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O_Gardino wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 23, 2026 5:19 am

32 on an expiring contract, and he's currently injured. I'm not trading much for Giannis.

Also…. He’d get here and turn into Danny manny or tom gugliota and never be healthy or reliable.

Kryptonic wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 23, 2026 6:56 am

O_Gardino wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 23, 2026 5:19 am

32 on an expiring contract, and he's currently injured. I'm not trading much for Giannis.

Also…. He’d get here and turn into Danny manny or tom gugliota and never be healthy or reliable.

Not with our crack training staff of BOTH WebMD and ChatGPT!

Split T wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 22, 2026 5:27 pm

We can trade 2 1sts this summer…though I would not trade Booker for Giannis ….I don’t think that does enough for us

Oh, great. Don't tell the FO that; those picks will sail right out the door this summer.

INFORMER wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 22, 2026 1:32 pm

It has been a poor season for Book.

I can't look at this loss to a bad Bucks team playing without Giannis and point the finger at injuries.

The Suns need Book to be better, and by better, I mean the quality of play, not quantity.

I love Book, but, what is the ceiling of this team? Can we build a contender in a few years based on this roster plus development of our young guys and a few surgical FA signings?

The ideal change IMO would be to trade Green. But I think we may not find a good deal for him. He hasn't shown value as a net-positive asset, and the league is getting smarter about not taking on guys like this. I doubt we could get much back for him unless we threw in picks, which I absolutely do not want to do.

I think I would rather just be content to be a 6-8 seed for the next several years and not go "all-in" again by trading our future 1sts. So you work the phones trying to trade Green and maybe Royce. And you try to make smart FA signings that help plug holes, hoping for a breakthrough. I don't think we are going to blow it up by trading Booker, so that's the least bad outcome I think.

Mori Chu wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 23, 2026 7:24 am

Split T wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 22, 2026 5:27 pm

We can trade 2 1sts this summer…though I would not trade Booker for Giannis ….I don’t think that does enough for us

Oh, great. Don't tell the FO that; those picks will sail right out the door this summer.

We’ll see…it’s a new FO though

Split T wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 23, 2026 8:32 am

Mori Chu wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 23, 2026 7:24 am

Split T wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 22, 2026 5:27 pm

We can trade 2 1sts this summer…though I would not trade Booker for Giannis ….I don’t think that does enough for us

Oh, great. Don't tell the FO that; those picks will sail right out the door this summer.

We’ll see…it’s a new FO though

Who seems to like the draft and be pretty good at it.

Cap wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 21, 2026 11:02 pm

Mori Chu wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 21, 2026 8:22 pm

Wally_West wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 21, 2026 7:52 pm

Matrix just sayin wild shit right now lol

LOL, it was really something. Anybody have the clip?

https://we.tl/t-JmOsQgLp1L

Link good for three days.

Q: "What do you think of Rasheer Fleming? Does he have some Matrix in him?"

A: "I was a great player. There is nobody like me."

I hate when that dude speaks, he's obnoxious.

He’s not really wrong though…Marion was quite unique

But definitely felt under appreciated and has spent a lot of his career and post-career letting everyone know

I think the Marion interview is being very overblown. Just watched it. Yeah, he's tooting his own horn (and he even admits as much). He didn't say anything negative about Fleming. It would be ridiculous for him to claim Fleming is similar to or compares to prime Matrix since Marion did what he did for a long time, consistently, and Fleming is a rookie finally starting to see consistent minutes. He's also gotten a lot better at not saying "know what I'm sayin" every sentence.

AmareIsGod wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 23, 2026 12:18 pm

I think the Marion interview is being very overblown. Just watched it. Yeah, he's tooting his own horn (and he even admits as much). He didn't say anything negative about Fleming. It would be ridiculous for him to claim Fleming is similar to or compares to prime Matrix since Marion did what he did for a long time, consistently, and Fleming is a rookie finally starting to see consistent minutes. He's also gotten a lot better at not saying "know what I'm sayin" every sentence.

Yeah, he's definitely matured and slowed down. Yeah, it's a little overblown but he was mainly interested in talking about himself rather than the current iteration of the Suns. He's got a big ego like many athletes.

Shawn always had a bit of a complex over his status as a player, feeling underappreciated and not getting his due.

I don't think the interview is a big deal or anything. But it was pretty surprising and funny to hear Matrix toot his own horn so much even when specifically asked to comment on other players. Makes him look insecure and selfish. These guys get a lot of media training nowadays, so I'm surprised he did that. Matrix was one of my very favorite Suns but it's clear from this interview that he is still bitter and has low self esteem. I feel bad for him because he really was a great player; he doesn't need to say these clearly insecure things to try to pump up his own legacy or image.