Game 2: Suns (1-0) at Nuggets (1-0), October 20th, 6PM PT

[Revived]

So stop throwing Jackson under the bus when the sun's clearly need intangibles and all round contribution rather than shooting and scoring. Warriors have that... They have Draymond Green and Iguadala... And those guys are important.

Difference between those two players and Jackson is that Green and Igoudala have extremely high basketball IQ while Jackson often looks like the dumbest player on the court the Suns have had since Brandon Knight last played for them.

And Green and Iggy are also elite defenders while Jackson is not good on that end despite an unearned reputation he got for being a good defensive players based on his athleticism which has no merit.

Jackson is already older than Booker but still his second season so hope he can put it together.

[lilfishi22]

Next winnable game is Memphis. Predicting 2 blowout losses against GS and the Lakers.

Lakers may very well be winless when they play us AND missing their 2nd and 3rd best players.

They have quite a bit of depth though and I think Ball is as good as Rondo at this point....I think a lot of their players are better than Rondo tbh. He is a great passer but can't do much else and they already have Ball and LeBron who are elite passers and can shoot and do other things.

Ayton should be able to do well against them though, unless Javale McGee somehow can slow him down. Hope not.

They will play small a lot normally though with LeBron or Kuzma at C...not sure if they'd try that against Ayton.

Nor sure if Mo Wagner has played yet for them. I liked him in college.

Pretty much everyone is going to go at Ayton. It's worth the risk of 5 unproductive possessions if it means you have a chance at getting one of the core offensive players in foul trouble. Offensive, Ayton should have a field day against Kuzma and possibly Lebron

[bwgood77]

Lakers may very well be winless when they play us AND missing their 2nd and 3rd best players.

They have quite a bit of depth though and I think Ball is as good as Rondo at this point....I think a lot of their players are better than Rondo tbh. He is a great passer but can't do much else and they already have Ball and LeBron who are elite passers and can shoot and do other things.

Ayton should be able to do well against them though, unless Javale McGee somehow can slow him down. Hope not.

They will play small a lot normally though with LeBron or Kuzma at C...not sure if they'd try that against Ayton.

Nor sure if Mo Wagner has played yet for them. I liked him in college.

Pretty much everyone is going to go at Ayton. It's worth the risk of 5 unproductive possessions if it means you have a chance at getting one of the core offensive players in foul trouble. Offensive, Ayton should have a field day against Kuzma and possibly Lebron

They actually played Javale a lot in one of their games...maybe both. Ayton was always good at playing man D in college without fouling so I don't think he will typically have a lot of foul trouble unless he starts trying with help defense and picks some up, but even if it resulted in some fouls, I'd rather him work on the help defense rather than worry about picking up fouls and continuing to watch instead of help.

[lilfishi22]

Yeah, not trying in fear of being in foul trouble is just as bad as being in foul trouble