Game 31: Phoenix Suns at Houston Rockets

[batsmasher]

You know whats going to happen though.....Bender will play like 5 minutes against the Spurs next game

Five? I was thinking more like 0.

I was thinking more like 50.

[grumpysaddle]

Seriously though. Bender playing 30 minutes a night and he'd probably be right behind embiid in ROY talks. I mean right behind is still really far behind cause embiid is already a star.

[Blackification]

Nets won and we lost. Road to #1 is one step closer

[Saberestar]

Bender with a solid game. IMO he is a player that is ready to play every single night, the veterans that we have are not much better than him now.

Watson, please, return to the basics. The future is now.

9-22 is enough.

Len and Warren need to start over Chandler and Tucker. Trade them or give them a bench role.

Knight out. Out of my life, please.

Bledsoe/Ulis
Booker/Barbosa
Warren/Tucker
Bender/Chriss
Len/Chandler

Dudley can receive playing time again after trading Tucker/Knight/Chandler.

[nevetsov]

Bender with a solid game. IMO he is a player that is ready to play every single night, the veterans that we have are not much better than him now.

Watson please, return to the basics. The future is now.

9-22 is enough.

Len and Warren need to start over Chandler and Tucker. Trade them or give them a bench role.

Knight out. Out of my life, please.

Bledsoe/Ulis
Booker/Barbosa
Warren/Tucker
Bender/Chriss
Len/Chandler

Dudley can receive playing time again after trading Tucker/Knight/Chandler.

100%.

It's really so simple, I can't work out why everyone but the coaching staff/ FO realise this.

[kennydorglas]

Really odd to see Duds getting no playing time tho
He's our best player by RPM

We're trying so hard to hype up the Tucker's value.
Even benching twice the best veteran in this team. lol

[thamadkant]

Whoever still thinks Bender is not ready to play a decent amount of minutes, i pity you.

Watson

[thamadkant]

Nets won and we lost. Road to #1 is one step closer

This.

Its sad, but I check the "tank" ranking more than the actual conference playoff seedings... last 2 years now.

[thamadkant]

Tell you what though, that blonde lady in the red top with I would assume an alcoholic beverage dancing around is pretty hot.

[thamadkant]

Booker makes the worst fouls continually.

He has shown bad habits throughout this season so far. Concerning too.

Maybe he thinks he is better than he actually is... which is not good for a 20 year old.

[batsmasher]

Booker makes the worst fouls continually.

He has shown bad habits throughout this season so far. Concerning too.

Maybe he thinks he is better than he actually is... which is not good for a 20 year old.

It starts at the top, with people probably telling him he is way better than he is. I mean c'mon, even DWade and Bron have given him shout outs.

[Jarlaxle0204]

Whoever still thinks Bender is not ready to play a decent amount of minutes, i pity you.

Watson

But Watson is desperately trying to find minutes for him. How can you expect him to sit someone like Tucker? So much untapped potential in Tucker.

[Blackification]

Nets won and we lost. Road to #1 is one step closer

This.

Its sad, but I check the "tank" ranking more than the actual conference playoff seedings... last 2 years now.

Right there with you, pretty much 100% invested in the draft rebuild at this point because I have no hope for anything else working

[TeamTragic]

Bender - 11/13/3/2 (near 50% shooting)
Knight - 21/5 (50% shooting)

[ATTL]

At zoo lights tonight, will watch the replay she I get home and read through the game thread then. Hopefully its a good game.

Enjoy zoo lights. Game is fantastic. Looks like it is going to go down to the wire! Have fun!

Lies.

[bwgood77]

At zoo lights tonight, will watch the replay she I get home and read through the game thread then. Hopefully its a good game.

Enjoy zoo lights. Game is fantastic. Looks like it is going to go down to the wire! Have fun!

Lies.

Didn't want to ruin your zoo lights. But actually it was one of the better ones to watch because of

Watch on YouTube

[batsmasher]

Church of Bender > Church of Booker. Anyone with me?

Honestly a much bigger believer in Bender panning out than Book right now.

[nevetsov]

^ Booker will come good, we just need to lose the poor influence of the vets. Really believe he's starting to pick up these lazy, undisciplined habits from them.

[RunDogGun]

Ok here is my two cents on Bender. I really like him, and his game, but I'm fine with how he is being brought along. He needs to be more aggressive and/or hungry to play. He has the abilities, just lacking a little bit of drive. Having him play here and there creates an environment where he could be hungry to get into the game and showcase his abilities. I don't mind the first half of the season, he works on his strength and physical size, while gaining the desire and hunger to play.

Side note, Booker makes the dumbest fouls, and some of that could be giving him too much of a leash because he can score.