The 2016 Offseason Thread

Post #1541 » by **batsmasher** » Tue Sep 20, 2016 6:27 am

letsgosuns wrote:I still think the Suns need to trade Knight. Booker, Bledsoe, Knight, Barbosa, Ulis, Goodwin, and Jenkins is too many guards. Knight will want starters minutes and everyone knows that Booker is the man now. Dudley even said it recently on the radio that Booker is the next star for the Suns. I also have no interest in seeing the Suns go with a small ball lineup ever again and I emphatically do not want to see a lineup of Bledsoe, Knight, and Booker together. That would be awful defensively.

Warren, Dudley, Tucker, Bender, and Chriss should be the forwards while Len, Chandler, and Williams are the centers. Five forwards and three centers that are all skilled enough to contribute means you do not need to have seven guards for only two spots.

Archie, Ulis and Jenkins play minimal minutes.

4 guards for 2 spots isn't the worst thing in the world. Book is still a teenager (which is pretty great). I don't believe his development is going to be any lesser if he gets 25MPG as opposed to 35MPG starting. Plus, inevitible injuries means he'd creep towards 30MPG anyway.

Bled: 33MPG
Knight: 30MPG
Book: 25MPG
Barbosa: 8MPG

Happy days. Injuries will come and everyone will get the minutes they want.

letsgosuns · Post #1542 » by **letsgosuns** » Tue Sep 20, 2016 7:10 am

I would rather the guard rotation look like this:

Bledsoe/Ulis/Goodwin
Booker/Barbosa/Goodwin/Jenkins

Six guards for two spots. And no way should Booker average less than 30-35 mpg. I believe Knight is the same basketball player as last season that has a low basketball iq, awful ball handling skills, and is a turnover machine. I want him off the team. I do recognize that a player his age with his stats is not someone you just give away so that is why I said to trade him for good draft picks. I think trading him is addition by subtraction.

Saberestar · Post #1543 » by **Saberestar** » Tue Sep 20, 2016 11:26 am

IMO Barbosa, Goodwin and Jenkins (who I think we are going to cut to have some roster flexibility) are not gonna play at all.
They are just end of the bench warmers that will play because of injuries, big problems of faults, or looking for a change of rhythm in a specific game.

I am not a fan of Knight but I think we need his scoring ability and shooting coming from the bench because we have too many players that can't create offense.

NTB · Post #1544 » by **NTB** » Tue Sep 20, 2016 6:30 pm

http://www.insidehoops.com/devin-booker-interview-092016.shtml

:rock:

gaspar · Post #1545 » by **gaspar** » Tue Sep 20, 2016 8:05 pm

2016-17 NBA regular season win totals:

Spoiler:

OGBAH · Post #1546 » by **OGBAH** » Tue Sep 20, 2016 11:03 pm

http://teamstre.am/2cZlZnN

Post #1547 » by **lilfishi22** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 1:09 am

Saberestar wrote:IMO Barbosa, Goodwin and Jenkins (who I think we are going to cut to have some roster flexibility) are not gonna play at all.
They are just end of the bench warmers that will play because of injuries, big problems of faults, or looking for a change of rhythm in a specific game.

I am not a fan of Knight but I think we need his scoring ability and shooting coming from the bench because we have too many players that can't create offense.

I'd be surprised if LB didn't get much minutes. We definitely have an oversupply of guards but guards with experience is pretty much limited to Bledsoe and Knight. He'll be the 2nd guard off the bench playing decent bench minutes.

ImNotMcDiSwear · Post #1548 » by **ImNotMcDiSwear** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 1:28 am

OGBAH wrote:http://teamstre.am/2cZlZnN

That's pretty creative, and makes some sense. But I hate it. The net result from Ryan's dealings would be:

2014 #14 pick (-->Warren)
2017/2018 LAL pick (-->Knight)
Marcin Gortat (-->Tyler Ennis-->Knight)
Luis Scola (-->Miles Plumlee-->Knight)

for

Tobias Harris
Reggie Bullock (-->0)
First round pick

M'fin gross. I can't imagine this FO thinks so little of Knight & Warren... sad that the media does. :cry:

NTB · Post #1549 » by **NTB** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 1:42 am

Look at Chriss' mount Rushmore.

Read on Twitter

Hated Espo's comment on this.

Post #1550 » by **lilfishi22** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 2:14 am

I hate Espo

NTB · Post #1551 » by **NTB** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 3:12 am

Read on Twitter

LukasBMW · Post #1552 » by **LukasBMW** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 3:21 am

lilfishi22 wrote:I hate Espo

Agree 100%. How did that no talent, mumbling, insecure, unconfident, fat, awkward, unintelligent, sorry excuse for a man ever make it in front of a TV? His commentary and analyses sucks.

(Just in case he reads this): Jump in an industrial strength tree shredder Espo!

NTB · Post #1553 » by **NTB** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 4:09 am

Read on Twitter

Villalobos · Post #1554 » by **Villalobos** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 4:18 am

when you have absolutely nothing to write about

Jdiddy701 · Post #1555 » by **Jdiddy701** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 4:19 am

Espo's bad. He's always been so corny.

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Saberestar · Post #1556 » by **Saberestar** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 7:05 pm

BIG TIME NEWS!!

We don't have Alec Brown's rights anymore.

All information about this topic is here...viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1478772

MrMiyagi · Post #1557 » by **MrMiyagi** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 7:41 pm

NTB wrote:Look at Chriss' mount Rushmore.

Read on Twitter

Hated Espo's comment on this.

Not to toot my own horn but...

MrMiyagi wrote:Chriss: Athletic, rangy. Might become a good defender and floor stretcher with some shot blocking. Decides him and Book need a tandem nickname and decides on The Bounce Bros and tries to convince Booker to have a pre-game entrance involving pogo sticks. This idea is shot down immediately by the Medical Staff.

viewtopic.php?f=27&t=1454111&p=47896677&hilit=pogo#p47896677

Seems pretty accurate based on this development. #BounceTeam #BounceBros #BounceBromance?

MrMiyagi · Post #1558 » by **MrMiyagi** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 7:44 pm

Saberestar wrote:BIG TIME NEWS!!

We don't have Alec Brown's rights anymore.

All information about this topic is here...viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1478772

NOOOOÔÖÒÓŒØŌÕ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Walt_Uoob · Post #1559 » by **Walt_Uoob** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 8:47 pm

MrMiyagi wrote:
NTB wrote:Look at Chriss' mount Rushmore.

Read on Twitter

Hated Espo's comment on this.

Not to toot my own horn but...
MrMiyagi wrote:Chriss: Athletic, rangy. Might become a good defender and floor stretcher with some shot blocking. Decides him and Book need a tandem nickname and decides on The Bounce Bros and tries to convince Booker to have a pre-game entrance involving pogo sticks. This idea is shot down immediately by the Medical Staff.

viewtopic.php?f=27&t=1454111&p=47896677&hilit=pogo#p47896677

Seems pretty accurate based on this development. #BounceTeam #BounceBros #BounceBromance?

You gotta floop to be rev and you gotta be rev to floop!!!

(Check out right about 8:50 here: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x28kvv6_fraggle-rock-s02-e22-doozer-is-as-doozer-does_tv . Or just watch the whole thing. It's so good!)

darealjuice · Post #1560 » by **darealjuice** » Wed Sep 21, 2016 9:22 pm

http://www.slamonline.com/nba/slam-top-50/devin-booker-47/#jz8HacttyEvHEqKQ.97

Slam has Booker in their Top 50 player list at #47. I don't really agree with him being that high right now, but it'd be a pleasant surprise if he could make the jump.