I think you already hit it on the head: the Suns are playing 11 man rotations right now and there's no reason to stop that in the playoffs. Booker, Green, Goodie, Collin, and Grayson can all play. Whoever has the hot hand leave them in. Bouyea will be converted to a contract but probably will only be for emergencies. The other 5 guards? They all deserve minutes and will get minutes.
When other teams are tightening their rotations, just keep rotating our guards. There's no reason for Booker to play 40 if Collin or Goodie is on a heater. Booker ain't going to give a fuck. He wants to win. I know that much lol.
I remember we would drown teams with our depth with our finals team during the regular season, then Monty would frustratingly switch up to a small rotation when the playoffs hit. Hopefully Ott doesn't do that shit.
Is it me or does this also make it harder naturally for a playoff opponent to read the book on us and set defensive schemes? It feels like in the past couple playoff runs, we'd get "figured out" because Bud/Frank/even Monty wouldn't/couldn't change up tactics, matchups, rotations, etc.
We have what feels like so many options and Ott is some weird fucking basketball Zodiac killer... it feels like we can be chameleons and show a different look almost every night, no?
This man has a TOUGH job ahead. We have too much talent. When the season started and Jalen is down, the idea was to survive with the guys we had. Next man up.
Not anymore. Collin can't be taken out. Goodwin is absolutely someone who can't be taken out. Having booyea sit for long stretches doesn't work either.
They come at you in an onslaught for 48 min NOW. and they're about to add a really good player. And maybe a trade also. The challenge is getting minutes for everyone.
With oso being viable, this team has 1 hole left. Not a big one either. Rebounding at the 4. That's it. If the suns play a big team, it'd be so valuable for rasheer and/or maluach to be able to play.
As much as it sucks and have grown to appreciate him, I think Grayson is the odd man out and needs to be traded. Even you forgot about him.
We got by without him just fine. Goodwin is lowkey as important for team vibes as Brooks. He is the heart and soul of the team IMO. Gillispie is part of the future and is a better fit next to Booker. Green is way too intriguing to sell low on and just has insane upside. I could see him thriving under Ott. Royce is a more natural forward and is just rock solid.
Grayson could help a lot of teams who need a solid 3 and D guy. He has a tradeable contract. Maybe he could help get us a 3/4 with a little more size.
Allen is the second best playmaker on the team behind Booker. Brooks usually only hunts for his own shot, Gillespie is good but isn’t a very big threat around the rim, and that leaves Allen. He is absolutely lethal from outside, he finishes well underneath, and he knows when to pass it out. He’s been immensely impactful this year.
I wouldn't. And I didn't forget. We knew he was key from the start. He remains so. Collin and goodwin not the case.
The suns have Fleming and maluach coming like a freight train. They have enough. Gotta be patient. The sun's could be really good and Teflon against injury for a long while with this level of depth and cohesion.
They got depth at every position except 4, which they can address without doing much big. Just move richards for a Jalen Smith Chris boucher or similar. Done. That's it and this team is a frigging juggernaut.
It makes not sense from the start of the year. They'll do well this year and keep getting better for years ahead.
I think size at the 4 is a concern and better floor spacing options at the 5. The Bobby Portis rumor is interesting to me for sure since he kinda solves both of those things as a guy who can split time at the 4 and 5
4-mix and match double bigs with williams oso Fleming maluach
This solution works long term. You still have royce. And there's not that many massive teams to even worry about. Houston, Cleveland, maybe Knicks, that's basically it. We will get there. The sun's have potential to be a very big team.
I feel like book is starting to fill the role CP3 left behind better now, but at the expense of being as elite of a scorer now than he was when we had CP3
I love how our garbage time rotation is just Jordan Goodwin and then a random collection of bench dudes. Coach Ott talking to his assistants tonight: “hear me out guys…Jordan and then all of our centers.”
We could've definitely beat the warriors that last time and the Hawks if we didnt choke, and 2 of the games we lost at the start of the season were within 5 points. So many winnable games and were still as good as we are
I don't want to jinx it but my harbinger for the Suns this season is if we win in Atlanta in a few weeks. Haven't done that in 13 years. Suns do that, especially now that Hawks got "better" offloading Trae, and after that dumb ATL loss... Suns win that and I really do think we're going to make a lot of noise in the playoffs. Beat #1 Pistons or #2 Knicks? Nah, whatever. Beat Atlanta and lift whatever curse that is? Suns are making the WCF.
I still have faith with Dunn, but how important has Oso been to this team? Would be amazing if we hit on all 4 of our draft picks the past two years. Great win
The coaching staff and Vets on this team are having such profound impact on our first and second year guys.
To see the team focus on player development, even if bad decisions forced their hand, is so much easier to root for. Ott being the right choice at the right time is going to get us thru these lean cap years with our self respect intact.
There was something about how Oso was moving today that wasn’t anything I’ve seen from him before. Like he was so quick and covered so much ground with the hops to back it up. It was only a matter of time with him.
Last few games playing defense he's been going from one side of the arc to the other very quickly.
It's also been obvious that it's been impressed upon him that with that quickness and with his handles and ability to pass at his size, he can fake a pass or make a move off the dribble and just take it to the rim.
Now all someone has to do is break his shot down and build him a proper one. Also a skyhook. Don't know why bigs no longer skyhook.
Man, I really thought heading into the season and in the early season that Oso might’ve been off the team by the end of the season. But he has definitely stepped it up and has been an important part of our rotation to say the least.
Ehh that part of his game is still overrated. He has improved a ton as a defender, which is why he gets minutes now. He is legit at his best when he is just catching and finishing like he has recently.
Tbf, Oso really wasn't playing well at the beginning of the season, and that's a fact. Does that mean people should've wrote him off? Hell no, but Oso improved as the season progressed.
Oso was pretty meh early in the season, but his confidence has grown by leaps and bounds... Several times a game recently he'll do something - a precise dime or a thunderous rim run - and I'll think where did THAT come from???
Yes I think a lot of people focused on Dunn and when we first saw Oso we were like yikes. Now the tables have turned. I still hope for the new Twins to figure it out. It’s good to see everyone contributing. Coach OTT has been great!
Something that is starting to dawn on me is that theres basically nobody on the team right now that I would be outright concerned to have on the floor or with the ball in their hands. Everyone has shown a capacity to contribute. I guess maybe Kobe Brea but thats just because the dude gets zero minutes haha. For real though this team feels deep as hell.
Basically the weak link among real rotation guys is Ryan Dunn and it’s not even a problem. He will find his role on offense, he’s way too good at slashing for his declining 3ball to be a death knell
The problem with dunn isnt even his shooting. He is way too reckless at the rim. He tried to destroy the backboard 1-2 times a game and just bricks it off the back of the iron
I'm so used to past years whenever I see someone chuck a three I say "that's off" to my surprise I'm wrong like 3/4 the time lol. Especially Goodwin who's probably my favorite player now. Who could've expected him to become a sharpshooter
I had a similar thought early in the game when Goodwin, Gillespie, maybe Fleming, Oso, and Dunn were on the floor. Last year if you had told me this would be a lineup I’d enjoy and would do well, I would have thought you were crazy.
I'll take the off shooting nights and ocassional bad pass from Royce because he brings so much else to the table. Always competes defensively and even takes on bigger assignments capably, moves the ball well, and can even put the ball on the floor a bit.
He is really rough on the perimeter, especially with guys that are quicker than him, his blow by rate is crazy high. He is a lot better against bigger players in the post, I love watching how hard he competes against them.
Again, all you can really ask for is effort and hustle and he displays that a lot.
Oso has looked so much comfortable running the offense and help side defense than last year. He’s a core clog in our offense when Book is sitting with his DHO and superb passing abilities. Psyched to see him continue to improve on his offense and we might’ve just found our future PF.
Kinda feel bad for him, dude just happened to join one of the deepest teams in the league. He’d be a solid role player on a team like the kings or hornet's
After friday, it's game after game of East coast stuff and then home games that aren't killer. He should be able to build confidence and hopefully not have a bad rookie wall since he has barely played.
If he ends up playing good minutes (like +10) for like 40 games this season, that's less than what he did last year by a long shot.
I Def agree that with this team, you probably stand pat this year and likely thru the offseason too. Internal development.
If maluach can shoot a 3 next year, watch out, you're going to have 2 bigs with williams oso maluach and Fleming all playable at 4/5 and then the insane back court talent and brooks/dunn/royce at the 3. Title contention NEXT YEAR just from internal development.
Were gonna need to resign gillespie, williams and extend brooks. I doubt we will ALSO be able to keep both goodwin and bouyea on minimums.
I fear goodwin will get paid the MLE or something elsewhere, id be happy for him tho, hes been bouncing around the league for a minute, he deserves to make some money and chill out finally.
Would be nice to have that extra 20 million were paying beal…
To your point about the 4 bigs. I think a sneaky backup front court next year would be oso with maluach. Maluach has some spacing to make up for osos lack of shooting, and the two of them would be a defensive nightmare for opposing teams and it would allow both guys to play. Then you have fleming start next to mark williams
If this gets figured out at all again, even next year, this team may just fuck around and win a title. A 37% from 3 book with this team more broadly is just killer.
I'm fucking hype that they're willing. That's very close to a Frontline of khaman, oso and Williams. Run that with goodwin and Dunn and watch the chaos.
Opps get zero rebounds. Suns shoot 20% and score every time down court.
He probably doesn't look better in practice. Livers has been good in his minutes. Also NHD is PF, and the team want to try Rasheer as a rookie more than 30 years old NHD.
I am a certified Oso hater but this is accurate. Oso had been really freaking good lately and it looks like Mark is tiring a bit. Probably not used to this much action.
The ultimate role player squad. Every game another role player balls out. Grayson Allen is officially back and Fleming showed some nice NBA play today.
Dillon Brooks now has 17 games with 20+ points, which is already his 3rd-most in a season. His season-high is 26, set in 2019-20.
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Book is playing 34 a night and dropping.
This bodes really well. He will occasionally be able to do 40 in playoffs, but not sure we'd even want it at this point.
Book scoring binges are somewhere between unnecessary and counterproductive on this team. Too many mouths I want getting shots.
I say this all the time
I think you already hit it on the head: the Suns are playing 11 man rotations right now and there's no reason to stop that in the playoffs. Booker, Green, Goodie, Collin, and Grayson can all play. Whoever has the hot hand leave them in. Bouyea will be converted to a contract but probably will only be for emergencies. The other 5 guards? They all deserve minutes and will get minutes.
When other teams are tightening their rotations, just keep rotating our guards. There's no reason for Booker to play 40 if Collin or Goodie is on a heater. Booker ain't going to give a fuck. He wants to win. I know that much lol.
I remember we would drown teams with our depth with our finals team during the regular season, then Monty would frustratingly switch up to a small rotation when the playoffs hit. Hopefully Ott doesn't do that shit.
This will help so much on hustle stats. 4th quarter play with a team that is basically all under 30 min and under 30 yrs old will hit different.
We really are the poor man's thunder.
Is it me or does this also make it harder naturally for a playoff opponent to read the book on us and set defensive schemes? It feels like in the past couple playoff runs, we'd get "figured out" because Bud/Frank/even Monty wouldn't/couldn't change up tactics, matchups, rotations, etc.
We have what feels like so many options and Ott is some weird fucking basketball Zodiac killer... it feels like we can be chameleons and show a different look almost every night, no?
Yes
YES
i like this version of suns. look at lakers tonight, 38 pts and 40 minutes of luka and a loss, what a waste of talent.
typical Luka night, 38/10/10 but team is -7 with him on the floor, when will people realize the problem is actually Luka?
the White James Harden
Meh. Luka has it coming. He plays half the game.
I do not envy Jordan ott.
This man has a TOUGH job ahead. We have too much talent. When the season started and Jalen is down, the idea was to survive with the guys we had. Next man up.
Not anymore. Collin can't be taken out. Goodwin is absolutely someone who can't be taken out. Having booyea sit for long stretches doesn't work either.
They come at you in an onslaught for 48 min NOW. and they're about to add a really good player. And maybe a trade also. The challenge is getting minutes for everyone.
With oso being viable, this team has 1 hole left. Not a big one either. Rebounding at the 4. That's it. If the suns play a big team, it'd be so valuable for rasheer and/or maluach to be able to play.
This team has a small window THIS YEAR. wat?
As much as it sucks and have grown to appreciate him, I think Grayson is the odd man out and needs to be traded. Even you forgot about him.
We got by without him just fine. Goodwin is lowkey as important for team vibes as Brooks. He is the heart and soul of the team IMO. Gillispie is part of the future and is a better fit next to Booker. Green is way too intriguing to sell low on and just has insane upside. I could see him thriving under Ott. Royce is a more natural forward and is just rock solid.
Grayson could help a lot of teams who need a solid 3 and D guy. He has a tradeable contract. Maybe he could help get us a 3/4 with a little more size.
Nah trade Royce you forget Grayson our best shooter
Allen is the second best playmaker on the team behind Booker. Brooks usually only hunts for his own shot, Gillespie is good but isn’t a very big threat around the rim, and that leaves Allen. He is absolutely lethal from outside, he finishes well underneath, and he knows when to pass it out. He’s been immensely impactful this year.
Grayson is the best shooter we have, and he can get to the rim. He isn’t the odd man out
We need his shot in playoff scenarios
I wouldn't. And I didn't forget. We knew he was key from the start. He remains so. Collin and goodwin not the case.
The suns have Fleming and maluach coming like a freight train. They have enough. Gotta be patient. The sun's could be really good and Teflon against injury for a long while with this level of depth and cohesion.
They got depth at every position except 4, which they can address without doing much big. Just move richards for a Jalen Smith Chris boucher or similar. Done. That's it and this team is a frigging juggernaut.
It makes not sense from the start of the year. They'll do well this year and keep getting better for years ahead.
Collin and Goodwin aren't key to the team? Huh?
No they’re saying it wasn’t the case for Goodwin and Colin at the start of the season
I think size at the 4 is a concern and better floor spacing options at the 5. The Bobby Portis rumor is interesting to me for sure since he kinda solves both of those things as a guy who can split time at the 4 and 5
4 will be addressed without a slow footed Portis.
1-get Jalen smith or boucher
2-rasheer viable rotation player
3-maluach can play select minutes and shoot the 3
4-mix and match double bigs with williams oso Fleming maluach
This solution works long term. You still have royce. And there's not that many massive teams to even worry about. Houston, Cleveland, maybe Knicks, that's basically it. We will get there. The sun's have potential to be a very big team.
Amazing take.
I feel like book is starting to fill the role CP3 left behind better now, but at the expense of being as elite of a scorer now than he was when we had CP3
Also no longer needed. He got 13 points. Irrelevant as suns just ran away. Without jalen.
Book might be able to get away with playing a very different style for stretches here.
The question is rhythm.
Oh for sure, and I think it’s for the benefit of this team that we are getting everyone involved this way
I love how our garbage time rotation is just Jordan Goodwin and then a random collection of bench dudes. Coach Ott talking to his assistants tonight: “hear me out guys…Jordan and then all of our centers.”
Our garbage time is Uber talented man. This is so crazy.
I'm glued to the TV during garbage time. Fleming. Maluach. Booyea. Amazing.
As much as I'd love to see Book on an MVP campaign, it's really nice him not have to play 40 mins/game and to see an all-around team win.
It’ll come back during playoffs
I’m going to guess this might be the least minutes he’s avg in the fourth quarter his whole career as a starter
started 1-4. have gone 21-11 since.
I legit thought the sky was falling
"Why isnt anyone talking about this?"
Reference for anyone that hasn't seen this classic thread
During toughest stretch of season. And about to go on 7 game roadie.
Then all of a sudden, the schedule gets MUCH more manageable. The sun's could EAT if things fall our way.
Possible suns could win 50+ games. Which is straight hilarious.
Rigged loss to the Lakers should be 22-10
We could've definitely beat the warriors that last time and the Hawks if we didnt choke, and 2 of the games we lost at the start of the season were within 5 points. So many winnable games and were still as good as we are
Never forget. That shit was RIGGED
And the early jazz and Grizzlies games were pretty winnable. We could have had 2 more in the win column
Dont forget the hawks choke and LeBron bitching his way for that bullshit Lakers win
Tbf the hawks choke balances out with the Timberwolves win
Man that hawks choke brought back demons. It’s awesome that was a one off fuck up
I don't want to jinx it but my harbinger for the Suns this season is if we win in Atlanta in a few weeks. Haven't done that in 13 years. Suns do that, especially now that Hawks got "better" offloading Trae, and after that dumb ATL loss... Suns win that and I really do think we're going to make a lot of noise in the playoffs. Beat #1 Pistons or #2 Knicks? Nah, whatever. Beat Atlanta and lift whatever curse that is? Suns are making the WCF.
Would love nothing more than to have been up 3-0 on the Lakers
I would love to do a deep dive into our record when Grayson is on. It feels like we never lose when he's making shots
This Grayson is different than I've ever seen.
Sniper. Attacker. Playmaker.
Dude was 2nd best on team till injury.
This team is just silly on talent right now.
When healthy. This team is insane with rotation and talent. Booker can shit call and everybody else just excels off it
I still have faith with Dunn, but how important has Oso been to this team? Would be amazing if we hit on all 4 of our draft picks the past two years. Great win
Oso stock holders have always believed
5* don’t forget our boy Koby, who’s looked great in G-League. All hail Brian Gregory.
Dunn being 38% on wide open 3s is big. At the least that makes for a good rotation player during the season.
If his corner 3s overall can be 38% then you have a starter and poa defender. He has the rest. Just needs to grow into it.
The coaching staff and Vets on this team are having such profound impact on our first and second year guys.
To see the team focus on player development, even if bad decisions forced their hand, is so much easier to root for. Ott being the right choice at the right time is going to get us thru these lean cap years with our self respect intact.
I need Brooks to play here til he’s a 40 year old end of the bench vibes guy cashing checks and catching Ts from the bench.
After which he retires and coaches this team I would be so happy.
I’d argue he was the biggest piece in the KD trade that we got
There was something about how Oso was moving today that wasn’t anything I’ve seen from him before. Like he was so quick and covered so much ground with the hops to back it up. It was only a matter of time with him.
Last few games playing defense he's been going from one side of the arc to the other very quickly.
It's also been obvious that it's been impressed upon him that with that quickness and with his handles and ability to pass at his size, he can fake a pass or make a move off the dribble and just take it to the rim.
Now all someone has to do is break his shot down and build him a proper one. Also a skyhook. Don't know why bigs no longer skyhook.
I don't know. I wasn't sure it'd ever come.
It's starting to come.
He went from being unplayable and needs to be 3rd string and cut, to outplaying the starter regularly. Still no jumpshot.
He may never be a clear-cut starter, but his role is solidified in the nba playing this way.
Man, I really thought heading into the season and in the early season that Oso might’ve been off the team by the end of the season. But he has definitely stepped it up and has been an important part of our rotation to say the least.
Oso is an incredibly smart basketball player. He's not a huge scoring threat, but he makes great plays in every other aspect of the game.
Ehh that part of his game is still overrated. He has improved a ton as a defender, which is why he gets minutes now. He is legit at his best when he is just catching and finishing like he has recently.
I love this team so much
The power of friendship Suns brings a tear to my eye
Dunn needs some practice still. Oso continues to look good. Rasheer is doing great on the minutes he plays.
I don't know how you take rasheer out of the rotation once Jalen is back. Who doesn't play? It's SO MUCH TALENT. booyea for sure.
Book green allen brooks williams
Gillespie goodwin Dunn royce oso
Fleming
That's an 11 man rotation. Could that happen?
What’s crazy is some people early this year were not about Oso. I’ve always liked him and he keeps getting better.
Tbf, Oso really wasn't playing well at the beginning of the season, and that's a fact. Does that mean people should've wrote him off? Hell no, but Oso improved as the season progressed.
Oso was pretty meh early in the season, but his confidence has grown by leaps and bounds... Several times a game recently he'll do something - a precise dime or a thunderous rim run - and I'll think where did THAT come from???
Yes I think a lot of people focused on Dunn and when we first saw Oso we were like yikes. Now the tables have turned. I still hope for the new Twins to figure it out. It’s good to see everyone contributing. Coach OTT has been great!
Suns are on a heater!
Something that is starting to dawn on me is that theres basically nobody on the team right now that I would be outright concerned to have on the floor or with the ball in their hands. Everyone has shown a capacity to contribute. I guess maybe Kobe Brea but thats just because the dude gets zero minutes haha. For real though this team feels deep as hell.
Nick richards. I cringe whenever he tries to set a screen.
But yeah, for rotation minutes there's nobody I have concerns about. I'd like more rebounding from the 4, but that's not a comment about a player.
Basically the weak link among real rotation guys is Ryan Dunn and it’s not even a problem. He will find his role on offense, he’s way too good at slashing for his declining 3ball to be a death knell
The problem with dunn isnt even his shooting. He is way too reckless at the rim. He tried to destroy the backboard 1-2 times a game and just bricks it off the back of the iron
I get nervous during garbage time when Nigel is holding the ball
Ahh yeah you're right NHD is the guy, but he gets maybe 1 minute of gametime per week
I'm so used to past years whenever I see someone chuck a three I say "that's off" to my surprise I'm wrong like 3/4 the time lol. Especially Goodwin who's probably my favorite player now. Who could've expected him to become a sharpshooter
A couple of Brooks' shots made me think "ah, way off" and then bam, for 3. Wild.
Dude his shot is so flat. Idk how he's making anything lmao
Goodwin shooting 39% since after the first 4 games where we were all shit.
39% from 3 from a guy who plays like THAT otherwise is really hard to take out. He just does too much.
I had a similar thought early in the game when Goodwin, Gillespie, maybe Fleming, Oso, and Dunn were on the floor. Last year if you had told me this would be a lineup I’d enjoy and would do well, I would have thought you were crazy.
Yup, there was a point in the 3rd where I was like, let book rest the remainder, this unit was cooking.
Deep teams would punk us on the regular last year. Now it is we that do the punking. The second unit is something else.
For me it's sometimes royce. He's prone to some really bad turnovers and terrible shooting
I'll take the off shooting nights and ocassional bad pass from Royce because he brings so much else to the table. Always competes defensively and even takes on bigger assignments capably, moves the ball well, and can even put the ball on the floor a bit.
He kinda reminds me of a smaller Crowder
Royce’s main problem rn is his traffic cone defense.
Royce’s saving grace is his pickpockets after getting blown bye.
He is really rough on the perimeter, especially with guys that are quicker than him, his blow by rate is crazy high. He is a lot better against bigger players in the post, I love watching how hard he competes against them.
Again, all you can really ask for is effort and hustle and he displays that a lot.
Oso has looked so much comfortable running the offense and help side defense than last year. He’s a core clog in our offense when Book is sitting with his DHO and superb passing abilities. Psyched to see him continue to improve on his offense and we might’ve just found our future PF.
He’s underrated as a screen setter I kid you not he may be one of the best screeners in the league
I love Oso but he’s not a PF lol he’s strictly a 5. He has zero semblance of a jumpshot, hence why he never plays with Mark.
If he develops even a below average shot hes a top 10 PF in the league ceiling aka draymond green lite
*cog :D
What’s funny is Nigel is actually too good to be a garbage time player but not good enough to be a rotation player.
Kinda feel bad for him, dude just happened to join one of the deepest teams in the league. He’d be a solid role player on a team like the kings or hornet's
he'd get more minutes if he could get the ball in the bucket. I'm still rooting for him.
Goodie is such a great player. The dude has zero quit and his battery is always at max capacity.
I’m getting his jersey, mind is made up.
His name is the tagline for the team this season. The 2025 phoenix suns: good win
He’s our Josh Hart
Great comp. He gives a little up in terms of passing but has an edge in 3s
Perfect comparison for him
good call. the man does everything out there.
damn listening to Grayson 'happier to be in Phx now' - do we have to trade this guy, he loves it here.
Don’t even know what’s available to make it worth it. If we need a 4 just play rasheer more.
tonight was huge for Rasheer's development. You saw it in his eyes. His confidence jumped an entire tier.
Nows his time.
After friday, it's game after game of East coast stuff and then home games that aren't killer. He should be able to build confidence and hopefully not have a bad rookie wall since he has barely played.
If he ends up playing good minutes (like +10) for like 40 games this season, that's less than what he did last year by a long shot.
I Def agree that with this team, you probably stand pat this year and likely thru the offseason too. Internal development.
If maluach can shoot a 3 next year, watch out, you're going to have 2 bigs with williams oso maluach and Fleming all playable at 4/5 and then the insane back court talent and brooks/dunn/royce at the 3. Title contention NEXT YEAR just from internal development.
Were gonna need to resign gillespie, williams and extend brooks. I doubt we will ALSO be able to keep both goodwin and bouyea on minimums.
I fear goodwin will get paid the MLE or something elsewhere, id be happy for him tho, hes been bouncing around the league for a minute, he deserves to make some money and chill out finally.
Would be nice to have that extra 20 million were paying beal…
To your point about the 4 bigs. I think a sneaky backup front court next year would be oso with maluach. Maluach has some spacing to make up for osos lack of shooting, and the two of them would be a defensive nightmare for opposing teams and it would allow both guys to play. Then you have fleming start next to mark williams
Hopefully goodie gets that mle money. Even if it’s somewhere else. His value has been played with too much.
Goodwin needs to live the vibes cuz he’ll earn way more elsewhere this offseason. We just don’t have the cash thank you very much Mr.PTO
His 3ball is Kawhi like. Mechanical and pure
Tonight after he got called for a foul, for the first time all season, I saw a little defiance and emotion in his eyes.
Made me think he was finding his confidence.
Our rotation will be going 10 deep once Green returns. And I don’t know if you noticed but the braid is back. Does he start in New York?
If this team makes it to a 7 game series healthy we are gonna make some noise. Ott is going to have so many options.
11 deep. That's not even counting booyea.
It's strength in numbers level.
i said the 11th back in december so ill stick with that game against washington
Gambo said next week
We looked like a really fucking good basketball team. Feels nice not having to sweat a game like this out
We were sweating games like this all last season, it was so annoying. It's nice to just casually watch and enjoy a suns game night.
Book 3pt update:
-Overall: .296
-Last 15 games: .253
-Last 10 games: .275
-Last 5 games: .292
Last 100 attempts: .250
Not good still. But luckily, it didn't matter tonight.
If this gets figured out at all again, even next year, this team may just fuck around and win a title. A 37% from 3 book with this team more broadly is just killer.
I'm so glad KD and Beal are gone.
KD trash talking us after the last game slightly pissed me off, not gonna lie
And immediately drop a game to the blazers. They shot their wad against us like it was a title.
Theyre coming down to earth. Lakers too. Suns have a real shot at the 5 seed. Maybe more, but the 5 is really quite possible.
With this team, that means a real chance to get to the 2nd round. And then a chance to shock the world vs thunder.
Dude is crazy to be talking like a victim. No wonder he is single
Ewing effect in action. Mainly Beal, but I don't miss forcing turnovers trying to get KD the ball
He slows down the game and plays with zero energy. Extremely talented, but just not fun to watch.
Same. But was Beal ever really here?
If absence makes the heart grow fonder Bradley Beal is the most beloved Sun in NBA history
He’s quickly making his way up the Clippers list as well.
yeah he was bro, I will never forgive that man for getting me hyped as fuck for the playoffs vs the Wolves
talking to Amanda on the interview yelling "IT'S TIME!"
I bought into it smh
Dude, I tagged Amanda on Instagram “It’s time!” And she responded similarly. I’ll never forgive Beal for embarrassing me in front of Amanda.
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I’m sure the Suns will get the same glazing the Lakers got for beating the Grizzlies the other night. Right, right?!?
lol so true lakers on a roll! (2 wins vs Memphis)
All good spurs are dad dicking them now
Just you mentioning this is a technical foul and 2 free throws for the lakers
LeBron is shooting the 10k shot at the next home game 😔
Goodwin and Gillespie with 8reb EACH
And JJJ had 4 lol
Bulldog Gillespie
How many players on this team could get more trade return than Trae did. Like 7?
Important note.
What is valued in the nba now if you're not a top 10 talent
1-size
2-defense/rebounding/hustle stats
3-efficiency
4-shot creation
Trae has 1/4.
sad that top 5 draft class isnt worth much except Luka.
Throwing out the big dogs to finish the game was hilarious.
Two centers? Sure, why not?!
lol Nick and Man Man tickled me.
(Not literally)
That was the craziest lineup I’ve seen in a long time.
I'm fucking hype that they're willing. That's very close to a Frontline of khaman, oso and Williams. Run that with goodwin and Dunn and watch the chaos.
Opps get zero rebounds. Suns shoot 20% and score every time down court.
I was gonna say, were you courtside? Lol
Chat are we back?
we certainly arent cooked, chat.
Why can’t NHD buy his way into even a few garbage time minutes over Livers?
People assume Livers is bad, but theres a reason he was already in the NBA and Nigel wasn't.
He was being given quite a few minutes early on and looked horrible, probably hasn’t looked much better in practice
He probably doesn't look better in practice. Livers has been good in his minutes. Also NHD is PF, and the team want to try Rasheer as a rookie more than 30 years old NHD.
Solid reasoning, thx.
Because livers is better?
this. I dont think the plan was to ever play NHD this little, but he has been an absolute non-factor when given time.
Dillon Brooks finally gets his revenge against the grizzlies.
Lil bro’d the whole organization
That was a nice, relaxing win.
Oso is looking really, really good. A 10 foot jumpshot away from being the starting point power forward.
He’s kinda just been straight up better than Mark Williams recently
I am a certified Oso hater but this is accurate. Oso had been really freaking good lately and it looks like Mark is tiring a bit. Probably not used to this much action.
It makes me laugh that there are certified Oso haters; he seems like such a nice kid lol.
Haha, yeah. Just an expression. Seems like a great dude and I'm glad he's turning a corner.
He threw a couple passes tonite that made me pop.
Growing in confidence by the day. The game is slowing down.
And as the opp quality drops he is seeing he belongs.
Relaxing. Totally. Didn't feel pressed since the first quarter. Suns were in total control
The ultimate role player squad. Every game another role player balls out. Grayson Allen is officially back and Fleming showed some nice NBA play today.
Ott has done wonders
once rasheer gets used to nba range… my god
Rasheer is going to be a problem.
He is very rangy. Extremely quick. Can put the ball on the floor. All the components of a good 3. Moves his feet well.
This has potential to be a bonanza.
He's struggling to keep the ball flowing but I think that'll get fixed in time
Grayson Allen and Dillon Brooks good imagine having them both
That was the quietest belting the Suns have done all year. Everybody contributed and it just felt like usual Suns basketball.
Grayson deserves the game ball for getting his shot back. We need it against Knicks.
Rasheer looked good today, big dunk and a couple of 3s and some boards. Demon coming…
Rasheer is my man. I've been so hyped on him since just before the draft. He is gonna be one of those PF forces.
A balanced game all around. We were smooth as silk tonight.
Book was a bit choppy, smoooooth otherwise
The Suns are now 22-0 when outscoring their opponents this season.
Do you feel like everyone had a good time?
I don’t know anyone who’s ever enjoyed losing so I doubt it.
Im glad you still do this
Always happy to do it.
I love that you do it for the Mercury as well.
Someone has to keep track of it for me
Source?
Literally us, the Phoenix Suns.