Or had attempted to fill out the roster with nba players.
**** it.
We were frauds. Feels therapeutic saying it.
That's what is depressing really... we all witnessed Don's incredible rookie year and have floundered his rookie contract so that the likes of Niang, Sefalisha, O'Neale, and Rubio could be starters. Lindsay should've been canned after that 2nd rockets loss. What a disgrace.
If going 1 for 8 and 2 for 13 isn't choking, I don't know what else to tell you. You think Lebron or Kawhi weren't called "chokers" when their teams lost and they were playing hurt? Go watch some videos of SAS roasting those guys on ESPN why don't you? How much did DL pay to have Conley on the team again?
He could've also just not played and not put his long-term health at risk right before becoming a free agent.
For real. Basically all the best teams had injuries. So if our team was even half-legitimate, we could have won this year.
On the contrary... Given the circumstances, you could say what the Suns did this year was much more impressive than what the Lakers did in winning their championship last year.
Durant literally joined the team with the best regular season record in the history of the game the very next season after they slaughtered his team in the playoffs and rode their coattails to a championship. So with his unearned rings, who is the better forward, Durant or Malone?
You are back with the hate, ugh? It does not dissipate even though he arguably was our best player in the first round. He played on one leg the last game against LA. It sucks but it's the gamble you take when trading for an aging star and going for a chip (see CP3 who always get injured but this season he has not lost a game). DL screwed the moves around the margins (Favors, Dok, Thomas, having no realiable insurance at pg, etc) while burning assets, that's where we lost a chance to the chip.
I respect what the Suns have done, but c'mon now. The Suns added Paul, Crowder and Craig to a team that had the best record after returning from COVID last year. They were the west 2 seed. And they have gotten to play....
Wait What?
Are you talking about Conley? If so, c'mon man. I enjoy your posts. Always have. But to say that Conley is ever more than our 3rd best player in any scenario is freaking insulting to Don and Rudy.
Hi Lopo. I think we had this conversation before. Against Denver he averaged 20ppg. Even in game 7, when he shoot poorly, he played excellent defense on Murray and provided good playmaking. I didn't say he is the best player, but against Memphis he was arguably the most important one (of course with Rudy and Don). You said he only played two good games: not true. Even when he scored 11pts in game 5, he came big in the 4Q: remember the clutch steal followed by the dagger 3.
I don't think Mike Conley played well against Denver at all. After he exploded in Game 3, when the entire team played well, he didn't play consistently well the remaining 4 games. He had a solid performance Game 6, but it wasn't enough. When Denver put Monte Morris in the starting lineup, Conley struggled.
So... look closely at the Lakers Title Run in the bubble...
Well, I think we both see bastkeball with different glasses. Both Don and Conley took turns in defending Murray after Royce was burned all series long. Both did a great job. Conley didn't shoot well in game 7 but he dished some pretty good assists in the 4Q. I'm always looking at more than scoring. We lost that series because of perimeter defense, which wasn't addressed by the FO this offseason (and they deserve all the blame for it).
