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Another amazing home game last night

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vs a really bad team

just a fantastic 4th quarter there.........really gave me goosebumps

even the homers have stopped defending this garbage basketball team

4 more months till Hornacek is fired
 

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Dallas will beat them today...again. They are a joke. The West is actually down this year so for the first time their usual performance could get them an 8th seed...but, of course, they've decided to be worse than ever.
 

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The sad part is that the Dallas Mavericks right now are where the Phoenix Suns one day hope to be—and the Mavericks are far from elite. Dallas, too, plays two "point guards" simultaneously, but the ball moves much better there.

Phoenix could still earn the eighth seed, but the Suns need upgrades at both starting forward positions in order to separate themselves from the numerous sub-.500 teams that they are presently jostling with. P.J. Tucker is good defensively and one of the few tough-minded competitors on the team, but the offense does not flow properly with him. His three-point shooting is too shaky, so he often passes up that shot, but when he puts the ball on the floor, he lacks the skills and athleticism to usually do much of anything. Right now, he is too much of an offensive liability to be playing such a large role. T.J. Warren represents the future, but he is very streaky right now and can struggle in a half-court setting and with his defense. Ideally, the Suns would have a purer shooter with an offensive game starting at small forward, with both Warren and Tucker available off the bench depending upon the situation and what the team needs in the moment. Although they were both problematic players, Phoenix is ironically missing both Marcus Morris and Gerald Green right now, helping explain the seeming regression from the last two seasons.

At power forward, meanwhile, Markieff Morris has flamed out, and while Jon Leuer and Mirza Teletovic have emerged as useful "stretch-fours," and while Leuer is a better defender and total player than one might expect, the Suns still needs something more in the starting role. Given the mediocre assists-to-turnover ratios of the guards, Phoenix could use a power forward who can pass, post-up, and defend with some athleticism.

The question is where the Suns find these missing forwards; could Markieff Morris net one of them? And if Phoenix is going to remain too good to earn anything better than a fringe lottery pick, is it time to start trading future first-round picks in order to improve the roster and emerge from the NBA's purgatory?
 
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