The Phoenix Suns Big 3 of Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal made their season debut tonight against the Brooklyn Nets but it wasn’t enough to get the job done. They fall to the Nets 116-112. Devin Booker had his 20th career game of recording 30+ points and 10+ assists, finishing with 34 points, 12 assists and 6 rebounds. Jusuf Nurkic recorded his eighth double-double of the season finishing with 15 points and 22 rebounds. Join the PHNX Suns Podcast to talk through what went wrong in the Big 3 debut and what we can learn from it. Don’t forget to follow the show on social @PHNX_Suns.
0:00 Intro
1:00 Big 3’s performance tonight
11:30 Bradley Beal struggles
20:30 This team’s ceiling
25:40 Nets vs. Suns future
34:45 PHNX Factor: Jusuf Nurkic
40:15 Big Bright Shining Star
44:25 By the Numbers
46:30 KD take foul at end of game
49:30 Earnings tracker
54:30 Gerald Bourguet joins the show!
59:00 Return of Mikal and Cam
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50 Comments
I like Nurk but we really need a rim protecter
The KD trade might me the worst trade ever. We lost 2 great players for 1. And our great player is a turnover machine.
Beal needs to b aggressive
Was at the game and I lost my voice trying to get Beal the ball and his rhythm 😅
Absolutely right sir. It’s coaching issues man
Stop it man. I’ll tell you what putting a KD bobble head night when we have our home grown cam and kal out there is a BS move.
Just say it guys cmon
KD was lazy. He was but hurt we love mikal and cam more than his ass
3 4 5 games?!?
Cmon man it’s coaching. You guys better check yourselves on the analysis on beal
Yo never compare the suns to anything Kliff
That’s gross. Gross kliff comparison man
Retract your Kliff comment right now
😂Go clippers🎉
Beal is just coming back from injury. He don’t need to carry the load first game back.
Clippers fan here only for the laptop controller salute
We need a new coach!!!!!!! Let’s move on from Wantsnombe!!! And Eubanks!!!!! Both need to go!!!! Phoenix has too much talent
It makes me wonder what they do in practice???????????? wtf do they do????? They act like they don’t care
WE HAVE DEAD WEIGHT!!!!!!!!!!! FIRE COACH!!!!!!!
DO THE SUNS GIVE AF????? Do they want to win?????? They aren’t hungry enough
Can’t wait for suns to come to Brooklyn i expect a blowout it’s Nets World 🌎 or Die
Kevin can only win with Green Eyed Steph suns fans don’t get ur hopes up I’ve been through it for 3 years it was miserable & disappointing
Kevin just walked into a great system with Dubs it was written on the wall those two chips don’t belong to him
cp3 was essentil
Kd hurting trying help Beal out wanted to beat the nets
only KD can give championship to suns otherwise no chance so he need to show up a little more .. i dont see that fire
Turnovers and jackin up threes almost every possession is not a good combo to get a win….
I LOVE KD! I LOVE him… BUT.. the second we traded Bridges this team was ruined…
So the common take here is… the Big 3 will take time to come together.. BUT … they dont have time, soon one of them will be hurt again… this is sad
So when they win their next game buy 20 then what
Honestly, with neither Gordon or Allen available… lack of rim pressure from drives is a massive issue. Beal wasn't doing that tonight and I genuinely think that's the main problem with this offence. Too one dimensional right now.
This Team Will Be A HUGE Disappointment AGAIN In The Playoffs…..Garbage Offensive System And Defense Is Not Good Enough
WHEN WE GONE FIRE KEVIN YOUNG??
We need TO GET BOL BOL GOING FRANK VOGEL.
SMH
The Disarray Suns. If Book ain’t handling the ball they have zero faith in themselves to move the ball, pass the ball, or shoot the ball. No movement without the ball.
Creating new ways to turn the ball over by passing to KD who’s out of bounds lol. Coaching needs to be better
Learning takes time. Be calm fans, way too much negativity and stress. It takes a long time to grow something that is worth the fruition.
Go Suns!
If Booker farted, Flex would call it perfume
Bradley is half a star ⭐️ he don’t have what it takes to get it done suns fans just wait until when it matters the most team will crumble
Go Twins !!!
The question that hurts: were the Suns playing better before KD arrival ?
Need Book at SG, and Beal to cone off the Bench and a PG who can distribute. Like the play Big. But Eubank Goodwin Okogie and whoever is the 5th guy needs to be able to hit open shots.
How far the discussion has come since 2021
Vogel never had a good offense with the Lakers and then their defense crumbled when they gave him a offense driven roster
Phoenix suns booker kD Beal need to start udoka azubuike at the 5 get him playing good defense and catching the alley loop for a dunk if you watch tape can't no one on Phoenix bench can stop him he is better than bol bol
Bro mezie is 26. I would consider someone like bol bol or nas little “young”
Offensive system is not working. Why KD and Book get the ball watly far from the basket?
The Nets are just better. We really need to give them respect as they were playing without 3 of their better guys as well.
A good take away is Book going downhill to the basket, that is a good sign. Now i need Beal to move the ball and not dribble till 8secs left to make a play. Can KD stop standing in the corner, call for the ball and make a play. My greatest problem is Vogel, good coaches make adjustments in games, I haven’t seen Vogel do it this season.
Tired of this coping BS by this podcast, especially Flex. We are 24 games in (almost 1/3 of the season) and we are still saying “everything is fine, the sky is not falling”??? Big 3 Topic aside, why does no one acknowledge the West seeding is super tough? Seeds 1-6 are already 6-7 Ws above .500 and climbing up, but everything is fine?? Get a grip.
KBD shoukd be the starting PF, Metu backup 4. Yuta, Okogie outside, and Eubanks borderline unplayable