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Kevin Durant scores 23 points in Charlotte in Suns debut
"Kevin Durant made his son's debut and helped them end the hornet's 5 game winning streak one O 5 91 Durant scored 23 points on ten of 15 shooting in the wire to wire win. He was playing for the first time at 7 weeks and suffering a knee injury while with the nets. Devin Booker dropped in 37 points while Deandre ayton added 16 with 16 rebounds in the sun's 7th win in ten games. Kelly Uber junior led the hornets with 26 points and Terry Rozier added 20, but Charlotte fell to 20 and 44. I'm Dave fairy.
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Bucks outlast Suns 104-101 for 14th consecutive victory
"The box picked up their 14th straight win despite the absence of Giannis intent to kupo, pulling out a one O four one O one win over the suns. Drew holiday poured in 33 points and brook Lopez made a tie breaking layup with 24.8 seconds remaining. Lopez finished with 22 points and 12 rebounds, while Middleton added 11 points and ten boards. Middleton hit Lopez for the go ahead basket. This is just a huge threat offensively. And so they knew it they had a plan like that. You know, go contest that shot and he's a great playmaker. He sees everything. So he saw him step up and a great play. Devin Booker scored 24 points and Deandre ayton had 22 with 11 rebounds for the sons. I'm Dave ferry.
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Suns top Kings 120-109 with Durant watching from bench
"Devin Booker led the way with 32 points, Deandre ayton added 29 points at 11 rebounds as the sun defeated the king's one 20 to one O 9. It was their 5th win in their last 6 outings. Booker says he's feeling stronger after missing 21 games with a left groin strain. You know, after the first week, it's kind of like, I am here now to get the most out of it. So a lot of strength training, a lot of leg work can, you know, tonight at the field. I feel really good. Chris Paul had a season high 19 assists and 17 points for the sons who are now 32 and 27. Deer and fox had 35 to lead the kings, their record falls to 32 and 25. George Tanner Phoenix
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Ayton, Booker lead Suns past Pacers a day after Durant trade
"The sun's led by as many as 26 points in a one 17 one O four winded Indiana. Deandre ayton had 22 points and 11 rebounds, helping Phoenix when the battle of the board 64 45. Sun's coach Monty Williams. I thought DA's energy effort, the Jews, the communication on the glass. I thought it gave everybody a ton of whatever you want to call it. Especially on a back to back. Devin Booker provided 21 points and Chris Paul added 19 for the sons Benedict Mather and posted 22 points while all star tyrese Halliburton finished with 18 and 5 assists for the pacers. I'm Dave ferry.
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Ayton has 31 points and 16 rebounds, Suns beat Pistons
"Deandre ayton ties a season high with 31 points to send the sun's past the pistons one 16 100 ayton and the suns took a 9 point lead under the half behind his 19.10 rebound contribution in the first half. He finished with 16 boards. Taking care of business and finishing down a little finishing the rose that at least to those type of stats 'cause my teammates believe in me, you know, when I'm down there and, you know, just protecting the rim and closing up possessions with the boards. Mikhail bridges chipped in 24 for a son's team that shot 56% from the floor. Sadiq bay had 25 to pay the pistons, which dropped to an Eastern Conference worse 14 and 40. Denny cop Detroit
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Okogie, Bridges lead short-handed Suns past Pacers 112-107
"Joshua kogi and Mikhail bridges sent the shorthanded sons past the pacers one 12 one O 7, a kogi had 24 points and ten rebounds as Phoenix won its second straight. Obviously, you know, we're lacking in a lot of areas and, you know, me, I feel like that's an opportunity for me to kind of fill in those voice that I feel like we're lacking. Bridges chipped in 22 points to help the sun's wind despite 42% from the field. The pacers shot just 38%. Phoenix won again without Chris Paul, Devin Booker and Deandre ayton. Indiana dropped its 7th in a row despite a triple double from TJ McConnell, 18 points, 12 assists in ten boards. I'm Dave ferry.
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Mikal Bridges scores 28 points, Suns beat Nets to snap skid
"Mikhail bridges led the way with 28 points, Deandre ayton added 24 as the suns held off a fourth quarter rally by the nets to get a one 17 one 12 victory and snap a three game skid. After missing 37 games with a knee injury, cam Johnson scored 19. The sun's got just their third win in their last 15 outings. Respecting the game, the NBA games are missing 37 and come back in is not a light task, observing those maybe one or two possessions and then just getting back to hooping. Kyrie Irving led the nets with 30 points, 21 coming in the final quarter, Brooklyn is now lost four straight games. George Phoenix
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Grizzlies beat Suns 136-106, extend winning streak to 10
"The grizzlies have run their winning streak to double digits by crushing the sun's one 36 one O 6. John morant scored 29 points and Desmond bane had 28 for Memphis, which will tie its team record winning streak by defeating the Cavaliers on Wednesday. Morant and Dylan Brooks didn't get off the bench in the fourth quarter while the grizzlies went up by 36. Jaren Jackson junior furnished 18 points and 6 blocks from Memphis, which escort at least 130 in three consecutive games. Mikhail bridges had 21 points. And Deandre ayton added 18 in the sun's 9th loss in ten games. I'm Dave fairy
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Williamson scores 35 again, Pelicans top Suns 129-124 in OT
"Zion Williamson and CJ McCollum carried the pelicans to their 7th consecutive win. One 29 one 24 and overtime versus the suns. Williamson poured in 35 points against Phoenix for the second straight game. McCollum had 29 points as the pelicans beat the suns for the second time in three days. Chris Paul and Deandre ayton both fouled out late in the game and the sons were without Devin Booker due to injury. Ayton finished with 28 points and 12 rebounds and Michael bridges chipped in 27 points to tie his season high. I'm Dave fairy.
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Devin Booker scores 51 points in 3 quarters, Suns rout Bulls
"Devin Booker had a season high 51 points, including 26 and the third quarter as the sun's defeated the bulls one 32 to one 13. Booker hit 20 of 25 shots, including 6 of 7 three pointers as the sons picked up their 6 consecutive win and improved their record to a Western Conference best 15 and 6. I just felt like a double sized ram out there that if I rise up, it's going on. Deandre ayton recorded a 7 straight double double with 30 points and 14 rebounds debar Derozan led the bulls with 29. George Canada, Phoenix
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Ayton has 29 points, 21 rebounds as Suns edge Jazz 113-112
"Deandre ayton led away with 29 points and 21 rebounds both season highs as the sun's edge at the jazz one 13 one 12, 8 and scored a season high for the second straight night following 28 on Friday. For this team I have to be that energizer that dude who making them plays was on the glass. It was Duncan the ball was getting the crowd in it, setting the hard screens setting the tone of the physicality. Devin Booker added 27 points as the sun picked up their fourth straight win to improve the 13 and 6. Jordan Clarkson 22 points, Kotlin Sexton 20 to lead the jazz. They've lost four straight and 5 to 12 and ten. George Canada, Phoenix
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Suns hold on to win 115-105, Lakers' Beverley ejected
"Devin Booker and Mikhail bridges each scored 25 points to lead the suns to a one 15 one O 5 victory over the Lakers. Dwayne Washington added 15 points off the bench to shut down a late LA rally and give the suns their 5th consecutive regular season victory over the Lakers. Putting in the work, you know, and believing in yourself and when you put in a lot of work, you know, that's where confidence comes from. So, you know, I have confidence in myself, team has confidence in me, players got confidence in me. So just keep getting better. Anthony Davis led all scorers with 37 Patrick Beverly ejected late in the game for shoving sun center, Deandre ayton. George Tanner, Phoenix
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Payne, Booker lead Suns to 116-95 win over Knicks
"The sun shut down the Knicks in the second half to close out at one 1695 victory Phoenix limited New York to 34% shooting after halftime after carrying a 55 53 lead into the break All 5 sun starters scored in double figures Camera pain was high man with 21 points I know our points abuses will come down to the first chord and I set the tone And I just try to bring my intensity try to bring my defense be aggressive defensively and get stops get on the board Devin Booker had 20 and Deandre ayton added 13 with 11 rebounds Jalen Brunson had a game high 27 points on 11 of 21 shooting for the Knicks I'm Dave ferry
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Suns match Pacers' offer for Ayton, keeping nucleus intact
"It took just a few hours for the suns to hang on to Deandre ayton a person with knowledge of the matter says Phoenix has matched the pacers four year $133 million offer sheet to the starting center The move keeps the sun's nucleus of ayton and all star backcourt Chris Paul and Devin Booker intact The center averaged 17.2 points and 10.2 rebounds per game last season while shooting 63% from the field and 37% on three pointers Ayton was a key figure during the sun's run to the 2021 finals and he helped Phoenix when a team record 64 games this past season I'm Dave
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Pacers agree to sign Ayton to offer sheet, Suns can match
"The pacers are going big in the free agent market Agreeing to sign Deandre ayton to a four year $133 million offer sheet The suns have two days to either match the offer or lose the center it chose with the number one pick in the 2018 NBA draft The center averaged 17.2 points and 10.2 rebounds per game last season while shooting 63% from the field at 37% on three pointers Ayton was a key player during the sun's run to the 2021 finals and helped Phoenix when a team record 64 games this past season
Game Theory Podcast
"deandre ayton" Discussed on Game Theory Podcast
"That would have matched the tyrese Halliburton. Asset. But I agree with you. Oh my God, it would have been the most fun basketball ecosystem that I can remember. And they would have figured it out. Like I'm so glad that you mentioned the idea of them playing higher in ball screens with the modest because I didn't even notice the stuff where they were playing just fool on hedging, but I did notice them playing a lot flatter at the level in terms of demonstration being able to just like, okay, we're going to play you flat at the level. You're going to recover back onto the big. At least corral this guy for a little while, make sure your guard recovers, make sure that you're in the gap. He's just so smart at using his body at the end of the day to be able to play the gap to be able to stop cutting down angles for guards to be able to make those high level passing reads to the roller. He's just I really, really like the modest. It took me a while to like, it took me probably a year and a half after his breakout to really really wrap my head around all of it. And I still think he's probably more of like a top 40 player as opposed to like a top 25 player in the league, but he is so good. He's so, so good. And like people who think he's worse than Deandre ayton, he's definitely better in Deandre ayton. He's just so much more versatile. Yeah, because the thing is, is it's like, I don't think people realize how bad the pacers surrounding shooting was around the time when he got traded. Like they ranked 25th in the NBA. Justin holiday I think was the only player shooting above 36% and like literally they played a game against the Phoenix Suns and you could hear Chris Paul on the broadcast, look at their bench and say back up they can't effing shoot. So there was games where you would be seeing sabonis getting defended by three people. And for him to be putting up those numbers while that was happening. I mean, there would be times where you're running a double drag and like in defense of Malcolm Brogdon and some of his playmaking. When you're running a double drag and like miles guy has one foot in the paint and TJ McConnell's in the corner and there's two people just waiting for sabonis to roll and he's still getting what type of numbers he was getting. And then when he got traded over to Sacramento, they're shooting situation was equally bad. Like they ranked 25th in the NBA over the back end of the season. And Justin wasn't even shooting as well for them. So for them to now upgrade what the shooting situation is that so many different positions going into it. I'm very curious to see what that will do for him and how much easier his life will be once he doesn't have it's really funny. If you watch the pacers play the Toronto Raptors, for instance, there were games up there in Toronto where he would literally have.
NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"deandre ayton" Discussed on NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"There's always a chance it could expand. You could have something where the sun's this guy no longer really fits with us. What do you think about this deal? And then you send this back to us or something like that. I've seen people's annual, what if it was, buddy healed involved in J crowd or in somebody we're headed off to the other way. I think Jay Crowder and Landry shamit, one of the players thrown out their not recommended with thrown out there. So we'll see. I was hoping that that ping was in. It's that time of year, where every time you hear something go off, you rush and you check it out, but that was not it. I was hoping. I was hoping. But yeah, so I'm not sure where this is going to go for now. I think we'll see in the next couple of days, wouldn't surprise me if it's made into a bigger deal where there's more pieces moving around or it could be very simple and straightforward. But I think Indiana now really makes the most sense as the landing spot for 8. Well, let's assume this goes down. Miles Turner for Deandre ayton, the next guy we need to talk about is Kevin Durant. What does this mean for the sons and their pursuit of Katie? I don't know that it really changes all that much to be quite honest. I think a lot of people went initially to oh, Deandre ayton, but there were just a million challenges with 8 and going to Brooklyn. One is, again, there's that base here compensation stuff. Duran obviously makes way more money. Then there's also the hard cap issues because that would trigger the hard cap and the nets are way, they can't even see it anymore. They're so far past the hard cap line. So I think we're in a position where that one never really felt all that realistic just from a salary cap mechanics side. And then we start again reports that nets weren't really that high on bringing in ayton, which I guess would maybe make sense and they did just resign Nick claxton to a nice contract about 17 million or so 20 million if he hits a couple bonuses. So I think what we're going to see there is if that deal still gets done, there are other avenues towards it. It might mean a three for one kind of trade or something like that. But that's part of it and we're hearing through the reports again, Brian windhorst. I believe this was on the hoop collective, but I think you did touch on it on a get up as well. We've heard woj mentioned it is in passing two or in reporting is that it's the market is just not necessarily what the nets thought it would be for KD. They thought there was going to be, hey, we're going to get this massive return and let's go. And I think there's just a lot of complications that I just don't know that some teams are really ready to meet in a Kevin Durant, Kevin Durant trade. I'm going to keep doing the Kevin Garnett. I don't know why. I just have a mental block on that. It's okay. It's okay. It's right up there with how many times we were calling. And now we can do it, but we kept saying this summer when we were dealing with COVID years and it wasn't really the off season in the summer and all that. Exactly, yeah. Yeah, it was like right. That's what it's going to be.
Game Theory Podcast
"deandre ayton" Discussed on Game Theory Podcast
"Like something like that is interesting for me from a fit perspective. Yeah. That to me just feels like another floor razor and not necessarily a ceiling razor for me. You know what I mean? I don't know. You tell me that the hawks could be you could do Trae Young dejante Murray Deandre hunter John Collins, miles Turner. Yeah? That's a fun team. That's a really fun team. The top of the east is so good though now. You've got to kind of you got to make a pretty ballsy move. If you're Atlanta, or you just have to slow play it a little bit more, which I feel like they push the button too fast. Where maybe they could have had a better draft pick. In a year, last season other than, but I don't know. I don't love what they've done. Getting all these players that kind of raise their floor a little bit too fast. I think you've got to let it marinate a little bit. Deandre does fit the age timeline for Trey and Dijon, though. In Deandre hunter, which is yeah, he does. And they're all mature enough to wear their past the youth of it all. Which is interesting. Yeah, now, if I was Atlanta, I think I agree with you. I'd go for Deandre. But yeah, the fact that Deandre ayton has struggled this much to get like $30 million a year is kind of baffling to me, especially given the way that the money is supposed to rise in the next couple of years due to TV contracts. Yeah, I was going to say this Mac contract is not going to look like a max and three years. Yeah, it's a minimax. It's a 25% max. It's bizarre. Yes. These are the times that you get guys on max contracts. And you feel very good about it. Yes. Pay the money. Robert sarver for the love of God just pay the money. Like, I just don't own the team anymore. I mean, I'm sure I know that sun's fans have been beating that drum for however long. He's on the team, but you hate that to be the reason why teams don't make it. Or that players don't get signed. Because of ownership, like those are the worst situations in the MBA. Maybe it's not maybe James Jones just doesn't have faith in Deandre anymore. Or maybe like the core pieces have been like, we don't we don't love Deandre anymore. I don't know that. I'm speculating on potential other reasons. It could be based on. The Phoenix. Deandre ayton. Right. I'd almost rather be that situation where it's like personality wise, this isn't going to work. It's just too baffling to me. Otherwise. And Deandre, it seems like it's just like a dude that like hang out and play video games and like, seems like a pretty good dude. So I don't know. Maybe he's like ready to move into a bigger role. I get that, but you're going to be able to move into a bigger role. Because this Chris Paul team's almost I could not last forever. He's 37. Yeah, no. I agree. It's weird. Andrew, we've gone for an hour, 15, I don't really want to go much longer than this. Tell the people what's going on. Tell the people where they can find you. Tell the people where they can find your incredibly excited tweets about at home Grinch moving forward.
Game Theory Podcast
"deandre ayton" Discussed on Game Theory Podcast
"A little bit better next year, but man, if I'm Phoenix, I'm thinking, Chris Paul's 37. How much longer, I just can't, to me, I can't throw guys like miles Turner or whoever at this team trying to make it better today. When you have an option that keeps you good today and good in 5 years and you're giving that away so that you can maybe be slightly better for one year. Aiden could be a lot better than mouse Turner next year. He's 23. You know? By the time he's 25, it could be like, man, I can not believe that they traded mouse Turner for Deandre Aiden. He's averaging 2012 and two blocks a game. And he's just crushing it for the pacers. The other one that I've been trying to figure out is could this be a place for if Toronto decides they don't want to put Scotty Barnes in a Kevin Durant deal. Maybe Deandre makes sense there. Like trying to figure out like, okay, we sign in trade, Gary Trent, or something like that. We signed a trade, you know, precious and Gary Trent for Deandre ayton or something like that. And again, that makes Phoenix worse. I don't like that deal. I think it's a dumb ass idea. Yeah. But if they're just like set on fuck it, we don't want Deandre anymore for some reason. It's just such a wild situation. I feel like I have incomplete information on what's happening with Deandre and Phoenix. Look, I think that, look, I've talked to people and I still just don't, I think it comes down to ownership at the end of the day. That doesn't come like, don't. Robert sarver for a long time has been a very cheap owner. And I think that if this was a owner that was willing to consistently pay the tax and has proven that over a long period of time, they would have extended Deandre at the deadline. There are like at the extension deadline back in October. Coming off of a fucking finals run where he played better than Nikola Jokić for a full series. And that's the other thing about it with Deandre. That's the crazier thing. Outside of this Dallas series where he was not very good, right? And they got beat. Yeah, yeah. He's been playoff proven. Like he's been good. This is not a situation where you have to play him off. He's 20 player off the court. He's 23. 23 year olds have bad playoff series. Yeah. That happens every single year. And to act like, oh, okay, well, he's just cooked. No. He's still approaching his prime. He's still not even close to his prime. It's just, it's a weird time to trade a guy who was the number one pick who has performed well. Like you said, and helps you get to the NBA Finals. And I don't know. To me, they just act a little bit like, I don't know. They're not a team that has just been in the playoffs. You're in year out. And a franchise that's just had such stability. Sign Deandre, make him happy, stabilize your franchise for a little bit longer before you start making wild decisions. If Deandre ayton in a year is unhappy,
NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"deandre ayton" Discussed on NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"8 inside, the understanding will be, hey, if we're going to do a sign and trade, I want that max offer. That's what he wanted last year. Didn't get it. Willing to go there. If they sign and trade him, you've got to find a team that's willing to give him that backs offer and then his willing to give stuff to the sons in exchange in a sign and trade type deal. It'll be interesting to see if anybody just throws out a full max like the spurs or someone like that throws out a full max offer. And what the sun's doing in that scenario, but I think going in, the suns will have a good idea of what's going to happen. And so I think the most likely outcome here is now a sign and trade that sends him somewhere else. And complete agreement, I think that's where it's going to go because I don't think the sons have any desire to just let him leave for nothing. So even if it's, let's just say the Detroit Pistons who project have the most cap space go all in on an offer sheet. I think Phoenix would match it if for no other reason to retain control of the asset. So what I think is potentially likely here, different players, different situation, but remember when Malcolm Brogdon left the box for the producers, he agreed to that deal with the pacers and then the buck said, hey, we're not let's not mess around with an offer sheet. Let's make this a sign and trade and get this done. So we don't have to go through all the jumping through all the offer sheet hoops of we're going to make you wait and all this stuff will make it a sign and trade. Mutually beneficial for both. That's kind of how I now expect us to play out. For the suns is it'll be our you pick your spot and as long as something works, it's not going to be doing it and we get back for crappy contracts for him or something. They're not going to do that. But yeah, but if they can get into a position to do that and then get it into a spa where it is going to be mutually beneficial in the sun skin can get back something there. I think they'll do because I think too if you're the songs, Deandre ayton is really, really good. Don't get me wrong. But I think the songs are like, hey, we did all right with JaVale McGee when he played. It is place. We did fine. We're bizmac beyond when he played in his place. You know, do we have to really go this direction? And that's where I think you get a little tricky on that one. Now, there's challenges with a sign and trade. There are things on base share compensation. Issues that can be a problem. There are things with hard caps for the team acquiring them. That can be issues. But that's all stuff that can be worked around. There, so yeah, it'll be a situation where they can make this stuff happen and get it done. So I'm with you. That was a very long way of saying, I think he is signed and traded away from the Phoenix Suns at some point this off season. What's the best landing spot for him? And I know there's 30 different 29 possibilities there..
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NBA-best Suns overcome 17-point deficit in 4th to beat Jazz
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Ayton has career-high 35 points, Suns rally past T-Wolves
"Deandre Ayton poured in a career high thirty five points and had fourteen rebounds leading the sons to a one twenty five one sixteen win over the Timberwolves Devin Booker and Landry sham it came up big in the second half at Phoenix reduce its magic number to one for wrapping up home court advantage in the playoffs Booker scored twenty two of his twenty points after halftime HM it delivered ten of his nineteen points in the fourth quarter Anthony Edwards scored nineteen points for Minnesota which has its first losing streak since February eleventh I'm Dave very
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Khris Middleton scores 44 points, Bucks rally to beat Suns
"The box closed on a twelve one right to beat the short handed sons one thirty two one twenty two Khris Middleton poured in a season high forty four points in Milwaukee's fourth straight win a streak that includes games against the heat and bowls true holiday help the box close out the win by scoring seventeen of his twenty four points in the final period Michigan first still gonna line struggled a making jump shots but stay consistent stay confident in Starfall garrison tentacle Paul had nineteen points thirteen rebounds and six assists in thirty one minutes before fouling out with at one twelve left the Suns continue to play with that all star guards Devin Booker Chris Paul deandre Ayton had a team high thirty points a campaign had twenty three for Phoenix I'm Dave Ferrie
NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"deandre ayton" Discussed on NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"Hello, everybody. Welcome and to the NBA front office show preseason as often running. We had a lot of games on the schedule last night. We're going to break down some of those. Plus, get into some news. The suns, maybe at odds with big man Deandre ayton, a lot to talk about there. Keith, let's just start with X, that's the big story of the day. The suns, not willing to give a max deal to Deandre ayden. That doesn't seem like a great look for the Phoenix. I mean, to me, this should just be automatic. I'm not overvaluing Deandre ayton here, am I? No, I mean, I'm with you on that one. I think he is worth a max in the context of guys like him, get max deals now. That's just the reality of it. If they won't do it somebody else is going to. And a lot of people have thrown my way, so then let somebody do it in restricted free agency. Well, the reality of that is, if you do that, you run the risk of them. It's probably going to be a three plus one. That you're going to match if you want to. And then you're going to lose them in at least the most after three seasons because now you've made them angry, you need to go out and take less money and just have a contract match. So I would get this done. I would not give him a player option. I would not give him the escalator language that would bump him up to 30%. But the 25% max over 5 years, get it done, then get Mikael bridges sign and now he's got your core of Booker eating and bridges locked in and you've got a Chris Paul for a couple more years. If they don't do this, this is a sign that they're not fully committed to trying to win a championship. You know, he shot, I can tell you from that first round series against the Lakers. He shot roughly a 175% from the field. It was incredible. He just did not did not miss anything. He played great. It was phenomenal. And you look at his peers, they're all getting deals right now. So of course he's gonna feel like he should also get one of those. Now you can say maybe he's not in the same tier as Luca, but look at what Michael Porter junior just got. A max and this is what gets me. I see people all the time on social media that say, oh, well, he's not really a max player. No, we're not understanding the concept of a max player well enough because we're forgetting that the guys who we see as max guys, your LeBron, Kevin Durant, the top top tier guys in the NBA. Giannis, those guys actually should be higher than a max. Just the CBA restricts them from getting more than that. So they're bargains on those contracts. They are not the only guys who get max. Max isn't given to a guy who's a generational talent. That's not what it takes in order to get to that level. So some people see max and they just assume, oh, that means the guys just this transcended superstar, but that's not really the way the max salaries work. No, not at all. It's not even close to the way it works. And that's the day like you said, that's the unfortunate thing here. The misunderstanding of, it's not a vacuum. You exist in a world where there's 29 other teams. And if one of them just one of them is willing to give him a max, then he should get the max. And let's be fully understanding. We're not talking the Luka Dončić probably young max that gets him over 200 million over the 5 years. We're talking a 172.5 million, that shake. It'll just Alexander go. I'm fine if you want to push it like he did with my competitor junior, like Denver did, and maybe do a non guarantee on the end or something like that or some language that, hey, you keep improving. But I go back to a lot of people were like, oh man, the hoxton, so good to lock up, couldn't compel it to a two year extension worth about 45 million or so. And it's not that they didn't. I think they did great to lock him up, but I'm sorry, ings younger. And giving him 6 million more, a year or so. That's fine. I have no issue with that at all. You know, cappella is now what he's 27. So he'll turn 28 right towards the end of sometime in the playoffs, maybe Alan will still be in that or not. And nobody's screaming a yelling about that, that when he's in his 30s, he should everybody's fine with him getting 22 and 23 million. Hayden just turned, I think 23. I think it is. So I just, I don't understand this if you're the songs to me if I was on fans. I would be absolutely livid. If they don't just mess around here because people are screaming, well, you know, you can't expect a team to spend that kind of money. Sure you can. Yeah. Do you want to win a championship? That's what you do. The Milwaukee Bucks just want to title what did they do? They've gone deeper into the luxury tax than they've ever gone. Before this year to try and defend it. Lakers clippers nets warriors. You don't need to get stupid like a couple of those teams and be 40 million over the luxury tax line. But tripping into the tax, that's how you win titles. You got to get it done. I mean, look, if you were to put every GM in the NBA in a room and you said, raise your hand if you would give Deandre a max. How many hands do you think go up? At least 20. Yeah. Right? And that's all that matters. That's all that matters. If he was on the market, most teams would indeed do that. Now, I will say though, he's not going anywhere. He's not going to this isn't going to get to the point where the sun say, you know what? We're just not going to give you this contract. Go ahead, hit restricted free agency, and then maybe we'll let you go. I don't think it's getting to that point. And that's maybe why this is even more confusing. You're going to regardless of what happens here. You're going to keep this guy around. Do you really want that bad vibe of? Well, we tried to strong arm you here into a contract that's based on what your peers got probably less than what you're worth? You know what? I wonder is he the guy that ten times the qualifying offer his qualifying offers 16.4 million. So it's a pretty good sized number compared to where those qualifying offers usually come in. And then he'd be an unrestricted free agent in 2023. And then he can do whatever he wants. So I wonder if he looks out and says, you're going to make me go out and sign a deal with another team that you're just going to match and then you're going to have kind of control over this process for the next few years? Nah, I'll sign the qualifying offer. I'll play it out on that. But on myself and then I'll go get paid from whoever it is I want to be with the next year. And I think the other thing is to I learned today on Twitter. A lot of people don't fully realize how good Deandre Eaton has, but also true. He's a walking double double. This guy shows up and he's 15 and ten. Every night, it's just, you know, it's kind of ridiculous that we're here. Andy's become a pretty good defender. So just you got to get this one done if you're the sons. That would be a first, wouldn't it? If a guy was to turn down big money in order to take the qualifying offer. But that's interesting. Because it hasn't happened. I don't even have that as like a thought in my head as a possibility, but you're right, if that qualifying offer is 16 million, maybe that is it. Maybe that is the path we go. And that would be disastrous for the Phoenix Suns. If that's what if that's what? Yeah, that's why you can't push this. Don't mess around. Just get it done. It's not going to it's not going to be a bad contract. You'll be fine. You know, he's going to be a top 5 to 8 center in the league for the life of whatever his next deal is. Assuming it's four or 5 years, just get it done. It's still the center position is not dead. People may make go too far with that in the NBA. So but yeah, yeah, I don't know. And I get it, you got to also think about paying Mikael bridges. And he's probably gonna push somewhere between 15 to 20 million a year as my guess. But Garrett lock it in, spend a whole bunch of money. I mean, part of the whole thing with Chris Paul was, he's only on the big contract for one more year after this. And then everything dips into being partially guaranteed. So you can get out of that if you're really need to into much cheaper money you got Cameron Payne on a nice deal. Jay Crowder's only got a year left. So you're really only looking at a huge tax bill for probably a year or two. And do it. You're a title contender. You're right there. You went to game 6 of the finals. In a two O series lead, you know, if things had gone right, you might have been able to win it, but we'll see, you know, I don't have a lot of faith that ownership is going to.
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"Succeed a last year. Well that that's also do to you know, the Lakers defense how they keep doubling hardening recovering to their Shooters, right. But I think in a regular season this year, with the Bucs have done, was they put Drew in the dunker spot and Brook Lopez on a perimeter that way they bring the big out of the paint while also offer having 5l spacing wild rooms man is the rim protector and that's why this regular season. They they've actually had some success that and they actually haven't been doing it in the playoffs home. So I think they should start doing that and maybe they can win a game game. That's you. And yeah that's fascinating. I mean I'm trying to picture that in my head right now. I mean I certainly can picture Brook Lopez facing to the wing or to the core birth. And getting out of the perimeter, but I'm trying to picture through holiday in the junker spot. That's that's really interesting and yeah, that for sure. We, we saw that tonight actually a little bit where they were but they would run like a fan pick-and-roll. Sun's finally ran a little bit more with Chris Paul out there and what they were doing was yeah, they were luring the the small guard to have to be the guy who protected the rim and they they simply wasn't going to work and then they got a lot of easy shots that way. So off the sons, did that now the books. Wow. I haven't. I can't picture that. That's a great call. All the dive into the footage and try and sign find that. Yeah, I've actually seen that from the channel, half-court Hoops with Coach gave. All right, we'll give him a shout out for sure. Yeah. So I've seen that. Yeah, yeah so that that's just my thought of on the, on the game and then some questions about, you know, being better as a player. So I've been like trying to train having a tighter handle as a guard. So the seat for like the secret to a tight handle. Is it dead? What is it is it is it hand eye coordination? Is it like Kirby for example he has small hands, right? You know, Katie right? Well I you know, I've had a fair amount of experience working with players and trying to improve their hand at the high school level and doing what we did for decades and decades like a lot of time doesn't really help. And so when you're talking about developing in the things you should do to get better at dribbling that's like that's why I could weigh in on any kind of static dribbling where you're standing still doing it. It's worthless and I know we're Sakura, do all that stuff. Whatever, I would argue that a lot of the things he does two balls rules in place aren't really for the dribbling part. It's much for the hand eye coordination it for the pick up into the shot that to me is really where he fitting from that drill specifically. So when I've had success with a lot of different players improving their handles when we got them up and moving so that they can now recreate a game situation a lot better and I certainly do. Don't like the notion of the machine-gunning where you're doing as low as you possibly can, as hard as you can. That's not how the best dribblers dribble. It. It's a lot higher by the waist, it's by the side of your body and it goes backwards and forwards. That, that motion, there is a really key thing to be able to handle a new watch these guys tonight. They pull the ball back, Booker's awesome at it. They're reaching in there, trying to pressure him and he's just brings the ball back with the five behind him behind his waist, but but near the size and it's all you have to do. You don't need to have every kind of fancy version of, you know, through the legs crossed over behind the back stuff..
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"Mix it up a little bit, what they did let tonight giving up a hundred eighteen points. I think it was a pretty slow paced game in fact wage. Me, see if I can call call us up right now. I want to know what the offensive rating was really quickly. Teams, traditional Advanced, bear with me for 1. Second Advanced, playoffs, all games last game, Phoenix Suns, they're offering this one 38.3. So they actually. Yeah. And but the pace I think was yeah, the pace is really slow. So they they give them everything they wanted. They did. The the box is completely ineffectual and that's what's going to kill them. So they gotta be able to do something else Zone. Even I don't know what try something. Well, I think they've definitely played Brook Lopez and basically, Bobby, Portis walk off the court, I think they have to, they have to play Yiannis, big minutes? Yeah. If they want to win the series, which is tough considering that he he breaks down his knee but it's tough. It's tough. Absolutely. It is it's going to have their work cut out for my coach bugs going to do that. Coaching thing that we you know, we talked about all the times but yeah, I thought the books wage Some pretty bad shots. I didn't like it was basically Middleton taking a bunch of contested long twos. Yiannis wasn't doing much too hot. I mean you were talking about earlier. Also, Brook Lopez and Jana speaking out. There may be limited your holiday and what you can do. Yeah, yeah. That might be part of the focus of the of the video for tomorrow is wide through holiday struggled so much. It might be interesting segment. I'll be the first one to watch it. Awesome. Well, thank you. I appreciate it. One more question. One more question is a little sign though, but I was hearing some rumors, about a DeMar DeRozan, trade to Lakers. They were talking about college, treze and first-round pick. I personally hate it for the Lakers of someone that wants to see LeBron, win his fifth ring. I don't like it. I think he's a horrible fit for the Lakers. What do you think? Well let's see here. Listen, I liked how kuzma was developing..
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"The first thing I want to talk about is, how am I know you had a bit of issues in the game? I am flexible was the youngest of excluded up to the cause, like, a week ago, we had 36 years was gone and like today, it was, it was to play game, five minutes and, and was affected, not unusual level by was quite effective. And I'd like to get some parts for that a second. I want to talk about this and eight. I feel like right now after, like, Thursday is the best players in produced you guys, cuz I feel like, I feel like kill small, small, small bowl lineups. And it's good enough against deadlines of trash like, after MB, the new kids, probably him for the playoffs. I mean, like a full 80 to regular. Oh, well yeah, I can go with that. I kinda want to look at the playoffs down and make sure we're not forgetting any other centers. But yeah, I mean you know, you gotta put yokich ahead of them, although again, you know, agents better defensively than jokic by far. But but okay. So you'll get, you'll get the nod because the offense and then obviously MB the same way. And beans defense is probably is as good, if not, you know, better than Aiden. So yeah, I can't think of anybody else go Bears. Certainly not who are the other centers that were forgetting right now that were in the playoffs this year? I guess it was porzingis Zuppa. Yeah. I don't think any of them a better than either. Yeah. All good calls. Absolutely. Let's see, can I actually call the seasons summary? Whereas it's playoffs. Where the playoffs in the summer. He's here wage. Yeah, so yeah, nobody on Brooklyn. The Miami Heat. I mean, you got ban Mai Dubai. Oh but no, I mean I think anything's better than bam at this point. Although, bam passes a lot better but yeah, it's kind of funny. It's a resurgence. Sub centers. Now in a way where we thought, you know, point guards were going to take over the league and now we got these centers who are doing really well too. So it's a weird I think we're going to interesting, you know, path on the NBA. We're we're all you know that the ratings are down probably because we're not used to seeing the style of basketball as we're moving to something else, and we're all going to catch up and I think it's just going to explode again. I'm going to final question. Right. Sure. You think do you think okay, I personally believe in the long-term the NFL removed from the force, more of a sensible where you can actually walk log in the name for him and find out. What do you think about that? Yeah, I think I think what we saw in that first quarter he went like five or six all posts up space ups and they know what he could stop or down there. Yeah, I mean listen he doesn't shoot the ball..
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"But but they have someone special, there's no question. 18, the special Okay. I just have one more question. Obviously Donte, divincenzo is not playing. He's been out for a lot of the playoffs. He's actually like the advanced statistics love him on defense like they even like him maybe lights just like with Jrue Holiday than ecstatic as good as reality. Do you think that like that would actually make a difference in series? You think that? I mean look the injuries been have been changing the whole playoffs. Yeah. You could actually put the Box on the in in favor position or not that much of it. Yeah I think it makes a difference in a couple of ways. First of all, he's a starter and that hurts any team to take a starter off. No matter how good the starter is in the hierarchy, but also it seems we see Jeff Teague, and if you go to play Jeff Teague, ten minutes in the finals game and you got to play Bryn Forbes, 20. What did he, what did Bryn Forbes play? For informed play around 12. It's not too much but you know what I mean, it's in place 28th, but that's really weird in there in the fourth. Yeah, I don't know. It felt like you play more minutes but I mean it's not pretty know. He had one dog. Or he, he like, put the ball in the ground and then just try to shoot a mid-range. I don't know what he was doing, but when you had to have him in there in a crunch time, that's that's when you need what you need divincenzo and that's what really hurts them. So without question, it's a thing, the sons are the most healthy team and that's probably why they're going to win. Okay. Well, thank you so much coach. I love your content. Hey, I appreciate the first to watch your videos like first-ever like that way back. Know, I'm always the first on, like I'm not sure I get a notification. I put right on YouTube. Awesome. Well, thank you so much anytime like a back on. All right, okay, thanks so much. You got it. So there goes that and then that was Eli. Let me close that button. Okay. I got fiber jet. Thank you so much. The real Ian is from, is sending me Super Chat from England? I believe it's the pound symbol coach. Can you believe how late coach? But maybe adjustment in went for the small ball life? He let the game get away from us. Also, why can't he get Drew to perform at his best when you noticed on the court? That's interesting..
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"Not just one. Yeah. Well, Millicent, Kobe was the best worst shot maker of all time and so he would make these shots like oh that was just like what are you even trying that shot for? And so as a coach it was always a little frustrating. As a fan, totally get it like he's the Mamba and he was you know you worthy of off of all that respects. But you know there was always this notion of if you just would let the offense work for him, more than his, his field goal percentage would be higher and then employers he might even you know maybe the team would flow a little better around. So it's either very polarized and guy it's always hard to deal with it. I don't I just don't get that same. My my Spidey Sense doesn't single as much when I'm watching Booker take his shots, they're a little bit more, you know, in the flow. And as a result I think you know he shoots it actually is interesting to see if we compared Booker's field goal percentage cuz it wasn't always that great either. But he's he's fingers and things out. It's great to see. I just want to say, I really love your show, man. I love your content and, and it's good to talk with you and chop it up for a bit. Well, I appreciate it, makes me feel really great to hear that cuz, you know, sometimes I get people screaming in the off, the author of the comments and it's nice to hear some people actually enjoy it. So thank you. No problem man. I love like watching it. And you breaking down and like it helps me learn everything about the game of basketball, so much off. Awesome. Well that's great. That's that's why we're here and please feel free to come back anytime. Well well you have a good show you too. Thanks, Jacob. All right, let's bring in Eli cuz I know he's been patiently waiting. I can see how long must be on a Droid Eli. Come on in, hit that button and I don't know you might get broadcast to YouTube. I don't know though because sometimes it doesn't just give you the voice but let's see what's happening, my man. A coach, how you doing? I'm good, I'm good. How are you doing? I'm good. I just have a little bit of an echo. I'm not sure what's happening. I'm going to ask you about the Andre in cuz you just mentioned it. This thing. I know if you listen to Bill Simmons podcast, but everyone has been talking about the under-18 is playing really well, the playoff game, who are saying that like maybe now he's a top 40 player but bothers me about that or maybe or a really big asset in a playoff team or whatever. But bothers me more. Is that like, I don't know how to read off the future. I don't really see him as a shot-creator on his own. So I don't really ever really seen being an All-Star, anything like that. I think that this is his like, perfect position, where he's like the third, like the fact go through the best player. We don't actually the score and its field goal. Percentage is unbelievable, but I think it's more cuz he's getting easy shots from Chris Paul. Well, that's a great thing. I mentioned it a minute or two ago about how I thought Ada newest were the MVP of the game. So it's weird, right? Because he plays like, you know, a 90 Center, and this is the modern MBTA aren't supposed to be able to do that, but what does work for him? He's got amazing hands off. Great touch around the rim, a Rolls hard. So the very least against the Bucs specifically, he's going to look like a top twenty player because the books are so concerned with shots around the rim. But they're going to collapse on that and that's going to open up everything for everybody else..
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"Game one am. I'm ready for the season to kind of get to the, you know, the, the end of it and, and see what's going to happen. Waiting for so long. First off absolute miracle from the gods that somehow Jonas was able, and actually looked really good. They threw up a lot to him on a pick-and-roll and he went up and dunked it. Now, it wasn't exactly maybe as high as he normally get, but he looked really, really good that knee. Didn't seem to affect him too much. He had one point where he planted, you know what, it's his right knee. They did it right, but he planted in my mind, I'm thinking my plan of the left knee and then he kind of came up, really hobbling a minute there, but then seemed to snap back into action. So truly remarkable that he was able to be as effective as he was. I mean, we can go to the the real quickly, the box for numbers to see but based off. Giannis went six 4:11. He hit a three. He had four assists and 17, rebounds and twenty points. Total. He had three turnovers and a couple of those were inopportune ones, but they weren't out of the ordinary as far as what he would normally do. He'd sometimes will struggle and get the ball knocked away from him. And that happens, no matter whether his knee is bad or not. But for the most part he looked, you know, pretty much the way he would. Normally look is a little bit slightly slower as late as aggressive and a little bit more Earthbound. Barely but I mean, that's pretty effective for what they needed. Obviously the, the big story line for off-site is going to be for the Brook Lopez issue because obviously that's going to be a huge problem for them if they're like, based on what we saw last night that in a minute. But I also want to remind you guys that over on the hot mic app which should be in the description below. Click on that, download it file me bballbreakdown you can request a come on the show and we can chop it up and they'll broadcast it live to YouTube Just One of Them. Ways where we can have people come out and call in and be part of the show on the YouTube site as well. So feel free to come over there, follow me, be part of the thing. I'll give preferential treatment to the comments on the my cap for sure. But then again, I'll get the most preferential treatment as anybody wants to Super chats over on the YouTube side. So if that's what you want to get me for, then asked me there or just head over to the hot mic app. Link in description, may I ask your questions directly and look at that right on cue. We have a bunch of people who want to come in. Let's see, a keel disappeared. But let's see. We'll get Kailyn in here real quick and he'll come back. I don't know. It's popped up and then disappeared off. So, Kailyn will bring you in with the button. You got to hit a button to accept and then we'll chop it up for a minute. Oh, you know what? I should put on my my headset while we're waiting because my think what's up? Hey, coach, Nick, how're you doing. I am good..
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"deandre ayton" Discussed on The Jump
"Right very similar to chris. Paul and devon booker. Then you have a big that can be dominant in in brook lopez very similar to what you have in debt downgrade now. Obviously they're different but when you look at their strong points of all of both teams it's to be matchup like it's all about matchup you got to win your matchup in. The bench has to outplayed the suns bench. But the approach for milwaukee is going to be very similar for the suns. You gotta have balance. You gotta get a lot of people involved. You gotta involve your big. And then you're going to need big players to step up in big moments. And i think that was going to be needed for both of these teams because they are so similar right and let the official injury with honest with the bucks or listing him as a hyperextended left. May now we at chris bosh on the show last week. He said he had that same injury. He would not expect you honest to come back in these playoffs at all but on the other hand the bucks for the last couple of games of listed him as doubtful at least for the last game they did. Now i don't know if that's gamesmanship or if there really was possibly a chance that he could have made it back out onto the court. We don't know how they're going to list him pre-game tomorrow but look we all know how competitive kubo is. We know that he has been since he won his first. Mvp he said you can't really call me an mvp. Until i win a title that he knows the importance of winning in the nba and for him not to be able to just automatically be. They're on that floor with them today. It just must be so different. His left leg as take off leg. Just understand that. That's a little different when it's your dominant all those euros all that long when you're doing those euros your knees not as stable. So that's something that how he plays can also contribute to how quickly he can come back and it's balanced too though right because kendrick. We remember kevin durant in the nba finals. Two years ago. Where i think. Kevin was putting pressure on himself to play. In addition to any outside pressure he kevin durant wants to be there for his team. He wants to show up. He is always shown for his teams. We know that so. He like any athlete at that level. Wanted to give it a go and we know what happens. So i'm sure there's a little bit of trepidation there with the honest on the one hand it's the nba finals. Yanez worked his literally his whole life to get here. But you don't want him injuring something else right and then possibly being out for an entire year next year the way you saw with kevin durant. It's very difficult point. And i always say as i tell people time and time again. That is hard to win the nba championship. But don't take for granted getting to the nba finals. Like you don't never know if you ever give back in your career plan on the biggest stage being able to be a part of you. Know the whole. Abc experience the media. Experience the whole driving from the hotel where you're on the road with the security like all that matters and i think you know you don't want to take it for granted because you just never know what's the possibility of you getting back to look. We're going to have to wait and see what happens with janas. I do want to discuss. What's still going on with the atlanta hawks. Though coming up guys..
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"That mountaintop. This is a great place to be a champion. Well you know what. I'm just proud of devon booker right and you just spoke the gospel once. But i'm probably devon book for just sticking with it you know he's never come out publicly and ask for trey and it's been a lot of downtowns throughout his short career right his nba career. And i think you know the way he's stuck with it the way he just kept grinding not cheating. The process was what i respect about him. And he's a guy is going to continue to get better. He gets better every single year. He's one of the most prolific schools in the game. Today i'm a guy is big on efficiency. And when you look at devon booker from two aspects. I mean the way that he scores the ball and he's going at a kluber forty eight forty eight or fifty percent from the field is fun to watch but his maturity level again watching him lee watching him speak at the podium. How his growth at a young age is some beautiful to see and it's interesting because in the nba. The feeling has always been you. Don't get to the nba finals on your first time through. That gone lead of the playoffs. If you're one of the key players and and even as a franchise right. I mean we talked with michael jordan. Everyone saw on the last dance. That feeling of the bulls had to get past the detroit pistons and it took a few reps at it with you guys perk. There was definitely the feeling that lebron james had to get past that celtics dynasty and that loss that he had to you guys where we all saw him walk off the floor and take his jersey off right before he ended up. going to miami. The feeling is your first time through. You don't get all the way to the mountaintop. Well guess what these guys got to. The mountaintop and devon booker has showed such poise through that whole process. And it's what his coach monty williams preaches but to see him be able to do that. Has been so impressive. Coming up guys. We're gonna get into the buck side of things we're going to discuss jaanus status talk about how milwaukee will prepare for game one not sure of janas status. Well live coverage from nba finals media. Day.
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"Thank you down dray. What did you guys like about what you heard there. I mean his maturity level his growth. You know you always tell the guy that has a high q. The way that he talks about the game of basketball you could tell. Andre aiden is growing and you could tell. He's a student of the game now and he takes his craft more serious now. Well i think it takes time you have to grow and ultimately you have to absorb stop and i think he'd been doing that over time period and then when you add chris paul to that mix. It's like no no no no no. This is not about you figuring it out this about me. Showing you the way and sometimes coaches will allow player to figure it out and give them the time on the court but i think now he's starting to see that confidence. You're starting to see him. You know see what's going on even then taking on that challenge of janas. Well this guy was a number-one pick right and there were other people there. You had the luca you had trae young but here you have the phoenix suns with the number one. Pick about the play in the nba finals. What i love is how much he realizes the factors that have come into play in his career. he's still in his early twenties. It's hard to sometimes remember that. And he is very open about the fact that when monte came the coach here that monte said to him. You're not working hard enough right. Monty has that expression. I'm not calling you out. I'm calling you up and he said i'm calling you up. I think you can work harder. I think you can do better. And that changed the amount of time. He spent the gym the way he approached playing basketball. And then. Of course. Chris paul coming here as andre says. He yells at me every day but he also added that chris paul coming here has changed the course of his career. He says it's one of the favourite guys he's ever played with and i think that openness on dangerous part to feedback and to be willing to learn from two men like chris. Paul money williams. I just think it speaks volumes about him because we see sometimes young players who don't want to be told anything and here's a guy who has taken in the expertise of the people around him and he's in the final. You can't be coddled to greatness all these parents all these coaches that wanna coddle. You know they're great players and they don't want to push them. It's like you're not helping them become great fame. There's one thing that i think everyone on this panel and everyone in the nba knows chris. Paul does not coddle. yes does not coddle. Speaking of chris paul he was just speaking and he talked a little bit about why things just feel different in the nba finals. Take listen is different. Obviously haven't practiced here not at practice facility but is still basketball. Think we all locked into you. Know the goal their hand and much just. I don't know it's weird. No gains being on usually watch games every day. So that's probably the most. I'd rather be playing and not other than that just by pretty fun to see someone who you know has spent sixteen years waiting for this moment. Have it wash over him that he is here. What does it say about. Chris paul that he has finally broken through the thing that everyone kendrick held accountable for well you know. He's never reached. The finals was says the light. And i'll go back to what i said. Last week about about is not what you do is how you do it. And the journey. He chose to do it in for us reaching the finals. We all know it aged thirty six. He could have chose to sit down with sam christie negotiator by whatever. The case may be could've went to contender. Probably pick somewhere like the lakers. Miami milwaukee but he chose to come to phoenix. What a young cord. That has zero playoff experience and come here and lead them. That's what makes it so special. And i get it. People talk about the injuries to the lakers. Jamal murray being out whatever. The case may injuries to chris paul right shoulder and he came in. He embraced these young guys. These guys follow these lee and look what at right now. So at the end of the day i wanna go back to a lot of people take the regular season for granted they were the number two seed so they put themselves in a position to be where they right now and that's why they have home court advantage like all of these people wanna talk about. Oh what is you know. The the phoenix signs in their journey. But even the chris paul. I really don't think that. Chris paul his situation changes by getting to the finals. I think if he gets if he wins the championship. Then i think it will be. I think you'll be held in a different regard. But i'm proud of him. I'm excited for him. I went to the finals. My first and second year and then didn't go again till my fifteenth year so there was a thirteen year gap between going to shut up between me and go into the finals. But part of that is because you've got to put the work and you got to be persistent which you've been to four nba finals. Yes for you to sank. We've we've got more to come for one win so technically you're less successful than me. What how percentage wise. He's one for five on one for four. Oh my all.
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"Anybody plays the drums and sings. I've never seen them face up. You know, It's weird when I lived in San Antonio. He lived there because he was obsessed with the Alamo. Is that right? He wrote books about it. He was there on a daily basis. Yes, he was obsessed. With the Alamo. Look at the light of the knowledge that you have. It's unbelievable was just strange tonight. Sons clippers. You probably walk around the thing and saying This is where Ozzy Osbourne Pete on the album. Yes, that's probably why I was obsessed with Should we get everybody kind of jacked up for Game five? Let's do it. Hit it. Rebound is banged around, Andre. Every agent has it lay up blocked by it. Got another piece of it, DeAndre Ayton, take it right to the rim. Score it, Paul, frozen up for anything frozen. Beautifully executed tonight. Blocked from behind by eight shall find somebody hating over 21 rebounds. DeAndre Ayton through for a wham Bam slam and you can tell us to invite by baby Let's go. Oh, God! My story. Oh, level. So what we understand from our on Peter, same or at least last hour, some of the sun spans for going going to the bars of the restaurants. They want in the.
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"DeAndre Ayton scores the basket home of the revenue, then Good morning Suns fans and there are a lot more Suns fans right now, right? It is six o'clock, and this is Arizona's morning news on Jim Sharp, and I'm Jamie West more on last night's last second win coming up then, right after we get a check of traffic with Detour, Dan, we'll update you on all of the major fires burning across our state right now and all of the campers in four of Arizona's national forests that are being sent home but first Phoenix Time's run to the championship, heart stopping finishing Game two of the Western Conference finals at Sans Arena. The players are out on the floor, the Phoenix Suns now just two wins away from reaching the NBA Finals. After DeAndre Ayton slammed home in Al You pass from Jae Crowder with less than a second left to play. Gave the sounds of one of 4 to 1 of three win at a 20 series lead over the Clippers Gate ers. Jim crosses live with the highlights. Yeah, Jamie, they're now calling it the Valley up DeAndre Ayton, capping off his big night. This game winner here at 24 points, 14 rebounds and a playoff game one or two in the celebration, and the reaction was a little shaky. But I wasn't too sure what I did You know, I wasn't too sure of uncounted. I didn't want to be a blooper and none of that. You know what I'm saying? I just wanted to, you know, just get to the next plane with that win last night. The sons only two wins away from reaching the NBA Finals for the first time since 1993. Game three. Tomorrow night in Los Angeles. Tip off six o'clock, You can hear it on 98 7 FM Arizona Sports Station Live in the new senator Jim Cross, Katie. Our news..