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RunDogGun wrote:It would be great if all our guys worked together in the offseason, and it would be incredible if Warren took a lead role in those workouts.
Crives wrote:RunDogGun wrote:It would be great if all our guys worked together in the offseason, and it would be incredible if Warren took a lead role in those workouts.
And even better if Nash/Amare join and remind the kids that this team has a history of winning and restore confidence after this season.
RunDogGun wrote:Crives wrote:RunDogGun wrote:It would be great if all our guys worked together in the offseason, and it would be incredible if Warren took a lead role in those workouts.
And even better if Nash/Amare join and remind the kids that this team has a history of winning and restore confidence after this season.
Id rather have Nash and Hill, or Nash and Marion. Amare hasnt shown a real brightness to him. But I would rather those guys remind our youth that teamwork is the key. When guys play for each other and work hard for their teammates, a level of brotherhood emerges. Sort of like a Band of Brothers. Winning will follow quickly. Nash and Hill had this in 2010.
cberry78 wrote:RunDogGun wrote:Crives wrote:
And even better if Nash/Amare join and remind the kids that this team has a history of winning and restore confidence after this season.
Id rather have Nash and Hill, or Nash and Marion. Amare hasnt shown a real brightness to him. But I would rather those guys remind our youth that teamwork is the key. When guys play for each other and work hard for their teammates, a level of brotherhood emerges. Sort of like a Band of Brothers. Winning will follow quickly. Nash and Hill had this in 2010.
I wonder how much it would cost to get Barkley to come in and just yell at the team to get their **** together?
Maybe KJ would be a better choice. RunDogGun wrote:cberry78 wrote:RunDogGun wrote:Id rather have Nash and Hill, or Nash and Marion. Amare hasnt shown a real brightness to him. But I would rather those guys remind our youth that teamwork is the key. When guys play for each other and work hard for their teammates, a level of brotherhood emerges. Sort of like a Band of Brothers. Winning will follow quickly. Nash and Hill had this in 2010.
I wonder how much it would cost to get Barkley to come in and just yell at the team to get their **** together?
I dont know if Sir Charles is the guy I would want to have talk to youth about discipline and teamwork. He was quite a talented player, but after 92, he would often try and take on teams by himself. If we wanted our youth to party hard the night before playoff games and avoid the gym, then I would ask Charles to hypocritically yell at them.
). I just think a Barkley yelling session (or sessions) could do a world of good.Yeah from the people I know who've spent time with amare off the court I'm not sure he's the mentor type.RunDogGun wrote:Crives wrote:RunDogGun wrote:It would be great if all our guys worked together in the offseason, and it would be incredible if Warren took a lead role in those workouts.
And even better if Nash/Amare join and remind the kids that this team has a history of winning and restore confidence after this season.
Id rather have Nash and Hill, or Nash and Marion. Amare hasnt shown a real brightness to him. But I would rather those guys remind our youth that teamwork is the key. When guys play for each other and work hard for their teammates, a level of brotherhood emerges. Sort of like a Band of Brothers. Winning will follow quickly. Nash and Hill had this in 2010.
WeekapaugGroove wrote:RunDogGun wrote:Crives wrote:
I could see that. I think I would prefer a more elite defender at sf/pg to compliment booker on the perimeter which would move TJ to 6th man.
It would depend on who we got at the 1 and 4 positions. We would be dumb to get a weak defender at either or both positions, for both Booker and Ayton are not up to speed defensively. To move TJ to the bench, I feel both the point and power positions will have to be good three point shooters, because Jackson and Bridges are not.
Bridges is up to 35% from 3 on 5 attempts per game for the season which is better than Booker this year. And before a couple of bad games in February had been trending up on that department. All indicators point to him being a good 3pt shooter as he adjusts to the NBA range.
To me Bridges a better fit in the starting line up because of his D and the fact that he's a lower usage kind of player. With Warren he's such a efficient scorer and that's by far his best skill that coming off the bench and being the main bucket getter when Booker and Ayton are off the floor seems like a better use of his talent.
While sure it would be nice if Warren was a better passer frankly in a lot of scenarios him taking a shot is better than him passing to someone who is less efficient so I'm fine with how he plays. His D is my only complaint about his game.
WeekapaugGroove wrote:Yeah from the people I know who've spent time with amare off the court I'm not sure he's the mentor type.RunDogGun wrote:Crives wrote:
And even better if Nash/Amare join and remind the kids that this team has a history of winning and restore confidence after this season.
Id rather have Nash and Hill, or Nash and Marion. Amare hasnt shown a real brightness to him. But I would rather those guys remind our youth that teamwork is the key. When guys play for each other and work hard for their teammates, a level of brotherhood emerges. Sort of like a Band of Brothers. Winning will follow quickly. Nash and Hill had this in 2010.
Marion either actually, but man did I love his game. One of the most under rated players in NBA history.
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bwgood77 wrote:WeekapaugGroove wrote:Yeah from the people I know who've spent time with amare off the court I'm not sure he's the mentor type.RunDogGun wrote:Id rather have Nash and Hill, or Nash and Marion. Amare hasnt shown a real brightness to him. But I would rather those guys remind our youth that teamwork is the key. When guys play for each other and work hard for their teammates, a level of brotherhood emerges. Sort of like a Band of Brothers. Winning will follow quickly. Nash and Hill had this in 2010.
Marion either actually, but man did I love his game. One of the most under rated players in NBA history.
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Grant Hill would be the best. Alvan Adams should talk about playing in the finals. Heck, he's right there...maybe he should work with Ayton some. I think Ayton they did talk and Ayton spoke highly of him in one article I read.
lilfishi22 wrote:I feel like Sarver burned that Amare bridge
Crives wrote:lilfishi22 wrote:I feel like Sarver burned that Amare bridge
Sarver is deeper into the hot seat then ever before. Time for him to start rebuilding trust around the league. getting Amare/Nash/Hill back mentoring the team will go a long way towards improving his image.
lilfishi22 wrote:Crives wrote:lilfishi22 wrote:I feel like Sarver burned that Amare bridge
Sarver is deeper into the hot seat then ever before. Time for him to start rebuilding trust around the league. getting Amare/Nash/Hill back mentoring the team will go a long way towards improving his image.
Not sure why any of them would help Sarver
Crives wrote:Any news on TJs return/health?
TJ Warren has been on the shelf for way longer than he’d like.
“At the end of the day, he’s a hooper,” Suns guard Jamal Crawford said. “He wants to hoop. He doesn’t care about the attention or everything else that comes along with it. He loves to play basketball. I know it’s eating him up inside, but I think they’ll be an even bigger chip when he comes back. Like he can’t wait to get back out there.”
The team’s second-leading scorer missed will miss his 18th consecutive game Saturday night at Portland with what’s being called right ankle soreness, but that doesn’t fully describe the injury.
It’s a bruise on the ankle that’s kept Warren out since Jan. 22 when he reinjured it in the first half of a 27-point home loss to Minnesota. Those types of injuries have been known to take up to two months to heal.
Suns coach Igor Kokoskov has said it’s about pain tolerance for Warren, who made the trip to Portland for the first game of a back-to-back before Phoenix plays Sunday at the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors.
But with only 15 games remaining, is it time for Phoenix to shut Warren down for the rest of the season?
“I don’t have that answer,” Kokoskov said before the Suns upset Milwaukee on Monday. “I’m just open as a coach. My approach is whoever is available to play, I’m going to try to use and incorporate in the game plan and the rotation and try to see if he can help us win games.”
Kokoskov reiterated he couldn't answer the question and said he wanted to see how quickly Warren can recover. He hasn’t played in 45 calendar days, including the All-Star break.
“He’s working to get back and we’re pushing him and he’s pushing himself to get back,” he told 98.7 FM Arizona’s Sports Station’s Burns & Gambo. “Collectively, as a group, we all want him back.”
James Jones backed up the intention of the Suns to treat the end of the season seriously despite a record of 17-55, and having Warren back is a part of that.
“It’s important for him as one of our senior players, one of our leaders, one of our best players to fight with these guys until the end.”
Now, whether or not Warren will be in that fight on the court remains to be seen. Jones would not say anything regarding that.
“It’ll be tough getting him up to, I would say prime shape over the next two or three weeks, but it’s important that as we wind down the season (that) everyone on the roster is together, is pulling together, is competing,” he said.
“It’s inspirational to see T.J. finally get healthy and start to kind of pick it up because that just means that our team is stronger and we need that to finish the season.”