Game 80: Phoenix Suns (20-59) vs. New Orleans (44-34) - 8:00 PM MST

[JMac1]

Yeah, we could have already Mirotic under contract (around $11M) for next season, but McDonough didn't trade for him at the deadline, and he was dirty cheap to obtain.

I don't trust McDonough at all signing players. The guy doesn't have a good feel about how to complete a good roster.

If we had Mirotic, we wouldn’t be sitting at number 1 right now for the lottery. I think that was a great move by McD. Let’s see how we come out of this draft and ensuing FA. Can’t build a team with other players when your foundational players stink.

McD did get JJ to dis Boston. Once JJ improves his shooting, lol, Celtics are really gonna hate McD and we are gonna be singing his praises.

This tank has been a fantastic job by our FO too. Gutsy. No Booker Chandler Payton Warren and now Daniels....We can’t talk smack about Memphis (can’t believe last night’s loss by them,ugh!) when we have placed a Lamborghini engine with the torque of a nuclear missle inside of our tank to out race everyone to the finish. Thumbs up to this organization for the last two tank jobs.

JJ and Doncic or Ayton or Bags or Trae, thanks to McD getting Sarver to finally bite the bullet and get some talented drafted players and then go after FA and make trades.

I’m loving it right now.

I think this is ridiculous. Being that bad is the easiest job in the world.

Put a lot of G League players on your roster and stay away to make a good basketball move to improve your roster....what a genius after 5 years trying to improve the team!

McDonough has been terrible so far, but we have hope in him because we do not have other option as a fans.

You think it’s easy to tank?! Lol! Just ask fans of other teams if they envious right now. Go check the Mavs Magic Bulls Knicks Kings and Hawks board.

You have to be strategic to tank unless you just unload all of your good player and plan on not developing players during the tank.

We are losing and Chriss and JJ and Ulis have gotten a lot better. Develop youth and still keep playes like Booker and TJ on the team ain’t easy. You have scrutiny from fans, the media, and The NBA commissioner.

You are going to feel how you feel no matter what, I can read between the lines in your post. I totally disagree with you. You just sit back and enjoy this top pick we are about to add with Booker JJ and TJ and complain about the guy who made it happen under the watchful and intrusive eyes of Sarver.

[dremill24]

I’m hoping the reason that Josh’s assists don’t show up is because he has no one to pass to. However, I do love the Kobe attitude. I love him having the ball in his hands and doesn’t mess around pounding it into the ground, very decisive.

He is making me question who will be the best fit here. I wonder if he could play the Ben Simmons role?

Josh’s passing ability and willingness to do so has been overstated, IMO. I honestly don’t see evidence of it much more than I see it from Chriss (who shows it more than you’d think, but still not much).

I’m not counting on him as a future plus playmaker just yet.

I guess you missed some of his alley oops and bounce passes to rolling bigs? His passes are impressive, he is just focusing more on scoring right now, which I don’t have a problem with. We will see what happens when this new And improved JJ is playing with better players where he isn’t the go to guy.

Still Booker’s team.

I’m not saying he’s bad or can’t get better. But it’s been touted as a ‘strength’ of his since the draft, which implies that he is at least above average in that area, which I’m just not seeing yet.

[Midnight_Suns]

Josh’s passing ability and willingness to do so has been overstated, IMO. I honestly don’t see evidence of it much more than I see it from Chriss (who shows it more than you’d think, but still not much).

I’m not counting on him as a future plus playmaker just yet.

I guess you missed some of his alley oops and bounce passes to rolling bigs? His passes are impressive, he is just focusing more on scoring right now, which I don’t have a problem with. We will see what happens when this new And improved JJ is playing with better players where he isn’t the go to guy.

Still Booker’s team.

I’m not saying he’s bad or can’t get better. But it’s been touted as a ‘strength’ of his since the draft, which implies that he is at least above average in that area, which I’m just not seeing yet.

I think Josh is playing exactly how he should right now. We don't care about winning so these last few weeks were opportune to let him be aggressive and work on his offensive game. He usually makes the smart simple passes when they present themselves. No one in our current lineup can create their own shot besides Josh and maybe Ulis. He should be focused on scoring more than anything else while Booker and Warren are out. I firmly believe he will be a much more willing passer when he is playing with other good players.