2022-23 Season Discussion and Speculation 5 - The KD era begins

Blonde · Post #981 » by **Blonde** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 8:23 pm

Absolutely massive that Anunoby/Bridges did not end up on a western contender. Bazely is a fantastic pickup on the cheap, basically the young athletic defensive wing we needed. Suns are in a great position.

Bogyo · Post #982 » by **Bogyo** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 8:24 pm

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I'll tell you two years from now if I liked this trade deadline or not.

Seriously, I think (as usual) that we could have handled assets a bit better... if we crush the buyout market and get at least one good player (Curry? Jackson? Wall? Holiday?) I think we could be up there IF healthy... biggest if in Suns history

sunskerr · Post #983 » by **sunskerr** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 8:25 pm

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TJ Warren is just so **** important here. Has to get healthy. If he's good to go we got ourselves a 15 ppg guy off the bench that will help Cam Payne in the 2nd unit. Payne has never had that type of bench offense. And Darius just needs to stand in a corner and shoot 3s and play D. Literally bench him if he does anything else.

Buyouts will be interesting. I really wanted Joshy Richardson but now I think Holiday is the guy to get for the shooting and defense. But Curry is just a flat out better player so obviously it would be better to get him if they buy him out.

SunsRback4Good · Post #984 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 8:28 pm

Bogyo wrote:
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I'll tell you two years from now if I liked this trade deadline or not.
Seriously, I think (as usual) that we could have handled assets a bit better... if we crush the buyout market and get at least one good player (Curry? Jackson? Wall? Holiday?) I think we could be up there IF healthy... biggest if in Suns history

Two years from now the Suns went to the finals b2b years finally winning their first NBA title. In 2022-2023 the Suns took down the mighty Celtics four games to two.

Post #985 » by **bwgood77** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 8:29 pm

Bogyo wrote:
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I'll tell you two years from now if I liked this trade deadline or not.
Seriously, I think (as usual) that we could have handled assets a bit better... if we crush the buyout market and get at least one good player (Curry? Jackson? Wall? Holiday?) I think we could be up there IF healthy... biggest if in Suns history

Yeah, hard to evaluate until we are 3 years out. Did it bring us a championship or two? Did we stay healthy? Etc...

Bogyo · Post #986 » by **Bogyo** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 8:29 pm

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TJ Warren is just so **** important here. Has to get healthy. If he's good to go we got ourselves a 15 ppg guy off the bench that will help Cam Payne in the 2nd unit. Payne has never had that type of bench offense. And Darius just needs to stand in a corner and shoot 3s and play D. Literally bench him if he does anything else.

Buyouts will be interesting. I really wanted Joshy Richardson but now I think Holiday is the guy to get for the shooting and defense. But Curry is just a flat out better player so obviously it would be better to get him if they buy him out.

20% of his 2 pointers are dunks already

If he just stands in the corner and sneaks in for a couple of baseline/backdoor cuts I'm fine with that. Pretty sure that one of our 3 HoF'ers will find him with an 'oop.

darmani · Post #987 » by **darmani** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 8:29 pm

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Somebody probably should tell them that the Celtics and Bucks exist.

sunskerr · Post #988 » by **sunskerr** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 8:30 pm

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No, he's not as good as Craig right now but has far more upside. He was behing Poku in OKC's lineup. I had him in fantasy for a bit. Didn't do much.

And I had Poku in fantasy and he wasn't anything to write home about either

I actually drafted Poku as a rookie.

You got him way too early then man. **** I thought I was striking gold with his early performances but it turned out to be fools gold since Kenrich and Jalen Williams are both way better than him already. Maybe I was also two years too early :lol:

KLEON · Post #989 » by **KLEON** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 8:30 pm

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How much $ will Cam command in the offseason?

Bogyo · Post #990 » by **Bogyo** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 8:32 pm

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Somebody probably should tell them that the Celtics and Bucks exist.

How are they planinnig on doing that with those 2 trigger happy midgets and against the Bucks and Celts? I wouldn't even put them above the Sixers, even with Poetl... They should have traded FVV and OG... Oh well, not my problem.

Ghost of Kleine · Post #991 » by **Ghost of Kleine** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 8:32 pm

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Mulhollanddrive · Post #992 » by **Mulhollanddrive** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 8:40 pm

Assume Wainwright gets upgraded we have 14:

Paul, Booker, Craig, Durant, Ayton
Payne, Lee, Bazley, Warren, Biyombo
Shamet, Okogie, Wainwright, Landale

WeekapaugGroove · Post #993 » by **WeekapaugGroove** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 8:41 pm

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51! That's hilarious. Whoever updates the future picks owed on hoopshype is going to be busy.

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WeekapaugGroove · Post #994 » by **WeekapaugGroove** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 8:42 pm

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Ghost of Kleine · Post #995 » by **Ghost of Kleine** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 8:43 pm

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Post #996 » by **Qwigglez** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 8:44 pm

Yeah I will take Reggie Jackson.

sunskerr · Post #997 » by **sunskerr** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 8:44 pm

One reggie jackson and one justin holiday please

matt131 · Post #998 » by **matt131** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 8:46 pm

sunskerr wrote:One reggie jackson and one justin holiday please

this would be beyond amazing

lonea · Post #999 » by **lonea** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 8:48 pm

Is ricky in consideration getting brought out by the cavs?

Mulhollanddrive · Post #1000 » by **Mulhollanddrive** » Thu Feb 9, 2023 8:49 pm

I'm not sure Jackson is better than Payne

What do you think our chances are of winning the West and the Championship if we win the West?