Game 38: Suns (12-25) vs Cavs (27-8)

Calvin Klein · Post #121 » by **Calvin Klein** » Mon Jan 9, 2017 3:52 am

How can anyone hate on PJ Tucker? He does so much with so little. I hope he gets traded to a contender.

Midnight_Suns · Post #122 » by **Midnight_Suns** » Mon Jan 9, 2017 3:52 am

Could have been anice and-1 but we needed a 3.

tundraknight · Post #123 » by **tundraknight** » Mon Jan 9, 2017 3:53 am

Shumpert has always been known for his has hands.

As evident with that strip on Booker.

alldayeveryday · Post #124 » by **alldayeveryday** » Mon Jan 9, 2017 3:54 am

Read on Twitter

Post #125 » by **batsmasher** » Mon Jan 9, 2017 3:56 am

Calvin Klein wrote:How can anyone hate on PJ Tucker? He does so much with so little. I hope he gets traded to a contender.

Super extreme PJ Tucker.

Calvin Klein · Post #126 » by **Calvin Klein** » Mon Jan 9, 2017 3:56 am

The perfect tanking game.

kennydorglas · Post #127 » by **kennydorglas** » Mon Jan 9, 2017 3:57 am

Fun game.

darealjuice · Post #128 » by **darealjuice** » Mon Jan 9, 2017 3:58 am

I'll take this kind of loss any day of the week, great game and a lot of fight from this team.

Post #129 » by **batsmasher** » Mon Jan 9, 2017 3:58 am

Yo where's Bender's hug LeBron? He's our cornerstone smh.

YouTube · Post #130 » by **Kerrsed** » Mon Jan 9, 2017 3:58 am

Well, at least we somewhat stayed competitive against one of the leagues top teams, all while playing against their top guys and not their 3rd stringers due to it being a blow out.

Phoenix-Sons · Post #131 » by **Phoenix-Sons** » Mon Jan 9, 2017 3:59 am

Felt like a patented Suns playoff game in more ways than one lol.

KLEON · Post #132 » by **KLEON** » Mon Jan 9, 2017 4:02 am

nevetsov wrote:Honestly can't see how any true basketball fan can enjoy watching LeBron. Never before seen a guy complain so much about every single call that doesn't go his way. And he can just keep complaining and never gets T'ed up. Don't know why the ref's continue to let him get in their faces like that. And he's the most arrogant sob there as well, just really unlikeable to watch.

If he's disrespectful to his mother why wouldn't he do the same to the refs

LukasBMW · Post #133 » by **LukasBMW** » Mon Jan 9, 2017 4:03 am

Great game.

Would have liked to see TJ in for the last 3 minutes instead of Chriss. TJ gives you better offense, better rebounding, and better defense. Were the Suns afraid of Kevin Love posting him up? I'd take that chance.

Glad to see Chriss get some experience. Glad Watson has confidence in him. But come on...TJ deserves to finish games.

jeff2020 · Post #134 » by **jeff2020** » Mon Jan 9, 2017 4:05 am

Fun game to watch. Would really like to see bender get some minutes down the stretch instead of chriss. I like what bender brings to the game more than chriss. Sure chriss is athletic but that's about it. Bender has a much higher bball IQ and down the stretch that would help a lot.

Saberestar · Post #135 » by **Saberestar** » Mon Jan 9, 2017 4:08 am

Really happy about Chriss. He had a few errors on defense, but other than that he played a solid and serious game. He made always the right play.

Bledsoe played a terrific game, super efficient.

Booker was all over the court, he played a very good second half. He just needs to be better on defense and he is gonna be an All Star for sure.

Warren was passive in the first half but he played an amazing second. Quick hands and creative in transition...I would like to watch more plays called for him.

Saberestar · Post #136 » by **Saberestar** » Mon Jan 9, 2017 4:11 am

LukasBMW wrote:Great game.

Would have liked to see TJ in for the last 3 minutes instead of Chriss. TJ gives you better offense, better rebounding, and better defense. Were the Suns afraid of Kevin Love posting him up? I'd take that chance.

Glad to see Chriss get some experience. Glad Watson has confidence in him. But come on...TJ deserves to finish games.

I agree. 4 points down with 3 minutes left...that was the moment to insert Warren.

MrMiyagi · Post #137 » by **MrMiyagi** » Mon Jan 9, 2017 4:34 am

It's games like this where you see where this team is headed. We keep talking about trying to grab Boogie or some other guy, but we've got some damn good players who are just inconsistent because they're still getting experience. I know we aren't going to be real players in free agency this offseason, but keeping most of these guys together we'll be a very attractive destination in a year or two.

That said, Knight has clearly demonstrated that he needs to be traded, Len again didn't inspire confidence for being re-signed, and while PJ demonstrated his value - he is a guy a championship team needs and we need to find more playing time for Bender. Getting Bender a lot of minutes for the rest of the season will only help us get better because that's really where we're going to make our leap: young guys developing.

Fo-Real · Post #138 » by **Fo-Real** » Mon Jan 9, 2017 4:44 am

It's games like this that show other teams in the league the true value of guys like Pj and Tyson, could really make a contender consider trading for them. Also makes me feel that the rooks are actually learning from solid vets, Dragon getting good court time now (needs to increase his aggressiveness), and Chriss has a hell of a 3rd quarter and game really. Bled and Book are supposed to look like this and PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD GIVE KNIGHT AWAY FREE TO A GOOD HOME, like a damn puppy or something. Addition by subtraction!!!!

darealjuice · Post #139 » by **darealjuice** » Mon Jan 9, 2017 4:51 am

Very encouraging game from our young team, especially nice to see the young players all show flashes of their potential.

Booker was great tonight, his game is so smooth and once he starts knocking down open shots more consistently he's going to be a nightmare to defend. I especially like his ability to get out in transition and finish with a soft touch. I thought he put good effort into defense tonight, still having lapses here and there but hopefully he can continue to improve into a plus defender as he becomes more experienced.

I see Bender becoming an Andrei Kirilenko 2.0 type of player for us. We're starting to see more flashes of his ball handling and passing skills with more minutes starting to come his way, and I have very little doubt that he will be an elite defender through his career with his length, discipline, and lateral quickness. I just wish he was more confident in his offensive abilities, sometimes I think he's scared to dribble the ball and he often hesitates to shoot if he's not 100% open, but he's showing improvement and always contributes on defense, so he'll be able to find a way on the court. I expect to see a lot more of him as the season progresses, especially if some of our veterans get traded like the rumors have been saying.

Chriss was a big surprise this game, I had no idea he had some of the passes he made in him. Him and TJ were running some great fast breaks, I especially loved the lob from half court and his touch pass back to TJ trailing. I wasn't expecting many games where we'd see Chriss with 4 assists, and he would have had more if not for a few blown layups and missed open shots. I'd like to see more rebounds, but he had a tough matchup with Kevin Love. He still had a couple of bad defensive lapses, but you can definitely see improvement on both ends of the court.

Jdiddy701 · Post #140 » by **Jdiddy701** » Mon Jan 9, 2017 5:12 am

Great game Suns, proud of the young ones. Bledsoe has been on another level.

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