Game 32: Bucks @ Suns

[INFORMER-93]

And what is wrong with Bledsoe's knees? It's not good when young guys have problems with their knees ...

The other injury was to his shin, unless you're referencing an injury before his time with the Suns.

[bigfoot]

Gerald "One Man Highlight Reel" Green

Dunk of the Night
Steal of the Night

[TASTIC]

Watched the game on league pass this morning.
Green - wow...when he is on and isn't beating himself up over 'rookie mistake' type plays he's made, he's a stud. I've never seen someone get so mad at themselves over a lapse. He's his own harshest critic, which is a good thing. Those 3-4 steals leading to dunks are the stuff that puts bums on seats - I didn't know the result when I watched it, so every bomb he made and dunk he threw down drew a cheer from me, awesome stuff!

Tucker was a man against Ante, he simply abused him and got inside his head so much that he had Ante looking like he had 0 game. Stoked seeing PJ with the hustle plays and playing with his usual 110% passion.

Ish was solid...he left his feet (stupidly) twice and threw one away and the other I think was a shot, but it was terrible. His no look was awesome, as was the steal and dunk off the inbounds play. Pretty impressive he played the whole 4th and we didn't need Dragic!

Frye was amazing tonight, he had so many timely 3s and even the odd move inside and a nice step back too. As others have said, a real pro.

As for the Bucks...holy god they are awful. Mayo needs to switch to lite Mayo cos it's clear he's been hitting the buffet hard.

Knight only scored so many points because he did zero creating and over dribbled more than any PG I've seen in a long time. He's a solid pro but he'd be better off the bench as a 6th or 7th man like Terry or Mo Williams.
Sanders - to be fair he didn't get much of a chance to contribute, Drew's coaching patterns were a joke. Butler knocked down shots as did Middleton, and he subs them both out - for Ridnour (also done as a starter)! Even EJ critiqued his former teammate for subbing out the hot hand - made no sense.

I feel the sneaky Dragic pass to Plumlee for the flush is an underrated play that won't show in the highlights even though it should...

[Wannabe MEP]

Yeah, Sanders seemed to me to be a contract player. Not surprised someone put him on blast.

Advanced statistics pegged him as the most valuable defensive player in the entire league last year. Sometimes you just have to go with the eye test. $11M/yr starting next year and he puts up a 7 & 2.

1) Advanced stats also pegged him as a major liability on offense.
2) You're mixing things here: Refuting advanced stats with the "eye test" is one thing, but refuting advanced stats with basic stats -- especially because of one game -- is something else entirely.

The best argument against advanced stats isn't the "eye test," and it definitely isn't basic stats. It's that it's always more complicated than any one number.

[carey]

Yeah, Sanders seemed to me to be a contract player. Not surprised someone put him on blast.

Advanced statistics pegged him as the most valuable defensive player in the entire league last year. Sometimes you just have to go with the eye test. $11M/yr starting next year and he puts up a 7 & 2.

1) Advanced stats also pegged him as a major liability on offense.
2) You're mixing things here: Refuting advanced stats with the "eye test" is one thing, but refuting advanced stats with basic stats -- especially because of one game -- is something else entirely.

The best argument against advanced stats isn't the "eye test," and it definitely isn't basic stats. It's that it's always more complicated than any one number.

That's a good argument. I'll just say that while I was watching him he did not look like a guy that should be earning $11Mil. Especially when he was pulling down those 2 rebounds.

[Wannabe MEP]

I'll just say that while I was watching him he did not look like a guy that should be earning $11Mil.

I can't argue with that.