Phoenix Suns' Pick Tracking Thread

Saw this one coming sadly. The upper brass of Phoenix have been incredibly arrogant. Those coaches never had a chance.

 

Who would even want Booker...? Too flawed of a player? Or Beal?... only piece worthwhile is Durant.

 

So just trade pick for pick, or would they be able to get a rotation level role player as well?

 

I mean, if ownership is willing to come pay a lot of money to attempt to fix this mess and provide a long lucrative contract only to get canned a year into it, I would want that job lol. 5 years worth of pay for 1 year of work. Most franchises will overlook the stupidity of Phoenix.

 

When I first watched his interview I didn’t consider that as suggesting he could be gone. I thought he was just giving reason for playing in a meaningless game: for fans seeing him live for first time as well as someone who might not see him live again … just mentioning polar opposite examples of fans experience.

but maybe I’m wrong

 

We were the laughingstock of the league during those Silas years, but for the most part we rebuilt the right way. Didn't excessively tank, held on to our young guys, and phased out bad veterans/selfish players to embrace the new culture and vibe of Ime.

The Suns are how you DON'T rebuild. Felt like a ton of times they were making moves just to appease Ishbia, and despite the hate and scapegoating he got (some of it very justified) they would've been better off holding onto Ayton. And that Bradley Beal deal looked bat at the time and is HISTORICALLY bad now.

Welp.

Go Rockets!

 

I mean, they did make the finals. Something the Rockets have not down in 30 years. Their issue wasn't the rebuild. It was the post-finals reloading that screwed them.

 

Durant gonna show up in a fat suit.

 

CFers can collectively write a glowing recommendation letter for our beloved Coach Silas.

 

I actually think trading away Ayton was one of the only correct things out of all of their moves the past couple years--he was a terrible fit on that roster and didn't want to play the role they had in mind for him. The problem is everything else that went on. They actually had a solid roster before all of the moves they made, lockdown wing defender in Bridges, sharpshooter in Johnson, veteran PG leader with CP3 and a good backup with Payne. What they needed was a plus-defensive rim protector rebounder type like Hartenstein. If they could have swung a deal sending out Ayton for one of those guys and mostly keeping everybody else together they would be contenders this season instead of in the lottery.

They traded all of their depth and their only true point guard and only great perimeter defender for a bunch of no-defense shooters and thought they could fill their center position with a motley crew of vet minimum scrubs. Insanity.

 

Their mistake with Ayton was not signing and trading him away when they had the chance instead of acting insulted teams were making offers for him. After they gave him the contract, Blazers might have been the only team willing to give the Suns a decent return in Nurkic. Problem was Nurkic wasn't what their roster needed.

Ishbia then learned that swinging for the fences leads to striking out more often than home runs.

 

3rd team in nba history to start 8-1 and not make the playoffs

 

That was a weak era that Suns team wouldnt have come out of the West in 2018. Or even this year. It was right after the GSW dynasty broke apart iirc.

Nowadays we got a team with James Harden, Kawhi Leonard and Ben Simmons as the 5th seed. De Andre Ayton, Mikal, Cp3 and Booker wouldnt get it done nowadays.

 

If they stopped with KD trade Suns would be a contender right now.

 

I mean if people aren't giving Harden and the Rockets any credit for essentially being a championship team in normal NBA year, but had the misfortune of meeting up with KD Warriors in 2018, then there's no point to dismiss the Suns for being a Finals team in a year when most of the NBA sucked.

It's a fact that Suns made the finals. And if the Rockets don't reach the finals with their current core, then that Suns rebuild with Booker would be considered more successful.

 

The sim lottery says we'll get the 9th or 10th pick. The mock draft says it's Maluach or Knueppel both are Duke players.

 

Agreed completely. The Suns are what the lower-IQ clutchfans posters dream about - a group of superstar names who shoot well, but play zero defense and don't give a damn what their coach wants.

If they could run really fast in a straight line and dunk hard also, they would be DaDakota's perfect team.

 

Dooood, just because someone is UNBEARABLY idiotic dont give you carte blanche