Game 69: Utah Jazz (37-29) @ Phoenix Suns (16-52) - 10:00 PM ET

Crives · Post #61 » by **Crives** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 4:16 am

Guys Oubre is gonna be really good

Gorilla Warfare · Post #62 » by **Gorilla Warfare** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 4:19 am

Airseven · Post #63 » by **Airseven** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 4:20 am

Ayton soft and scared from the opening tip. Just pathetic

Crives · Post #64 » by **Crives** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 4:20 am

Melton can’t even get trash time minutes...

grumpysaddle · Post #65 » by **grumpysaddle** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 4:24 am

Ayton needs to take these games against Gobert/Jokic/Nurkic/etc and study them meticulously. He should be in the weight room a ton in the off season and just come back next year and bully them. Gobert is long but he can be knocked around with some muscle for sure.

Funky Tut · Post #66 » by **Funky Tut** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 4:33 am

Ayton plays like he has low testosterone

Crives · Post #67 » by **Crives** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 5:00 am

35 to 52 rebounds. How much longer until we can safely say pf is our biggest hole on the team?

Post #68 » by **lilfishi22** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 5:22 am

Crives wrote:35 to 52 rebounds. How much longer until we can safely say pf is our biggest hole on the team?

Probably right. We're in it in a lot of games and giving ourselves more 2nd changes would make it such more easier than just being perfect with every precious possessions

Jdiddy701 · Post #69 » by **Jdiddy701** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 6:01 am

I’ve said all season, Ayton will struggle vs players his size. He’s played maybe 3-5 good games this season vs players his size this year.

Rudy Gobert and Deandre Jordan are just one of a kind players. They’re so intimidating. Suns had a lot of easy shots in the paint where they simply missed. Gobert didn’t even attempt to block a lot of the shots, but when you have in the back of your mind that Rudy Gobert is around, just forget it.

Overall, I thought the Suns played okay. The final score does not tell how the game really went. Suns were in it all game. Josh Jackson is definitely the SF out when TJ Warren comes back. I’ve given up on him... Nevermind I’ll probably come back to him.

Friday should be a good game!

NE1Care · Post #70 » by **NE1Care** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 6:46 am

2 points.............2 points the entire game.
There is no excuse.
33 minutes of play.
Holmes had 11 points in less than half the time of play.

We need to hire a coach that works with Ayton exclusively this off season and beyond.

Crives · Post #71 » by **Crives** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 6:54 am

NE1Care wrote:2 points.............2 points the entire game.
There is no excuse.
33 minutes of play.
Holmes had 11 points in less than half the time of play.

We need to hire a coach that works with Ayton exclusively this off season and beyond.

Remember he’s still a rookie

sunsbg · Post #72 » by **sunsbg** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 7:24 am

Jdiddy701 wrote:I’ve said all season, Ayton will struggle vs players his size. He’s played maybe 3-5 good games this season vs players his size this year.

Rudy Gobert and Deandre Jordan are just one of a kind players. They’re so intimidating. Suns had a lot of easy shots in the paint where they simply missed. Gobert didn’t even attempt to block a lot of the shots, but when you have in the back of your mind that Rudy Gobert is around, just forget it.

Overall, I thought the Suns played okay. The final score does not tell how the game really went. Suns were in it all game. Josh Jackson is definitely the SF out when TJ Warren comes back. I’ve given up on him... Nevermind I’ll probably come back to him.

Friday should be a good game!

I have not watched the game yet. What kind of shots did Ayton take ?

Also why give up on a 2nd year player, who has improved one of his weaknesses - 3PT shot, almost 40% last 10 games. Also no TO in last game.

oligo · Post #73 » by **oligo** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 9:15 am

I mean, that's a kind of game where you see how much depth you have on your team. Ayton has been straight cooked all night long and that's where your backup C should step-in. Overall, it was an average Suns performance, nothing really positive and nothing really negative. I like to see Oubre is becoming an important part of this team and I wish he would continue his career in the Valley.

Saberestar · Post #74 » by **Saberestar** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 11:24 am

Tough game, this Jazz team is a serious problem when they are healthy.

Ayton had a terrible game. Gobert made his job on defense, he was everywhere. He is the best defensive big in the league by a mile IMO.

Bridges played a solid game on defense but he was useless on offense. He needs to be better on that side, he played in this game like he was playing at the beginning of the season.

Booker was Booker again. Best player on the team and he was decent on defense in this one. Too bad that he didn't get enough help.

Bender with another invisible performance. We are used to that.

Saberestar · Post #75 » by **Saberestar** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 11:32 am

sunsbg wrote:
Jdiddy701 wrote:I’ve said all season, Ayton will struggle vs players his size. He’s played maybe 3-5 good games this season vs players his size this year.

Rudy Gobert and Deandre Jordan are just one of a kind players. They’re so intimidating. Suns had a lot of easy shots in the paint where they simply missed. Gobert didn’t even attempt to block a lot of the shots, but when you have in the back of your mind that Rudy Gobert is around, just forget it.

Overall, I thought the Suns played okay. The final score does not tell how the game really went. Suns were in it all game. Josh Jackson is definitely the SF out when TJ Warren comes back. I’ve given up on him... Nevermind I’ll probably come back to him.

Friday should be a good game!

I have not watched the game yet. What kind of shots did Ayton take ?

Also why give up on a 2nd year player, who has improved one of his weaknesses - 3PT shot, almost 40% last 10 games. Also no TO in last game.

Gobert was in his mind all the time. Ayton was rushing his shot all game long, sometimes around the rim and sometimes in the mid range area.

bigfoot · Post #76 » by **bigfoot** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 12:09 pm

Saberestar wrote:
sunsbg wrote:
Jdiddy701 wrote:I’ve said all season, Ayton will struggle vs players his size. He’s played maybe 3-5 good games this season vs players his size this year.

Rudy Gobert and Deandre Jordan are just one of a kind players. They’re so intimidating. Suns had a lot of easy shots in the paint where they simply missed. Gobert didn’t even attempt to block a lot of the shots, but when you have in the back of your mind that Rudy Gobert is around, just forget it.

Overall, I thought the Suns played okay. The final score does not tell how the game really went. Suns were in it all game. Josh Jackson is definitely the SF out when TJ Warren comes back. I’ve given up on him... Nevermind I’ll probably come back to him.

Friday should be a good game!

I have not watched the game yet. What kind of shots did Ayton take ?

Also why give up on a 2nd year player, who has improved one of his weaknesses - 3PT shot, almost 40% last 10 games. Also no TO in last game.

Gobert was in his mind all the time. Ayton was rushing his shot all game long, sometimes around the rim and sometimes in the mid range area.

Even sometimes when Gobert was on the bench

WeekapaugGroove · Post #77 » by **WeekapaugGroove** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 4:08 pm

Jdiddy701 wrote:I’ve said all season, Ayton will struggle vs players his size. He’s played maybe 3-5 good games this season vs players his size this year.

Rudy Gobert and Deandre Jordan are just one of a kind players. They’re so intimidating. Suns had a lot of easy shots in the paint where they simply missed. Gobert didn’t even attempt to block a lot of the shots, but when you have in the back of your mind that Rudy Gobert is around, just forget it.

Overall, I thought the Suns played okay. The final score does not tell how the game really went. Suns were in it all game. Josh Jackson is definitely the SF out when TJ Warren comes back. I’ve given up on him... Nevermind I’ll probably come back to him.

Friday should be a good game!

This is where developing a 3pt shot will come in handy. The best way to play these bid bruisers is to get them out on the perimeter. If you let them camp in the paint all night it's both bad for Ayton and others who try to get to the hoop.

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handsome salary · Post #78 » by **handsome salary** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 5:31 pm

Saberestar wrote:
sunsbg wrote:
Jdiddy701 wrote:I’ve said all season, Ayton will struggle vs players his size. He’s played maybe 3-5 good games this season vs players his size this year.

Rudy Gobert and Deandre Jordan are just one of a kind players. They’re so intimidating. Suns had a lot of easy shots in the paint where they simply missed. Gobert didn’t even attempt to block a lot of the shots, but when you have in the back of your mind that Rudy Gobert is around, just forget it.

Overall, I thought the Suns played okay. The final score does not tell how the game really went. Suns were in it all game. Josh Jackson is definitely the SF out when TJ Warren comes back. I’ve given up on him... Nevermind I’ll probably come back to him.

Friday should be a good game!

I have not watched the game yet. What kind of shots did Ayton take ?

Also why give up on a 2nd year player, who has improved one of his weaknesses - 3PT shot, almost 40% last 10 games. Also no TO in last game.

Gobert was in his mind all the time. Ayton was rushing his shot all game long, sometimes around the rim and sometimes in the mid range area.

This when I was waiting to see the freaky athleticism Ayton supposedly has to kick it up a nonch. Speed, hops, power taking over since skills wise Ayton was supremely outmatched. Nope.

TeamTragic · Post #79 » by **TeamTragic** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:21 pm

**** pathetic. Does Ayton care about basketball?

Jdiddy701 · Post #80 » by **Jdiddy701** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:44 pm

WeekapaugGroove wrote:
Jdiddy701 wrote:I’ve said all season, Ayton will struggle vs players his size. He’s played maybe 3-5 good games this season vs players his size this year.

Rudy Gobert and Deandre Jordan are just one of a kind players. They’re so intimidating. Suns had a lot of easy shots in the paint where they simply missed. Gobert didn’t even attempt to block a lot of the shots, but when you have in the back of your mind that Rudy Gobert is around, just forget it.

Overall, I thought the Suns played okay. The final score does not tell how the game really went. Suns were in it all game. Josh Jackson is definitely the SF out when TJ Warren comes back. I’ve given up on him... Nevermind I’ll probably come back to him.

Friday should be a good game!
This is where developing a 3pt shot will come in handy. The best way to play these bid bruisers is to get them out on the perimeter. If you let them camp in the paint all night it's both bad for Ayton and others who try to get to the hoop.

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Good call! I’m sure we will see the three point shot next season. As someone else mentioned, Suns need to hire someone who’s primary job is to develop Ayton. Ayton has all the skills in the world to be one of the best big man ever. I have no idea who that person should be to mentor Ayton but it’s really important to find that person. Igor and Corliss Williamson are not those people.

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