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

Post #121 » by **lilfishi22** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:27 am

Slim Charless wrote:
lilfishi22 wrote:
JDJ26 wrote:
He also draws fouls. Something the Suns haven't had for a few years at PF or Center.

That's what I mean, he can and will punish smaller defenders, he'll make the right pass and he'll draw fouls. It's awesome

Lol.

Love this place. I came to see how many Nurk lovefest posts I would see halfway through the 1st quarter.

I am not surprised.

Nurk all NBA 1st team? Waiting patiently for that one.

Great strawman. Keep it coming

Revived · Post #122 » by **Revived** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:27 am

Book’s fantastic to start.

grumpysaddle · Post #123 » by **grumpysaddle** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:28 am

MVBook, I'm telling you.

Book1Nation · Post #124 » by **Book1Nation** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:29 am

Book is on fire. Forced that last one but that’s fine.

Nurk got fouled on that loose ball and it should have been a clear path too.

Mulhollanddrive · Post #125 » by **Mulhollanddrive** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:30 am

What are these quick timeouts im not familiar

Post #126 » by **bwgood77** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:31 am

I'll be interested to see our substitution patterns. Would be more interested obviously to see it with Beal there too, but given our lack of punch off the bench outside of Gordon, it will be interesting to see how they play.

garrick · Post #127 » by **garrick** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:31 am

Mulhollanddrive wrote:Nurkic is giving me a hard on if he plays like this in all areas - rim protection, rebounding, finishing, passing he's better than Ayton

That's wildly optimistic.

He was almost unplayable versus LA picking up more fouls than points. For teams that don't have big athletic forwards and centers like GSW Nurkic should play decently well though.

Post #128 » by **lilfishi22** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:32 am

grumpysaddle wrote:MVBook, I'm telling you.

KD/Book is such a great combo. KD's slow starts is offset by Book with fiery hot starts. Then as KD settles in, watch out !

Slim Charless · Post #129 » by **Slim Charless** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:32 am

lilfishi22 wrote:
Slim Charless wrote:
lilfishi22 wrote:That's what I mean, he can and will punish smaller defenders, he'll make the right pass and he'll draw fouls. It's awesome

Lol.

Love this place. I came to see how many Nurk lovefest posts I would see halfway through the 1st quarter.

I am not surprised.

Nurk all NBA 1st team? Waiting patiently for that one.

Great strawman. Keep it coming

I'm just ahead of the curve.

Post #130 » by **lilfishi22** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:33 am

Slim Charless wrote:
lilfishi22 wrote:
Slim Charless wrote:
Lol.

Love this place. I came to see how many Nurk lovefest posts I would see halfway through the 1st quarter.

I am not surprised.

Nurk all NBA 1st team? Waiting patiently for that one.

Great strawman. Keep it coming

I'm just ahead of the curve.

Just as you were when hyping up DA for like 5 years? Still ahead of the curve I suppose

grumpysaddle · Post #131 » by **grumpysaddle** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:33 am

lilfishi22 wrote:
grumpysaddle wrote:MVBook, I'm telling you.

KD/Book is such a great combo. KD's slow starts is offset by Book with fiery hot starts. Then as KD settles in, watch out !

My pants are getting tighter with the thought of Beal being thrown in there soon as well.

Post #132 » by **bwgood77** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:34 am

Nurk's fine. I think overall, Eubanks might end up being better. Blazers were better with him on the floor last season. Not as much of a knock on Nurk but I think people might underestimate Eubanks.

May depend on what we need though. Eubanks is a much better finisher/shooter/scorer and rim protector while Nurk is a better passer and slightly better rebounder.

NapoleonII · Post #133 » by **NapoleonII** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:35 am

KD needs to age his game a little bit. He’s playing like he’s still 27 years old. Not as pretty / efficient.

sunskerr · Post #134 » by **sunskerr** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:38 am

We are choking. Easy stuff we are messing up.

grumpysaddle · Post #135 » by **grumpysaddle** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:38 am

Suns getting hosed on calls. Glad basketball is back.

Revived · Post #136 » by **Revived** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:38 am

Eubanks kinda stinks.

garrick · Post #137 » by **garrick** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:40 am

Ugh a lack of a point guard is hurting us yet again.

Why is it that JJ can never find decent point guards in free agency?

schnakenpopanz · Post #138 » by **schnakenpopanz** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:41 am

7 to, that's what you get without a true PG

grumpysaddle · Post #139 » by **grumpysaddle** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:41 am

Vogel needs to figure out the staggering with the stars to keep one in all game

Revived · Post #140 » by **Revived** » Wed Oct 25, 2023 2:41 am

bwgood77 wrote:Nurk's fine. I think overall, Eubanks might end up being better. Blazers were better with him on the floor last season. Not as much of a knock on Nurk but I think people might underestimate Eubanks.

May depend on what we need though. Eubanks is a much better finisher/shooter/scorer, defender and rim protector while Nurk is a better passer and slightly better rebounder.

Man this couldn’t be further from the truth for tonight. Warriors basically went on their run soon as Eubanks got in.