Game 71: Phoenix Suns (38-32) @ Oklahoma City Thunder (34-36) l Sunday l 12:30pm l BSAZ

SunsRback4Good · Post #1 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Sat Mar 18, 2023 6:19 pm

Who: Phoenix Suns @ Oklahoma City Thunder

When: Sunday, March 19th @ 12:30pm (2:30ET) l BSAZ

Where: Paycom Center, Oklahoma City, OK

Post #2 » by **Qwigglez** » Sat Mar 18, 2023 7:09 pm

Calling it now. Ayton getting 20/10. 8-)

Jdiddy701 · Post #3 » by **Jdiddy701** » Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:01 pm

Of course Ayton is OUT tomorrow. Such a soft player man. He didn’t travel to OKC with the team, due to hip injury.

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sunsbg · Post #4 » by **sunsbg** » Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:15 pm

Jdiddy701 wrote:Of course Ayton is OUT tomorrow. Such a soft player man. He didn’t travel to OKC with the team, due to hip injury.

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No big deal. Who needs his empty 20/10.

Post #5 » by **bwgood77** » Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:36 pm

Jdiddy701 wrote:Of course Ayton is OUT tomorrow. Such a soft player man. He didn’t travel to OKC with the team, due to hip injury.

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Are you being sarcastic? Him playing more games than just about every main player this season and coming back from his ankle injuries relatively quickly?

I hope they don't rest SGA for a 3rd time against us. I want to see him play. Playing better even than Book this year.

SunsRback4Good · Post #6 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:52 pm

Jdiddy701 wrote:Of course Ayton is OUT tomorrow. Such a soft player man. He didn’t travel to OKC with the team, due to hip injury.

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Can’t tell if sarcasm or not, but very proud of you my son. You’ve made papa very happy.

MrMiyagi · Post #7 » by **MrMiyagi** » Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:55 pm

Jdiddy701 wrote:Of course Ayton is OUT tomorrow. Such a soft player man. He didn’t travel to OKC with the team, due to hip injury.

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We're better with Bizzy anyway. Ayton's holding us back.

kennydorglas · Post #8 » by **kennydorglas** » Sat Mar 18, 2023 10:57 pm

Yeah give some rest to our hardworker C.

Jdiddy701 · Post #9 » by **Jdiddy701** » Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:03 pm

bwgood77 wrote:
Jdiddy701 wrote:Of course Ayton is OUT tomorrow. Such a soft player man. He didn’t travel to OKC with the team, due to hip injury.

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Are you being sarcastic? Him playing more games than just about every main player this season and coming back from his ankle injuries relatively quickly?

I hope they don't rest SGA for a 3rd time against us. I want to see him play. Playing better even than Book this year.

Ayton sits after every ticky tac injury. Not just him but a lot of players around the league sit on minor injuries. I just feel bad for fans that pay to watch players.

Eddie Johnson recently said something on air that I agree with 100%. He hates when medical staff or players sit players until they’re at 100%. He said when he played, you were never 100% healthy because of back to backs, nagging injuries and believes todays mindset in the NBA is actually making players weak with not allowing your body to fight through these “injuries.” It’s unfortunate but players/agents just see $ and will do anything to protect that.

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Frank Lee · Post #10 » by **Frank Lee** » Sat Mar 18, 2023 11:41 pm

No doubt, DA is the hardest working rehabber we have. He will rise up to the level of physicality needed to squash this little injury.

Mr Puddles · Post #11 » by **Mr Puddles** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 12:03 am

bwgood77 wrote:
Jdiddy701 wrote:Of course Ayton is OUT tomorrow. Such a soft player man. He didn’t travel to OKC with the team, due to hip injury.

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Are you being sarcastic? Him playing more games than just about every main player this season and coming back from his ankle injuries relatively quickly?

I hope they don't rest SGA for a 3rd time against us. I want to see him play. Playing better even than Book this year.

Up until last game, if you checked the suns team stats on ESPN.com Deandre was officially leading the suns in assists because the 8 players on our team who average more dimes a game than DA hadn't played enough games this year to qualify

Post #12 » by **bwgood77** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 12:09 am

Mr Puddles wrote:
bwgood77 wrote:
Jdiddy701 wrote:Of course Ayton is OUT tomorrow. Such a soft player man. He didn’t travel to OKC with the team, due to hip injury.

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Are you being sarcastic? Him playing more games than just about every main player this season and coming back from his ankle injuries relatively quickly?

I hope they don't rest SGA for a 3rd time against us. I want to see him play. Playing better even than Book this year.

Up until last game, if you checked the suns team stats on ESPN.com Deandre was officially leading the suns in assists because the 8 players on our team who average more dimes a game than hadn't played enough game this year to qualify

If he is soft because he is out due to hip injury, Booker, KD, and a bunch of others must be very very soft.

Post #13 » by **bwgood77** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 12:10 am

Jdiddy701 wrote:
bwgood77 wrote:
Jdiddy701 wrote:Of course Ayton is OUT tomorrow. Such a soft player man. He didn’t travel to OKC with the team, due to hip injury.

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Are you being sarcastic? Him playing more games than just about every main player this season and coming back from his ankle injuries relatively quickly?

I hope they don't rest SGA for a 3rd time against us. I want to see him play. Playing better even than Book this year.

Ayton sits after every ticky tac injury. Not just him but a lot of players around the league sit on minor injuries. I just feel bad for fans that pay to watch players.

Eddie Johnson recently said something on air that I agree with 100%. He hates when medical staff or players sit players until they’re at 100%. He said when he played, you were never 100% healthy because of back to backs, nagging injuries and believes todays mindset in the NBA is actually making players weak with not allowing your body to fight through these “injuries.” It’s unfortunate but players/agents just see $ and will do anything to protect that.

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You're being ridiculous. Ayton plays more injured than any of those other guys who take extra precaution costing us games. Not saying it's the best strategy but that's what he does.

Post #14 » by **bwgood77** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 12:12 am

MrMiyagi wrote:
Jdiddy701 wrote:Of course Ayton is OUT tomorrow. Such a soft player man. He didn’t travel to OKC with the team, due to hip injury.

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We're better with Bizzy anyway. Ayton's holding us back.

We can just waive him if we can somehow get a hold of Mitchell Robinson and James Wiseman, both who I've heard our much better on this forum.

Mr Puddles · Post #15 » by **Mr Puddles** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 12:24 am

bwgood77 wrote:
Mr Puddles wrote:
bwgood77 wrote:
Are you being sarcastic? Him playing more games than just about every main player this season and coming back from his ankle injuries relatively quickly?

I hope they don't rest SGA for a 3rd time against us. I want to see him play. Playing better even than Book this year.

Up until last game, if you checked the suns team stats on ESPN.com Deandre was officially leading the suns in assists because the 8 players on our team who average more dimes a game than hadn't played enough game this year to qualify

If he is soft because he is out due to hip injury, Booker, KD, and a bunch of others must be very very soft.

Also, I'm pretty sure a lot of times is not the players asking not to play, but it's the medical staff advicing the coaching staff. At the end of the day, it's more important to have a healthy DA for round one than it is to have a healthy Ayton for a regular season match against the thunder.

collidingNeurons · Post #16 » by **collidingNeurons** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 12:31 am

its just a different era than those in the past, i am sure it's analytical, and the only thing most teams are worried about after making the playoffs is getting there as healthy as possible, plus players are playing less games per year but seem to playing more years

collidingNeurons · Post #17 » by **collidingNeurons** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 12:33 am

bwgood77 wrote:
Mr Puddles wrote:
bwgood77 wrote:
Are you being sarcastic? Him playing more games than just about every main player this season and coming back from his ankle injuries relatively quickly?

I hope they don't rest SGA for a 3rd time against us. I want to see him play. Playing better even than Book this year.

Up until last game, if you checked the suns team stats on ESPN.com Deandre was officially leading the suns in assists because the 8 players on our team who average more dimes a game than hadn't played enough game this year to qualify

If he is soft because he is out due to hip injury, Booker, KD, and a bunch of others must be very very soft.

i thought this was a groin injury?

collidingNeurons · Post #18 » by **collidingNeurons** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 12:42 am

MrMiyagi wrote:
Jdiddy701 wrote:Of course Ayton is OUT tomorrow. Such a soft player man. He didn’t travel to OKC with the team, due to hip injury.

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We're better with Bizzy anyway. Ayton's holding us back.

Biyombo is one of the few players in the league that makes Ayton's hands look good

SunsRback4Good · Post #19 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 12:57 am

MrMiyagi wrote:
Jdiddy701 wrote:Of course Ayton is OUT tomorrow. Such a soft player man. He didn’t travel to OKC with the team, due to hip injury.

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We're better with Bizzy anyway. Ayton's holding us back.

Biyombo who like Landale misses easy bunnies? Boy I want you to be the Suns GM. :rofl:

Mr Puddles · Post #20 » by **Mr Puddles** » Sun Mar 19, 2023 1:20 am

collidingNeurons wrote:
MrMiyagi wrote:
Jdiddy701 wrote:Of course Ayton is OUT tomorrow. Such a soft player man. He didn’t travel to OKC with the team, due to hip injury.

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We're better with Bizzy anyway. Ayton's holding us back.
Biyombo is one of the few players in the league that makes Ayton's hands look good

The hate for Ayton has reached a whole new level of unreasonable if people are starting to argue now to DA's hands are worse than Butterfingers Byombo.