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"NBA organization is a serious organization,” Kokoskov said after Saturday’s shootaround before the Suns played the Minnesota Timberwolves. “I’m always asked for opinion and my job description is to run the team and coach the team and get us ready and prepared for Minnesota.”
“I always feel engaged, involved and asked for an opinion on any matter,” he added.
“As an NBA organization, we don’t have one voice, one opinion,” Kokoskov said. “I’m always asked for my opinion. We always make decisions on what we think is best for the Phoenix Suns.”
SuperSunsFan wrote:Oubre kind of looks like Neymar.
thamadkant wrote:Looks like Austin Rivers was the key piece Suns James Jones wanted from this Ariza trade... Oubre was meant to go to Grizzlie for another SG/SF player in Brooks. If Oubre stays, he can say goodbye to a 12+ million a year contract next year... just like Elfrid Payton who's value tanked playing for the Suns... Oubre will tank.... heck a veteran like Ariza has had one of his "bad" seasons just recently and he's a proven impact vet
thamadkant wrote:Looks like Austin Rivers was the key piece Suns James Jones wanted from this Ariza trade... Oubre was meant to go to Grizzlie for another SG/SF player in Brooks. If Oubre stays, he can say goodbye to a 12+ million a year contract next year... just like Elfrid Payton who's value tanked playing for the Suns... Oubre will tank.... heck a veteran like Ariza has had one of his "bad" seasons just recently and he's a proven impact vet
I don't understand this assumption. They needed a big expiring contact to make an Ariza trade work... Rivers is a big expiring contract. Seems like a pretty straight forward concept to grasp unless you just want to complain for the sake of complaining.thamadkant wrote:Looks like Austin Rivers was the key piece Suns James Jones wanted from this Ariza trade... Oubre was meant to go to Grizzlie for another SG/SF player in Brooks. If Oubre stays, he can say goodbye to a 12+ million a year contract next year... just like Elfrid Payton who's value tanked playing for the Suns... Oubre will tank.... heck a veteran like Ariza has had one of his "bad" seasons just recently and he's a proven impact vet
SuperSunsFan wrote:is Kelly oubre really that bad? many people are saying he is the young Ariza, at least he has proven to be a decent player on a decent team, Josh Jackson has yet to prove he belongs in the NBA.
sunsbum wrote:thamadkant wrote:Looks like Austin Rivers was the key piece Suns James Jones wanted from this Ariza trade... Oubre was meant to go to Grizzlie for another SG/SF player in Brooks. If Oubre stays, he can say goodbye to a 12+ million a year contract next year... just like Elfrid Payton who's value tanked playing for the Suns... Oubre will tank.... heck a veteran like Ariza has had one of his "bad" seasons just recently and he's a proven impact vet
Do you have any sources for this or are you just making random constellations in the sky?
sunsbum wrote:thamadkant wrote:Looks like Austin Rivers was the key piece Suns James Jones wanted from this Ariza trade... Oubre was meant to go to Grizzlie for another SG/SF player in Brooks. If Oubre stays, he can say goodbye to a 12+ million a year contract next year... just like Elfrid Payton who's value tanked playing for the Suns... Oubre will tank.... heck a veteran like Ariza has had one of his "bad" seasons just recently and he's a proven impact vet
Do you have any sources for this or are you just making random constellations in the sky?
wheezy wrote:I'm more okay with this trade than the one reported last night. At least that's one good thing about it.
The team has been in desperate need of NBA quality players, and I think Rivers has worked his way into being a capable defender. He was underrated last year with the Clippers. Oubre could be good... just don't understand why this team seems to want all of the wing players in the league.
Once that deal fell apart, the Suns re-engaged with the Los Angeles Lakers on trade talks for Ariza, league sources said. Suns owner Robert Sarver and interim general manager James Jones were working with Ariza and his agents with CAA, Aaron Mintz and Steve Heumann, on brokering a deal with the Lakers, but it never materialized. The Lakers were unwilling to include one of their core young players in the trade, and the Suns ultimately moved back to complete a deal with the Wizards.
wheezy wrote:I'm more okay with this trade than the one reported last night. At least that's one good thing about it.
The team has been in desperate need of NBA quality players, and I think Rivers has worked his way into being a capable defender. He was underrated last year with the Clippers. Oubre could be good... just don't understand why this team seems to want all of the wing players in the league.