Opening Night: Game 1: Phoenix Suns @ Golden State Warriors l Tuesday l 7:00pm l TNT

Book1Nation · Post #41 » by **Book1Nation** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 2:14 pm

Revived wrote:Man it will be hilarious if CP3 ends up playing more games this season than Beal lol

As a Suns fan I would not find that hilarious at all.

matt131 · Post #42 » by **matt131** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 2:24 pm

https://x.com/shamscharania/status/1716812417643249720

His back has been a problem for 2 weeks now….geez man. At least give us some hope early on

sunsbg · Post #43 » by **sunsbg** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 2:56 pm

matt131 wrote:https://x.com/shamscharania/status/1716812417643249720

His back has been a problem for 2 weeks now….geez man. At least give us some hope early on

Indeed, I guess most of us expect a lot of missed games by certain players, but it appeared they will start the season in full strength, so a bit disappointing. On a positive note everybody on this team needs more minutes to gel with his new teammates and Vogel will experiment with different lineup early in the season.

BVPN · Post #44 » by **BVPN** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 3:36 pm

The NBA needs to do something about this, I feel like there’s almost a 50% chance that any given game I try to watch is missing various important players. Really makes the RS seem meaningless. I certainly don’t get a league pass discount based on how many games people miss.

flagstaff · Post #45 » by **flagstaff** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 3:41 pm

Golanator wrote:
Revived wrote:Man it will be hilarious if CP3 ends up playing more games this season than Beal lol

As a Suns fan I would not find that hilarious at all.

I want Beal to play. But, 1/2 season of Beal is greater than a full season of Paul.

Revived · Post #46 » by **Revived** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 3:54 pm

Read on Twitter

Revived · Post #47 » by **Revived** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 3:58 pm

Outside of the Clippers, the Suns have the most injury prone stardom in the league. Even more injury prone than the Lakers combo of 38 yr old LeBron and fragile AD, yes.

So yeah this is gonna be recurring theme throughout the season.

I’m honestly surprised that KD isn’t injured. I would’ve thought he’d be the first one.

Stix · Post #48 » by **Stix** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 4:07 pm

Book probably just trollin' CP3. He'll be good to go.

Gordon probably starts. Maybe Beal comes off bench with Goodwin. If not Grayson gets more minutes which is fine, we can play small against GSW.

matt131 · Post #49 » by **matt131** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 4:21 pm

Stix wrote:Book probably just trollin' CP3. He'll be good to go.

Gordon probably starts. Maybe Beal comes off bench with Goodwin. If not Grayson gets more minutes which is fine, we can play small against GSW.

I’d start Grayson and keep Gordon coming off the bench. I think Grayson is in legit contention for a starting spot anyway, and I’d like to see Gordon be the bench leader and commander.

Booker / Goodwin
Grayson / Gordon
Okogie / Yuta
KD / Metu
Nurk / Eubanks

Still a relatively good and deep team. Just wish it wasn’t against the warriors. Hate losing to them in general

spanishninja · Post #50 » by **spanishninja** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 4:34 pm

matt131 wrote:
Stix wrote:Book probably just trollin' CP3. He'll be good to go.

Gordon probably starts. Maybe Beal comes off bench with Goodwin. If not Grayson gets more minutes which is fine, we can play small against GSW.

I’d start Grayson and keep Gordon coming off the bench. I think Grayson is in legit contention for a starting spot anyway, and I’d like to see Gordon be the bench leader and commander.

Booker / Goodwin
Grayson / Gordon
Okogie / Yuta
KD / Metu
Nurk / Eubanks

Still a relatively good and deep team. Just wish it wasn’t against the warriors. Hate losing to them in general

Grayson/Gordon is already a better rotation than Paul/Shamet from last year, simply by being able to shoot worth a damn and neither guy being Shamet.

Maze · Post #51 » by **Maze** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 4:35 pm

It's hard to look forward to/get excited about modern "marquee" match up's.Seems as if the star players never play.Either because of injury, load management, or strategy.You know, teams don't like to "show their hand" early on.They try to save it for the playoffs.Sucks if you're a fan.

NapoleonII · Post #52 » by **NapoleonII** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 5:29 pm

Maze wrote:It's hard to look forward to/get excited about modern "marquee" match up's.Seems as if the star players never play.Either because of injury, load management, or strategy.You know, teams don't like to "show their hand" early on.They try to save it for the playoffs.Sucks if you're a fan.

Yup.

The season has become an extended, expensive pre-Season 2.0.

Post #53 » by **bwgood77** » Tue Oct 24, 2023 5:30 pm

Revived wrote:Man it will be hilarious if CP3 ends up playing more games this season than Beal lol

He played more games in each of the past 4 years, so it wouldn't be something out of the ordinary. The main thing with Paul is that he is declining in play rapidly. Beal has declined a little but is obviously a lot younger and still likely has a lot more time left than Paul.