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engelmartin · Post #381 » by **engelmartin** » Tue Apr 8, 2025 11:59 pm

Jaylen Wells just fell right on his head after a flagrant foul. KJ Simpson undercut him on a breakaway dunk. Not looking good, they’re taking him out on a stretcher. It was as nasty as the Bogut arm injury easily.

emunney · Post #382 » by **emunney** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 12:05 am

M-C-G wrote:Sam Hinkie still on the blacklist?

It's funny because we all wanted Hinkie for his clear choice of direction, but the talent evaluation piece of his program was horrendous. Dude batted like .090.

Plossum · Post #383 » by **Plossum** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 12:07 am

engelmartin wrote:Jaylen Wells just fell right on his head after a flagrant foul. KJ Simpson undercut him on a breakaway dunk. Not looking good, they’re taking him out on a stretcher. It was as nasty as the Bogut arm injury easily.

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emunney · Post #384 » by **emunney** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 12:11 am

engelmartin wrote:Jaylen Wells just fell right on his head after a flagrant foul. KJ Simpson undercut him on a breakaway dunk. Not looking good, they’re taking him out on a stretcher. It was as nasty as the Bogut arm injury easily.

That was terrible. Very much like the Bogut fall, except instead of falling backwards and putting his arm out, he twisted around and landed on the side of his forehead without anything to break his fall.

Bernman · Post #385 » by **Bernman** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 12:11 am

emunney wrote:
M-C-G wrote:Sam Hinkie still on the blacklist?

It's funny because we all wanted Hinkie for his clear choice of direction, but the talent evaluation piece of his program was horrendous. Dude batted like .090.

And he had a poor strategic plan of simple best player on the board, regardless if those players, like Okafor & Embiid, made each other's lives harder. He didn't know how to team build.

I'd also make a distinction between what he did & the Thunder. The Thunder weren't openly trying to lose to get high picks & drawing it out. They accumulated a ton of draft/prospect assets, put them on the court early, tried to win, and eventually did, twice.

emunney · Post #386 » by **emunney** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 12:13 am

I don't know what the hell Simpson was trying to do but I would bet it wasn't that.

Matches Malone · Post #387 » by **Matches Malone** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 12:44 am

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BUCKnation · Post #388 » by **BUCKnation** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 12:56 am

emunney wrote:I don't know what the hell Simpson was trying to do but I would bet it wasn't that.

Seemed like he was going up for the block but bailed out and took the guy with him accidentally

Bernman · Post #389 » by **Bernman** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 1:49 am

MickeyDavis wrote:
Bernman wrote:
RiotPunch wrote:These super late season firings by playoff teams have been bonkos.

I'm not. Ham is on deck. Firing Doc now and elevating Ham would be yet another coaching blunder.

3 wrongs by the same front office don't make a right. Nobody's stopping them from riding w/ Prunty the rest of the season. The spacing, structure, & rotations were better w/ him those 3 games last season than at any point surrounding up until now.

Bucksmaniac · Post #390 » by **Bucksmaniac** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 1:58 am

Bernman wrote:
MickeyDavis wrote:
Bernman wrote:

I'm not. Ham is on deck. Firing Doc now and elevating Ham would be yet another coaching blunder.

3 wrongs by the same front office don't make a right. Nobody's stopping them from riding w/ Prunty the rest of the season.The spacing, structure, & rotations were better w/ him those 3 games last season than at any point surrounding up until now.

3 letters argue otherwise.

Post #391 » by **ReasonablySober** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 2:18 am

Got a Ref Show in OKC.

blazza18 · Post #392 » by **blazza18** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 2:37 am

Bit unlucky but I don't if Luka deserves the benefit of the doubt with **** like that.

raferfenix · Post #393 » by **raferfenix** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 2:49 am

MickeyDavis wrote:[If Doc gets bumped up it should be POBO and still hire a GM who controls personnel. Make Doc's position mostly ceremonial, he can play plenty of golf and stay out of the way. He gets paid. And he gets fired without getting fired to save face.

Doc's great in the media and I get where the team appreciates the NBA-world gravitas that Doc brings to the team.

And I wouldn't necessarily be opposed to something for him if he weren't actually in charge of basketball operations. Let him be the guy interviewed by the announcers and have him go on the podcast circuit.

But Doc's been a massive disappointment even for a fan base primed for "at least he's not Adrian Griffin."

Hard to justify offering him anything resembling a promotion...at least unless we're bringing in a heavy hitter who clearly is the new guy in charge.

Post #394 » by **MickeyDavis** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 3:02 am

I know Durant is hurt and the odds of catching Dallas is very slim the the Suns have completely quit on Bud.

Plossum · Post #395 » by **Plossum** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 3:04 am

blazza18 wrote:Bit unlucky but I don't if Luka deserves the benefit of the doubt with **** like that.

I dunno ref ruined a really good game of ball there for what looked fairly innocuous even if it was directed at the ref.

Plossum · Post #396 » by **Plossum** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 3:30 am

Phoenix is so bad. They should be docked their pay for this level of effort.

Baddy Chuck · Post #397 » by **Baddy Chuck** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 3:31 am

Plossum wrote:Phoenix is so bad. They should be docked their pay for this level of effort.

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drone3 · Post #398 » by **drone3** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 5:57 am

Can we trade Doc for Bud... Win win

midranger · Post #399 » by **midranger** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 11:13 am

OJS out of play in contention. Going to engineer a -14 win season with the same roster.

ShootingtheJ · Post #400 » by **ShootingtheJ** » Wed Apr 9, 2025 11:27 am

drone3 wrote:Can we trade Doc for Bud... Win win

God no. Bud has done the worst coaching job in the league this year, and he's not usually bad until the playoffs.