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sunsfever68 wrote:Flip Monroe for Okafor
Okafor off the bench as the backup big w Warren who provide an awesome bench scoring punch.
trade Tyson asap get his contract off the books.
I want to see what we can do with Okafor off the bench.
bwoolf2 wrote:What about getting ahold of Charlotte and kicking the tires on Michael Carter-Williams they dont use him and he hasnt been good the past few years, but he has to be better than James and Ulis and at least gives us some size at the position and could be turned into a pass 1st PG. Hell its worth a shot and its early but I can't watch james and Ulis anymore, Ulis is just too small can't shoot or defend anyone thats not going to change he's not getting taller.
Schwartz delivered the opposite message, the two recall: "Tyson is fine." He likes Phoenix, Schwartz told McDonough, and enjoys mentoring the young Suns. "It was a breath of fresh air," McDonough says. Eight days later, at halftime in Washington with the Suns down by 12, Jay Triano, Phoenix's interim head coach, was striding down a hallway toward the locker room to address the team when he heard Chandler screaming. "That is what a playoff team looks like!" Chandler yelled at his teammates, according to Booker, Triano, and others. "We are getting punked!" He then picked up a marker, and diagrammed Phoenix's first-half defensive screw-ups on a whiteboard.
"Yeah, there were some words said that night," says Chandler. "Wherever I'm at, no matter the situation, I do my job." The Suns rallied to win, and they are 4-5 with a blessedly normal-ish (bad) point differential since those humiliating first three games. That counts as stability for a team that has been grasping wildly for it since Amar'e Stoudemire's knee issues and the Steve Nash trade brought the official denouement of the Seven Seconds or Less era.
Triano spoke to Nash on the phone recently about what to do with his struggling young players -- almost a college team competing in the NBA. Nash directed the talk away from basketball. He sums up his advice this way via email: "There is no true development without competitiveness and resilience. Without those, it's just window dressing." That is what Triano will focus on in teaching Booker, Marquese Chriss, Dragan Bender, Josh Jackson, and the rest: play hard, run back on defense, grasp the ground-level fundamentals of NBA help defense -- or come out of the game.
bwgood77 wrote:Schwartz delivered the opposite message, the two recall: "Tyson is fine." He likes Phoenix, Schwartz told McDonough, and enjoys mentoring the young Suns. "It was a breath of fresh air," McDonough says. Eight days later, at halftime in Washington with the Suns down by 12, Jay Triano, Phoenix's interim head coach, was striding down a hallway toward the locker room to address the team when he heard Chandler screaming. "That is what a playoff team looks like!" Chandler yelled at his teammates, according to Booker, Triano, and others. "We are getting punked!" He then picked up a marker, and diagrammed Phoenix's first-half defensive screw-ups on a whiteboard.
"Yeah, there were some words said that night," says Chandler. "Wherever I'm at, no matter the situation, I do my job." The Suns rallied to win, and they are 4-5 with a blessedly normal-ish (bad) point differential since those humiliating first three games. That counts as stability for a team that has been grasping wildly for it since Amar'e Stoudemire's knee issues and the Steve Nash trade brought the official denouement of the Seven Seconds or Less era.
Triano spoke to Nash on the phone recently about what to do with his struggling young players -- almost a college team competing in the NBA. Nash directed the talk away from basketball. He sums up his advice this way via email: "There is no true development without competitiveness and resilience. Without those, it's just window dressing." That is what Triano will focus on in teaching Booker, Marquese Chriss, Dragan Bender, Josh Jackson, and the rest: play hard, run back on defense, grasp the ground-level fundamentals of NBA help defense -- or come out of the game.
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/21339847/zach-lowe-phoenix-suns-eric-bledsoe-devin-booker-nba
jredsaz wrote:Bill Simmons just said on his #248 Pod that Irving shut down a trade of Bledsoe and #4 for Irving this summer because he wanted to go to Bean Town. 11 min mark
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Sreister wrote:jredsaz wrote:Bill Simmons just said on his #248 Pod that Irving shut down a trade of Bledsoe and #4 for Irving this summer because he wanted to go to Bean Town. 11 min mark
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lol not sure I really trust Simmons. He's a little bias when it comes to that.
matt131 wrote:http://www.nba.com/article/2017/11/09/reports-phoenix-suns-may-have-interest-jahlil-okafor-philadelphia-76ers#/
Nothing too new but still
As for Monroe, Pompey reports the Suns may be looking to trade him or buy him out of his contract soon:
Don’t count on the Sixers taking Monroe in any potential deal with the Suns. The Sixers have around $15 million available in cap space. A chunk of that money is expected to go to Robert Covington, whose contract can be renegotiated as early as Nov. 15. As a result, the Sixers’ cap space is not in play for any deal.
The Suns could, however, offer one of their protected draft picks and/or someone with a salary comparable to Okafor’s $4.9 million. The Sixers could agree to take someone like Alex Len. He’s making $4.1 million in the final year of his deal.
Surely there is a veteran PG who would enjoy the opportunity to take over a young, talented, underachieving team?
bwgood77 wrote:matt131 wrote:http://www.nba.com/article/2017/11/09/reports-phoenix-suns-may-have-interest-jahlil-okafor-philadelphia-76ers#/
Nothing too new but still
This is kind of new:As for Monroe, Pompey reports the Suns may be looking to trade him or buy him out of his contract soon:
Don’t count on the Sixers taking Monroe in any potential deal with the Suns. The Sixers have around $15 million available in cap space. A chunk of that money is expected to go to Robert Covington, whose contract can be renegotiated as early as Nov. 15. As a result, the Sixers’ cap space is not in play for any deal.
The Suns could, however, offer one of their protected draft picks and/or someone with a salary comparable to Okafor’s $4.9 million. The Sixers could agree to take someone like Alex Len. He’s making $4.1 million in the final year of his deal.
I didn't think the Sixers would want Monroe's salary but I had mentioned they could absorb his contract in a trade. As for Len, I doubt he'd approve one there with Embiid there and Amir Johnson. He'd probably play less and I doubt the Sixers would want to keep him anyway, so they probably wouldn't want him at all. They also have Richaun Holmes.
On another note, I can't believe Ben Simmons is averaging 17.8, 10 and 8. I mean that's got to be the closest to a triple double by a rookie ever, or at least in a very very long time. I guess he's not technically a rookie but his first year playing (maybe considering he can by ROTY, he is technically a rookie according to the NBA).
GoranTragic wrote:bwgood77 wrote:matt131 wrote:http://www.nba.com/article/2017/11/09/reports-phoenix-suns-may-have-interest-jahlil-okafor-philadelphia-76ers#/
Nothing too new but still
This is kind of new:As for Monroe, Pompey reports the Suns may be looking to trade him or buy him out of his contract soon:
Don’t count on the Sixers taking Monroe in any potential deal with the Suns. The Sixers have around $15 million available in cap space. A chunk of that money is expected to go to Robert Covington, whose contract can be renegotiated as early as Nov. 15. As a result, the Sixers’ cap space is not in play for any deal.
The Suns could, however, offer one of their protected draft picks and/or someone with a salary comparable to Okafor’s $4.9 million. The Sixers could agree to take someone like Alex Len. He’s making $4.1 million in the final year of his deal.
I didn't think the Sixers would want Monroe's salary but I had mentioned they could absorb his contract in a trade. As for Len, I doubt he'd approve one there with Embiid there and Amir Johnson. He'd probably play less and I doubt the Sixers would want to keep him anyway, so they probably wouldn't want him at all. They also have Richaun Holmes.
On another note, I can't believe Ben Simmons is averaging 17.8, 10 and 8. I mean that's got to be the closest to a triple double by a rookie ever, or at least in a very very long time. I guess he's not technically a rookie but his first year playing (maybe considering he can by ROTY, he is technically a rookie according to the NBA).
We aren't keeping Len which makes that trade ideal. Otherwise he just walks and we get nothing back. We can also include a second rounder.
Saberestar wrote:For what I have seen in the last few games, Julius Randle is close to turn the corner and probably be double/double machine on his next team. He isn't a good fit in LA because he wants the ball and they have enough offensive power with Ingram, Lopez and Kuzma in the frontcourt.
I would trade for Randle and play him at PF/C...mostly at C next to Bender. He is really strong and can handle players with size.
If he plays great we take advantage of his contract situation because he is gonna be a RFA this summer, so we can match any offer if we want him on our core. Okafor will be an UFA.
bwgood77 wrote:matt131 wrote:http://www.nba.com/article/2017/11/09/reports-phoenix-suns-may-have-interest-jahlil-okafor-philadelphia-76ers#/
Nothing too new but still
This is kind of new:As for Monroe, Pompey reports the Suns may be looking to trade him or buy him out of his contract soon:
Don’t count on the Sixers taking Monroe in any potential deal with the Suns. The Sixers have around $15 million available in cap space. A chunk of that money is expected to go to Robert Covington, whose contract can be renegotiated as early as Nov. 15. As a result, the Sixers’ cap space is not in play for any deal.
The Suns could, however, offer one of their protected draft picks and/or someone with a salary comparable to Okafor’s $4.9 million. The Sixers could agree to take someone like Alex Len. He’s making $4.1 million in the final year of his deal.
I didn't think the Sixers would want Monroe's salary but I had mentioned they could absorb his contract in a trade. As for Len, I doubt he'd approve one there with Embiid there and Amir Johnson. He'd probably play less and I doubt the Sixers would want to keep him anyway, so they probably wouldn't want him at all. They also have Richaun Holmes.
On another note, I can't believe Ben Simmons is averaging 17.8, 10 and 8. I mean that's got to be the closest to a triple double by a rookie ever, or at least in a very very long time. I guess he's not technically a rookie but his first year playing (maybe considering he can by ROTY, he is technically a rookie according to the NBA).
carey wrote:It is 2-time, every time.