Game 18: Phoenix Suns (14-3) @ Cleveland Cavaliers (9-9) l Wednesday l 5:00pm l BSAZ

El Hespiritu · Post #21 » by **El Hespiritu** » Sat Oct 30, 2021 10:19 pm

You're fresh and rested and we just went to war few hours ago versus LeBalders.

If the game develops in a regular manner we Clecaus just have no choice.

I put my only hopes on La Mar Stevens and his astonishing skill of overwhelming the rim with no-dunks, no-layups and no-taps what (following some weird scheme I can't yet figure out) drives immediately to an opponent's feast of turnovers.

Also we could put Tacko as shooting guard just to create havoc.

Post #22 » by **bwgood77** » Sat Oct 30, 2021 10:25 pm

Pretty weird their 3 highest guys in minutes are 7 footers. Mobley must be very mobile because he leads the entire NBA in contested 3s, by quite a bit.

So if he is guarding Crowder it will be interesting if he ever has trouble getting his 3s off. That would matchup Markkanen on Bridges. Seems like he'd be too slow, but we need to be in motion a lot. If they stand at the 3 pt line those guys will be hard to shoot over.

Saberestar · Post #23 » by **Saberestar** » Sat Oct 30, 2021 10:33 pm

Tough game.

The Cavs are a solid team and they are playing .500 basketball, their Top 8 guys are good enough to be competitive any given night.

I want to see how Kevin Love is playing coming from the bench. First year in his career on a backup role.

Post #24 » by **bwgood77** » Sat Oct 30, 2021 10:34 pm

Saberestar wrote:Tough game.

The Cavs are a solid team and they are playing .500 basketball, their Top 8 guys are good enough to be competitive any given night.

I want to see how Kevin Love is playing coming from the bench. First year in his career on a backup role.

As you can see in my graphic above, not doing so well. His shooting is bad.

Saberestar · Post #25 » by **Saberestar** » Sat Oct 30, 2021 10:48 pm

bwgood77 wrote:
Saberestar wrote:Tough game.

The Cavs are a solid team and they are playing .500 basketball, their Top 8 guys are good enough to be competitive any given night.

I want to see how Kevin Love is playing coming from the bench. First year in his career on a backup role.

As you can see in my graphic above, not doing so well. His shooting is bad.

Yeah, his shooting is bad for now, but I want to see how much he can help in other areas as passing, rebounding and spacing in a second unit.

I don't like him as a starter anymore, but as a bench player I think he can be a factor yet.

Revived · Post #26 » by **Revived** » Sat Oct 30, 2021 11:38 pm

Holy **** Kevin Love gets paid $33 million dolllars to shoot 16% from 3 and 36% from the field.

That contract was awful right when it was announced.

It’s really amazing to me how successful self-made billionaires always get fooled into handing out stupid ass contracts like this. Mark Cuban with the Chandler Parsons contract too back in the day. Obviously there’s hundreds of other examples where the contract was awful the minute it was announced and only looked worse later.

El Hespiritu · Post #27 » by **El Hespiritu** » Sat Oct 30, 2021 11:41 pm

He could be a factor as starter, bencher or whatever.

He's having more good games on scoring than bad ones and has been a true help at defense, rebounding and playing off the ball.

NapoleonII · Post #28 » by **NapoleonII** » Sun Oct 31, 2021 12:58 am

Someone's gonna blow tonight.

SunsRback4Good · Post #29 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Sun Oct 31, 2021 1:35 am

Today is Booker's 25th bday. Go vote in the poll you bball degenerates.

Post #30 » by **bwgood77** » Sun Oct 31, 2021 2:10 am

I hope Ayton can hang with Mobley. He's playing great for a rook in his very first games. The best rookie big in a long time. Another guy who can switch. It makes me think he will play PF though so they won't match up as much outside of switching, but it will likely be tough for Ayton trying to rebound against 3 7 footers..not even counting Love, who was always a really good rebounder.

nevetsov · Post #31 » by **nevetsov** » Sun Oct 31, 2021 2:11 am

Rubio gon murder us.

SunsRback4Good · Post #32 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Sun Oct 31, 2021 2:15 am

nevetsov wrote:Rubio gon murder us.

You cannot murder what is already dead.

nevetsov · Post #33 » by **nevetsov** » Sun Oct 31, 2021 2:16 am

Sexton carries the ball A LOT

Jdiddy701 · Post #34 » by **Jdiddy701** » Sun Oct 31, 2021 2:17 am

Cavs getting whatever they want at the rim

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Barkley6 · Post #35 » by **Barkley6** » Sun Oct 31, 2021 2:18 am

So......when do we panic?

Jdiddy701 · Post #36 » by **Jdiddy701** » Sun Oct 31, 2021 2:19 am

Trying not to overreact this early in the season but wonder if we need to tweak the starting line up - insert Cam Johnson and have Crowder come off the bench.

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SunsRback4Good · Post #37 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Sun Oct 31, 2021 2:22 am

Bridges is the spark we desperately need.

Nando88 · Post #38 » by **Nando88** » Sun Oct 31, 2021 2:23 am

I'm sorry... But wtf does Crowder contribute to this team? He needs to be removed from the starting 5

SkyBill40 · Post #39 » by **SkyBill40** » Sun Oct 31, 2021 2:25 am

Just barely past the half way point of the first quarter and the Suns look... less than stellar. They could very easily lose this game and find themselves at the bottom of the division.

Yeah, I know it's early and all, but this season hasn't been kind and I honestly don't expect it to get much better.

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Barkley6 · Post #40 » by **Barkley6** » Sun Oct 31, 2021 2:26 am

Bridges is turning into a really good player before our eyes. True two way threat now. Could definitely see him pick up a couple all-star appearances before his career is over