The Official 2025 Offseason Thread #5 Dog Days

Saberestar · Post #401 » by **Saberestar** » Mon Sep 29, 2025 11:36 am

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Man Man is already stronger and bigger than he was 3 months ago on draft night.

sunsbg · Post #402 » by **sunsbg** » Mon Sep 29, 2025 11:48 am

Zion 2.0 lol.

bigfoot · Post #403 » by **bigfoot** » Mon Sep 29, 2025 3:18 pm

sunsbg wrote:Zion 2.0 lol.

6'6" and 290 lbs way different than 7'2" and 250

sunsbg · Post #404 » by **sunsbg** » Mon Sep 29, 2025 3:42 pm

bigfoot wrote:
sunsbg wrote:Zion 2.0 lol.

6'6" and 290 lbs way different than 7'2" and 250

Shaq 2.0 then. Only 50lbs remaining. :lol:

I'm kidding obviously, but his face looks fat especially when they focus on it at end of video. Hope it's the lighting.

Saberestar · Post #405 » by **Saberestar** » Mon Sep 29, 2025 4:00 pm

sunsbg wrote:
bigfoot wrote:
sunsbg wrote:Zion 2.0 lol.

6'6" and 290 lbs way different than 7'2" and 250

Shaq 2.0 then. Only 50lbs remaining.

I'm kidding obviously, but his face looks fat especially when they focus on it at end of video. Hope it's the lighting.

He is on a crazy good condition for a 7'1/7'2 guy who is just 19 years old.

sunsbg · Post #406 » by **sunsbg** » Mon Sep 29, 2025 4:17 pm

Saberestar wrote:
sunsbg wrote:
bigfoot wrote:
6'6" and 290 lbs way different than 7'2" and 250

Shaq 2.0 then. Only 50lbs remaining.

I'm kidding obviously, but his face looks fat especially when they focus on it at end of video. Hope it's the lighting.

He is on a crazy good condition for a 7'1/7'2 guy who is just 19 years old.

I hope so. Will know better in a few days as I haven't watched his training camp highlights if there are any. In this video he looks bigger, which doesn't necessarily mean he's in great basketball shape.

Saberestar · Post #407 » by **Saberestar** » Mon Sep 29, 2025 5:57 pm

Bradley Beal (knee) will be limited to start training camp.

LOL

Saberestar · Post #408 » by **Saberestar** » Mon Sep 29, 2025 9:06 pm

sunsbg wrote:
Saberestar wrote:
sunsbg wrote:
Shaq 2.0 then. Only 50lbs remaining.

I'm kidding obviously, but his face looks fat especially when they focus on it at end of video. Hope it's the lighting.

He is on a crazy good condition for a 7'1/7'2 guy who is just 19 years old.

I hope so. Will know better in a few days as I haven't watched his training camp highlights if there are any. In this video he looks bigger, which doesn't necessarily mean he's in great basketball shape.

Duane Rankin:

Rookie Khaman Maluach said he's up to 262, 263 pounds as he was listed at 253 on Phoenix Suns summer league roster.

Fo-Real · Post #409 » by **Fo-Real** » Mon Sep 29, 2025 11:25 pm

NapoleonII wrote:We need Dunn's length, strength and perimeter defense.

I'm shooting for

Book
Green
Brooks
Dunn
Richards

That, if coached brilliantly, could defend and shoot the hell out of the ball.

Williams is the starter unless injured, he is just better.

garrick · Post #410 » by **garrick** » Tue Sep 30, 2025 1:04 pm

Fo-Real wrote:
NapoleonII wrote:We need Dunn's length, strength and perimeter defense.

I'm shooting for

Book
Green
Brooks
Dunn
Richards

That, if coached brilliantly, could defend and shoot the hell out of the ball.

Williams is the starter unless injured, he is just better.

Dunn isn't a PF so we're going to be in trouble if he's our starter plus we have yet to see if he's able to improve his atrocious FT rate and if he can reliably score outside of the open 3.

Maybe we can try and see if a team is desperate to get Richards for a PF but I doubt whatever we get in return is going to be a starter.

King4Day · Post #411 » by **King4Day** » Tue Sep 30, 2025 2:27 pm

garrick wrote:
Fo-Real wrote:
NapoleonII wrote:We need Dunn's length, strength and perimeter defense.

I'm shooting for

Book
Green
Brooks
Dunn
Richards

That, if coached brilliantly, could defend and shoot the hell out of the ball.

Williams is the starter unless injured, he is just better.

Dunn isn't a PF so we're going to be in trouble if he's our starter plus we have yet to see if he's able to improve his atrocious FT rate and if he can reliably score outside of the open 3.

Maybe we can try and see if a team is desperate to get Richards for a PF but I doubt whatever we get in return is going to be a starter.

He's referring to Williams over Richards. Richards is at risk of being 3rd string, let alone starter.
Williams is far and away the best center on our team.

Saberestar · Post #412 » by **Saberestar** » Thu Oct 2, 2025 6:19 pm

OFFICIAL: The Phoenix Suns exercise third-year option on Ryan Dunn.

The Phoenix Suns have exercised their 2026-27 rookie scale team option for forward Ryan Dunn.

He'll be under contract for next season at $2.8M.

Mr Puddles · Post #413 » by **Mr Puddles** » Fri Oct 3, 2025 2:14 am

Saberestar wrote:
sunsbg wrote:
Saberestar wrote:He is on a crazy good condition for a 7'1/7'2 guy who is just 19 years old.

I hope so. Will know better in a few days as I haven't watched his training camp highlights if there are any. In this video he looks bigger, which doesn't necessarily mean he's in great basketball shape.

Duane Rankin:
Rookie Khaman Maluach said he's up to 262, 263 pounds as he was listed at 253 on Phoenix Suns summer league roster.

They may have asked him to bulk up during the offseason and slowly shred the fat while maintaining as much muscle as possible during the season.

Chances are his minutes are going to be limited to start the season, increasingly going up as the season progresses - as this is the case for almost all rookies. By the time he'll get meaningfull minutes he'll likely be in basketball shape with a bit of extra muscle packed on to handle the physicality of the NBA.

sunsbg · Post #414 » by **sunsbg** » Fri Oct 3, 2025 5:22 pm

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/282152/Suns-Mercury-Arena-Renamed-Mortgage-Matchup-Center

What an awful arena name.

DroughtsOverPHX · Post #415 » by **DroughtsOverPHX** » Sat Oct 4, 2025 2:51 pm

sunsbg wrote:https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/282152/Suns-Mercury-Arena-Renamed-Mortgage-Matchup-Center

What an awful arena name.

"The Morgue" makes a fitting nickname.

Calvin Klein · Post #416 » by **Calvin Klein** » Sat Oct 4, 2025 3:21 pm

sunsbg wrote:https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/282152/Suns-Mercury-Arena-Renamed-Mortgage-Matchup-Center

What an awful arena name.

Wouldn't expect anything better from the grifter in charge.

Post #417 » by **lilfishi22** » Sat Oct 4, 2025 6:51 pm

Is it any worse than Talking Stick Resort Arena?

sunsbg · Post #418 » by **sunsbg** » Sat Oct 4, 2025 7:41 pm

lilfishi22 wrote:Is it any worse than Talking Stick Resort Arena?

When you think something can't get any worse...

Someone even created a thread about it on ASFN forum.

bigfoot · Post #419 » by **bigfoot** » Sun Oct 5, 2025 2:45 am

AI Overview
There is no consensus on the single worst arena name, but common contenders from fan and media discussions include the Crypto.com Arena (due to its association with cryptocurrency), the Smoothie King Center (a generic sponsorship name), and historical names like the Cow Palace or the HemisFair Arena. Other names often criticized are those with excessive corporate or financial jargon, like Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse or Capital One Arena.

Par for the course.

Saberestar · Post #420 » by **Saberestar** » Tue Oct 7, 2025 7:35 pm

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