2019 season speculation including trade ideas

Damkac · Post #901 » by **Damkac** » Sun Oct 27, 2019 11:18 pm

Wilber85 · Post #902 » by **Wilber85** » Mon Oct 28, 2019 1:11 am

timetoshinebaby wrote:Draymond/Chriss/DLo - an interesting combination that could literally be anything. Wouldn't shock me to see them beast it, wouldn't shock me for them to be the worst combo in the league.

Russel is not good. Dude is trash. I am so glad we didnt get him

Post #903 » by **ATTL** » Mon Oct 28, 2019 1:35 am

https://www.brightsideofthesun.com/platform/amp/2019/10/27/20929035/tim-donaghy-phoenix-suns-robert-sarver-marc-cuban-mavericks-lebron-james-charles-barkley-quotes

"There's no way the refs could conspire against the sun"

Saberestar · Post #904 » by **Saberestar** » Mon Oct 28, 2019 1:35 am

Qwigglez wrote:
BobbieL wrote:
bwoolf2 wrote:Any ideas when we will hear an update on Aytons appeal?

Whether it was this thread or another but somebody mentioned Bogut or Monroe as short term options if the Duns get an exception for Ayton: I think maybe Monroe. Be nice to get some low post potential . But any player that brings fouls at the 5 would be nice if they get the roster exemption

Bogut wouldn’t come to us and Monroe isn’t on a roster for a reason. Easy pass on Monroe. We signed Diallo as our third string center and he’s gonna he utilized more as our fourth string center with Kaminsky sliding over to the 5 in certain game situations. Depth wise I think we are fine unless an injury occurs.

We probably just add a player from NAZ.

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Crives · Post #905 » by **Crives** » Mon Oct 28, 2019 1:55 am

I don’t think Monty likes playing guys out of position, at least for year one. Maybe he doesn’t want to overwhelm the team forcing them to learn double/triple the plays... like when Igor has to scrap mouth of last years playbook.

Post #906 » by **bwgood77** » Mon Oct 28, 2019 2:15 am

Dmatrix wrote:Oh and if anyone can tell me how to get rid of the stupid photobucket watermark in the avatar pic i just uploaded from there would be awesome. Is there a specific site i should use to upload a photo for that not to happen? Obviously photo itself doesnt have it originally.

I've noticed several posters have that watermark and more blurry avatars now. I use imgur and it works fine for everything.

Desertfox · Post #907 » by **Desertfox** » Mon Oct 28, 2019 5:32 am

Why not pick up Alan Williams? He's as close to an Ayton-type (great efficiency and rebounds from the C) player as you will find right now in free agency.

Post #908 » by **Qwigglez** » Mon Oct 28, 2019 5:50 am

Desertfox wrote:Why not pick up Alan Williams? He's as close to an Ayton-type (great efficiency and rebounds from the C) player as you will find right now in free agency.

We’d likely have to buy him out of his contract with whatever Chinese team he is on. Doubt it would happen but I wouldn’t be opposed to having Alan Williams back. His energy is great!

Post #909 » by **bwgood77** » Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:26 am

I would like Alan Williams, but for now I wouldn't mess with anything. We looked fine with Saric and Kaminsky as the bigs for now. Lets see what happens with Ayton. I think we hear something today...if not a result, where the process is. I didn't expect them to do any arbitrating over the weekend, but should today or tomorrow. But we can be fine playing small and have Diallo play spot minutes. A lot of people mentioned Kenneth Faried before who I think is a FA and played a little D, blocked some shots, etc, last year. I think he's a FA who could be an end of bench guy who provides energy. But ultimately I don't think we need anyone and would maybe need to cut someone unless we got an Amare exemption. Then I think there is Joakim Noah but probably a no there.

Jorgeglez7 · Post #910 » by **Jorgeglez7** » Mon Oct 28, 2019 1:14 pm

I wouldn't change anything either. In fact cases like Ayton's do scare me a lot. I mean, if the team continues playing fine with Baynes starting it will be a mess to introduce DeAndre again in the equation. Everything will have to click again and it would be like starting over.

It would be even worse if we sign new pieces to "overcome" this slump.

Post #911 » by **Qwigglez** » Mon Oct 28, 2019 1:44 pm

Results of the latest poll.

Spoiler:

King4Day · Post #912 » by **King4Day** » Mon Oct 28, 2019 2:00 pm

Qwigglez wrote:Results of the latest poll.

Spoiler:

I picked 4. If we can get 5-6 I'd be really happy. I want more though but without Ayton and Rubio, it won't be easy.

bigfoot · Post #913 » by **bigfoot** » Mon Oct 28, 2019 2:48 pm

By far Frank the Tank has been the biggest surprise in terms of player. While he hasn't gotten steals or blocks his defense has been much better than was advertised. His scoring and rebounding are way up over his career numbers too. If he keeps it up he will be one of the best contracts in the league.

Post #914 » by **bwgood77** » Mon Oct 28, 2019 3:14 pm

bigfoot wrote:By far Frank the Tank has been the biggest surprise in terms of player. While he hasn't gotten steals or blocks his defense has been much better than was advertised. His scoring and rebounding are way up over his career numbers too. If he keeps it up he will be one of the best contracts in the league.

Also assists. He's averaging 3 and had 6 in his last game.

Post #915 » by **ATTL** » Mon Oct 28, 2019 3:35 pm

www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27942435/nba-power-rankings-week-2-opening-week-thoughts-all-30-teams%3fplatform=amp

Lowest ranked 2 win team, behind winless pels and pacers. Its killing them to not have the suns at the bottom.

King4Day · Post #916 » by **King4Day** » Mon Oct 28, 2019 3:35 pm

One thing we're seeing is, the players we acquired this past off-season are smart and experienced. Losing guys like Jackson and Bender allowed us to add players like Frank and Baynes.

King4Day · Post #917 » by **King4Day** » Mon Oct 28, 2019 3:37 pm

ATTL wrote:www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27942435/nba-power-rankings-week-2-opening-week-thoughts-all-30-teams%3fplatform=amp

Lowest ranked 2 win team, behind winless pels and pacers. Its killing them to not have the suns at the bottom.

Yea we should be 19. We competed with Denver and beat-up both Sacramento and LAC. How the Pacers, Pels, and Thunder are ahead of us, I don't understand it.

Post #918 » by **bwgood77** » Mon Oct 28, 2019 3:37 pm

ATTL wrote:www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27942435/nba-power-rankings-week-2-opening-week-thoughts-all-30-teams%3fplatform=amp

Lowest ranked 2 win team, behind winless pels and pacers. Its killing them to not have the suns at the bottom.

I just saw that. Don't care...hope our team sees it and uses it as extra motivation.

spanishninja · Post #919 » by **spanishninja** » Mon Oct 28, 2019 3:45 pm

bwgood77 wrote:
ATTL wrote:www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27942435/nba-power-rankings-week-2-opening-week-thoughts-all-30-teams%3fplatform=amp

Lowest ranked 2 win team, behind winless pels and pacers. Its killing them to not have the suns at the bottom.

I just saw that. Don't care...hope our team sees it and uses it as extra motivation.

all of the other rankings so far are much better though. CBS sports has us at #8 I think.

ImNotMcDiSwear · Post #920 » by **ImNotMcDiSwear** » Mon Oct 28, 2019 3:52 pm

DarkHawk wrote:One thing we're seeing is, the players we acquired this past off-season are smart and experienced. Losing guys like Jackson and Bender allowed us to add players like Frank and Baynes.

The FO deserves a ton of credit for finding value in players other teams cast off - Carter, Kaminsky, Rubio, Baynes. What's most amazing to me is how well we're playing defensively despite not having players who are celebrated defenders in this league - but that's a credit to the coaching staff, I think. Frank's defense and rebounding have definitely been much better than I expected, while Carter's shooting has been way better than I expected.

The way things are going, James Jones has a shot at executive of the year, and Monty has a shot at Coach of the Year. Too much improvement from too many players for the guys up top not to get a lot of the credit.

Will Booker make the all-star team this year?