The more I think about it, the more I like this trade, if we just think about it from a basketball point of view. It gives us increased size, athleticism, and much needed scoring in the starting lineup, in addition to freeing up time for the youngsters and Goody and Collin. I expect Bridges to take pressure off Booker. It will pay dividens.
Shams: Suns trade for Miles Bridges
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I personally don’t believe that. But I think great players at least consistently raise their teams to the level of playoff teams and superstars somehow lift those teams to upsets in the playoffs every now and again.
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No, they certainly are not.
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That's fair, but you gotta admit, some people take it waaay overboard.
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absolutely.
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Also, the Suns saved $20–$30 million in luxury tax and added a player at a position of need.
This is a part of the trade that often gets overlooked. It helped them keep Williams, Gillespie and Goodwin.
Well, unless they do it in Vegas, it didn't make sense to do it right away once they were able to as they're all over there. So, let's at least be sensical about it and not act like they're trying to pull the wool over everybody's eyes.
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I’m mean it didn’t take much time for me to realize we needed an upgrade at PF. So while it’s controversial, he’s the player we targeted so im going to trust they have no issues with behavior. Hes a nice upgrade for our roster, can do some point forward, he’s a lob threat. He will double the amount of rim pressure we got last year which leads to lots of good thing like fouls and free throws and open 3’s.
Now we have a nice rotation with Bridges and Brooks to start with Fleming probably the first forward to sub in for either one of them. We were very small last year now our roster is getting a little more size and athleticism. I’d love to see Ott use the bench depth all season to keep starters mins down and let the young players learn.
We had (and still have) the Gauchos (Oso, Dunn, Gillespie). Now we can add Fleming, Peat and Maluach. We also have Kennard and Goody so yeah, our bench is strong. He ought not shorten the rotation too much if/when we get to the playoffs. That's like tossing your secret weapon, leaving it off the table. That is amateur hour.
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From a purely basketball POV this trade makes more sense if have have a center who can shoot 36% or better from the three.
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Sure. I’m being totally nonsensical about it… even though you just said they’re all over there.
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The thread title:
Shams: Suns trade for Miles Bridges
I thought it said:Shame: Suns trade for Miles Bridges
Or a franchise player who can shoot at that percentage, for that matter.
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No, not you Yuma!
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I thought she counter charged him with assault fro trying to run her over in a golf cart?
Yuma
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We just saw that when Toronto rented Kawhi for a year and got an NBA Championship.
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Miles Bridges’ introductory press conference has been moved a day later to Wednesday, July 22.
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They’re waiting on Lebron to sign here.
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You are kidding, right?
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That is legitimately 13 guys that should be seeing minutes. That’s a lot. And not a lot of long in the tooth vets.
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Early on in the Bulls dynasty, they would do a hockey exchange. They had the starting five, but then they developed a back up five. They would have a stop in action and sub out all five starters if they could. The back up five developed enough chemistry, they could beat some teams starting fives when they were rolling in games. It would be cool if Ott would do something like this. Then you could legit have 10 guys playing every game. Then you sub in and out some guys with the starters, like Kennard, and that adds 1 to 3 more guys, that play each night. The young bigs showed they had chemistry together in Summer league, and if you aren't starting any of them, let them roll in together on the back up unit, I say.
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Miles Bridges and the Phoenix Suns talk to the media today for the first time since the trade.
Fans deserve an explanation and insight into the move. It can’t just be normal platitudes.
But maybe that’s just my Southwest Bias.
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Miles Bridges and the Phoenix Suns talk to the media today for the first time since the trade.
Fans deserve an explanation and insight into the move. It can’t just be normal platitudes.
But maybe that’s just my Southwest Bias.
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Miles Bridges plans after trade will leave many fans sick to stomach
yup, a team out of balance:
*with Booker and Bridges one-on-one offense and defensive flaws, our future looks even worse than it did a season ago. double Book it!
*then, add Green and Brooks who are not team players on offense, and Gillespi who isn't a true point guard in the assist department
*and the Suns size issues and redundancies
*and not enough time for grooming the players that could turn into something to look forward to
*and lack of draft picks for years
what a mess
an unforced error, considering the track we were on the first part of last season
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Selling our soul, and a big chunk of the future for a guy who has never been an impactful player and is a PR headache is a helluva choice.
Not much of a surprise from the current regime.
From the day Ishbia bought the team to today, he seemingly has zero regard for the long term future or the character of this team.
He's a narrow minded, meddling owner, and a high risk gambler.
We pray that he's a good gambler.
Not much of a surprise from the current regime.
From the day Ishbia bought the team to today, he seemingly has zero regard for the long term future or the character of this team.
He's a narrow minded, meddling owner, and a high risk gambler.
We pray that he's a good gambler.
I'm sure he isn't.
