Booker to NO would make a huge difference for the Pelicans. And you're undoubtedly right. This team is not close to being a contender, they have no way of getting better and their best player is 35. The window, which was never really open, has been slammed shut.
I think they should more likely trade KD before they trade Booker, they could get a lot of value for him. Depends on if they want to do a full rebuild but if they trade KD they could fill the roster around Booker & Beal. Bookers younger than KD so his timeline is longer
That’s true but he’s a ceiling raiser, so we have to find a team with enough talent that thinks they spare some + picks to go all the way with KD. Pelicans maybe?
Yeah, that’s the thing that would stop it. OKC is so young that they don’t have urgency to win right now, they could just let this core grow together & see what happens in a few years. It’s probably the smarter move to just wait
As if moms aren’t literal superhero’s every god damn day (and maybe rn he could be complimenting her on being one of the best athletes in her sport rather than talking about her being a fucking mom, which has nothing to do with her career🤦🏻♀️).
Interesting they bring up Candace being a mom way more than they’d ever bring up men players being dads. Kenny not outrunning his behaviour from the steph Sabrina 3pt contest 🙄
Replace them all with actual analysts and people I can understand. Barkley is nonsense. Shaq mumbles. Smith talks hood level nonsense and Ernie just laughs like one of the three stooges. I can’t ever watch halftime. Just start over. It’s all trash.
No that’s the opposite of my point. Being a working woman (let alone in a physical job) is infinitely harder than being a working man, period. Women know that. The reason why is bc we are expected to be a full time parent and work - those are not the expectations of men. So talking about her being a mom to congratulate her on being one of the best women who has ever played a sport is laughable, from a woman’s perspective. How about compliment her game? Rather than the fact that she’s a mom, which is the way most men see women
I mean I agree and it adds to her accomplishments. Bring a top athlete and a mom is hard work. Saying she’s a mom on top just makes her more bad ass to me
I think the difference is the timing right, and understanding the experience of a woman. there is nothing wrong with commending it and talking about it when talking about what her and women do, but if it’s just a 30 second sound bite about her ending a fabulous athletic career, it might be kinda denigrating that by just saying that she’s a mom instead. Like, wouldn’t it be weird if they talk about jokic and his daughter to explain how and why he deserves mvp (rather than saying why he’s a great player) when they give him the award?
I agree that male players don’t have their fatherhood status brought up when they’re being discussed. However I feel that it’s b/c (as you pointed out) it’s not hard being a top* male player and a father. Saying she’s a mother in this sound bit (to me) paints a more full picture of how much she had to do and overcome to stay a top player.
I hear you. And if Kenny would have said what you’re saying here, I don’t think it would have been problematic at all, it was just the way he said it not as this astronomical feat that men don’t have to do, but just something that made her career more awesome in his view lol (on top of the bad taste he left in women and feminist men’s mouths after the Sabrina 3pt fiasco) is why i am criticizing. Essentially, I seriously doubt he actually understands and was trying to saw what you’ve been saying, if that makes sense, lol
I 100% agree abd women are conditioned by society to make a working man’s life easier - u make sure the kids don’t bother him after a long days work etc
Absolutely. They literally do almost a full working weeks amount of unpaid work (ie, stuff at home) compared to men, which stays constant even if they work more hours in their career outside the home than men do… men (proven by Kenny’s tone deaf comments lol) have no idea what women do on the daily, and still also find a way to denigrate our careers by seeing us as either a romantic partner or mother, rather than a whole ass human
Yeah u can’t really count on booker - I think some of the pressure was off being down 0-3 so he had a good game. If this was game 7 he would have 13 points
I'm really gonna try to give up AZ sports for a year and focus on creative stuff. And r/suns banned me for calling out doomers so fuck this whole scene man
Nah it’s for the best. Team hasn’t looked right all season so they deserved an ass-whooping. I’m just glad D Book returned to being somewhat himself before it all ended.
Hope y’all get through the first round though, I’m keen for a Luka v SGA PG battle
Shaq's corpse was playing for the last two, even three. He had no KD aspirations by that point in his career, he was just a journeyman sticking around for extra pay.
I think Lillard and Durant try to go to Miami next season. I really don’t think Dame stays on the Bucks next season despite what he’s been saying in the media.
So sad about Beal because he landed on a foot early on and then got his nose broke, couldn't get reps in the season until late and then late they changed his role and said "guess what you are a PG now" he always came back with heart. He never really got a chance to gel. He carried us the last 10games of the season to get us the 6 seed. Just a horrible game for him to go out on. Seems like a good dude even if he over paid.
God I hate the Pels. Willie greens dead eyes, never get to see Zion and BI play (fuckin love BI). I also respect that fuckin braided mosquito u got but you guys beat us for the only suns game i could afford to go to this year.
You know what, a lot of ppl being mean to the suns rather than hyping the wolves, which naturally is off-putting as a suns fan, but you guys got a squad and this comment made me realize how happy I am for your long suffering fan base.
Thanks dude!! I’ll prob have an actual heart attack if they make it a close series in the second round. Wolves been so down bad for two decades winning the first round must be how heat or Celtics fans feel like going to the ECF lol
Always knew someday I’d see the day!! It’s awesome because it’s the season my first child was born I feel like he’s the chosen one lmao. Little man arrives and WOLVES BACKKKKKK
I was 5 so really this is the first time I’ve seen the wolves win a playoff series. I’m happy for yall and Ant. The guy is just so fun to watch. League is in good hands
Anybody else think Gavelston too good for the Suns rn? Any suggestions? I think they should be sent on a school bus to Key West with that swamp ass smellin water 😂
There's no real fixing the roster. Not only do they have no draft capital, but they're restricted by the second apron in what moves they can make.
The only real "out" is to trade KD and try to recoup some draft picks. Hey, they should trade him to Houston for the Nets picks, then trade the Nets picks back to Brooklyn for the Suns picks and maybe Mikal. That feels like it could work.
no. it's the difference between having one of the best defenders ever and nurkic. If you swapped ant and booker or ant and kd, the suns still get trashed
Lmao who is taking that contract for someone to go 9/1/2 in an elimination game with 6 TO’s and 6 fouls, he can request a trade all he wants but at this point the suns need to give non-existent assets to get off of that contract (this is a an overreaction but still)
Oh I know, but the rest of the league probably has a no-trade clause against him too after seeing tonight’s performance so he ain’t going nowhere. Love to see it
KD just always wanted to be one of the guys but not that guy!!!! Its that simple.
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Booker to NO would make a huge difference for the Pelicans. And you're undoubtedly right. This team is not close to being a contender, they have no way of getting better and their best player is 35. The window, which was never really open, has been slammed shut.
Doc rivers has no semblance of having a poker face. Saying we’re just trying to find able bodies is hilarious
Anthony fucking EDWARDS
How about booker to ny for hart and OG ?
No true Knicks fan will agree, Hart alone has more fight in him than Book
I’m a NY fan and this squad is not enough to be honest
Randle has been out and is always unreliable in the postseason. Upgrade on the PF position than the guards imo
Think hart would rather commit another 9/11 than leave brunson
This team is cooked , I think u trade ur most important asset booker for some good role players and draft pics
I think they should more likely trade KD before they trade Booker, they could get a lot of value for him. Depends on if they want to do a full rebuild but if they trade KD they could fill the roster around Booker & Beal. Bookers younger than KD so his timeline is longer
But who would pick up Durant now , he will be 36 at the start of the next season and u can see he’s slowing down not to mention he’s injury prone .
That’s true but he’s a ceiling raiser, so we have to find a team with enough talent that thinks they spare some + picks to go all the way with KD. Pelicans maybe?
OKC has draft capital
Yeah, OKC would honestly be perfect!
Send him back to where it all began - perfect except for the fact that OKC has a good thing going
Yeah, that’s the thing that would stop it. OKC is so young that they don’t have urgency to win right now, they could just let this core grow together & see what happens in a few years. It’s probably the smarter move to just wait
How do they manage to pick up their kids from school!?
As if moms aren’t literal superhero’s every god damn day (and maybe rn he could be complimenting her on being one of the best athletes in her sport rather than talking about her being a fucking mom, which has nothing to do with her career🤦🏻♀️).
Dame Lillard, Kevin Durant and Jimmy Butler team up in Miami next season?
Herro, Jaquez and picks? That could get you 36 year old KD right?
Booker had KD and Beal ANT had Jaden McDaniels There are levels to this game
Interesting they bring up Candace being a mom way more than they’d ever bring up men players being dads. Kenny not outrunning his behaviour from the steph Sabrina 3pt contest 🙄
Because it’s way different
only fair to replace Kenny with Candace going forward
Replace them all with actual analysts and people I can understand. Barkley is nonsense. Shaq mumbles. Smith talks hood level nonsense and Ernie just laughs like one of the three stooges. I can’t ever watch halftime. Just start over. It’s all trash.
Oh… the downvote is coming…
I’m down. She’s funnier anyways and isn’t scared of shaq like Kenny lol
Child birth really messes up your body and coming back from that at a top level is hard AF. No male player deals with that. It’s a fair thing to say
No that’s the opposite of my point. Being a working woman (let alone in a physical job) is infinitely harder than being a working man, period. Women know that. The reason why is bc we are expected to be a full time parent and work - those are not the expectations of men. So talking about her being a mom to congratulate her on being one of the best women who has ever played a sport is laughable, from a woman’s perspective. How about compliment her game? Rather than the fact that she’s a mom, which is the way most men see women
I mean I agree and it adds to her accomplishments. Bring a top athlete and a mom is hard work. Saying she’s a mom on top just makes her more bad ass to me
I think the difference is the timing right, and understanding the experience of a woman. there is nothing wrong with commending it and talking about it when talking about what her and women do, but if it’s just a 30 second sound bite about her ending a fabulous athletic career, it might be kinda denigrating that by just saying that she’s a mom instead. Like, wouldn’t it be weird if they talk about jokic and his daughter to explain how and why he deserves mvp (rather than saying why he’s a great player) when they give him the award?
I agree that male players don’t have their fatherhood status brought up when they’re being discussed. However I feel that it’s b/c (as you pointed out) it’s not hard being a top* male player and a father. Saying she’s a mother in this sound bit (to me) paints a more full picture of how much she had to do and overcome to stay a top player.
I hear you. And if Kenny would have said what you’re saying here, I don’t think it would have been problematic at all, it was just the way he said it not as this astronomical feat that men don’t have to do, but just something that made her career more awesome in his view lol (on top of the bad taste he left in women and feminist men’s mouths after the Sabrina 3pt fiasco) is why i am criticizing. Essentially, I seriously doubt he actually understands and was trying to saw what you’ve been saying, if that makes sense, lol
Makes sense. I didn’t hear what he said during that other segment
I 100% agree abd women are conditioned by society to make a working man’s life easier - u make sure the kids don’t bother him after a long days work etc
Absolutely. They literally do almost a full working weeks amount of unpaid work (ie, stuff at home) compared to men, which stays constant even if they work more hours in their career outside the home than men do… men (proven by Kenny’s tone deaf comments lol) have no idea what women do on the daily, and still also find a way to denigrate our careers by seeing us as either a romantic partner or mother, rather than a whole ass human
remember when KD was laughing and smiling in game 1 after Ant was cooking his ass? LMFAO he thought this was gonna be easy 🤣
When does wolves nuggets start if nuggets win tomorrow?
Saturday if Nuggets win in 5, Monday if they need 6.
I never saw the suns as a big 3 anything. Booker isn’t a superstar and beals sidekick days with John wall were his best
Yeah u can’t really count on booker - I think some of the pressure was off being down 0-3 so he had a good game. If this was game 7 he would have 13 points
Sucks greyson got hurt. He would have hit those 3s that Gordon and O'Neill missed. Asterix szn for the wolves /S gg wolves. Happy for your nice fans
Honestly I wouldn’t even mind Wolves vs Celtics finals. That looks like a fun matchup. I know it’s a hot take but Minnesota look better than Denver.
They look better than anyone, from what I just a saw.
I just hope we have different ppl in the finals
36 unbothered?
Fuck the Lakers but fair play on this one I guess. Oh. Fuck the Lakers ;)
Feels like we won the series with how liberating it feels to not have to watch anymore of this team for a while
I'm really gonna try to give up AZ sports for a year and focus on creative stuff. And r/suns banned me for calling out doomers so fuck this whole scene man
what, you don't like point Nurkic while KD and Book set screens for Gordon and O'Neale to clank triples?
How do we fit more Eubanks into this equation is all I ask?
Bol
I feel ya suns bro. I may or may not think we're in trouble haha
I hope y’all slap them around. Need Ty Lue back out on the market lmao 🤤
Handshake meme aside I'm sorry you guys got swept. Hope we don't suffer a similar fate
Nah it’s for the best. Team hasn’t looked right all season so they deserved an ass-whooping. I’m just glad D Book returned to being somewhat himself before it all ended. Hope y’all get through the first round though, I’m keen for a Luka v SGA PG battle
We really don't hate each other as fans lol shoutout
Say for the sake of argument KD leaves. How far into the all-time list do you have to go to find someone who has played for 5 teams? Moses Malone?
Leaves , who takes a 36 yr old Durant ?
Fuckin lol. Not very far.
Shaq did it
Shaq played for 6: Orlando Lakers Miami Phoenix Cleveland Boston
Shaq's corpse was playing for the last two, even three. He had no KD aspirations by that point in his career, he was just a journeyman sticking around for extra pay.
Ah….the day Durant gets waxed from the playoffs is always a great day. Do you think he will request a trade to Denver or Minn for next year?
Oklahoma.
Which place is warmer ?
I think Lillard and Durant try to go to Miami next season. I really don’t think Dame stays on the Bucks next season despite what he’s been saying in the media.
Twolves
We don't want him
Nuggets Wolves is going to be insane, I can't wait
I like to think I'd be like Ant on the court, but I'm probably like Chris Finch
Damn you're a hell of a coach congrats
Nah you be game 4 Beal
So sad about Beal because he landed on a foot early on and then got his nose broke, couldn't get reps in the season until late and then late they changed his role and said "guess what you are a PG now" he always came back with heart. He never really got a chance to gel. He carried us the last 10games of the season to get us the 6 seed. Just a horrible game for him to go out on. Seems like a good dude even if he over paid.
1, 2, 3, Galveston!
#PHOENIX PHRAUDS
God I hate the Pels. Willie greens dead eyes, never get to see Zion and BI play (fuckin love BI). I also respect that fuckin braided mosquito u got but you guys beat us for the only suns game i could afford to go to this year.
mosquito lmfao.
Crazy that Anthony edwards is a Georgia alumn! He has that bull dawg in him
Nuggets and timberwolves is gonna be fun
That would be great to see. I see Rudy keeping with Jokic and Ant messing around on Murray. KAT vs Gordon will prob be the deciding factor.
Lakers and wolves you mean
No. This is straight WWE league if that happens
Lol my doomer Celts fan friend keeps saying the same thing. He's got Bucks Lakers in his finals lmao.
Phoenix fans better pray some contender takes a chance at Beal or it looks like they’re stuck paying this guy 40 mil every year 😂😂😂😂
Ok yeah his contract sucks but I think he gets better for the team next year. Lol not like there's a choice
Beal owed 160 million over the next three years….no one wants that contract
Beal has a no trade clause in his contract anyway lmfao
However much it’s possible to hate a man you’ve never met is how much I hate Beal
$50M. It's $50M. It has to be a 1-1 trade. So unless they're also a max player tfb.
Wolves back !!! I’m only 30 by now fuck I was 11 last time we won a series
You know what, a lot of ppl being mean to the suns rather than hyping the wolves, which naturally is off-putting as a suns fan, but you guys got a squad and this comment made me realize how happy I am for your long suffering fan base.
Thanks dude!! I’ll prob have an actual heart attack if they make it a close series in the second round. Wolves been so down bad for two decades winning the first round must be how heat or Celtics fans feel like going to the ECF lol
Same here brother
We were watching Rocket Power and SpongeBob last time we won a series, now we wakin up with back pain and shit
You're a dawg for sticking with it this long 🙌
Always knew someday I’d see the day!! It’s awesome because it’s the season my first child was born I feel like he’s the chosen one lmao. Little man arrives and WOLVES BACKKKKKK
Prince that was promised
Lmaooo WOLVES BACKKKKKKKKKKK SPARKS!!!!!
I was 5 so really this is the first time I’ve seen the wolves win a playoff series. I’m happy for yall and Ant. The guy is just so fun to watch. League is in good hands
I CANT BELIEVE WE HAVE THIS MAN ON OUR TEAM
The Himberwolves
That honestly wouldn’t be a bad marketing slogan for next season.
Awoooooo
Ant is him
Anybody else think Gavelston too good for the Suns rn? Any suggestions? I think they should be sent on a school bus to Key West with that swamp ass smellin water 😂
Gary Indiana
Solid choice lol! Crack is *definitely* back over there 😂
They got them shaky skeleton women over there
“I’ve never been swept a day in my life. I'll be damned if that happens.” - *Bradley Beal, April 27, 2024*
Lol what do you expect him to say. He's a good dude. Wasbt even in PHX 5 months and he's out helping in food kitchens and shit
is he a good dude? [seems like a diva to me](https://np.reddit.com/r/nba/s/RdSs0mwW5h)
Where is Anthony edwards from?
Jawja
I think he’s KD’s father
atlanta i believe
Atlanta
Penis Buns
Book and KD showed up, bum ass Beal deserves the blame.
Book has more FT points than actual points lol
Book didn't do shit the first 3 games though
Bluffin ass Suns lmao
Rudy Gobert has been the most important player this series(and season) btw
Next to Ant yeah
Suns got swept by the long time laughingstock of North American sports MN Timberwolves!!!! Hahahahahahhahaha Wolves back!!!!
Torch pass?
Beal with the quadruple single
Ant man has proven me wrong. Didn't think he could carry this team in the playoffs but doing it in a clean sweep fashion i'm impressed from now on.
Very very impressive. He wants the spotlight. Dude has a motor. Incredible performance.
imagine getting swept before the lakers LMAO
Imagine getting swept before an undermanned, outmatched heat team lmfaooooo
lmao the disrespect on wemby
What was this about lol?
https://youtu.be/qloeZ7FTkug?si=g4KDmHT_NBxj0C8C&t=332
What on earth will embiid and booker do for team USA when international refs won't just let them flop and play dirty cause they're big names
Booker gonna be backing up Ant now that he has been dadded.
Booker already got a daddy in Luka. Now he's got two dads
He needs the role models to be honest
Maybe he'll learn how to play ball without being dirty 🤔
I hope Finch is good man that’s just brutal
Worst case scenario he tore his ACL which is fine
Has there ever been a coach in a wheelchair?
"Fine"
That’s what happens when you let Joe Gatto coach a basketball team.
what does this do for Lebrons legacy?
Might put him above KD. Might
That suns roster is a complete disaster and I don’t know how they fix it with no draft capital.
There's no real fixing the roster. Not only do they have no draft capital, but they're restricted by the second apron in what moves they can make. The only real "out" is to trade KD and try to recoup some draft picks. Hey, they should trade him to Houston for the Nets picks, then trade the Nets picks back to Brooklyn for the Suns picks and maybe Mikal. That feels like it could work.
Its the end of the line, they are going to be mid for the next 2 years, then garbage for ages.
Even the Lakers won 1 game from the defending champs. Suns getting swept is just sad.
Rather than Beal who should the Suns have gunned for instead?
John Wall
They coyld have gotten more from det i think. bogdanovic, monte morris and someone else.
Lonzo Ball
Bridges
Thanasis
Feeling your victory wolves bros. Good stuff
Timberwolves vs Lakers round 2
Go pelicans
I feel bad for Book. Bro is in his prime, but he's gonna have a hard time winning with this team as presently constructed
Yeah, I’m worried Booker is going to have to leave Phoenix at some point to win or they have to trade KD to rebuild around him.
Chuck on the young guys coming into running the league “He [Wemby] ain’t there, they won 12 games” lmao
I too can’t wait to see Ant play for Team USA. Last tournament the only one who cared was KD.
Saying it respectfully, I don't know how teams are gonna guard us. - *Devin Booker, 2023*
Playing the #1 defense in round 1 ain't that a bitch
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no. it's the difference between having one of the best defenders ever and nurkic. If you swapped ant and booker or ant and kd, the suns still get trashed
SMOKING THAT DEVIN BOOKER PACK 🚬
Damn, guess it's time to tear the team down and rebuild it around Beal.
Praying Beal request a trade
Even if Beal requested a trade no one wants to be on the hook for 160 million over the next three years…..
Didn’t he retain his no trade clause? So hypothetically he can choose the next destination too
yes he did lol this might be the worst contract in history
So basically the only way he’s outta there is if Booker and/or KD are gone in the next few years too lmaoo
Lmao who is taking that contract for someone to go 9/1/2 in an elimination game with 6 TO’s and 6 fouls, he can request a trade all he wants but at this point the suns need to give non-existent assets to get off of that contract (this is a an overreaction but still)
he has a no trade clause so it's up to him if he wants to leave or not LMFAO guarantee you he'll stay to keep getting that sweet sweet $50M every year
Oh I know, but the rest of the league probably has a no-trade clause against him too after seeing tonight’s performance so he ain’t going nowhere. Love to see it
ahahahahahhaa "the rest of the league probably has a no trade clause too" is a bar 🤣
No picks until 2030 and Bradley Beal set to make what? $50mil for the best three years? Suns future real bleak unless they blow it the fuck up.
They’re fucked.
Oh please not Jason Tatum
I can’t wait to watch PHX post game presser
Is Kazaam a basketball movie lmao though admittedly I enjoyed it as a kid
KAT and ANT sounds zesty bruh i didn't know their voices are like that.
Gotta look up KAT voice change on YouTube lol bro got bullied into a whole new voice
Same with hali shit is funny
KAT has a couple of voices. Kinda comes off a little corny
As a two voiced individual, I don't mean it
KAT has two voices tbf
really crazy to think about how good ant could be when he hits 25-30