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Re: Suns News: Week 21 3/13-3/19

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 5:48 pm
by In2ition
sunshoopjunky wrote:
INFORMER wrote:
ShelC wrote: Our moves haven't worked out.
You say that like it has just been by happenstance. It hasn't. The roster management has been horrendous, there have been some inexcusable trades (and lack thereof), and Ryan seems to have no clue how to construct a team.
I think that the Celtics have out "asseted" us for the last few years and that has handicapped Ryan's ability to make a franchise changing play. I am excited about being out from under that a bit more after this draft. I think Ryan has been incredible in the draft. He has done well with contract negotiations. He does well with the media and seems to be a good buffer between Sarver and the staff. I think Ryan should stay if he is cheap because we have a ton of growth invested in him just like Alex Lin :)
Good post.

Re: Suns News: Week 21 3/13-3/19

Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2017 6:09 pm
by Nodack
Haven't posted in the Suns forum in awhile. I was on vacation in S. America for two weeks and had a bunch of games taped when I got back. I have been super busy since I got back and have been trying to catch up but, I am still about 6 games behind and didn't want any spoilers so I have avoided this place.

My note. I love the Suns sitting Chandler and Knight and playing the future guys. They have responded. Two thumbs up to the coach or whoever made that happen. Assists are way up. Loving it. Will post more when and if I catch up.

Re: Suns News: Week 21 3/13-3/19

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:41 am
by LazarusLong
"Haven't posted in the Suns forum in awhile. I was on vacation in S. America for two weeks ..."

At least you could have brought us some good coffee beans or Peruvian marching powder ...

Re: Suns News: Week 21 3/13-3/19

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 6:02 am
by Indy
LazarusLong wrote:"Haven't posted in the Suns forum in awhile. I was on vacation in S. America for two weeks ..."

At least you could have brought us some good coffee beans or Peruvian marching powder ...
Let's not let him off the hook. Should have been both!

Re: Suns News: Week 21 3/13-3/19

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 8:23 am
by Mori Chu
Good to see you 'dack, hope the change of scenery was relaxing and enjoyable for you. Now back to the lotto-bound Suns and to American current events and politics! :'(

Re: Suns News: Week 21 3/13-3/19

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 10:50 am
by Cap
Indy wrote:
LazarusLong wrote:"Haven't posted in the Suns forum in awhile. I was on vacation in S. America for two weeks ..."

At least you could have brought us some good coffee beans or Peruvian marching powder ...
Let's not let him off the hook. Should have been both!
And a llama.

Then we give the coffee and the powder to the llama and see what happens.

Re: Suns News: Week 21 3/13-3/19

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 11:06 am
by In2ition
Do any of you guys comment on the arizonasports.com Suns articles?

Re: Suns News: Week 21 3/13-3/19

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 12:27 pm
by carey
In2ition wrote:Do any of you guys comment on the arizonasports.com Suns articles?
Just the ones Dary comments on bec he drives me crazy.

Re: Suns News: Week 21 3/13-3/19

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 1:10 pm
by In2ition
carey wrote:
In2ition wrote:Do any of you guys comment on the arizonasports.com Suns articles?
Just the ones Dary comments on bec he drives me crazy.
Who is this guy? He was fine to me, but he all of a sudden started insulting me. What's up with his love affair with Knight? I'm starting to question my own eyes where I thought that Booker was better, played better and was doing better as a SG than Knight. Have I been giving Booker a pass where I didn't give Knight the same amount of leeway?

Re: Suns News: Week 21 3/13-3/19

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 2:35 pm
by Indy
In2ition wrote:
carey wrote:
In2ition wrote:Do any of you guys comment on the arizonasports.com Suns articles?
Just the ones Dary comments on bec he drives me crazy.
Who is this guy? He was fine to me, but he all of a sudden started insulting me. What's up with his love affair with Knight? I'm starting to question my own eyes where I thought that Booker was better, played better and was doing better as a SG than Knight. Have I been giving Booker a pass where I didn't give Knight the same amount of leeway?
Booker has had some pretty awful FG% games, but he is a guy that tries to get others involved.

Re: Suns News: Week 21 3/13-3/19

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 2:37 pm
by In2ition
He's been shooting horribly lately. But he does seem to pass more than Knoght did, IMO.

Re: Suns News: Week 21 3/13-3/19

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 2:40 pm
by Indy
Yep, even though a lot of those passes don't end up being assists. My eyes tell me he does more for the team than Knight. And obviously it plays into the feelings here that he was a draft pick that you can't find a better player taken after him, and Knight cost us a draft pick that is unknown at this point (not to mention the additional 14M/year contract).

Re: Suns News: Week 21 3/13-3/19

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 3:09 pm
by Superbone
It's not even close. Booker hits game winners. Knight shoots game losers. Repeatedly.

Re: Suns News: Week 21 3/13-3/19

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 3:29 pm
by sunshoopjunky
Superbone wrote:It's not even close. Booker hits game winners. Knight shoots game losers. Repeatedly.
LMAO ^ should be a bumper sticker.

Re: Suns News: Week 21 3/13-3/19

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:25 pm
by Mori Chu
Wasn't Knight by some metric the worst player in the NBA for a while this season? (Who was posting those stats?) What number was that, and is he still #1 in it?

Re: Suns News: Week 21 3/13-3/19

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 5:36 pm
by Cap
It was Real Plus Minus. He currently ranks 454 out of 458.

http://www.espn.com/nba/statistics/rpm/ ... 2/sort/RPM

Re: Suns News: Week 21 3/13-3/19

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 6:40 pm
by Mori Chu
BSotS weighs in on the top lottery prospects. The author is not a fan of Ball, fwiw.

http://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2017/ ... atum-isaac

Re: Suns News: Week 21 3/13-3/19

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 7:36 pm
by Split T
Actually agree with a lot of his takes. Although I have a higher opinion of ball than him.

Re: Suns News: Week 21 3/13-3/19

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 9:48 pm
by iLLmatic
In2ition wrote:
carey wrote:
In2ition wrote:Do any of you guys comment on the arizonasports.com Suns articles?
Just the ones Dary comments on bec he drives me crazy.
Who is this guy? He was fine to me, but he all of a sudden started insulting me. What's up with his love affair with Knight? I'm starting to question my own eyes where I thought that Booker was better, played better and was doing better as a SG than Knight. Have I been giving Booker a pass where I didn't give Knight the same amount of leeway?
I'm pretty sure Dary's a troll or a contrarian of sorts. His opinions seem to always go against the widely accepted opinion.

Re: Suns News: Week 21 3/13-3/19

Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 9:53 pm
by carey
Marty [Mori Chu] wrote:BSotS weighs in on the top lottery prospects. The author is not a fan of Ball, fwiw.

http://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2017/ ... atum-isaac
First of all, it's Dave, so bleh.

Secondly, I've been saying the same thing about Isaac for months. It would be a nightmare defensively for teams to see Chriss, Bender, and Isaac all out on the floor. We'd become the West version of the Bucks.

I change my mind on Ball every day. Ask me tomorrow. Ask me again in June.