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Injuries:

Nets
Dorian Finney-Smith (ankle) GAME-TIME DECISION.
Noah Clowney (ankle) OUT.
Cam Thomas (hamstring) OUT.
Nic Claxton (back) OUT.
Bojan Bogdanovic (foot) OUT.
Day'Ron Sharpe (hamstring) OUT.

Suns
Bradley Beal (calf) QUESTIONABLE.

I dont love myself for saying it and Im partially (but not completely) kidding, but should KD/Beal play tonight?

dremill24 wrote:I dont love myself for saying it and Im partially (but not completely) kidding, but should KD/Beal play tonight?

Absolutely. They didn’t play too many minutes yesterday.

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Injuries:

Nets
Dorian Finney-Smith (ankle) GAME-TIME DECISION.
Noah Clowney (ankle) OUT.
Cam Thomas (hamstring) OUT.
Nic Claxton (back) OUT.
Bojan Bogdanovic (foot) OUT.
Day'Ron Sharpe (hamstring) OUT.

Suns
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Wow, Nets with 6 injured players and not one of them is Ben Simmons.

Funny I have Dennis Shroder in one fantasy league and Cam Johnson in another. They may have to score all the points.

dremill24 wrote:I dont love myself for saying it and Im partially (but not completely) kidding, but should KD/Beal play tonight?

Honestly, I think when you start sitting guys for fear of injury (unless they are still recovering) and have that thought always hovering over your heads, it doesn't do anyone any favors. It might seem counterintuitive, but it seems to me the guys who are extra cautious about playing and don't play in b2bs end up getting injured a lot more than guys who just try to go out and play in all the games once they are healthy.

But this game should be an easy one given all the injuries. Otherwise the Nets have played a lot of people tough.

I doubt they will really need to play a lot of minutes.

Nets will be out Cam Thomas and Nic Claxton. Cam Johnson sprained his ankle it appears against the Warriors a couple nights ago, so he might not be shooting too hot, but you never know. He's basically auditioning for other teams to try and acquire him before the deadline (Suns can't afford him). I hope Cam stays in the East though. I could see the Lakers hilariously trading D'Lo to the Nets again, along with a pick or two and Rui for Cam Johnson and Dennis Schroder.

Ideally, the Suns blow these guys out and Beal, KD play under 30 minutes.

Bradley Beal QUESTIONABLE.

bwgood77 wrote:

dremill24 wrote:I dont love myself for saying it and Im partially (but not completely) kidding, but should KD/Beal play tonight?

Honestly, I think when you start sitting guys for fear of injury (unless they are still recovering) and have that thought always hovering over your heads, it doesn't do anyone any favors. It might seem counterintuitive, but it seems to me the guys who are extra cautious about playing and don't play in b2bs end up getting injured a lot more than guys who just try to go out and play in all the games once they are healthy.

But this game should be an easy one given all the injuries. Otherwise the Nets have played a lot of people tough.

I doubt they will really need to play a lot of minutes.

In this instance, i only meant more as part of the recovery for this situation, not as a sustained habit. They've been out with muscle injuries and have been monitoring how they respond to activity. Now they play their first game and immediately have a b2b right away. Just thinking maybe having a recovery day after that first game might be beneficial, while moving to playing every day thereafter. The team would obviously know better than me though.

Would love to get DFS on this team to add with Royce to the list of role players I've irrationally loved and wanted on this team for years.

Always good to see Cam Johnson.

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How are we losing to the Nets without Cam Thomas or Claxton?

Revived wrote:How are we losing to the Nets without Cam Thomas or Claxton?

Turnovers. And stupid assed fouls.

Revived wrote:How are we losing to the Nets without Cam Thomas or Claxton?

Turnovers, poor defense and silly fouls.

That foul by KD is just so stupid challenging a buzzer beating 3...

KD’s IQ is not up to par with his talent to say the least.

That was a disaster class to the end the quarter.

Typical third quarter futility. What a stupid foul by Durant.

SHOOT THE BALL AND STOP PRETENDING YOU'RE JAE CROWDER, Booker! WTAF!

This was the perfect game to not play with Cs. With the way the Nets play you NEED fast and super active players out there. Nurkic, Plumlee and Oso have a problem for us.

It’s always one step forward and two steps back with this team.

On this plus side, Mikal and Cam haven’t lost in Phoenix since the trade. Gotta love that for them.