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The youngest player to record
60 PTS — Devin Booker
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THIS is the team we all loved.
Not the garbage we see on the court this season.
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De’Aaron Fox scammed people out of $1.5 million through an NFT project that has now been shut down.
Insane.
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The NBA rulebook states that intentional contact with a fan results in a suspension.
Something to watch for Game 5.
Oh, and if your reaction is that it’s a minor infraction, all I have to say is this:
Stoudemire and Diaw. Game 5. 2007.
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Suns could be STACKED after this offseason:
PG: Book
SG: KD
SF: LeBron
PF: Bender
C: Embiid
Bench: CP3, Mikal, Baynes, Gobert, Langston Galloway, Biyombo
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Deandre Ayton has made more threes this series than Landry Shamet, Jae Crowder, and Cam Payne.
Combined.
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Touches per game -
Jokic: 98.5 (leads NBA)
Embiid: 75.1
Antetokoumpo: 73.6
Devin Booker: 56.5
The top three need the ball in their hands all game in order to put up numbers and be 13.5, 14, and 17 games behind the Suns.
Booker puts up an efficient 26-5-5 on a 60-14 team. MVP.
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𝙍𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙮 ☘️
Devin Booker is NOT my MVP.
Mikal Bridges is NOT my DPOY.
Monty Williams is NOT my COTY.
None of the Suns are all-star starters (rightfully).
The Phoenix Suns have fluked their way into the best record in the NBA by 9 games and 44 games over .500.
Simple as that.
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96-34 since the Bubble. Best record in the league.
"The constant losing. That's what gets to me and has always gotten to me. Maybe one day, there will be beauty in this. That we went through the ringer to get where we need to go and that's my job to make that happen." Devin Booker after #Suns lose 8th straight game Sunday night.
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I wish there was a way to know you're in the good old days before you've actually left them.
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Winners work.
One final time.
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Love to see the internal development from #35 after we drafted him in 2016.
These things take time.
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Suns three pointers this playoffs:
Ayton: 2-2
Shamet: 1-7
Payne: 0-7
Crowder: 0-14
You have to believe immense regression to the mean is coming.
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Main takeaway after this game:
The Los Angeles Lakers have the Suns right where they want them.
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Enjoy this, Suns fans.
You are witnessing one of the greatest point guards in NBA history.
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Hearing that LeBron James for Deandre Ayton, Cam Johnson, and a 1st round pick is being discussed.
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To be honest as soon as KAT started laughing and clapping I knew it was over for them lol
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This “win” by the Suns doesn’t count in my book.
The Bulls were missing Lonzo Ball. The Phoenix Suns were fully healthy.
I’ve never seen another team fluke their way to 57 wins in 71 games so easily.
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Devin Booker didn’t show up tonight.
CP3 might as well not have been on the court.
0 rebounds for DA, as a center in this league.
And don’t get me started on KD.
Valiant effort by Mikal and Cam though.
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Suns starter turnovers:
KD: 7
Book: 4
Nurk: 4
Beal: 2
Tyus: 0 (and 8 assists)
Time to let the point guard do more point guard things.
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The Phoenix Suns have defeated every team in the NBA. They are 40 games over .500 and lead the next best record by 8.5 games. They clinched a playoff spot on March 9th. It’s time for a real test.
Bring on the Lakers.
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Two years ago, Devin Booker, Deandre Ayton, Mikal Bridges, Kelly Oubre Jr., and Tyler Johnson took down the full strength Curry/Thompson/KD Warriors.
This was a turning point for the franchise.
NBA TV
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The Diamondbacks should have one off-season goal, only.
Acquire Shohei Ohtani.
With a little help from Yuta.
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Devin Booker isn’t MVP.
Chris Paul isn’t All-NBA.
Mikal Bridges and Deandre Ayton aren’t all-stars.
Cam Johnson isn’t 6MOY.
Mikal Bridges isn’t DPOY.
Monty Williams isn’t COTY.
And yet the Suns are 63-17, 8 games better than any other team.
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So let me get this straight.
Jae Crowder demanded a trade from the Suns only to put up a total of 7 points, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists on 3-13 shooting (0-6 from three) and lose in 5 games to an 8-seed in the first round.
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If you’re someone who is glad to be rid of Deandre Ayton because he didn’t “dunk the ball,” well I have news for you.
Last season:
Ayton: 110 dunks in 67 games
Nurkic: 21 dunks in 52 games
Get ready.
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Here’s the only thing I’ll say:
People don’t realize what we’re witnessing from FLEX right now. If you actually listen to him, this man is coming out with news weeks, days, hours before other media parrot it.
This is the rise of the next great newsbreaker.
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Jusuf Nurkic was better than Deandre Ayton last season, by all the advanced metrics.
Around Booker, Beal, and Durant, you need a center to grab rebounds and set screens. The dirty work.
And Nurkic shot 36% from three on 119 attempts.
Read: Brook Lopez.
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Fuck it.
Winners work.
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The Phoenix Suns have the best overall, home, road, conference, non-conference, OT, with Chris Paul, without Chris Paul, and last 10 games records in the NBA.
They have the longest win streak, 2nd longest win streak, and current longest win streak in the NBA.
lol
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BOSSMAN99 IN BUCKS-HEAT GAME 4
0 POINTS
0 REBOUNDS
0 ASSISTS
0 MINUTES PLAYED
BUCKS DOWN 3-1 TO AN 8 SEED
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Deandre Ayton is out tonight due to being stuck at home because of the sheets of ice in his neighborhood, per @CHold
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When Ishbia traded away Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson, he traded away the heart and soul of this team.
When Ishbia traded away CP3 and Ayton, he traded away the mind and the strength of this team.
All that’s left is a husk.
No identity.
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I’m very excited.
But also extremely conflicted.
I knew it would happen.
But not like this.
I’ll always root for them.
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The Phoenix Suns are 53-13, but their record is misleading. If you remove their 18 and 11 game winning streaks and account for injuries, scheduling, referees, and off-shooting nights, the Suns are only 1-13, the lone win against a gelling Lakers team at the start of the season.
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bbreact reaction videos
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The Wall Street Journal is so salty that the Diamondbacks are in the World Series lmao
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Frank Kaminsky really got his $5M team option declined, signed with Sacramento, got waived, signed again with the Suns for the minimum, and started 13 games where the Suns went 11-2. He is now in the NBA Finals.
This league.
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Uh oh.
The Suns lineup of
Devin Booker
Eric Gordon
Grayson Allen
Kevin Durant
Jusuf Nurkic
has a 137.6 offensive rating and 108.0 defensive rating.
That +29.6 net rating is the best in the NBA among 5-man lineups (minimum 60 minutes played).
Vogel may have found something.
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Cam Johnson has shot 44.8% on 355 three-point attempts this season. Nobody has shot better at that number of attempts this season.
He’s the best three-point shooter in the NBA.
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I still can’t believe Budenholzer told his players to “play random, play some basketball”
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Deandre Ayton had 95 dunks last season.
Myles Turner had 79 dunks in the past *three years*.
Suns twitter dodged a bullet.
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Devin Booker averaged:
More points than Embiid✅
More assists than Jokic✅
More rebounds than Giannis✅
More double-teams faced than the three of them, COMBINED✅
He unfortunately finished with substantially fewer wins and a lower seed.
Nevertheless, Devin Booker is the MVP.
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It might be time to start the conversation.
Was this one on Monty all along?
Duane Rankin
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Zach Lowe doesn’t have Mikal Bridges on his All-Defense First Team. He doesn’t even have him on his top-6 defensive players.
I’m out on Lowe.
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Teams worse than the Adelaide 36ers:
-Phoenix Suns
-Los Angeles Lakers
-Dallas Mavericks
-Los Angeles Clippers
-Golden State Warriors
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People talk about Zion Williamson coming back.
Trust me. We ain’t worried about him.
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This game is closer than it should be.
Honestly credit to the Bucks who are putting together a valiant effort without Connaughton and Lopez against a fully healthy Suns.
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With all due respect, Giannis, Jokic, and Embiid are having great seasons but they are not MVP. Their teams would be better if they were true MVP candidates.
Devin Booker is the MVP. End of discussion.
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BREAKING: The Washington Wizards are trading three-time All-Star Bradley Beal to the Phoenix Suns for Chris Paul, Landry Shamet, a handful of second-round picks, and multiple pick swaps, league sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.
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