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O_Gardino wrote:BSoTS has been quiet lately (there hasn't been a lot of bright sides lately), but here is a piece saying that Len is improving.

http://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2016/ ... -potential

He was obviously a coaching star on the rise in the NBA. He wasn’t power hungry though. While I’d seen an assistant coach from the back row pull a coup and get his first head coaching gig by running his previous boss off, Watson’s rise to the top job with the Suns was different.

What I wasn’t quite sure of was if his positivity and optimism was an act that may dissipate as the pressures of the job began to mount. Many coaches come into the job with a Ned Flanders type disposition and leave somewhere closer to a Walter White mentality. Those were the guys whose optimism in bad times fell on deaf ears in the locker room.

This year Watson has remained extremely optimistic and positive despite his team being well under .500 and far below his expectations. He still talks playoffs when most people have already begun thinking about draft positioning and player development. Some may assume its delusional, I thought it was simply coach speak. That is until I read Zach Lowe’s interview with the Suns head coach.

In said interview you realize Watson’s positivity and optimism are part of who he is. They are something that is the byproduct of hardship and tragedy that have defined his journey: the murder of his brother and the sentencing of his killer just months before the Suns season began. At that sentencing, Watson publicly offered the man forgiveness.

“It’s why I’m not intimidated by our situation in Phoenix,” the first time head coach told Lowe. “It’s why when you ask if we can make the playoffs, I say there’s still a chance. If you listen to what the world says about you, you become someone you never wanted to be.”

carey wrote:Espo wrote an article for Sports 360 AZ. Sunny Disposition: Earl Watson the Real Deal - http://www.sports360az.com/2016/12/39972/

He was obviously a coaching star on the rise in the NBA. He wasn’t power hungry though. While I’d seen an assistant coach from the back row pull a coup and get his first head coaching gig by running his previous boss off, Watson’s rise to the top job with the Suns was different.

Hunter?

In2ition wrote:Have any of you read the following article from Valley of the Suns? http://valleyofthesuns.com/2016/12/12/p ... e-machine/

I want to find out what you're thinking before I comment.

LazarusLong wrote:I can see trading Knight to Indiana.

I would not deal for Asik; Suns actually have depth at 5.

And I am not a big Brook Lopez fan. He puts up great numbers for mediocre to bad Nets team.

carey wrote:

In2ition wrote:Have any of you read the following article from Valley of the Suns? http://valleyofthesuns.com/2016/12/12/p ... e-machine/

I want to find out what you're thinking before I comment.

I'm not trading our 2017 1st for anything short of a top 5 player in the league.

UglyTruth wrote:

carey wrote:

In2ition wrote:Have any of you read the following article from Valley of the Suns? http://valleyofthesuns.com/2016/12/12/p ... e-machine/

I want to find out what you're thinking before I comment.

I'm not trading our 2017 1st for anything short of a top 5 player in the league.

Mark Cuban, is that you?

http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/24 ... yer-In-NBA

specialsauce wrote:Hell no on the Nets deal