Hornets @ Suns Sunday game thread 1-12-20

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A huge negative for Suns in first half is 10 turnovers. Booker and Rubio have 7 of them.
 

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I was agreeing with your sarcasm about Baynes yet Ayton sucks so much he can't start over him
That's a coaching problem.

Baynes bricking four 3's and nearly fouling out every game is okay, Ayton putting up 15/10 with plus defense is not. Got it. Maybe Ayton needs to be more theatric and scowl harder.
 

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I am pretty happy with DA tonight. He took a bad jumper, missed his rotation twice, and missed two free throws, but outside of that he has been outstanding.
 

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So I am on board with the U of A group think, the issue here is Monty, not Ayton?
 

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Because I saw a guy who made stupid decisions over and over and just jacked up contested jumpers rather than use his talent when he should have
 
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Oubre now with 18 points and 8 rebounds.
 

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I have admittedly switched back to GB / Hags so hopefully you all tell me Ayton is the megaton warhead he should be
 
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With the Hornets extending their defense aggressively the Suns need to drive it more to the basket.
 

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So I am on board with the U of A group think, the issue here is Monty, not Ayton?

Posts like these from Moderators are why many here feel that ASFN has depreciated into a series of YouTube comments.
 
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End of 3rd quarter:

Suns 71 - Hornets 71
 

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Zeller waltzes to the basket with little effort from Ayton. At least hard foul him.
Ayton driving me crazy as a fan. I want to root for this kid one minute and then I want to troll
this pick the next. I'll stay optimistic. Go Suns!
 

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I have admittedly switched back to GB / Hags so hopefully you all tell me Ayton is the megaton warhead he should be
Sorry but modern NBA is that you need to have multiple playmaking skills to be a dominant big man. The rule changes don't allow for some big post presence to be a stud without outside shooting or ballhandling. If you don't have those your only real option is to develop into a Javale McGee/Whiteside/Drummond like rim runner.

So really it's your novice bball IQ (and the Suns front office of course) that is the real problem. Basically we never should have drafted an an 80's/90's era big man at #1 overall in 2018. And since we did, it's plainly obvious that since his best playmaking skill is his jumpshot, that needs to be extended to the 3 point line.
 
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Oubre and Ayton padding their rebounding stats with missed shots but I will take it.
 

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