Preseason: Game 4: Portland Trail Blazers @ Phoenix Suns l Monday l 7:00pm l NBATV

grumpysaddle · Post #61 » by **grumpysaddle** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:06 am

Reath looking pretty good for Portland. He does kind of look like prime Z-Bo.

sunskerr · Post #62 » by **sunskerr** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:06 am

I kinda like this Reath guy

sashaturiaf · Post #63 » by **sashaturiaf** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:09 am

Goodwin looking really good. Good IQ, plenty of hustle, always around the ball, and he looks closer to Okogie size than a point guard size. He's going to be part of the rotation

Bates Diop also showing that Spurs DNA with some defensive plays and some good reads and passes.

Can they hit the 3 consistently? If they can both will be excellent role players

grumpysaddle · Post #64 » by **grumpysaddle** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:09 am

This team is going to shred some offensive records this year.

SlovenianDragon · Post #65 » by **SlovenianDragon** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:12 am

Is it to early to say this was a goodwin?

Maze · Post #66 » by **Maze** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:12 am

Grayson Allen is going to have one of those freaky 48% from 3pt range kind of years

grumpysaddle · Post #67 » by **grumpysaddle** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:12 am

Durant seems happier and like he's coming out of his shell a bit more lately.

sunskerr · Post #68 » by **sunskerr** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:18 am

holy crap this team is so much more fun to watch than last years team.

garrick · Post #69 » by **garrick** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:21 am

Maze wrote:Grayson Allen is going to have one of those freaky 48% from 3pt range kind of years

I really wonder what could have been had we pulled off the Crowder trade for Grayson Allen which apparently we did not want last season.

Then again Monty might not have played him much since he liked Shamet so much.

sashaturiaf · Post #70 » by **sashaturiaf** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:21 am

sunskerr wrote:holy crap this team is so much more fun to watch than last years team.

I feel it man. More shooters, more guys that bring the hustle, and you have big Nurk in the middle setting bonecrunching screens with deft little passes. Can tell Goodwin and Yuta will be fan favs off the bench with their hustle and enthusiasm

Also no Ayton helps

Mulhollanddrive · Post #71 » by **Mulhollanddrive** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:25 am

173 the highest score in regulation we can break it this season.

bwoolf2 · Post #72 » by **bwoolf2** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:27 am

sunskerr wrote:holy crap this team is so much more fun to watch than last years team.

100 percent between cp3 walking the ball up the court every time and lack 9f ball movement I wasn't enjoying watching the team as much as I had previously. Hate to say it because he was great for the Suns but I'm glad cp3 is gone.

Mulhollanddrive · Post #73 » by **Mulhollanddrive** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:28 am

Goodwin 4 steals in 7 minutes, Okogie +22

Great signs from our defensive specialists.

Just need Nurkic to be a factor and give top 10 defense a shot.

spanishninja · Post #74 » by **spanishninja** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:31 am

bwoolf2 wrote:
sunskerr wrote:holy crap this team is so much more fun to watch than last years team.

100 percent between cp3 walking the ball up the court every time and lack 9f ball movement I wasn't enjoying watching the team as much as I had previously. Hate to say it because he was great for the Suns but I'm glad cp3 is gone.

to be fair though, during the 64 win season, we were plenty fun to watch, especially during the 18 win streak. all the clutch wins we had that year were exciting as ****, and CP was a big part of that. we will need that clutch gene again this year after we seemingly lost the ability to win close games as well last season.

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SlovenianDragon · Post #75 » by **SlovenianDragon** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:35 am

Mulhollanddrive wrote:173 the highest score in regulation we can break it this season.

Booker 30
Durant 30
Beal 30
Nurk 20
Allen 20
Okogie 15
Gordon 10
Yuta 10
Eubanks 10

Seems do-able

SunsRback4Good · Post #76 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:36 am

Mulhollanddrive wrote:Goodwin 4 steals in 7 minutes, Okogie +22

Great signs from our defensive specialists.
Just need Nurkic to be a factor and give top 10 defense a shot.

Top 10 defense? We’d be lucky to be in top 12. Suns lost way too many good defenders Ayton, Paul, CamJ, Bridges to be in top 10. You’re banking on Okogie, KD to save this team defensively while everyone else watches? I’ll be heavily surprised if we are anywhere in top 12 on defense.

Post #77 » by **bwgood77** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:37 am

spanishninja wrote:
bwoolf2 wrote:
sunskerr wrote:holy crap this team is so much more fun to watch than last years team.

100 percent between cp3 walking the ball up the court every time and lack 9f ball movement I wasn't enjoying watching the team as much as I had previously. Hate to say it because he was great for the Suns but I'm glad cp3 is gone.
to be fair though, during the 64 win season, we were plenty fun to watch, especially during the 18 win streak. all the clutch wins we had that year were exciting as ****, and CP was a big part of that. we will need that clutch gene again this year after we seemingly lost the ability to win close games as well last season.

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Yeah, I was thinking the same. There was a ton of hustle on that team..Bridges, Cam, Crowder, Craig, etc...

We will likely have more turnovers and more injuries than that year and the year before. Last year of course our team was injured the whole year though. Last year was just so bad it makes the last few years overall seem a lot worse too many.

BUT....CP3 had worn on a lot of teammates over the years...and I think he wore on people. The whole Crowder thing was weird and of course Ayton.

But we lost to the best team last year at least and played them better than anyone...same with the finals year. But Paul really failed us in that Dallas series after our 2-0 lead. Turned it over a ton suddenly, fouled out in a game, couldn't play D and was targeted by Luka, and completely lost his midrange game. He had obvious injury, but it might have been better without him. Then of course no one showed up in game 7....game 6 not so good either after the Luka special.

sashaturiaf · Post #78 » by **sashaturiaf** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:41 am

So do we call it the Bradley Beal trade or the Jordan Goodwin trade ?

bwoolf2 · Post #79 » by **bwoolf2** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:45 am

spanishninja wrote:
bwoolf2 wrote:
sunskerr wrote:holy crap this team is so much more fun to watch than last years team.

100 percent between cp3 walking the ball up the court every time and lack 9f ball movement I wasn't enjoying watching the team as much as I had previously. Hate to say it because he was great for the Suns but I'm glad cp3 is gone.
to be fair though, during the 64 win season, we were plenty fun to watch, especially during the 18 win streak. all the clutch wins we had that year were exciting as ****, and CP was a big part of that. we will need that clutch gene again this year after we seemingly lost the ability to win close games as well last season.

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Ya it was a scrapy bunch but they won about 20 games in the last minute never felt like a dominant team. I just don't enjoy watching the ball walked up the court and playing half court basketball all the time. Not my jam.

But for sure the last 5 minutes was exciting because every damn game was close that year.

Mulhollanddrive · Post #80 » by **Mulhollanddrive** » Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:51 am

Saben Lee knows how to go minus alot quick.