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Phoenix Suns - Attitude and Future

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@bksballer89 posted this link in the regular season thread... but I thought it and the Suns in general deserved a thread of their own:


I know it's the regular season. I know intensity isn't always there for any team at any particular time. But I was just staggered by the lack of effort shown in the above clip. Staggered.

And this clip isn't just a bad moment. The Suns have put up several embarassing defensive performances over the course of this season, and are currently ranked dead last in opposing ppg allowed at just shy of 116 pts given up per contest.

Bad stats are one thing, but total lack of effort is another. How are they allowed to get away with this from an accountability standpoint? How can the players look each other in the eye?

And isn't there a risk that guys like Devin Booker and Josh Jackson (the future of the franchise) will be "infected" by whatever toxic environment obviously exists if such horrendous effort is allowed to happen?

What says the hoop?
 

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Suns Future > Clippers future.

Young, stupid, lazy talent > Old, brittle, broken, overpaid, horribly coached, heartless talent
 

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Yeah, that was some shameful shit. I can't honestly remember seeing anything like that, not even in rec league games.
 

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Taking a closer look at that clip... Devin Booker was chief suspect in the epically bad defensive effort.

Infected?
 

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Taking a closer look at that clip... Devin Booker was chief suspect in the epically bad defensive effort.

Infected?
I have a good friend who is a professional ticket broker (scalper) in Phoenix. Can't even give away suns tickets. You can get into a Suns game for $5.
 

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I have a good friend who is a professional ticket broker (scalper) in Phoenix. Can't even give away suns tickets. You can get into a Suns game for $5.
Lmao...It has been that way for over a year.

I got lower level seats for 6 bucks last Season.

Seriously!!!

WNBA tix for the Mercury are 8 times that and are near sell out crowds.

It reminds me so much of the Clippers games in the 80's, 90's, 2000's....

* blinks slowly *

2017-18 2nd half too, most likely.

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Taking a closer look at that clip... Devin Booker was chief suspect in the epically bad defensive effort.

Infected?

It surely isn't good for Booker. He is a poor defender even when he tries.

I hope he doesn't end up being one of those mercenary scorers who don't really positively impact the game. He should be better than that. He won't be unless Phoenix undergoes a dramatic culture change.
 

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Taking a closer look at that clip... Devin Booker was chief suspect in the epically bad defensive effort.

Infected?
Booker has early onset Harden disease.
 

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Lost in all the rookie talk is the fact that Josh Jackson hasn't been very good so far, at least compared with his 2017 peers. Benefits of playing on a hapless Suns team. Lonzo gets called out every game because its LA (and his dad). No major media market for the Suns so his play goes unnoticed.
 

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Lost in all the rookie talk is the fact that Josh Jackson hasn't been very good so far, at least compared with his 2017 peers. Benefits of playing on a hapless Suns team. Lonzo gets called out every game because its LA (and his dad). No major media market for the Suns so his play goes unnoticed.

I was never a Josh Jackson fan
 

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Lost in all the rookie talk is the fact that Josh Jackson hasn't been very good so far, at least compared with his 2017 peers. Benefits of playing on a hapless Suns team. Lonzo gets called out every game because its LA (and his dad). No major media market for the Suns so his play goes unnoticed.
That team is a shit show.

Too many other shinnier issues to bash them on.

Len, Bender, Chriss have not progressed.

Really, has Booker? We knew he was a fantastic scorer year one.

What has he added to his repertoire since then?

Ulis is still a midget.

You forget Brandon Knight is even on the roster cause he stays in bubble wrap.

Management is laughable, draft history is mediocre sans the one shinny penny, Booker.

But, I get to go to many games for under $10. So, continue....
 

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Ps. That faux 70 point game was a horrible thing for a guy like Booker.

First, he didn't earn it.

That was as bad as Lamelo.

2nd they put a clear picture in that kids head that points ONLY is where the glory is at.
 

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I was never a Josh Jackson fan

I thought he was overvalued given this class. Didn't get the top 5 love he was getting at all. Top 10 to 15, sure but he was overrated. He had lots of red flags with his shooting in college among other things.
 
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