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

Ghost of Kleine · Post #1241 » by **Ghost of Kleine** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 4:56 am

irish22022 · Post #1242 » by **irish22022** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 5:02 am

matt131 wrote:Zach Lowe said he knows a team offered Brooklyn 4 first round picks for Mikal today. Didn’t say which team.

How is it possible that the nets would say no to that? I mean I like mikal. But that's 8 FRPs and cam Johnson for KD. That's a LONG lasting change.

NavLDO · Post #1243 » by **NavLDO** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 5:12 am

sunsbum wrote:
lilfishi22 wrote:
sunsbum wrote:Man, I'm still shook from thinking about Bridges not playing for the Suns. It's weird. I don't like it.

It's like waking up one morning and realising your partner isn't next to you anymore and then in your half awoken state you try and figure out why. Then you realise what happened and it dawns on you that that part of your life is now in the past.

But then you also have this hot new thing in your bed
Ok that hit hard. I lost my GF, the dog and now Mikal all in like 3 months.

You've got the makings of a hit country ballad right there! And it fits perfectly in order of importance:

"I lost my gi-rlll...
I lost my do-ogg...
But worst of alll...
I lost Mi-kalllll..."

(please don't take offense to me making light of your rough few months...)

cberry78 · Post #1244 » by **cberry78** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 5:12 am

So the Suns could legitimately start 4 Olympians with Book, KD, CP3, and Ayton (if he were to suit up for the Bahamas). Has any team ever had 4 Olympians on the same team, let alone as starters?

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Post #1245 » by **bwgood77** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 5:17 am

matt131 wrote:Zach Lowe said he knows a team offered Brooklyn 4 first round picks for Mikal today. Didn’t say which team.

Damn. My guess is it is a team that got a bunch of picks in other trades..NY, SA, Utah....it could be OKC. NY seems most likely. Did they make any moves?

Mulhollanddrive · Post #1246 » by **Mulhollanddrive** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 5:19 am

After everything our season seems to rest on Torrey Craig hope Jones knows what he's doing

Ghost of Kleine · Post #1247 » by **Ghost of Kleine** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 5:19 am

Watch on YouTube

So the "Valley boys " era is gone, But apparently Shaq and Barkley have now dubbed us a the "mid range mafia"!!

What are you guys thoughts on this new moniker?? Cool or meh?? I actually kinda like it!

JoRain · Post #1248 » by **JoRain** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 5:23 am

Qwigglez wrote:If Suns want more length, we could still sign Dragan Bender, him and KD can fight over No 35. Bender I think is only one year away at this point in being two years away. This would be a solid addition to the bench unit I feel.

Dragan is actually still playing - in one of the best European leagues - Spain, and belive it or not, putting up 17,2 pts and 6,6 reb in 23 mins a game

Ghost of Kleine · Post #1249 » by **Ghost of Kleine** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 5:33 am

Read on Twitter

Lol.....Figures!
And all this time I thought Jamal Murray was the only answer they needed against us! :lol:

irish22022 · Post #1250 » by **irish22022** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 5:48 am

Reggie can go back the clippers and literally start for them at PG. I think we need set our sights on Barton.

sunsbum · Post #1251 » by **sunsbum** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 5:57 am

NavLDO wrote:
sunsbum wrote:
lilfishi22 wrote:It's like waking up one morning and realising your partner isn't next to you anymore and then in your half awoken state you try and figure out why. Then you realise what happened and it dawns on you that that part of your life is now in the past.

But then you also have this hot new thing in your bed
Ok that hit hard. I lost my GF, the dog and now Mikal all in like 3 months.

You've got the makings of a hit country ballad right there! And it fits perfectly in order of importance:

"I lost my gi-rlll...
I lost my do-ogg...
But worst of alll...
I lost Mi-kalllll..."

(please don't take offense to me making light of your rough few months...)

It's a great song man!

Slim Charless · Post #1252 » by **Slim Charless** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 6:01 am

bwgood77 wrote:
matt131 wrote:Zach Lowe said he knows a team offered Brooklyn 4 first round picks for Mikal today. Didn’t say which team.

Damn. My guess is it is a team that got a bunch of picks in other trades..NY, SA, Utah....it could be OKC. NY seems most likely. Did they make any moves?

I bet it was OKC. They seem like they're within play in territory. Mikal would fit in well with them.

Bogyo · Post #1253 » by **Bogyo** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 6:49 am

Slim Charless wrote:
bwgood77 wrote:
matt131 wrote:Zach Lowe said he knows a team offered Brooklyn 4 first round picks for Mikal today. Didn’t say which team.

Damn. My guess is it is a team that got a bunch of picks in other trades..NY, SA, Utah....it could be OKC. NY seems most likely. Did they make any moves?

I bet it was OKC. They seem like they're within play in territory. Mikal would fit in well with them.

For sure. When Chat is healthy they are gonna be in the playoffs for sure. Add Mikal, and second round easy.
And they should move fast, I think clock is ticking on SGA wanting out... They have a gazilion picks too, so they should consolidate.
If they gave up 4 for Mikal they'd still have more than enough to keep the cost controlled lottery talent coming in for the next 5 years, and with that core in that city you can't really ask for more I think...

POLI · Post #1254 » by **POLI** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 7:51 am

irish22022 wrote:
matt131 wrote:Zach Lowe said he knows a team offered Brooklyn 4 first round picks for Mikal today. Didn’t say which team.

How is it possible that the nets would say no to that? I mean I like mikal. But that's 8 FRPs and cam Johnson for KD. That's a LONG lasting change.

May be 1 out of 4 options could come out being good.

Post #1255 » by **bwgood77** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 8:10 am

Bogyo wrote:
Slim Charless wrote:
bwgood77 wrote:
Damn. My guess is it is a team that got a bunch of picks in other trades..NY, SA, Utah....it could be OKC. NY seems most likely. Did they make any moves?

I bet it was OKC. They seem like they're within play in territory. Mikal would fit in well with them.

For sure. When Chat is healthy they are gonna be in the playoffs for sure. Add Mikal, and second round easy.
And they should move fast, I think clock is ticking on SGA wanting out... They have a gazilion picks too, so they should consolidate.
If they gave up 4 for Mikal they'd still have more than enough to keep the cost controlled lottery talent coming in for the next 5 years, and with that core in that city you can't really ask for more I think...

The more I think about it, I think it was NY. They have a few extra firsts, and I'm sure his Villanova teammate really wants to play with him. I also can see them overpaying since they are in the playoff mix.

BurningHeart · Post #1256 » by **BurningHeart** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 8:26 am

wheezy wrote:
BurningHeart wrote:There was Ray Ray, there was Traxxe.... But wasn't there another insider we had in the board for a while there? Name is on the tip of my tongue and they still haven't fixed the search function after all these years.

The other one was ihateginobli

Damn, I think so. I don't know why I remembered a "suns" part of his username. Anyway, I don't know why it popped into my mind. I remember defending him in a post of mine when someone asked why we give a **** about some random guy posting. Made me think of him.

BurningHeart · Post #1257 » by **BurningHeart** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 8:27 am

I really hope that Bridges didn't actually find out from Lee and social media.

That's pretty despicable.

This organization used to have class, honor and respect.

And yeah, it's a different day and age now but that makes it even worse that it's just acceptable that this could happen. It's just yet another indication of how far this league has gone and how detestable practically everything involving it is. There's no conceivable or acceptable reason why a trade involving players should make it to the world before the players involved. Nets or Suns or whoever responsible.

Crives · Post #1258 » by **Crives** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 8:36 am

Watch on YouTube

Crives · Post #1259 » by **Crives** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 8:40 am

If we start Craig as out POA defender (hopefully it’s okogie if he fixes 3pt shot), we are going to be really big at point of attack, We might want to go back to a more switch heavy scheme.

Blonde · Post #1260 » by **Blonde** » Fri Feb 10, 2023 8:55 am

I think the Pelicans may have been the mystery team to offer 4 picks for Bridges. They still have an excess of spare 1sts and needed another wing, plus Willie Green would love to have him back. In the end they settled for Josh Richardson who is basically a homeless man’s Bridges. They feel like the obvious answer to me.

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