Preseason Game1: Suns host Sacramento

Post #61 » by **lilfishi22** » Thu Oct 8, 2015 3:18 am

rsavaj wrote:quick observations from the 1st half:

-starting lineup has no spacing whatsoever; I think we're gonna struggle on offense if we keep that unit together
-conversely, teletovic opens things up big time even when he's missing. look at his +/- right now(last I checked it was +17)
-warren buckets(thanks casey!) looks great but still needs to add that 3 point shot
-sonneth weems looks better than i thought!
-booker ahead of archie in the rotation = archie's gonna have a bad time until he learns how to shoot
-jon leuer is our franchise player

Not so different from last season though? We ran with EB/Goran/PJ/Kieff/Len. Essentially replaced Goran with Knight although Goran is more versatile than Knight at this point.

I expected Booker to outplay Archie just on his shooting alone. Sucks for Archie but it's his 3rd season and he still can't shoot for sh*t :nonono:

Post #62 » by **rsavaj** » Thu Oct 8, 2015 3:19 am

letsgosuns wrote:Starting lineup was awful. No other way to say it. No way you can keep Tucker AND Chandler in the lineup together. It is like two black holes on offense. Tucker is one of the worst scoring small forwards I have ever seen.

Actually I think Kieff might be the issue here...at least Tucker can stretch things out a bit with his corner 3, but Kieff and Chandler take up the same space on offense and totally cut off the driving lanes for our guards. We had the same issue last year with Kieff next to Len.

Moochthemonkey · Post #63 » by **Moochthemonkey** » Thu Oct 8, 2015 3:22 am

Jdiddy701 wrote:Safe to say, Markieff is our best player.

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is this some kind of sick joke. You obviously haven't seen Leur the Cure play. Definitely a darkhorse MVP candidate for this season.

letsgosuns · Post #64 » by **letsgosuns** » Thu Oct 8, 2015 3:23 am

rsavaj wrote:
letsgosuns wrote:Starting lineup was awful. No other way to say it. No way you can keep Tucker AND Chandler in the lineup together. It is like two black holes on offense. Tucker is one of the worst scoring small forwards I have ever seen.

Actually I think Kieff might be the issue here...at least Tucker can stretch things out a bit with his corner 3, but Kieff and Chandler take up the same space on offense and totally cut off the driving lanes for our guards. We had the same issue last year with Kieff next to Len.

I refuse to ever comment on Markieff again until he is off the team. He is not worth my time. Waste of energy.

Post #65 » by **Qwigglez** » Thu Oct 8, 2015 3:28 am

Leur = the new Lou Amundson, except with better offense.

grumpysaddle · Post #66 » by **grumpysaddle** » Thu Oct 8, 2015 3:28 am

letsgosuns wrote:
rsavaj wrote:
letsgosuns wrote:Starting lineup was awful. No other way to say it. No way you can keep Tucker AND Chandler in the lineup together. It is like two black holes on offense. Tucker is one of the worst scoring small forwards I have ever seen.

Actually I think Kieff might be the issue here...at least Tucker can stretch things out a bit with his corner 3, but Kieff and Chandler take up the same space on offense and totally cut off the driving lanes for our guards. We had the same issue last year with Kieff next to Len.

I refuse to ever comment on Markieff again until he is off the team. He is not worth my time. Waste of energy.

... and then you did.

Post #67 » by **lilfishi22** » Thu Oct 8, 2015 3:29 am

Qwigglez wrote:Leur = the new Lou Amundson, except with better offense.

How's his D?

Grots · Post #68 » by **Grots** » Thu Oct 8, 2015 3:29 am

letsgosuns wrote:
rsavaj wrote:
letsgosuns wrote:Starting lineup was awful. No other way to say it. No way you can keep Tucker AND Chandler in the lineup together. It is like two black holes on offense. Tucker is one of the worst scoring small forwards I have ever seen.

Actually I think Kieff might be the issue here...at least Tucker can stretch things out a bit with his corner 3, but Kieff and Chandler take up the same space on offense and totally cut off the driving lanes for our guards. We had the same issue last year with Kieff next to Len.

I refuse to ever comment on Markieff again until he is off the team. He is not worth my time. Waste of energy.

You just gave him three sentences tho~

Post #69 » by **lilfishi22** » Thu Oct 8, 2015 3:31 am

Grots wrote:You just gave him three sentences tho~

No

It's from........NOW!

Post #70 » by **Qwigglez** » Thu Oct 8, 2015 3:35 am

lilfishi22 wrote:
Qwigglez wrote:Leur = the new Lou Amundson, except with better offense.

How's his D?

I imagine it being huge, but IDK.

Marz11 · Post #71 » by **Marz11** » Thu Oct 8, 2015 3:35 am

rsavaj wrote:quick observations from the 1st half:

-starting lineup has no spacing whatsoever; I think we're gonna struggle on offense if we keep that unit together
-conversely, teletovic opens things up big time even when he's missing. look at his +/- right now(last I checked it was +17)
-warren buckets(thanks casey!) looks great but still needs to add that 3 point shot
-sonneth weems looks better than i thought!
-booker ahead of archie in the rotation = archie's gonna have a bad time until he learns how to shoot
-jon leuer is our franchise player

grumpysaddle · Post #72 » by **grumpysaddle** » Thu Oct 8, 2015 3:35 am

LOL. Cousins just tapped Bledsoe's ass after Bledsoe deflected a pass. That was weird.

Jdiddy701 · Post #73 » by **Jdiddy701** » Thu Oct 8, 2015 3:36 am

Moochthemonkey wrote:
Jdiddy701 wrote:Safe to say, Markieff is our best player.

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is this some kind of sick joke. You obviously haven't seen Leur the Cure play. Definitely a darkhorse MVP candidate for this season.

That was before he came in. Calm down.

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grumpysaddle · Post #74 » by **grumpysaddle** » Thu Oct 8, 2015 3:38 am

The Suns are definitely more active defensively... let's see if they keep up with it.

kennydorglas · Post #75 » by **kennydorglas** » Thu Oct 8, 2015 3:38 am

Sac playing WCS and Cousins. OH MY
This is very bad for Cousins owners.

sunskerr · Post #76 » by **sunskerr** » Thu Oct 8, 2015 3:38 am

Still cant believe we got Bledsoe for Dudley... What a trade.

Christine-In-AZ · Post #77 » by **Christine-In-AZ** » Thu Oct 8, 2015 3:39 am

It's sad that the Suns/Fox sports/KTAR can't come up with a contract that would allow Al McCoy to call even 6 or 8 games a year for TV.

It's probably been close to...maybe more than 10 years since Al has provided any P-BY-P for TV...meaning there's a significant portion of Suns fans that have little sense of the quality of his 45 year NBA broadcast accumen. It's a shame...and could be fixed. Why isn't this even an issue with most (especially) hard core Suns fans?

Can you imagine if Vin Scully was relocated to radio only for his last 10 or 15 years? Yeah, me either.

I understand the importance of radio, but no McCoy on TV at all? It's freaking strange and sad.

Figure it out Suns before Al is gone.

aIvin adams · Post #78 » by **aIvin adams** » Thu Oct 8, 2015 3:39 am

suns.com stream isnt working for me. anyone got an idea?

Jdiddy701 · Post #79 » by **Jdiddy701** » Thu Oct 8, 2015 3:40 am

Why does Bledsoe always look amazing the 2nd half? Reminds me of last year too

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Mulhollanddrive · Post #80 » by **Mulhollanddrive** » Thu Oct 8, 2015 3:40 am

Markieff is taking the piss now.