The Devin Booker non-appreciation thread.

[newBluePlanet]

Hilarious pontification from a guy who only has one line of conversation.

yes, one line of conversation is considered a thread topic in a forum. i suggest you either add something useful to this line of conversation or have your ego (identification with one player) messaged in the Booker is Greatest thread

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

almost got arrested this morning - showed up to the mortgage matchup center trying to explain i was a part owner - the security guard didn't believe me - i told the security guard he was a part owner too - that we both owned the suns but he still didn't believe me

 

[Hoop Head]

oh taz, you really don't know do you? you absolutely own the Suns and every other business. You pay every salary. You decide whether a business succeeds or fails. Same goes for the politicians who are public servants we pay to serve us. We are brainwashed to accept that we are powerless.

the Suns are a good example. Fans have been told for a decade that the Suns = Booker. He's on the posters, the ads, and the announcers work his hype and isolated, cherry-picked stats every game. Visually, he takes shots like he's Kobe or Jordan, he's among the leaders in having the ball in his hands (and cash/salary). But, on both ends of the court, statistically, he's mediocre and the rest of the league knows it, most often passing on him for All Star selection.

his true strength is his marketability -- face, jersey's, shoes, etc.. His agent and Suns org manages him (the product), but the community owns him. If we don't buy he's out. I'm actually the truer Suns fan, because i want what's best for the team and town, instead of the profiteers.

as per the yahoo article, "math tells the awful truth..." about Lebron James. AND about Devin Booker too. he's a bad investment to own

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[newBluePlanet]

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"buy Coke, not Pepsi"
"Booker is the Greatest Sun...buy Nike Book 2"
"you have no power, believe what you are told, fit in with the crowd"
"the problem is entitlement at the bottom of the pyramid not hoarding, corruption and manipulation from the top."

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

almost scored a pair of book 2s today for $140 but someone beat me to them

 

[Hoop Head]

Beat your Knicks and crickets. All the New York legends laying Book respect also surely are drinking the AZ koolaid too, right?

 

[newBluePlanet]

Beat your Knicks and crickets.

pay attention. i was a knicks fan 50 years ago

 

[newBluePlanet]

Booker's bad decisions were on display again in the last half of the 4th in the Philly game. bad ball handling, sloppy defense, bad shot selection. Coach wisened up and changed to Allen handling the ball.

earth to Book: there are better clutch shooters and ball-handlers on the team. adjust

now that Green is back this team's key advantage will be it's bench -- scored 30 more than Philly's bench. in fact, every bench player was solidly in the + of the +/- and every starter but Collin was in the minus with Booker having the largest -.

 

[JCSunsfan]

pay attention. i was a knicks fan 50 years ago

This one post explains everything.

 

[newBluePlanet]

This one post explains everything.

it sure does. that team was amazing. one of the smartest, best defending, team-ball playing teams ever. and i just didn't just stay a Knicks fan because of the logo. Same thing with Magic Johnson's Lakers -- smart, unselfish. Nash and CP3's Suns team as well.

and 14 other guys on the current team

go back to the "Greatest" thread where you belong unless you've got something more than a snide one liner to add, because the troll role is already covered by a couple of your fellow fanboys.

 

[95pro]

almost scored a pair of book 2s today for $140 but someone beat me to them

I haven’t checked availability on those. But I like the 1’s more if we are to compare the two. My wife was able to grab two of the Book2’s so far.

 

[BooksOrangePlanet]

I haven’t checked availability on those. But I like the 1’s more if we are to compare the two. My wife was able to grab two of the Book2’s so far.

trying to decide if im going to wear them or tuck'em away but i already have too many sneakers accruing interest

 

[newBluePlanet]

sure. they work great in the matrix you're in. you can dodge bullets and everything.

also, great for me to step in poop with

 

[95pro]

trying to decide if im going to wear them or tuck'em away but i already have too many sneakers accruing interest

I would have to look around for some of the Book 1's, but i have a huge problem wearing basketball shoes casually.

 

[newBluePlanet]

not only is a discussion of sneakers an off-topic violation of the non-appreciation thread, the purchase of rubber foot-shells made from slave labor in China at an exorbitant price due to the use of a mediocre basketball player's name, is a violation of both sanity and humanity

but due to the beauty of it's inclusion as exhibit H, i support it being introduced as evidence

 

[newBluePlanet]

Exhibit i:
2 days after Booker is out the team is figuring out how work offensively without Booker as the first option. Their defense is sharp, the ball is moving, and they've got some bright, clutch players taking high percentage shots

Dillon is doing for this team what CP3 did in a different way

now. If Booker could fit in and play a new roll, instead of what he usually does (his stats match last season) we'd have real potential in the playoffs.

 

[Weenus O'Baggins]

Ever click on a thread, read like 2 pages and then click "last" so it stops highlighting?

That's this thread

 

[newBluePlanet]

ever look at a post with only a few words of such irrelevance and immaturity that you demanded all 3 seconds of your life back for reading it.

that's your post, Weenus

 

[newBluePlanet]

yup. another blow-out against a good team. that's the thing about the truth. you can't bury it, lie around it, or suppress it by attacking the messenger. it just keeps coming back at ya

Booker ball is obsolete
it never was sound basketball and building around him was always a mistake
now, it's a very costly mistake, and i'm not just talking salary

when he comes back, guys that should be on the floor will collectively be on the bench for at least 35 minutes more

 

[newBluePlanet]

Bickley: Suns are more shock than surprise - Arizona Sports

The world of sports is fueled by surprise, but the Suns are in a different category. They are more shock than surprise.

arizonasports.com

"They posted back-to-back blowout victories against the Pistons and the Cavaliers without Devin Booker...It begins with Dillon Brooks....

Vinny's View: Dillon Brooks has steered the Suns out of hell​

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  Some say the Suns are cursed.​

...He has inspired and pushed Oso Ighodaro, Collin Gillespie and Jordan Goodwin to new heights. His alpha energy has changed everything and everyone. Just like Steve Nash, he is a Canadian-born player leading us from darkness." -- Dan Bickley

The name of this thread before I changed it was, "Are the Suns Cursed: Book It!"

 

[SactownSunsFan]

Exhibit i:
2 days after Booker is out the team is figuring out how work offensively without Booker as the first option. Their defense is sharp, the ball is moving, and they've got some bright, clutch players taking high percentage shots

Dillon is doing for this team what CP3 did in a different way

now. If Booker could fit in and play a new roll, instead of what he usually does (his stats match last season) we'd have real potential in the playoffs.

Uh, the defense has been sharp, the ball has moved and we've been making high percentage shots with Booker in the line-up. What should Booker's new role be?

 

[Yuma]

Uh, the defense has been sharp, the ball has moved and we've been making high percentage shots with Booker in the line-up. What should Booker's new role be?

Old school Booker prior to PG Book he is now. I don't think he's forgotten that game.

 

[newBluePlanet]

What should Booker's new role be?

that's a touch question for me, because even his scoring can be problematic and does not equate to winning (like Westbrook, Carmelo, Harden, and Durant) For example, before his injury he had a game with 20 in the first quarter and we were only up by 3. I'd rather get guys going in the first. And i think we have a set of 5 better clutch shooters, ball handlers, defenders and decision makers in crunch time at the end of games.

so, i believe his new role should be with the Knicks. I'm not a fan of his friend, Towns, but to get it done i'd take him back for the power-forward position.

to make do with Book, i would
1. pull his green light to launch 3's. limit that shot to him being open.
2. have him only handle the ball when necessary.
3. tell him to focus on drives and jump shots.
4. tell him make himself most useful by drawing a double and dishing

 

[newBluePlanet]

wow. just checked the Philly game thread and not a soul mentioned one of the most embarrassing plays i've ever seen, when Booker air-balled a wide open 3 in crunch time, having a full 3 seconds to launch with no one near him

i've often said, i don't care if someone misses a good shot. and that was a great look. but come on. him sucking from 3, especially in clutch is a fact, no matter how many times Suns TV replays a seldom made clutch 3 of his over his 11 years. If it were any other player on the team, they'd have their green light revoked.

imo, Booker's value is that with 1on1 coverage he can get off a shot better than anyone else on the team. But NOT in crunch time when doubled and NOT from 3. Just the facts, ladies and gentlemen.

i'd much rather have Allen on the floor with either Booker or Green rather than Booker and Green together. And though Collin needs to improve his distributing skills, he is too valuable to sit. The coach needs to figure this out.

 

[djm75]

wow. just checked the Philly game thread and not a soul mentioned one of the most embarrassing plays i've ever seen, when Booker air-balled a wide open 3 in crunch time, having a full 3 seconds to launch with no one near him

i've often said, i don't care if someone misses a good shot. and that was a great look. but come on. him sucking from 3, especially in clutch is a fact, no matter how many times Suns TV replays a seldom made clutch 3 of his over his 11 years. If it were any other player on the team, they'd have their green light revoked.

imo, Booker's value is that with 1on1 coverage he can get off a shot better than anyone else on the team. But NOT in crunch time when doubled and NOT from 3. Just the facts, ladies and gentlemen.

i'd much rather have Allen on the floor with either Booker or Green rather than Booker and Green together. And though Collin needs to improve his distributing skills, he is too valuable to sit. The coach needs to figure this out.

But hey, that attempt got him into the all-star three point contest.