Meh. I know that is a Suns fan narrative. Giannis was fantastic and outplayed our front court. He played bigger, better and was far more aggressive. He took over the end of that series like a Superstar should.
No he said that Ayton is the only one. Basically, this came up because word is that Jaylen Brown is really upset with the Celtics because the fact he was offered was leaked. In contrast, the Suns can maintain to all their players (except Ayton) that they have not offered up any specific players to the Nets in any deal. He is saying to date, discussions with the Nets have not gotten that far. So, I think he is saying once the Nets told the Suns we have no interest in Ayton, no other talks after that have progressed that far.
Well it appears the way the Celtics handled things and the way the Suns handled things were very different. Now you have a pissed of Jaylen Brown who may want out of an organization that showed him no loyalty.
Based on what Gambo said it doesn't sound like that at all. Sounds like the Suns may have put picks on the table, but no players have been offered as of yet. Which makes sense with the other rumor they are contacting other teams to see if a multi-team deal is possible. The Nets are not focused on the Suns because without a multi-team deal the Suns don't have the assets. So, the Nets might just be waiting to see if the Suns can put something together. Maybe that's what you were saying.
Oh and I didn't mention it above but Gambo said he got this info directly from the Suns.
Yeah sounds like they have not held any serious talks with the Suns since they found out the Nets were not interested in Ayton. I hope the Suns either work out a multiteam trade or they move on. At this point it's getting ridiculous and preventing the Suns from moving on. I am sort of getting annoyed at Kevin Durant as well. You either want out and to play here or you don't.
The NBA needs to do something about offensive players creating the contact, its a no call if the ball handler goes straight at you. get rid of the stupid "halo" basically means you cant play D in the paint. we dont watch or go to games to see a FT contest
Good, the longer this has gone on and the more i think about gutting the young talent and having no future chips in draft or trades causes pause for me. KD is no the wrong side of 30 let alone 33. Let it get ugly for the Nets/KD and see if the price drops. Part of me wants to run it back to give these guys a shot of redemption for last year. Need another ball handler/shot creator in the back court
Yeah Mainstreet. The today's NBA seems to encourage scoring over defense to make it more exciting for the fans probably. I personally don't like today's flopping and offensive players running over the defense then getting rewarded with free throws, the letting of some of the so called superstars running over the defense player without a foul being called & no names mention though haha, the step back and sliding traveling of the so called Euro Step. All the 3 point shooting is cool but the old hard-nosed defense, rebounding, the calling of real fouls, and hustle is my preference. That would be real competition.
They do what they always do. They adjust to the Stars on the court. They were never going to foul out Giannis. They were never going to foul out Shaq. They are never going to foul out Jordon or Steph. It's the way the Finals always plays out. Your other players better step up because those guys are not fouling out of very many games in a Finals run.
Yep. Make the Nets ask for players, don't offer them. That way Mikal, Cam etc don't feel like they are being shopped.
Exactly. It's very smart and calculated by the Suns. No matter what happens they can say to the player "we never offered you in a trade".
