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Suns might really be the Utah Jazz of this season

Ayton doesn’t want to be there, Crowder already took his ball and went home, bench is horrible, Sarver drama, and then CP3 boxing with father time

A couple years ago I mentioned their teams had a similar makeup: Aging pg, star’ish sg, defensive big with inconsistent offense.

As much shyt as Donovan gets, he provides similar stats on similar efficiency as Booker… but Mitch is actually better in the playoffs (flaws and all), and does so without his aging pg available to bail him out.

As overly talented offensively as Ayton is over Gobert, it doesn’t matter if PHX is gonna use him like he’s Gobert.

Granted, Phx had better defensive wings whereas Utah had wings more willing to embrace the 3ball.
But ultimately it was gonna be tough for either to win vs healthy elite teams with actual superstars (MIL, LAC, ‘21 LAL, etc).

Now facing a similar reality that they weren’t as elite as they believed they were prior to a similar traumatic playoff collapse + locker room turmoil… we’ll see
 
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A couple years ago I mentioned their teams had a similar makeup: Aging pg, star’ish sg, defensive big with inconsistent offense.

As much shyt as Donovan gets, he provides similar stats on similar efficiency as Booker… but Mitch is actually better in the playoffs (flaws and all), and does so without his aging pg available to bail him out.

As overly talented offensively as Ayton is over Gobert, it doesn’t matter if PHX is gonna use him like he’s Gobert.

Granted, Phx had better defensive wings whereas Utah had wings more willing to embrace the 3ball.
But ultimately it was gonna be tough for either to win vs healthy elite teams with actual superstars (MIL, LAC, ‘21 LAL, etc).

Now facing a similar reality that they weren’t as elite as they believed they were prior to a similar traumatic playoff collapse + locker room turmoil… we’ll see

phoenix needs to start shooting more threes and dump that midrange bullshyt in the bushes.
 

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Was thinking too, Crowder wants out and wants to start, Phoenix needs bench scoring

Possible 3 team deal:
Phoenix gets Clarkson
Miami gets Crowder and filler
Utah gets Duncan Robinson and draft compensation

Who says no? :patrice:
 

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Was thinking too, Crowder wants out and wants to start, Phoenix needs bench scoring

Possible 3 team deal:
Phoenix gets Clarkson
Miami gets Crowder and filler
Utah gets Duncan Robinson and draft compensation

Who says no? :patrice:
Utah as neither Phoenix nor Miami have the young talent/picks to give to warrant a team taking on Robinson and his contract.
 
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