Wizards @ Suns Saturday game thread 1-25-2025

[AzStevenCal]

Devin really has some stinker 3 point games.

 

[Yuma]

Nick Richards at 19 rebounds with SIX of those being on the offensive end.

 

[Mainstreet]

Richards has 16 points and 19 rebounds thus far.

 

[95pro]

Crap Richards grabbing his right hamstring during the free throw.

 

[95pro]

Another miss by Book.

 

[Mainstreet]

The three will not go down for Booker.

 

[Yuma]

Richards cutting into the lane is killing the Wizards right now.

 

[95pro]

wtf is KD doing with those passes. Thankfully Beal caught that and the refs are on our side.

 

[Mainstreet]

This is another game the Suns would have lost without Richards.

 

[Yuma]

This is another game the Suns would have lost without Richards.

Makes that trade good because he arguably has given us two wins by his play.

 

[Yuma]

If basketball had the WAR stat like baseball, Richards would have a great one right now.

 

[Hoop Head]

Feel for Richards trying so hard for #20

 

[Mainstreet]

Final:

Suns 119 - Wizards 109

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Suns 119-109 Wizards (Jan 25, 2025) Box Score - ESPN

Box score for the Phoenix Suns vs. Washington Wizards NBA game from January 25, 2025 on ESPN. Includes all points, rebounds and steals stats.

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[Phrazbit]

If basketball had the WAR stat like baseball, Richards would have a great one right now.

They do, they have a couple actually.

And yeah, I am sure his score for this game would be very high. His splits have been very good throughout his career, hard to say why he's never been given a bigger role.

 

[95pro]

Idk much about Richards but he seems humble, well mannered and a good teammate.

 

[Hoop Head]

If basketball had the WAR stat like baseball, Richards would have a great one right now.

They do, VORP (Value Over Replacement Player). His as a Sun is 0.0 right now. It'll grow some after this. You can find info on BasketballReference.com

 

[clyde2tw]

Booker, Jones, Allen, RO were combined 4/25 for 3s, those long rebounds led to fastbreak pts that kept Wizards in the game. Particularly RO, known for streakyness, shouldn't shoot so many. We were in the game in the 4th due to Jones driving drops and KD unstoppable again.

 

[Yuma]

They do, VORP (Value Over Replacement Player). His as a Sun is 0.0 right now. It'll grow some after this. You can find info on BasketballReference.com

That seems weird. IDK how that's calculated, but he has way outplayed what Okogie was doing.

 

[clyde2tw]

Feel for Richards trying so hard for #20

His hands fumbled when KD and Book got the last two rebs out of necessity.

 

[clyde2tw]

That seems weird. IDK how that's calculated, but he has way outplayed what Okogie was doing.

You way underestimated Okogie's impact on the court beyond stats. He had 16pt, 10rb, 3stl, 3ast in Hornets' last game in 30min, but his impact was more than that, he was the only one with a positive +/- at +9 on the team which lost the game with 6pt.

 

[gimpy]

I see from the stat sheet that Dunn started and played 2 minutes. Did he get hurt or injured?

 

[Chris_Sanders]

I see from the stat sheet that Dunn started and played 2 minutes. Did he get hurt or injured?

Sprained ankle. Could barely walk. I think 3 weeks

 

[Yuma]

Sprained ankle. Could barely walk. I think 3 weeks

He was starting to get recognized for the rookie of the year consideration just recently because of his defensive play.

 

[Hoop Head]

That seems weird. IDK how that's calculated, but he has way outplayed what Okogie was doing.

You need to look up how VORP is calculated. Its value over replacement player, which means over an average C since he is one. It accounts for role to an extent. Comparing Richards to Okogie in terms of statline won't tell the whole story. They received different assignments. You mentioned WAR and I think VORP is closest to that in the NBA. Comparing bigs to wings is always difficult.

Remember, we also lost 2 2nd round picks as well. It wasn't just Okogie we gave up but Okogie and potentially 2 Oso's. So again, the trade is tough to grade 1 vs 1.

 

[mjb21aztd]

Nice to see suns beat wizards good gms by kd richards ))

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