Game 13: Phoenix Suns (9-3) @ Oklahoma City Thunder (10-2) l Friday l 6:00pm l AZFamily

MrMiyagi · Post #21 » by **MrMiyagi** » Sat Nov 16, 2024 2:40 am

garrick · Post #22 » by **garrick** » Sat Nov 16, 2024 2:50 am

Just joining.

Nice to see we're down double digits and the offense looks like hot garbage.

Nurkic just does not fit this roster when KD isn't in, the defense doesn't respect him rightfully so so he doesn't bring in double teams in the paint and he's just so slow footed he is late on rotations and everything else. Just terrible.

grumpysaddle · Post #23 » by **grumpysaddle** » Sat Nov 16, 2024 2:57 am

We've missed SO MANY wide open shots. It's kind of crazy how cold the entire team is all at once.

Booker also needs to get his head out of his ass, double/triple teamed or not.

Revived · Post #24 » by **Revived** » Sat Nov 16, 2024 3:01 am

Suns are down 24 in the 4th qtr and Bud still has Booker in the game.

It’s insane how the injuries haven’t at all made him realize that maybe he should play the big 3 less minutes.

grumpysaddle · Post #25 » by **grumpysaddle** » Sat Nov 16, 2024 3:02 am

Okogie has been hitting 3s this season but he's passed out of a bunch of wide open ones tonight.

Revived · Post #26 » by **Revived** » Sat Nov 16, 2024 3:02 am

OKC is shooting 27% from 3 and 42% overall and their up by 24 in the 4th qtr :lol:

Funky Tut · Post #27 » by **Funky Tut** » Sat Nov 16, 2024 3:05 am

Fun sports night , suns getting dismantled , my Cats are probably going to lose to Wisconsin again , I hate sports .

grumpysaddle · Post #28 » by **grumpysaddle** » Sat Nov 16, 2024 3:07 am

Revived wrote:OKC is shooting 27% from 3 and 42% overall and their up by 24 in the 4th qtr

Doesn't help that we are shooting 22% from 3, fricking 28% overall and 72% from the FT line. Absolutely ABYSMAL shooting performance team wide.

grumpysaddle · Post #29 » by **grumpysaddle** » Sat Nov 16, 2024 3:08 am

Also dunno why Plumlee hasn't played tonight. Nurkic didn't have it, but I feel like Plumlee may have done better to punish their small lineup.

garrick · Post #30 » by **garrick** » Sat Nov 16, 2024 3:14 am

Revived wrote:Suns are down 24 in the 4th qtr and Bud still has Booker in the game.

It’s insane how the injuries haven’t at all made him realize that maybe he should play the big 3 less minutes.

It's because of the midseason tournament but since it's a meaningless title we shouldn't even bother trying to win this if it means Booker gets hurt.

For Booker I don't know why he doesn't do the Latrell Sprewell move where he just cradles the ball as he cuts to the rim because he gets the ball swiped so often when he drives.

He just doesn't learn from his mistakes with his careless ball handling.

MrMiyagi · Post #31 » by **MrMiyagi** » Sat Nov 16, 2024 3:15 am

BOL BOL

KLEON · Post #32 » by **KLEON** » Sat Nov 16, 2024 3:17 am

Is Booker carrying a injury? He just doesn't seem 100% since the start of the season

garrick · Post #33 » by **garrick** » Sat Nov 16, 2024 3:18 am

Watch on YouTube

I will not move on from this.

We should have taken Filipowski with our 1st round pick, he's not super athletic but has some sort of inside game and he can shoot it from three as well.

I also don't think any other team valued Ryan Dunn as much as we did so we might have been able to swing a deal to take him in the 2nd round.

Also while Dunn might have a higher ceiling and may eventually become the better player Kyle is a much better fit for us because we need to win now because of KD's short window due to his advancing age and injury history.

SkyBill40 · Post #34 » by **SkyBill40** » Sat Nov 16, 2024 3:29 am

No surprises tonight. What team will show up for the next one?

Post #35 » by **lilfishi22** » Sat Nov 16, 2024 4:20 am

What's up with Book? He didn't shoot the ball well....or really did anything well but as our only scorer out there, why did he only takes 10 shot attempts?

Something is wrong with him

Mulhollanddrive · Post #36 » by **Mulhollanddrive** » Sat Nov 16, 2024 4:26 am

As Eminem says Snap back to reality

We'll be battling for a top 6 seed

-0.8 net rating for the season

Dunn at 33% from 3 now will do well to stay above 30%

Frank Lee · Post #37 » by **Frank Lee** » Sat Nov 16, 2024 5:35 am

Yup
We’ll be .500 by Xmas

garrick · Post #38 » by **garrick** » Sat Nov 16, 2024 5:52 am

lilfishi22 wrote:What's up with Book? He didn't shoot the ball well....or really did anything well but as our only scorer out there, why did he only takes 10 shot attempts?

Something is wrong with him

Constantly double or triple teamed and no one bailed him out and he also turned the ball over a ton.

This is what happens when your only offensive strategy is to shoot threes with no inside game because the entire team is undersized and unable to score near the rim.

sunsbg · Post #39 » by **sunsbg** » Sat Nov 16, 2024 6:00 am

Nothing unexpected. Maybe time for people to admit Booker is not him. He needs a stacked team to win. Had such stretch back then with Rubio when the roster was depleted becoming a 20ppg inefficient scorer instead of raising his game when most needed. Waited Gm4 last playoffs to start playing as he can.

Hopefully a much better game vs MIN which is an early game scheduled on TV.

Sunlight · Post #40 » by **Sunlight** » Sat Nov 16, 2024 6:22 am

Luckily, Ishbia has money, so he has calculated that overpaid golden boy will not hurt team's success. As long as you don't piss off the fans. Golden boy must not be touched. These game threads are quite empty these days, so maybe the team is not very approachable. It was popular to criticize Ayton and praise others. Now we'd rather keep quiet than criticize golden boy.