Game 56: Orlando Magic (11-43) @ Phoenix Suns (45-10) l Saturday l 7:00pm

[RunDogGun]

Kind of interesting, but we took 105 shots tonight, and only 10 free throws. Were two of those off intentional fouling?

[Mulhollanddrive]

Payton 12 of 23 FG with 16 assists and 2 turnovers last 4 games.

And just as importantly looks to have found his method within the team so he can sustain it.

Jones really knows what he's doing with squad managment hopefully Shamet can be the next one to find step up.

[Bogyo]

Great game overall! We are deeeeeeeeeeeeeep.
Elf and Holiday as 3rd string PG's look just fine. They offer a lot more than any of the other 29 teams 3rd string PG's for sure.
With our switchability we don't really have a clear weakness. Sure, we do have the starting PF and the backup SG spots which can be a bit problematic I guess, but other than the KD warriors team I think we have the best roster I've seen in the league since I've been following (93). So that is saying a lot.
If we don't get any bad injuries and dont get fd by the refs... well, the result should be like it has never been before for us, but I dont want to jinx it, so I'm not saying it out loud.

[sunsbg]

Nice to have Torrey back. Maybe next time we play the Warriors he stops Porter from going off.

Holiday doesn't look like someone you want to run your team at this point, but his scoring was nice. Payton with great dishes on a few possessions, hit two 3s, but still bad at scoring. Can't take someone too seriously when I'll shoot better from the FT line.

[Saberestar]

Fun game to watch, easy win playing high level team basketball.

Craig and Aaron Holiday with great performances. Craig looked perfectly integrated again.

[Sunsdeuce]

Best part of the game is that the Starters got a lot of bench time. That little stuff is important going forward. CP especially. These blow outs help CP more than any player not having to log heavy minutes. At this point Monty really needs to focus on cutting back CPs minutes before the playoffs to make sure he is fresh for the important part of the season.

[bwoolf2]

Nice to have Torrey back. Maybe next time we play the Warriors he stops Porter from going off.

Holiday doesn't look like someone you want to run your team at this point, but his scoring was nice. Payton with great dishes on a few possessions, hit two 3s, but still bad at scoring. Can't take someone too seriously when I'll shoot better from the FT line.

Based on what the 9 minutes you saw him play, lol...

[Ghost of Kleine]

Best part of the game is that the Starters got a lot of bench time. That little stuff is important going forward. CP especially. These blow outs help CP more than any player not having to log heavy minutes. At this point Monty really needs to focus on cutting back CPs minutes before the playoffs to make sure he is fresh for the important part of the season.

YES!!! Thank you for that.

[sunsbg]

Nice to have Torrey back. Maybe next time we play the Warriors he stops Porter from going off.

Holiday doesn't look like someone you want to run your team at this point, but his scoring was nice. Payton with great dishes on a few possessions, hit two 3s, but still bad at scoring. Can't take someone too seriously when I'll shoot better from the FT line.

Based on what the 9 minutes you saw him play, lol...

I guess you talk about the playmaking part, though would have made it clearer to state it instead of a meaningless "lol...". I hope you know there are sites with stats and YT to watch video of someone's play.

[bwoolf2]

Nice to have Torrey back. Maybe next time we play the Warriors he stops Porter from going off.

Holiday doesn't look like someone you want to run your team at this point, but his scoring was nice. Payton with great dishes on a few possessions, hit two 3s, but still bad at scoring. Can't take someone too seriously when I'll shoot better from the FT line.

Based on what the 9 minutes you saw him play, lol...

I guess you talk about the playmaking part, though would have made it clearer to state it instead of a meaningless "lol...". I hope you know there are sites with stats and YT to watch video of someone's play.

How about we give someone a few weeks with this team before we decide what they will or won't be with the team.

[RunDogGun]

Aaron will most likely get sg minutes until Payne and Shamet return. Payton, now getting minutes, has been doing well running back up point. The two of them will most likely get minutes together in games like this where we are clearly handling the game. Either way, I am not worried about who will be coming off the bench anymore, as long as the team works well together and not one guy is taking too many shots when they are off. I was not a fan of Payton taking that many shots in a game, but overall, it was a fairly balanced shooting last night from the team. If we can keep up team wins like this, and give more shots to those shooting well, we are looking pretty for the rest of the season and post season.

[sunsbg]

Based on what the 9 minutes you saw him play, lol...

I guess you talk about the playmaking part, though would have made it clearer to state it instead of a meaningless "lol...". I hope you know there are sites with stats and YT to watch video of someone's play.

How about we give someone a few weeks with this team before we decide what they will or won't be with the team.

Sure, we can ignore all his play so far in four seasons and wait a few weeks, for him to play 5 mins a game with the backups back healthy before discussing him.

[bwoolf2]

I guess you talk about the playmaking part, though would have made it clearer to state it instead of a meaningless "lol...". I hope you know there are sites with stats and YT to watch video of someone's play.

How about we give someone a few weeks with this team before we decide what they will or won't be with the team.

Sure, we can ignore all his play so far in four seasons and wait a few weeks, for him to play 5 mins a game with the backups back healthy before discussing him.

Ok, but just so you know I saw plenty of footage on YT managing teams just fine. But sure you got it.

[sunsbg]

How about we give someone a few weeks with this team before we decide what they will or won't be with the team.

Sure, we can ignore all his play so far in four seasons and wait a few weeks, for him to play 5 mins a game with the backups back healthy before discussing him.

Ok, but just so you know I saw plenty of footage on YT managing teams just fine. But sure you got it.

I don't pretend having watched every scouting report. Stats don't suggest he's anything special as a playmaker, neither what I have seen. Common sense suggests he's after Payton when it comes to playmaking as Elfrid was the starting PG on a team just last season and dished 9 assists in this game, while Holiday threw a ball to nobody for a TO. He's clearly 4th stringer when it comes to playmaking skills.In my original post I said 'at this point', so hopefully he grows in this role with the help of CP3.