Suns Preseason News 2018
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2018 2:13 pm
Wow, that was quick!
https://twitter.com/DuaneRankin/status/1047216059974004736
https://twitter.com/DuaneRankin/status/1047216059974004736
GroanMarty [Mori Chu] wrote: ↑Tue Oct 02, 2018 4:02 pmI hope he isn't rushing back before it has fully healed. We can get by without him for a handful of games if needed. I hope he rests it fully until it is 100%.
And he wasn't even trying!specialsauce wrote: ↑Tue Oct 02, 2018 4:12 pmGroanMarty [Mori Chu] wrote: ↑Tue Oct 02, 2018 4:02 pmI hope he isn't rushing back before it has fully healed. We can get by without him for a handful of games if needed. I hope he rests it fully until it is 100%.
Well now that you're a dad you can at least use that for an excuse..Marty [Mori Chu] wrote: ↑Tue Oct 02, 2018 4:02 pmI hope he isn't rushing back before it has fully healed. We can get by without him for a handful of games if needed. I hope he rests it fully until it is 100%.
I am really disappointed in Bender so far this season. But I still think the upside of keeping him outweighs the benefit of getting rid of him. His salary for next year isn't very much, and we aren't likely to command some max-level free agent, anyway. Despite everything the dude is still not even old enough to drink alcohol. I know other guys the same age are showing much more than Bender has, but some big men just take longer. He hasn't had a good system to learn in, hasn't had a good coaching staff to bring him along, hasn't had mentors and teammates to show him the way. It'd be much more shocking if he *were* already a productive NBA player. I say give him a little more time before we give up on the guy.Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑Wed Oct 03, 2018 5:14 pmIf I were making the call, I'd be leaning toward keeping him through next year.
We're going to have a fair chunk of cap space next summer, so his guaranteed salary isn't impossible to work with if needed. The 2020 summer is when we really want to have a lot of cap space because there are a ton of good UFA's and RFA's on the market that year. So I think it's worth guaranteeing him for one more year to find out if Igor and his staff can get something out of him.
DNP so far tonight. Compared to Monday, that’s an improvement.O_Gardino wrote: ↑Wed Oct 03, 2018 8:10 pmA lot of guys play 4 years in college because they just aren't ready, then they go on to have productive NBA careers. Bender obviously just wasn't ready two seasons ago, and I wish we had put him in the G-league or let him stay in Europe. I'm not going to declare that season 3 is a regression before the season even starts. He definitely looked bad the other night. Let's see if he gets more comfortable as the season goes on.
Does race play a role in why people were so quick to give up on Chriss but refuse to give up on Bender? Because he is a gentle, soft-spoken white guy?Marty [Mori Chu] wrote: ↑Wed Oct 03, 2018 7:31 pmI am really disappointed in Bender so far this season. But I still think the upside of keeping him outweighs the benefit of getting rid of him. His salary for next year isn't very much, and we aren't likely to command some max-level free agent, anyway. Despite everything the dude is still not even old enough to drink alcohol. I know other guys the same age are showing much more than Bender has, but some big men just take longer. He hasn't had a good system to learn in, hasn't had a good coaching staff to bring him along, hasn't had mentors and teammates to show him the way. It'd be much more shocking if he *were* already a productive NBA player. I say give him a little more time before we give up on the guy.Flagrant Fowl wrote: ↑Wed Oct 03, 2018 5:14 pmIf I were making the call, I'd be leaning toward keeping him through next year.
We're going to have a fair chunk of cap space next summer, so his guaranteed salary isn't impossible to work with if needed. The 2020 summer is when we really want to have a lot of cap space because there are a ton of good UFA's and RFA's on the market that year. So I think it's worth guaranteeing him for one more year to find out if Igor and his staff can get something out of him.
Love it. Make him earn it. Although I don't know who's worse so far, he or Anderson. It's pretty early. If they continue at this rate, I would ditch them both altogether and run Ariza and Warren at the 4 and Jackson and Bridges at the 3.Cap wrote: ↑Wed Oct 03, 2018 8:11 pmDNP so far tonight. Compared to Monday, that’s an improvement.O_Gardino wrote: ↑Wed Oct 03, 2018 8:10 pmA lot of guys play 4 years in college because they just aren't ready, then they go on to have productive NBA careers. Bender obviously just wasn't ready two seasons ago, and I wish we had put him in the G-league or let him stay in Europe. I'm not going to declare that season 3 is a regression before the season even starts. He definitely looked bad the other night. Let's see if he gets more comfortable as the season goes on.