Game 10: OKC Thunder (5-4) @ Phoenix Suns (4-5) | Sunday | 6:00 PM

garrick · Post #61 » by **garrick** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:36 am

Why is Nurkic passing out of the low post to Okogie to shoot a 3?

Post #62 » by **lilfishi22** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:38 am

Woah...offensive foul?

sashaturiaf · Post #63 » by **sashaturiaf** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:39 am

Our defensive reboundings been outstanding. It's keeping us in the game despite all these turnovers.

schnakenpopanz · Post #64 » by **schnakenpopanz** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:40 am

turnover, turnover, turnover.
great offense

bwoolf2 · Post #65 » by **bwoolf2** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:43 am

W8sh Eubanks was more aggressive on offense

SkyBill40 · Post #66 » by **SkyBill40** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:44 am

KLEON wrote:
grumpysaddle wrote:
SkyBill40 wrote:We NEED a PG. Don't care who it is right now. We could use a stud like Wall, but I don't see them making any moves. If they do, I'll be shocked.

Wall has been washed for YEARS.

The Thunder are a sneaky good team. Beal is obviously not in game shape quite yet. And yes, Booker coming back will fix a ton of issues. Every game the Suns are getting more and more chemistry in the meantime.

Tell them again

Wall, "washed" or not, is still better than any of the ball handlers on this team and that includes Booker. By the time Booker comes back, the way we're playing, will be just to help get us out of the hole we've dug for ourselves. Funny how Ishbia was all good to just open his wallet to let the money fly out but when we have a dire position of need... it's closed. And Bol just sits there doing nothing at all while getting paid.

Calvin Klein · Post #67 » by **Calvin Klein** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:47 am

Huge Eubanks minutes. Lou Admunson flashes

sunskerr · Post #68 » by **sunskerr** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:47 am

Shaiiii

SkyBill40 · Post #69 » by **SkyBill40** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:48 am

Calvin Klein wrote:Huge Eubanks minutes. Lou Admunson flashes

I missed him. Just another player done dirty by the Sarver tenure.

bwoolf2 · Post #70 » by **bwoolf2** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:48 am

Goodwin running that 2nd unit helps, he has some point guard skills

Calvin Klein · Post #71 » by **Calvin Klein** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:48 am

SkyBill40 wrote:
KLEON wrote:
grumpysaddle wrote:Wall has been washed for YEARS.

The Thunder are a sneaky good team. Beal is obviously not in game shape quite yet. And yes, Booker coming back will fix a ton of issues. Every game the Suns are getting more and more chemistry in the meantime.

Tell them again

Wall, "washed" or not, is still better than any of the ball handlers on this team and that includes Booker. By the time Booker comes back, the way we're playing, will be just to help get us out of the hole we've dug for ourselves. Funny how Ishbia was all good to just open his wallet to let the money fly out but when we have a dire position of need... it's closed. And Bol just sits there doing nothing at all while getting paid.

If Wall was still good, he'd be in a roster. He's done.

Calvin Klein · Post #72 » by **Calvin Klein** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:49 am

SkyBill40 wrote:
Calvin Klein wrote:Huge Eubanks minutes. Lou Admunson flashes

I missed him. Just another player done dirty by the Sarver tenure.

That bench was so fun. Goran, Frye, Dudley, Barbosa, Lou.

sunskerr · Post #73 » by **sunskerr** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:49 am

Love the minutes Eubanks gives us on that contract even if he gives me flashbacks to Aytons stiff hesitant movement and stone hands.

Jdiddy701 · Post #74 » by **Jdiddy701** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:49 am

Buckle up for the 4th quarter guys. Please.. for once.. protect the ball.

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garrick · Post #75 » by **garrick** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:50 am

SkyBill40 wrote:
KLEON wrote:
grumpysaddle wrote:Wall has been washed for YEARS.

The Thunder are a sneaky good team. Beal is obviously not in game shape quite yet. And yes, Booker coming back will fix a ton of issues. Every game the Suns are getting more and more chemistry in the meantime.

Tell them again

Wall, "washed" or not, is still better than any of the ball handlers on this team and that includes Booker. By the time Booker comes back, the way we're playing, will be just to help get us out of the hole we've dug for ourselves. Funny how Ishbia was all good to just open his wallet to let the money fly out but when we have a dire position of need... it's closed. And Bol just sits there doing nothing at all while getting paid.

Trading Cam Payne looks even more dumb now.

While we havee the 6.5m TPE what player or pick are we going to combine that with to get a decent PG back?

The Payne deal also generated a $6.5 million trade exception (TPE), which normally has a one-year expiration. Phoenix can have that exception represent the salary of a player and attach whatever else like picks/cash to complete the deal as long as it has an open roster spot, a way for over-the-cap teams to still maneuver the trade market. (The Spurs are under it, so they were just able to take Payne in.)

In reality, TPEs hardly get used and usually just run out, since it’s so difficult to find players in a specific salary range and an accommodating team OK with that level of assets for a player. But they do get activated occasionally, and in the new rules highlighted above by Marks, Phoenix’s from Payne will run out once the regular season ends. Meaning, if that thing is going to get used, it has to be prior to February’s trade deadline.

The trade ultimately is viewed in the present as a salary dump. Because of the extremes in the luxury tax, getting rid of Payne’s $6.5 million salary in exchange for Bol on the minimum saves Phoenix $26.4 million on the tax ball, per Marks. That bill is still at $53.1 million.

https://arizonasports.com/story/3528504/cam-payne-trade-highlights-suns-creativity-with-new-nba-rules/

SkyBill40 · Post #76 » by **SkyBill40** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:51 am

Calvin Klein wrote:
SkyBill40 wrote:
KLEON wrote:Tell them again

Wall, "washed" or not, is still better than any of the ball handlers on this team and that includes Booker. By the time Booker comes back, the way we're playing, will be just to help get us out of the hole we've dug for ourselves. Funny how Ishbia was all good to just open his wallet to let the money fly out but when we have a dire position of need... it's closed. And Bol just sits there doing nothing at all while getting paid.

If Wall was still good, he'd be in a roster. He's done.

He's nowhere close to done. Dude was putting up 11 points and 5 dimes in 22 MPG last season. The Clippers just quit on him, nothing more. He put up 20.6 and 7 in HOU the season before. There is definitely something beyond his numbers to indicate that he's "done", but hopefully the Kentucky connection as well as Beal being a teammate again could turn that around.

bwoolf2 · Post #77 » by **bwoolf2** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:55 am

Same **** stand around watch KD

Calvin Klein · Post #78 » by **Calvin Klein** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:57 am

sunskerr wrote:Love the minutes Eubanks gives us on that contract even if he gives me flashbacks to Aytons stiff hesitant movement and stone hands.

He definitely reminds me of Lou a lot. Needs to catch some alley oops now.

schnakenpopanz · Post #79 » by **schnakenpopanz** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:57 am

154-16 was the record of the suns with Chris Paul and Monty when leading after 3 quarters.

We are 3-3 this season and likely 3-4 after this game.

You got what you wished for....

bwoolf2 · Post #80 » by **bwoolf2** » Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:59 am

So is this the 4th quarter offense KD hey you just take every shot?