Stupid PHNX. I don't have Twitter so I can't look. Did anybody correct them?

[Superbone]

The '22-'23 team also hit 20 wins at 20-15, so slightly faster in terms of games played, on December 27th, slightly faster in terms of calendar date.

You mean slightly faster this year since we're 20-14? But right, since they said "faster", it was technically faster in 22-23 since we played more games in less time.

[BKinSJC]

The '22-'23 team also hit 20 wins at 20-15, so slightly faster in terms of games played, on December 27th, slightly faster in terms of calendar date.

You mean slightly faster this year since we're 20-14? But right, since they said "faster", it was technically faster in 22-23 since we played more games in less time.

Oh, yeah. Slightly slower in terms of total games played, slightly faster in terms of calendar date for the '22-'23 team.

[Superbone]

It’s been easy to wonder whether Suns knew what they were doing. Turns out, they did
By Doug Haller
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/693711 ... ed_article

This week marked eight months since Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia promoted Brian Gregory as the organization’s new general manager. The reaction, nationally and locally, was about what you would expect. Coming off the failed “Big Three” era, Ishbia’s reputation was in free fall, and Gregory was a college lifer with limited NBA experience.

As the organization shifted, Ishbia discussed assembling a team that played in a way that would make fans proud, which sounded more like something a college coach might say. Gregory preached the importance of alignment. It was easy to wonder whether anyone here knew what the heck they were doing.

Turns out, they did.

Don’t misunderstand. The Suns still have significant hurdles — they don’t control their own first-round draft pick for the next seven years — but they have found something that works in the desert. And that means expectations should change. Simply making the postseason is no longer enough. This team has greater potential.

However, it’s not so much what they have done, it’s how they’ve done it. Explosive guard Jalen Green, a key part of the Durant trade with the Houston Rockets, has missed all but five quarters because of a right hamstring injury (he should be re-evaluated in the next week or two). In addition, guard Grayson Allen, who hit 10 3-pointers for 42 points in a November win against the New Orleans Pelicans, has missed 16 games for several issues, most recently right knee injury management. He’s expected back soon.

First-time head coach Jordan Ott has compensated with 15 lineups and a touch that has brought out the best in most everyone on the roster. With Durant, the Suns tried to win with star power. In a remarkable twist, the Suns this season are mainly winning with (expanded) role players.

[Superbone]

As expected, Mark Williams is our best 3 point shooter while Booker is one of our worst.

[Mori Chu]

As expected, Mark Williams is our best 3 point shooter while Booker is one of our worst.

I'm concerned about Booker's 3-point shooting. He shot .364 two years ago and .383 two years before that. What happened? I realize he had Chris Paul passing to him for some of those 3s in past years, but his 3-point shooting has dropped year after year even without Chris Paul in the picture.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/pl ... ede01.html

[bajanguy008]

[bajanguy008]

I remember Sumner
Think Split liked him



Either way, that's cool to hear from a player because that Nash/ Nets situation had some issues

[bajanguy008]

Forgot to share this last week
Someone did a Goodie compilation



Dude a menace

[pickle]

[pickle]

This would be a much more impressive stat if it didn’t have that Laker lineup at the bottom. Yuck.

[Superbone]

Bajangs too good for you?

Oops. I had it open and finally watched it. Forgot it came from Bajan. My bad. I will delete all evidence.

[Kryptonic]

Bajangs too good for you?

Oops. I had it open and finally watched it. Forgot it came from Bajan. My bad. I will delete all evidence.

I’ll cut you some slack and just attribute it to you’re still recovering from New Year’s Eve.

[Superbone]

Great way to end the week and start the new year!