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kennydorglas · Post #81 » by **kennydorglas** » Sat Mar 5, 2016 2:31 am

Hopefully we'll tank the two games against the Lakers and keep it real.
We have ZERO business winning any games right now... I think they gave some extra effort because our losing streak was really bad.

Now keep it up and dont let this bottom 3 get away

Nice game by Len... still stiff as ever, but he's making some tough shots now. Doesnt look natural but it's working.

SSOL · Post #82 » by **SSOL** » Sat Mar 5, 2016 2:31 am

batsmasher wrote:
SSOL wrote:Simmons/Ingram are miles ahead of anyone else in the upcoming draft. Miles. Being armed with one of those two picks is a much better trade asset than #3. #knowyourfacts

OK. Looks like we have no chance of getting them then if we have #3 lottery odds. What a shame, I really like Ingram.

If only the NBA was that simple.

#3? Suns will likely finish with the 5th worst record. They aren't finishing third worst.

Post #83 » by **bwgood77** » Sat Mar 5, 2016 2:32 am

GoranTragic wrote:
Jdiddy701 wrote:
SSOL wrote:
I wonder if you know what it's like to run a franchise. At this point losing is the key to future success. When the suns miss out on #2 odds because of one extra win, remember this.

Yeah so the coach should say "okay guys we need to lose now! Len stop playing so well!"

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Again. What is the plan? We aren't exactly the FA destination unless I've been watching a different team.

We have tons of golf courses.

SSOL · Post #84 » by **SSOL** » Sat Mar 5, 2016 2:32 am

kennydorglas wrote:Hopefully we'll tank the two games against the Lakers and keep it real.
We have ZERO business winning any games right now... I think they gave some extra effort because our losing streak was really bad.

Now keep it up and dont let this bottom 3 get away

Nice game by Len... still stiff as ever, but he's making some tough shots now. Doesnt look natural but it's working.

Stiff? He is very athletic.

Post #85 » by **ATTL** » Sat Mar 5, 2016 2:32 am

Us catching the Lakers was always a long shot. I still doubt Brooklyn catches us.

saintEscaton · Post #86 » by **saintEscaton** » Sat Mar 5, 2016 2:32 am

This win is a double edged sword because not only are we are now only 1 game ahead of a fledgling Brooklyn, but also help the Wiz get into the playoffs

saintEscaton · Post #87 » by **saintEscaton** » Sat Mar 5, 2016 2:33 am

Post #88 » by **batsmasher** » Sat Mar 5, 2016 2:34 am

bwgood77 wrote:It's still a crapshoot though. #2 odds could end up at 4 and #4 odds could end up at 1....any of the top 4 have a reasonable shot of moving up or down. Sure I'd rather have better odds, but one thing is certain and that is that nothing is certain other than we can't drop lower than 3 spots.

People wanna be downers for the sake of being downers.

Legit our #5 pick has a career night to get us a win and people are complaining that we win a game which might give us a slightly lesser chance of getting a pick for a player who may or may not be good in 3 years time.

It's not like winning actually aids development of our current players either. Keep losing guys!! Go go go!! And preach it to the masses!! We're gonna get Ingram and be the best team in the univerrrrrrse.

Post #89 » by **batsmasher** » Sat Mar 5, 2016 2:37 am

SSOL wrote:#3? Suns will likely finish with the 5th worst record. They aren't finishing third worst.

Tell me more.

Who's gonna win the election?

Post #90 » by **bwgood77** » Sat Mar 5, 2016 2:39 am

SSOL wrote:
bwgood77 wrote:
saintEscaton wrote:Its these wins we will be regretting when we end up missing out on not only Simmons/Ingram but Bender/Brown/Dunn as well

I'm fully confident we will win the lottery regardless of where we end up record wise.

Honestly though, I'd probably be more nervous during the lottery if we had the worst record than if we had the third worst record.

That's paranoia and Suns luck talking. Odds are odds. It is not rigged.

I know it's not rigged. I'm just saying that if were sitting at #1 I'd feel like we have everything to lose. Kind of like pressure when you're the favorite. At #3, moving up is pure gravy. Yes, I'd be extremely paranoid if we had the best odds. I've watched Philly move down the last two years.

Make no mistake, I'm not hoping we win, but when we do, I wish I would have watched the game to see what Len did.

LukasBMW · Post #91 » by **LukasBMW** » Sat Mar 5, 2016 2:39 am

We only won against Memphis and Orlando because both teams played like poo poo.

This really hurts our chances of staying in 3rd and kills any chance of us moving into second unless we blatantly tank the Lakers games.

Sure Len played well. Orlando has NO ONE inside.

I'm happy Len has put together a string of double doubles but come on...these games are meaningless.

I'm legitimately worried that we are going to try to win out when Knight gets back.

Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

saintEscaton · Post #92 » by **saintEscaton** » Sat Mar 5, 2016 2:40 am

batsmasher wrote:
SSOL wrote:#3? Suns will likely finish with the 5th worst record. They aren't finishing third worst.

Tell me more.

Who's gonna win the election?

Vermin Supreme

saintEscaton · Post #93 » by **saintEscaton** » Sat Mar 5, 2016 2:41 am

Now if only Len could matchup against a center every night who could have make him look like Hakeem the Dream

Post #94 » by **bwgood77** » Sat Mar 5, 2016 2:43 am

saintEscaton wrote:This win is a double edged sword because not only are we are now only 1 game ahead of a fledgling Brooklyn, but also help the Wiz get into the playoffs

Wasn't Orlando a few games back? The Wiz may make the playoffs, but Orlando had little chance. The Bulls and Pistons will be fighting hard. The Bulls have dropped a bit because Butler has been out. Once back it will be a dogfight between those three and Indiana for the last few spots. I don't think Orlando had any shot of surpassing Washington at this point and is pretty clearly out of it.

saintEscaton · Post #95 » by **saintEscaton** » Sat Mar 5, 2016 2:48 am

bwgood77 wrote:
saintEscaton wrote:This win is a double edged sword because not only are we are now only 1 game ahead of a fledgling Brooklyn, but also help the Wiz get into the playoffs

Wasn't Orlando a few games back? The Wiz may make the playoffs, but Orlando had little chance. The Bulls and Pistons will be fighting hard. The Bulls have dropped a bit because Butler has been out. Once back it will be a dogfight between those three and Indiana for the last few spots. I don't think Orlando had any shot of surpassing Washington at this point and is pretty clearly out of it.

Yeah you're right they it took them like 7 minutes to score their first points of the second half

Mr Puddles · Post #96 » by **Mr Puddles** » Sat Mar 5, 2016 2:49 am

SSOL wrote:
GoranTragic wrote:
SSOL wrote:
Yes.

They just don't get it.

Rooting against our young players playing exceptionally and coming away with a rare victory so that we MAYBE have a chance of having a worse record than the dreadful lakers - thereby giving us a 4% better chance of landing Ben Simmons? Yeah, I don't get that.

The Nets and Timberwolves have won the same amount of games of the past 10 games as the Suns have won in the past 2 1/2 months. Let's not get over dramatic now - we don't really have a chance of catching the lakers, and we're not passing Brooklyn and Minnessota in the rankings either. The only thing we're playing for at this point is player development - so let's enjoy the rare game here and there where our youngster can pull together and lead us to victory.

saintEscaton · Post #97 » by **saintEscaton** » Sat Mar 5, 2016 2:57 am

Brooklyn (ahem Beantown) can definitely out tank us I wouldn't be too confident , considering we have an easier remaining schedule

SunsRback4Good · Post #98 » by **SunsRback4Good** » Sat Mar 5, 2016 3:04 am

I still believe in a playoff birth. So, for that to happen we need to win out our remaining 20 games while Rockets finish 5-16 for us to get in. #BELIEVESUNSFANS&JDIDDY.

saintEscaton · Post #99 » by **saintEscaton** » Sat Mar 5, 2016 3:09 am

JellyRolling wrote:I still believe in a playoff birth. So, for that to happen we need to win out our remaining 20 games while Rockets finish 5-16 for us to get in. #BELIEVESUNSFANS&JDIDDY.

So we're not as of yet mathematically eliminated from contention? McD right now

Post #100 » by **bwgood77** » Sat Mar 5, 2016 3:18 am

saintEscaton wrote:Brooklyn (ahem Beantown) can definitely out tank us I wouldn't be too confident , considering we have an easier remaining schedule

I think they can, but I'd be pretty surprised if Minny did, as SSOL seemed to suggest. Though now looking at the schedule I see we still have two games against Minnesota in addition to the two against the Lakers. So we certainly better not sweep Minnesota. Hopefully we lose both of those.