Phoenix Suns Don’t Bring It Vs. Lakers Plus Reactions To Bombshell ESPN Report
The Phoenix Suns were lifeless again vs. the Lakers but the real story of the weekend is a big ESPN report on the team.
Brendon Kleen and Ben Garcia recap the L before breaking down Devin Booker committing to the Valley, Mat Ishbia doubling down and how much leverage the Suns will have this summer in Kevin Durant trade talks.
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Jimmy Butlerās teams win & KDās havenāt for the last 8 yearsā¦. Clown Benji at it again thinking KD is some crowned jewel at 37. This guy is a comedian. He provides us all so many laughs. His āanalysisā is hilarious
Get rid of Kevin Durant.
ben your out if your mind nuts
No effort whatsoever. Sit Beal and K.D. for the rest of the reason and place them at the end of the bench, Tell them to get used to it because if they don't agree to a trade, next season will be the same. As long as they're scoring points and getting paid, selfish contract players are happy, but money and no points will cost too much pride for them to want to stay with the team.
As a Rockets fan we are excited for this years draft!!
LET ME STATE THE OBVIOUS: The Suns role players suck! Everyone ask for Bol Bolā¦ why? Heās careless with the basketball, shoots at random times without waiting on the offense to set up and he gets lost on defenseā¦ whenever the team decides to play defense. Bradley Beal pretends to play hard but he comes from a losing team with a loser mentality and he doesnāt take winning seriously. He just wants to make that 50 mil and thatās why heāll NEVER leave because no one else would give him that much money. Tyus Jones and Colin Gillespie was a turnover machine and proved the talent was too āeliteā for him or Bronny to be out there. ROYCE OāNEAL IS TERRIBLE AND Lackadaisical ON OFFENSE AND DEFENSE! Grayson Allen got paid and he aināt done shit since! He keeps escaping the criticism but heās just not that good to me. Booker should not be the number one option! Kevin defers to Devin which takes too long to get everyone else involved. BUD HAS LOST THIS TEAMā¦and Kevin shouldāve NEVER chose to go there! Kevin defers too much and should take over the offense. Turn into Brooklyn Nets KD.
You guys have a tough schedule in the next 3 wks good luck lmao
And Go Rockets š
Ben bro you gotta lower your expectations. Kevin Durant is 37.
You will get two picks MAX and be lucky to get two decent players. You lost me at the AND
KD learned after the NETS debacle, summer. Restless is fandom PTSD..š®
As a Rockets fan, thank you for Cooper Flagg in advance. In addition, you are delusional if you think KD (who turns 38 next year) is worth Jabari Smith Jr, Cam Whitmore, all of your picks back and Fred or Dillion. Not happening. Maybe Cam Whitmore, salary filler and a pick.
Too bad Suns didnāt take Luka. Luka and dBook would be a powerhouse of a team by now. dBook is a 2 and Luka plays the point, so doesnāt have to play out of position. Then the guy you didnāt draft is the one that blew up your team!
Atp its who has it worse…locked on suns or locked on mavs
Ben doesnāt seem to understand Durant will be 37.75 yrs in next finals start near 50,000+ mins (19th-22nd all time) w/ many injuries in his past. That with 1 year left on contact gives Suns no leverage.
Also in just the 2020s playoffs wise Butler > KD in virtually every metric.
Durant was amazing in 2021 playoffs but heās been lowkey not close to his 17-21 playoffs since 2022 playoffs.
Butler vs Durant in 2020s Playoffs?
PER Butler 24.5 > KD 22.2
WinShares Butler 10.6 > KD 3.5
WS/48 Butler .206 > KD .130
BPM Butler 7.2 > KD 5.5
VORP (VALUE) Butler 5.7
Obv KD > Butler all time but he has way more milage, 2 years older, more severe injuries.
Itās not an accident GSW 13-1 with Butler vs under .500 without him this yr. Not a coincidence they went from +5000 title odds to 4th best +1300.
Obviously if KD went there theyād improve a lot too, but 2020s Butler in the PLAYOFFS is 1st team all nba as MVP of team who went to two finals and another CF!
Actually just looking now in RS Butler in 2020s > also in PER, WS/48, BPM, VORP, games played, & WinShares
āWhen Reaves and LeBron were heavy FT guysā
LeBron is 21st in FTA/G since 2019-20 and this year LeBron 4.7 FTA/G is 38th per game. He actually has the worst superstar whistle in the 2020s (and it hasnāt been good since pre Decision yet ppl think itās good).
Booker a SG is 6.7 FTA/G 12th in NBA vs Bron 38th! Durant 19th, Reaves 32nd.
Joker & Bron the 2 worst whistles of any all NBA level player (FTA/G wise at least as both get away with some defensive fouls and offensive fouls).
Went to the kings game Friday. I was drunk and having a great time. Fast forward to Sunday Iām sad šš
You dudes say a lot of stuff that's wrong… Luka played 40 minutesšYou said LeBron was a heavy free throw guyš…he's only averaging 4.5 free throws a game
the saddest thing we will see is we will have to trade KD for lesser value and KD will be in MVP convos next season .. and book is gonna be all alone .
Where did they find this Ben fool. Get rid
Luka salary 43M, Reaves salary 12M. "BIG 3" 150+ million.
I was pulling for the suns, but the lakers just played better. But if they played in PHX then im sure the out come would have been different