It may be just one game but the Suns looked good!

The_Hater · Post #41 » by **The_Hater** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 12:36 pm

Spurvol1 wrote:And now Crawford

Are you saying this as a positive or a negative?!?

Homerclease · Post #42 » by **Homerclease** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 12:39 pm

Ayton is a franchise altering player. The amount of attention he already demands is astounding

UcanUwill · Post #43 » by **UcanUwill** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 12:41 pm

Homerclease wrote:Ayton is a franchise altering player. The amount of attention he already demands is astounding

Way better than I thought he would be. Him and Booker will be insane duo.

MotownMadness · Post #44 » by **MotownMadness** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 12:52 pm

So what protection do the Mavs have on that 1st they sent to ATL?

TheGOATWill · Post #45 » by **TheGOATWill** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:04 pm

I might be crazy, but I like Booker initiating the offense. He's a decent facilitator but more to my surprise he can get his own shot. Next 7 will let us know who the really are: at DEN, at GSW, LAL, at MEM, at OKC, SAS, TOR.

John Murdoch · Post #46 » by **John Murdoch** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:07 pm

Harrison Barnes alone would have changed this outcome

10DayContract · Post #47 » by **10DayContract** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:12 pm

Yup. They're looked improved. Remember, this time last season, they're were literally the worst team in history.

Michael Jordan · Post #48 » by **Michael Jordan** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:13 pm

Ayton + Booker seem like a great core; if they can acquire a third star prospect they're set.

Can't believe they don't have a PG - if only they kept Elfrid Payton

KHRICH · Post #49 » by **KHRICH** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:15 pm

Ayton is still raw but not as raw as people would make you think

dacrusha · Post #50 » by **dacrusha** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:17 pm

As much as I want to give credit to the Suns, the Mavs are pretty horrible.

There are some on this board who looked at Dallas sniffing a playoff spot this year... they should give their collective heads a shake.

akula1488 · Post #51 » by **akula1488** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:21 pm

Young Shaq and Kobe, scary

Post #52 » by **dakomish23** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:25 pm

They fired their GM after he finally put together a solid lineup that complemented each other. Weird decision.

SlowPaced · Post #53 » by **SlowPaced** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:32 pm

dhsilv2 wrote:
Hesh wrote:
dhsilv2 wrote:Booker was out of control amazing. But lets see if this was a fluke or not with him. Dallas has some upside but they're still not good.

this must be your first time watching booker theres a reason they gave him that fat contract, he does this quite often

false!

He put up 24.9 PPG and 4.7 APG on 56% TS last season as a 21 year old. So no, it's not false. The guy already has four 40+ games and thirty-nine 30+ games, including a 70 point game, under his belt. He's gone unconscious scoring the ball plenty of times.

He may not have been as good as his raw stats suggested, but he was nowhere near as bad as his advanced metrics suggested, either. He's a great outlier example for advanced metrics.

dhsilv2 · Post #54 » by **dhsilv2** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:40 pm

SlowPaced wrote:
dhsilv2 wrote:
Hesh wrote:
this must be your first time watching booker theres a reason they gave him that fat contract, he does this quite often

false!

He put up 24.9 PPG and 4.7 APG on 56% TS last season as a 21 year old. So no, it's not false. The guy already has four 40+ games and thirty-nine 30+ games, including a 70 point game, under his belt. He's gone unconscious scoring the ball plenty of times.

He may not have been as good as his raw stats suggested, but he was nowhere near as bad as his advanced metrics suggested, either. He's a great outlier example for advanced metrics.

None of this changes that scoring wasn't why booker looked great last night alone.

nolang1 · Post #55 » by **nolang1** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:45 pm

Their coach is legit, but my main takeaway from last night is to cool it on the Mavs being a potential sleeper playoff team. If a Harrison Barnes injury is a big difference maker, you probably don't have enough to make the playoffs in the West.

SlowPaced · Post #56 » by **SlowPaced** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:48 pm

dhsilv2 wrote:
SlowPaced wrote:
dhsilv2 wrote:
false!

He put up 24.9 PPG and 4.7 APG on 56% TS last season as a 21 year old. So no, it's not false. The guy already has four 40+ games and thirty-nine 30+ games, including a 70 point game, under his belt. He's gone unconscious scoring the ball plenty of times.

He may not have been as good as his raw stats suggested, but he was nowhere near as bad as his advanced metrics suggested, either. He's a great outlier example for advanced metrics.

None of this changes that scoring wasn't why booker looked great last night alone.

Was it playmaking? He's been doing that pretty well, too. His improvement as a playmaker went completely unnoticed last year and I saw plenty of Suns fans being mad about that being the case here on GB.

Jadoogar · Post #57 » by **Jadoogar** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:50 pm

They did look good but remember that this was against Dallas who were missing Dirk and Barnes. Ayton is as good as advertised on offense but his defense was pretty poor (no shots, rookies aren't normally good on defense). Better teams will be able to exploit Booker and Ayton.

They're assist numbers also seem a bit inflated because Jackson/Warren/Ariza were on fire from 3. Warren averaged 0.3 threes per game last season, tonight may have been an anomaly

I think Ayton should be able able to get ROY easily. His numbers were great tonight and he wasn't even all that active. The

Madhouse · Post #58 » by **Madhouse** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 2:58 pm

Think they are a legit SG/SF away from developing into a good team. It would be good for their longterm goals if they pick in the top 5-7 again.

Hesh · Post #59 » by **Hesh** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 3:00 pm

John Murdoch wrote:Harrison Barnes alone would have changed this outcome

Man, you really feel a certain way against the suns. It's weird.

Post #60 » by **bwgood77** » Thu Oct 18, 2018 3:05 pm

Madhouse wrote:Think they are a legit SG/SF away from developing into a good team. It would be good for their longterm goals if they pick in the top 5-7 again.

They seem to have a number of SG/SFs. Maybe PG or PF but they are full of wings and Mikal Bridges didn't even play last night.