PS Game 4: Blazers @ Suns

grumpysaddle · Post #1 » by **grumpysaddle** » Wed Oct 13, 2021 9:38 pm

Suns not even playing great through 1, but Blazers look turrible.

Nader sure does love to take bad shots. At least he's aggressive I guess. Wish we kept Craig over Nader, personally though.

bwoolf2 · Post #2 » by **bwoolf2** » Wed Oct 13, 2021 9:40 pm

Suns are going to blow a lot of teams out this year this team is really well constructed

grumpysaddle · Post #3 » by **grumpysaddle** » Wed Oct 13, 2021 10:00 pm

Book's 3 pointer looking pure so far. If he can hit 3s like everyone thought he'd be able to, he's going to be unstoppable (even more than he already is). Really all he needs to do is get that 3 point percentage skewing upward and to continue to improve defensively and the sky's the limit for him.

Saberestar · Post #4 » by **Saberestar** » Wed Oct 13, 2021 10:01 pm

Can we sign Book on a supermax extension already? MVP caliber season coming...

oddity · Post #5 » by **oddity** » Wed Oct 13, 2021 10:10 pm

Book and everybody else knows that once he improves his consistency on that three he will be a top tier player. Fingers crossed this is the season

darealjuice · Post #6 » by **darealjuice** » Wed Oct 13, 2021 10:17 pm

Suns looking like they're in midseason form so far even without CP3. Missed a lot of wide open looks in the first quarter, but we've been moving the ball really well.

spanishninja · Post #7 » by **spanishninja** » Wed Oct 13, 2021 10:35 pm

have you guys been talking about Cam Johnson's range this year? It seems he's taking longer 3s.

Mjee · Post #8 » by **Mjee** » Wed Oct 13, 2021 10:47 pm

Wow we are destroying them

Crives · Post #9 » by **Crives** » Wed Oct 13, 2021 10:51 pm

Keep this up and we might dominate but out market

grumpysaddle · Post #10 » by **grumpysaddle** » Wed Oct 13, 2021 10:52 pm

There should be a "Mercy" clause for games. This is a good-ol' shellacking.

grumpysaddle · Post #11 » by **grumpysaddle** » Wed Oct 13, 2021 10:53 pm

Refs giving Blazers some mercy-calls now I guess. They feel bad, I guess.

bigfoot · Post #12 » by **bigfoot** » Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:05 pm

Suns bench is losing to the Blazers by 1 ... 67 to 68

DroughtsOverPHX · Post #13 » by **DroughtsOverPHX** » Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:07 pm

Payton almost a triple double. Even if it's garbage time, it's fun.

bigfoot · Post #14 » by **bigfoot** » Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:13 pm

Bench 78 Blazers 74

spanishninja · Post #15 » by **spanishninja** » Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:25 pm

not the same but remember a few years ago when they beat us by 48?

SlovenianDragon · Post #16 » by **SlovenianDragon** » Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:38 pm

Suns win it all this year...

McGee was some1 i really didnt want but he fixed the hole we needed at center.

Shamet I wasnt sure about either but he does provide the scoring punch we were missing off the bench.

We fixed our biggest weaknesses.

But this is a 1 year rental of these guys and Paul is only getting older.

We are all in... and I believe it. This is it. Lets **** do this.

darealjuice · Post #17 » by **darealjuice** » Wed Oct 13, 2021 11:41 pm

Nice to beat a solid team playing their starters by 45 without CP3 out there. 2nd and 3rd teams doubled up the lead in the second half too.

Great to see Booker come out cooking, hopefully his 3 ball takes a step forward this year. Mikal looks more comfortable handling the ball, still a bit shaky under pressure though.

Payton looked infinitely better running the 3rd team than he did splitting ball handling duties with Cam Payne with the 2nd team. Not a huge fan of his, but he's one of the best 3rd string point guards you're going to find.

Not expecting playing time for Stix this season at this point. Personally, I think it's pretty clear that he's most effective playing center, but we seem intent on trying to develop his perimeter game. We'll see how it goes, not easy for someone to change the way they've been playing for years though.

suns12345 · Post #18 » by **suns12345** » Thu Oct 14, 2021 12:00 am

SlovenianDragon wrote:Suns win it all this year...

McGee was some1 i really didnt want but he fixed the hole we needed at center.

Shamet I wasnt sure about either but he does provide the scoring punch we were missing off the bench.

We fixed our biggest weaknesses.

But this is a 1 year rental of these guys and Paul is only getting older.

We are all in... and I believe it. This is it. Lets **** do this.

I think we can beat anyone except a full strength Nets team - which is looking very unlikely

SlovenianDragon · Post #19 » by **SlovenianDragon** » Thu Oct 14, 2021 12:02 am

darealjuice wrote:Nice to beat a solid team playing their starters by 45 without CP3 out there. 2nd and 3rd teams doubled up the lead in the second half too.

Great to see Booker come out cooking, hopefully his 3 ball takes a step forward this year. Mikal looks more comfortable handling the ball, still a bit shaky under pressure though.

Payton looked infinitely better running the 3rd team than he did splitting ball handling duties with Cam Payne with the 2nd team. Not a huge fan of his, but he's one of the best 3rd string point guards you're going to find.

Not expecting playing time for Stix this season at this point. Personally, I think it's pretty clear that he's most effective playing center, but we seem intent on trying to develop his perimeter game. We'll see how it goes, not easy for someone to change the way they've been playing for years though.

Yeah idk what we are doing with stix tbh...

darealjuice · Post #20 » by **darealjuice** » Thu Oct 14, 2021 12:16 am

SlovenianDragon wrote:
darealjuice wrote:Nice to beat a solid team playing their starters by 45 without CP3 out there. 2nd and 3rd teams doubled up the lead in the second half too.

Great to see Booker come out cooking, hopefully his 3 ball takes a step forward this year. Mikal looks more comfortable handling the ball, still a bit shaky under pressure though.

Payton looked infinitely better running the 3rd team than he did splitting ball handling duties with Cam Payne with the 2nd team. Not a huge fan of his, but he's one of the best 3rd string point guards you're going to find.

Not expecting playing time for Stix this season at this point. Personally, I think it's pretty clear that he's most effective playing center, but we seem intent on trying to develop his perimeter game. We'll see how it goes, not easy for someone to change the way they've been playing for years though.

Yeah idk what we are doing with stix tbh...

Yeah that pick made no sense then and makes less sense now. I'm not sure what makes us think he's a power forward. It's not like he handles the ball or shoots 3s particularly well for a power forward in this era.

Play him at center and let him run the floor, rebound, protect the paint, and play pick and pop/roll. Any perimeter skills he develops are an advantage for him at center, as opposed to a prerequisite at power forward. He'd likely still be our third string center though.