Now we just need buy in from the refs.
I don't buy. In fact, I think this thinking is baloney. All he has to do is not touch another player when celebrating. I am not asking for Clark Kent.
Group effort for sure. Yep, BG has been excellent in his execution. But it does start from the top. He put BG in as GM to much derisiveness. Ishbia was like the Men's Wearhouse guy, "You're going to like the way we look. I guarantee it!"
Did Barkley really transform the team, or was he just the final piece in a true contender? I don’t think team became materially different the way dantoni/nash and now ott/brooks had changed the very dna of their respective squads.
Absolutely. Gregory is the one who had to actually effectuate the roster ishbia envisioned. Always takes a visionary, a builder and implementer.
That usually takes time. You have to earn the reputation over time and repeated evidencing of the transformation. You’ve got to discard the existing reputation.
I believe he did. The Suns were perennial boy scouts and lacked the edge. That team truly believed they could beat anybody and Barkley was the type of player who not only trashed talked but could back it up. The Suns had nobody like that. Barkley also brought attention to the team like no other player before. I posted the story somewhere on these forums. For the first time the Suns were the biggest away draw in the NBA that season they went to the finals. IMO, the entire package was pretty transformative.
Just a little. in the final minute, when we are up by a couple. I still want him high fiving the opposition on free throws.
tuesday is gonna be wild
