Game 47: Phoenix Suns (14-32) @ Cleveland Cavaliers (31-12)

[grumpysaddle]

It's not a matter of competing with top teams... it's a matter of competing with no teams ever. Constantly getting blown out. Even the 6ers weren't getting annihilated and decimated the way the Suns have been. 6ers scrubs at least try really hard. Coaching probably helps there. The Suns outside of one or two players a night give up the second a team is up by like 8 points.

[thamadkant]

This game is just another reminder that the Suns are in rebuild mode... and not close to contending, hence the FO should consider getting cheap, short contracts whilst figuring out the new core.

This game did that?

the last 30 games actually. But only the last 4 games where the Suns are fielding real young players with huge minutes.

[bwgood77]

It's not a matter of competing with top teams... it's a matter of competing with no teams ever. Constantly getting blown out. Even the 6ers weren't getting annihilated and decimated the way the Suns have been. 6ers scrubs at least try really hard. Coaching probably helps there. The Suns outside of one or two players a night give up the second a team is up by like 8 points.

Currently the Suns have a net pt differential of -5.6 pg, while Philly has one of -10.3. I believe, until about the Bledsoe injury, we still had a positive one.

But like I said before, without Bledsoe and with this version of Kieff we don't really have more talent than the Sixers anyway. I think our young guys try hard too, but I think when things go awry they lose confidence which is why they sometimes get pulled. Booker and Goodwin are still really young.

[RunDogGun]

So Zo was let go, and we are picking up Jordan McRae, who just scored 61/11/7 in a DLeague game.