NBA PLAYOFFS: Game 6 - (2) Phoenix Suns @ (7) Los Angeles Lakers l Thursday l 7:30pm l TNT l PHX wins series (4-2)

[Saberestar]

Just stumble upon this and had a nice little chuckle.

Thread was created in November of last year title " Do you agree that the Suns are now a top 4 seed in the west" and here is one outrageous responses.


"wardjdim wrote:
"How are they better when they lost their starting PG and a decent and upcoming forward and got back a 35yr old declining PG with a terrible contract?

If they weren't a playoff team last year, they definitely aren't a playoff team this year either. Even with Houston out of the playoffs, the Suns are still not a playoff team as they got worse and the Warriors will be in regardless of how many unknown factors they have. Let alone the fact that the Booker-Paul tandem doesn't look as a great idea either. They can sell more jerseys with Paul and that's all. Just too bad for them finally looking promising in the bubble and destroying everything with this trade, clearly not believing in their own future which was looking decent to say the least. That's a huge blow. A major disappointment.

If one team became better, that's the Thunder. Props to them for selling this horrible contract and managing to get so much back.

PS: Rubio in the bubble was better than Paul per minute, if this is important as a detail."


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[suns12345]

Just reflecting on the fact Crowder got ejected for dancing and mocking what the lakers did (unpunished) in game three.

Plus Booker got a T for chirping which was the same punishment Morris got for chirping from the bench and walking onto the court to get in Book's face.

I dont know if that pisses anyone else off but it pisses me off - just the inconsistency not necessarily laker-centric refereeing or anything.

[Bogyo]

CP3 will play in Game 6, no doubt about it.

He is too important to the team, we need CP3 to give us quality minutes as a floor general.

It is not gonna be easy, I expect AD to play and that would change everything.

I've had groin issues - if he plays, he should be close to what he did in the first half of the previous game. We should attack him, and single coverage should be more than enough when he has the ball. I'm not sure if it's a bad thing for us if he does play like this. Obviously this depends on how severe the injury is, but judging by his face, it's not good.

This is also a reason why I think we should let CP heal as much as possible.

You nailed here, props to you.

AD playing was not a factor at all.

Thanks frd! Groin stuff is really a b1tch to deal with, I had mine for almost 6 months - I was young and dumb, and re-injured it 2 times, making it worse and worse... so even when you feel like you are ready to go, you should sit out some more time (weeks!), and take it reeeal easy coming back to sports.
This is why I was also advocating CP rest and Payne - I'm still 100% sure that we would have beaten them once in two games without Davis, and would have given more time to CP to heal, who will be crucial going forward. I hope he can get to a 100% this way too, it would be such a foolish thing to waste a chance to go to the WCF/Finals on this.

I hope my call of us beating the Nuggets will have the same result!

[Calvin Klein]

Just woke up and this feels **** amazing.

We beat the champs.
We beat Lebron
We beat the Lakers.

And that's after being completely disregarded and everybody thinking this was over after 3 games.

Book was already an all time favourite player but this is next level. What an amazing game for him. He deserved it.

[raptorstime]

Congrats, hope you guys win the chip.

[SunsRback4Good]

Congrats, hope you guys win the chip.

Thanks! But too soon to tell one game at a time.

[shrink]

Congrats! I hope the national media finally starts giving you the respect your team has earned.

[Calvin Klein]

Congrats! I hope the national media finally starts giving you the respect your team has earned.

Talk today will be more about the Lakers and how they were disappointing than anything Suns related. Fine by me though.

[Barkley6]

Contract wise we can say bye bye to cam Payne. MJ will give him 15 mil per for 5. Or maybe th Knicks. Kid is getting paid.

I'm proud of our guys and monty. Monty moving CP off the ball the last couple games was really outside the box and worked real well.

My man Tcraig can guard jokic. No need for scrubby saric.

No way we let Payne go. And probably Payne doesn't want to leave. How do you walk out on the coach that gave you this chance and put you in this type of situation? I think Payne and the Suns will work something out. From everything Payne has said or has been said about him, he's a humble and grounded guy. I don't see him running away from a good situation in Phoenix as long as the money is reasonable.

[Mulhollanddrive]

Payne stepped up his volume at key moments.

But overall he shot 41% FG at 106 O-Rating.

I think he's worth the usual $7m or so for a backup.

[visions]

Aussie Aussie Aussie

Been a fan since the 92-93 team. I suspect that would be the case for a lot of Aussie Suns fans

Are you really Aussie? Because the CORRECT reply to Aussie Aussie Aussie is Oi! Oi! Oi!

Hehe...I am Aussie...but not born here...so the Oi doesn't come naturally to me

[ATTL]

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Jared Dudley is so likeable!

Hes lobbying for a job after playing.

[Mr Puddles]

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Jared Dudley is so likeable!

Hes lobbying for a job after playing.

I say bring him in, would love to see him with this team in any role other than team nutritionist.

[handsome salary]

YAY!!!!!

On a side note it must be hell playing with Lebron. After listening to the national media clean his jock every day for over a week it's either:
Win and it's how great Lebron is
Lose and it's how bad you are
No win situation there.

Once again though...YAY!!!!!!!!!

[visions]

Another thing that makes this return to greatness so sweet is thinking about some of the crap we have had to put up with these last 10 years. Looking back on the rosters...what a parade of garbage.

The one thing that always bothered me was how we wasted Nash's final years with us (after Amare left). That final season where we had Shannon **** Brown at SG...
I remember him thinking he was Kobe 2.0 in a lot of games and having to watch our hero Nash play alongside him was such a low point for me as a Suns fan.

Other low points:
-McD's terrible handling of the Dragic/Bledsoe/Thomas situation
-Brandon Knight
-the **** Morris clowns
-endless coaching changes
-truly terrible draft picks

Finally we are in a good place!! Big fan of Monty and the group of guys we have put together. Everyone is likeable and there is genuine team spirit. Amazing how far we have come.

[BobbieL]

Congrats! I hope the national media finally starts giving you the respect your team has earned.

Talk today will be more about the Lakers and how they were disappointing than anything Suns related. Fine by me though.

Turned on Get up with Greeny
and yes - they talked more about the Lakers and Blazers losing than the Suns and Nuggets winning
Dame Lillards tweet about how much more dedication

There is no doubt AD getting hurt was huge for the Lakers - defensively, offensively, he is a top 5 player

that said - and I don't think the national media was honest with themselves - the rest of that roster is a hot mess of old and slow or just overrated.

Suns were the better team -- moving on!

[ATTL]

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[Bogyo]

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Fine, as long as they got something for CP's shoulders.

[Calvin Klein]

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wasn't he like 15 here??

[BobbieL]

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Jared Dudley is so likeable!

Hes lobbying for a job after playing.

Thought the same damn thing
though Jared is a good guy - I was thinking does he want a return trip to the Valley with a team on the rise