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    Suns 2024-2025 Season Discussions

    He's objectively terrible. He's been given up on by every team that he's been on and is the epitome of an empty stats guy. There's a reason LA is dumping him to sign Alex Len, a 3rd string center on most teams. Phoenix desperately needs 4/5 depth, but Christian Wood is NOT it.
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    Suns @ Rockets Wednesday game thread 2-12-2024

    It doesn't help that KD just stands there without a good seal and doesn't come to the ball. Players are draped all over him and teammates are forced to try to lob it over which is ripe for getting picked off. Book does a better job of cutting around and coming back to the ball in those scenarios.
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    Suns @ Rockets Wednesday game thread 2-12-2024

    I'm not going to judge this game too harshly on the 2nd game of a back to back with arguably 3 of the top 4 players on the team out. But, it is disheartening that what undid the team was a parade of turnovers which has been the achilles heel for this team for a season and a half now.
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    Suns @ Rockets Wednesday game thread 2-12-2024

    Now that you mention him, it is interesting that Tyty got the minutes last night before Gillespie.
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    Suns @ Rockets Wednesday game thread 2-12-2024

    If you wanna get hammered: - Drink every time KD has a lazy pass turnover - Drink every time Booker yells 'ayyyyy' after shooting trying to draw a foul - Drink every time Tyus just lets his man waltz to the hoop - Drink every time Plumlee gets the rebound then brings it up the court like an...
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    Grizzlies @ Suns Tuesday game thread 2-11-2024

    A lot closer than I was expecting, and overall there's a lot of positive takeaways. But, all of it was undone by poor defensive rebounding and inability to make timely 3s. When going small, you kind of expect a few offensive rebounds given up from the size mismatches but the hope is that the...
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    2024-2025 Around the NBA Thread

    Barnes already signed an extension 5yr/$225M starting next year. (up to 270M if he hits supermax criteria, though that's very unlikely at this point) The salaries are pretty atrocious for Toronto next year. They'll already have 32.5M for Quickley, 28M for RJ Barrett, 38M for Scottie barnes...
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    Suns 2024-2025 Season Discussions

    The problem with Nurkic's play this season had nothing to do with his weight. His issues were, in no particular order, the inability to finish around the basket, defending out on the perimeter, turning the ball over on offense, not being a threat offensively outside of 2 feet. He was actually...
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    Grizzlies @ Suns Tuesday game thread 2-11-2024

    And as of yesterday's games, now in 11th and out of the play-in. It'll be a dogfight with Dallas vs Phoenix for that last play-in spot I think, with Dallas being banged up (AD out, Gafford went down last night) and Phoenix just being bad.
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    Suns 2024-2025 Season Discussions

    Oof, that's a rough back to back.
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    Suns 2024-2025 Season Discussions

    Sounds like this was not possible; trade had to be accepted as-is or rejected, can't modify past the trade deadline.
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    Jazz @ Suns Friday game thread 2-7-2024

    100% agree. The first half vs OKC exemplified this as well. The crux of the matter is KD. The rest of the team is really good at .5 style basketball, attacking or passing it immediately (I guess the exception is Booker when he gets it in the post). KD just isn't wired that way. He is way more...
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    Jazz @ Suns Friday game thread 2-7-2024

    That shot was pure.
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    Jazz @ Suns Friday game thread 2-7-2024

    Playing Booker 24 straight minutes in the 2nd half on the first game of a back to back is... a choice.
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    Jazz @ Suns Friday game thread 2-7-2024

    Book's played the entire 2nd half, he's going to need a break at some point
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    Jazz @ Suns Friday game thread 2-7-2024

    Book is just having a tremendous game. Good to see him take charge.
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    Suns 2024-2025 Season Discussions

    Agreed, given the choice between Minnesota or GSW/Miami's package I think the latter was the clear winner.
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    Suns 2024-2025 Season Discussions

    It would have to be centered around either Rudy Gobert or Julius Randle just to be able to match salaries, but given KD's position my guess is that it would have most likely been Randle + Divencenzo and filler/picks
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    Suns 2024-2025 Season Discussions

    The only one I can think of that worked was KG from Minny to Boston
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    OT: The trade deadline watch thread. 02/06/25

    Good. Let there be no doubt in Ishbia's mind that this is not going to work and that it's time to blow this team up.
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    Nurkic goes to Charlotte - per Shams

    Cody Martin's contract is non-guaranteed after this season and there's a team option for Micic for next. This is a money savings deal through and through.
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    OT: The trade deadline watch thread. 02/06/25

    I wouldn't single just KD out as being lazy on D, the whole team is a step slow and botch rotations all the time. Book, for all his improvements on team USA, routinely is a step too far out and late on closeouts giving up open 3s. To a certain extent I can excuse KD from a bit of that. What is...
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    OT: The trade deadline watch thread. 02/06/25

    The elephant in the room they SHOULD be addressing is that the team sucks and is going nowhere and is the most expensive team in basketball history.
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    OT: The trade deadline watch thread. 02/06/25

    Not sure why GSW would do this though. Why trade for Durant if you're not going to pair him with Steph & Draymond?
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    OT: The trade deadline watch thread. 02/06/25

    The Nurk for Valanciunas trade would have to happen if this went down, Draymond + Nurk on the same team would be high comedy though. I might keep watching for that alone.

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