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jom2003 said:
And if we lose Conley for nothing in the summer, any GM would have his job on the line. Would be a huge surprise if DL/Zanik aren't let go this offseason.
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That would be unfortunate. But maybe it’s time for us to tank for a few years and hope that we can rebuild like Phx and give it another go here in 2-3 years?
 
The Thriller said:
That would be unfortunate. But maybe it’s time for us to tank for a few years and hope that we can rebuild like Phx and give it another go here in 2-3 years?
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Tanking isn't an option short term unfortunately because we still owe a first round pick to Memphis. Wouldn't wanna waste a season just so we can give Memphis a high quality lottery pick.
 
The Thriller said:
That would be unfortunate. But maybe it’s time for us to tank for a few years and hope that we can rebuild like Phx and give it another go here in 2-3 years?
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You just signed your best players to max contracts. Now is the time to compete. We just need to adjust some pieces and run it back.
 
I guess I love our guys. Bogey has been a good defender in the playoffs in the past and did decent on Kawhi for stretches. He is capable of dropping 50 pts in a game. Our guys are by far better 3 pt shooters. I would take CP3 over Conley, but he is even more guaranteed to miss time at playoffs. JC is highly explosive. I feel like we simply weren't as motivated which likely goes at the coaches feet. For me our play even against the grizzlies just never got close to the apex for any sustained period of time while our opponents were consistently punching above their weight class. Joe has been PGs daddy in the past and was entirely a non factor. Favs is an excellent backup and couldn't show much, Niang took a big step this year and lost it in the playoffs. How do you know he was going to be different than any of the young Suns players with no meaningful playoff impact. With our struggles, would we not have tried Ersan? Why else did we sign him.

I'm not buying the suns have tons more talent. I'm seeing tons more desire.
 
The Thriller said:
That would be unfortunate. But maybe it’s time for us to tank for a few years and hope that we can rebuild like Phx and give it another go here in 2-3 years?
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No lol, way to risky. We are a piece away.. hell you take away the injuries and we are in the WCF right now with a 50/50 chance of winning the entire thing.
 
vegas said:
I guess I love our guys. Bogey has been a good defender in the playoffs in the past and did decent on Kawhi for stretches. He is capable of dropping 50 pts in a game. Our guys are by far better 3 pt shooters. I would take CP3 over Conley, but he is even more guaranteed to miss time at playoffs. JC is highly explosive. I feel like we simply weren't as motivated which likely goes at the coaches feet. For me our play even against the grizzlies just never got close to the apex for any sustained period of time while our opponents were consistently punching above their weight class. Joe has been PGs daddy in the past and was entirely a non factor. Favs is an excellent backup and couldn't show much, Niang took a big step this year and lost it in the playoffs. How do you know he was going to be different than any of the young Suns players with no meaningful playoff impact. With our struggles, would we not have tried Ersan? Why else did we sign him.

I'm not buying the suns have tons more talent. I'm seeing tons more desire.
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Niang (and sadly Ingles now) not being effective in the playoffs was predictable imo. We saw our team struggle against aggressive, elite perimeter defenses all year. I didn't predict Favors to be completely worthless however. Thought he would've made more of an impact
 
jom2003 said:
And if we lose Conley for nothing in the summer, any GM would have his job on the line. Would be a huge surprise if DL/Zanik aren't let go this offseason.
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Prepare to be surprised. I agree they should be fired, but believe they already would have been fired if they were going to get fired. They are already balls deep in draft prep at the Combine in Chicago. We would want our new GM there now if it was gonna happen.
 
Ineptimusprime said:
Prepare to be surprised. I agree they should be fired, but believe they already would have been fired if they were going to get fired. They are already balls deep in draft prep at the Combine in Chicago. We would want our new GM there now if it was gonna happen.
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There have been talks held behind closed door according to Tony Jones latest podcast. Battier, Danny Ainge amongst names mentioned.
 
Brsn said:
You just signed your best players to max contracts. Now is the time to compete. We just need to adjust some pieces and run it back.
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I’m sorry but I just don’t see it. I’m watching these playoffs and am blown away at the talent, shooting, length, and athleticism of our opponents. If we had played Phx, we’d be getting destroyed by them. Payne and Booker would be blowing past their defenders, collapsing our defense, which would result in endless Ayton dunks or wide open 3s. Like… it would be getting ugly.
 
Ineptimusprime said:
Prepare to be surprised. I agree they should be fired, but believe they already would have been fired if they were going to get fired. They are already balls deep in draft prep at the Combine in Chicago. We would want our new GM there now if it was gonna happen.
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IMO, we should retool this offseason by trading Bogey for some defense. If we don’t win it all next year, we should trade Rudy and try to get younger around Don. If all of that doesn’t work, we will be in rebuild mode very soon.
 
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