How are the Suns sooo BAD!

[Lee]

I've been on RCF too many years... Lee's typo-filled gibberish gets auto-corrected in my head when I read it now

Holy crap that is bad. I am not even sure my head auto corrected that crap, lmao.

 

[Lee]

Do they care about Andersons Contract? I would take it for Hill in exchange for Mikal if they want

They don't care enough, I don't think they plan on being players in the free agent market this summer. The contract expires after next season ad Mikal has shown allot of potential, zero chance they make that trade.

 

[Randolphkeys]

To be fair, Booker isn't a point guard. He is a volume scorer who has been put into a playmaker role because the front office wants to establish a two man game with Booker and Ayton for the future. The rest of the Sun's roster has been a huge disappointment. I can't believe Trevor Ariza fell off a cliff so hard on both ends of the court. They are becoming a cautionary tale about tanking. They draft talent only to watch it fail to develop and lose interest in winning basketball.

 

[Lee]

To be fair, Booker isn't a point guard. He is a volume scorer who has been put into a playmaker role because the front office wants to establish a two man game with Booker and Ayton for the future. The rest of the Sun's roster has been a huge disappointment. I can't believe Trevor Ariza fell off a cliff so hard on both ends of the court. They are becoming a cautionary tale about tanking. They draft talent only to watch it fail to develop and lose interest in winning basketball.

They just have no plan. Adding Anderson and Ariza who are both aging vets was just not smart. I really don't understand Phoenix, but I will say Ayton or Donic were the clear choice for them to take so they picked well this draft.

Also Booker is so overrated imo, he is a volume chucker, good, but plays zero defense, I think he is more Mello than anything else.

 

[Nathan S]

But [randomly chosen lineup involving a couple of young players] is actually outscoring opponents by [small positive margin]. That means [young player] is definitely going to be a superstar and the rebuild is a big success!

 

[Derek]

I think Booker would look a lot better if the Suns ever got an actual PG in there beside him.

With him and Ayton, you're going to need plus defenders at all the other spots. I think Bridges can be one. Rubio would look great there. Just need a big to cover for Ayton at that point.

 

[Cavatt]

To be fair, Booker isn't a point guard. He is a volume scorer who has been put into a playmaker role because the front office wants to establish a two man game with Booker and Ayton for the future. The rest of the Sun's roster has been a huge disappointment. I can't believe Trevor Ariza fell off a cliff so hard on both ends of the court. They are becoming a cautionary tale about tanking. They draft talent only to watch it fail to develop and lose interest in winning basketball.

Yeah I am worried about this. I am glad that so far it looks like we have pulled out of that nosedive. The guys are giving effort and getting better. People forget that that historic losing streak put a terrible stink on every vet in that locker room in 2010. We got very little for them, and the losing culture was just very bad.

 

[The Wizard of Moz]

Teams like the Suns and the 6ers are the ones I hate the most

They tank and get high picks for over half a decade and it's just like when is it enough. It's fucking annoying that we have to compete with the Suns for the top pick. You guys were just the worst team in the NBA and have been bottom 5 for like 7 years. Shit or get off the fucking pot.

And then with philly it actually worked out which was the most annoying part

And yeah I know we're almost certain to be the next team to do it, but like fuck the Suns. Get out of the fucking basement already you've had enough high picks

 

[ajz20]

So the RCF man Crush on josh Jackson is over for good?

 

[Jstock12]

From the few minutes I've watched the Suns play this season, TJ Warren seemed like the most impactful player on that team.

 

[LeeBuckeye]

What they should've done: Drafted JJJ and SGA + sign SF OR Bridges AND use 15 million on a point guard (Doncic is also obviously a choice here but harder to find a JJJ type IMO)

What the Suns did: Drafted Ayton and Bridges after signing Ariza for 15 million instead of using that money to sign a point guard.

Sarver probably saw how much he was spending on Booker and decided that going for the playoff was the goal hence the Ariza signing with a restless fan base yearning for success since the Steve Nash days.

The Suns have had these players on their roster at some point since 2013:

Eric Bledsoe
Goran Dragic
Functioning IT
Marcus Morris
Markieff Morris
PJ Tucker
TJ Warren
Devin Booker
Mirza Teletovic
Marcin Gortat

The Suns are an excellent farm team when it comes to providing excellent role players for prospective playoff teams and draft really well after pick 10 but anything higher yields some ugly results (Len, Bender, Jackson, Chriss) which is pretty odd.

 

[PITCavsFan]

Ariza + a pick for Fultz makes too much sense for both Philly and Phoenix.

 

[Nathan S]

Suns without Devin Booker might actually lose to Duke...

 

[Dr. Claw]

I will go on record by saying that Booker (when healthy) in the James Harden role is not a horrible idea. Ayton is looking like a NyQuil Wing, and Ariza 2 Philly needs to happen.

But my dude Elie Okobo can't hack it at PG?

 

[BiGZD]

They're currently the worst team in league. Even after reading the answers on this thread it mind-blogging. I've seen them get blown out 50 points twice in last two years. Agree with the culture thing.They've sucked for so long and fucken hard, it's diffucult to get that stink off. Prefer we tank for two years tops, than start competing for the playoffs, so none of our young bucks pick up bad habits or just start not giving a fuck ala Josh Jackson.