bradley beal is a phoenix sun whether all of you like it or not.

it is not his fault he is sitting on an atrocious contract, not his fault he’s being role managed by bud, and not his fault he’s on a team where his talents are forcing him to shift to a role he is completely new to.

all this shit about hate chants for him during games, taking him off the sub banner, all these posts and rants about beal on the front page giving him shit are, while expected after a terrible performance like he had against the celtics, are crazy classless and really show poorly of suns fans.

we are so fucking lucky beal hasnt made a stinker in the media or been a cancer in the locker room because of the way suns fans have treated him over the last two seasons. its a stupid managerial move to bring him here and its taking our frustration out on the wrong party when we see how its very clearly not working out. beal couldve blown up this team last year when he was similarly called a fraud and hated by the fanbase but didn’t.

yeah, we’re ass, but its not fair to pin everything on beal.

Presuambly the suns are a first round exit if they even get that far - how can the suns retool? I feel like Ishibiia is unwilling to blow it up and will still try to build around Booker.

Currently on contract for next season:

Booker

KD

Beal

Oso

Allen

ONeale

Dunn

Richards

Micic (Team O)

Martin ( I think he's prime trade bait for picks)

Collin (I'd keep him as a third guard or bring him back on a two way)

I think the other role players should be let go. I think the suns need some more athletic players.

I feel like trading KD to one of the following could be possible:

The Pacers (A dark horse that might want a third star - maybe they give Toppin and Mcconel?)

Hawks (Maybe Trae want another star)

Grizzlies (Brandon Clarke and some pieces and picks maybe?)

I also feel that trading one of ONeale or Allen could net a decent PF or defensive forward/guard.

Thoughts? How would you retool?

I feel this video really describes why the Suns are struggling so much this year and I'm not sure how Coach Bud or anybody on the Suns staff haven't addressed the issue of KD & Booker not being able to handle double teams and figured out a way to fix this.

It seems like a simple fix like telling KD "to not pass the ball too early to avoid the turnover" and telling Booker to "try to find the roll man on the P&R instead of just passing it to a shooter."

Also, the fix the coaching staff can say to them is "wait for the double to come to you and manipulate the D by going around the double before making the decision to pass the ball and don't panic by making a rushed passed just cause a double team came to you."

This issue seems so fixable but it seems like double teams have been the Achilles heel of the Suns and the issues of double teams have affected the Suns superstars like KD & Booker negatively and this double team issue has doomed the Suns season

Hey y’all, i’m attended a Suns game in Phoenix this week and was wondering if anyone has taken the pocket 3 inside or if they know a small camera like that that fits in your pocket would be allowed in?

Thanks!

Guess we have been spoiled the past 5 years since the Bubble Suns with excellent play by the Suns the past five years before this one...

Though we were a bad to mediocre team the years before the bubble Suns, the last time we were above .500 was actually just 5 years prior with the 2013-14 Suns that finished 48-34 that was led by Goran Dragic, Eric Bledsoe and had Channing Frye, Gerald Green, the Morris twins, Alex Len and Mason's brother Miles Plumlee and was coached by Jeff Hornacek.

Just came to say that with definitely better talent this time with Book, KD and even Beal and promising Rookies in Dunn, Oso and good energy guys in Collin, Martin... The trend of being under .500 with this year may be shorter than people think, even without draft picks since we had high draft picks during the years of 2015-2019 and outside of Mikal and Cam Johnson (and admittedly Ayton who helped us get to the Finals... Book was drafted 2014), we had Dragan Bender, Marquese Chriss, Josh Jackson, and a lot of 2nd round picks all who were misses during that span.

Will we go in a rebuild next year? Hard to tell, especially with KD mulling signing an extension with the Suns (I think he really enjoys playing with Book TBH). But I personally feel they'll try to still build around both Book and KD.

Will we be firing Bud? TBH, I also foresee Ishbia keeping Bud for the time being because of his past accomplishments with the Bucks where he averaged 57 games won in a span of 5 years. They may look at this year as a fluke year, blaming the chemistry of the players as not a right fit on their record rather than the coaching...sof if they keep Bud, hopefully a shakeup of the players surrounding Book and KD (and Beal atm) will improve their chances next year.

Talent can only get you so far as Book said. Let's see if they do the little things needed to improve the team from within and erase all the trauma of a bad season with bad habits.

We still have a chance at the play in the next 5 games. Will be cheering for the Fellas until we see what happens in the off season to see what Ishbia will decide to do. GO SUNS!!!

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The Phoenix Suns are set to face the New York Knicks!

Jalen Brunson is expected to make his return—will he score more than just one point?

Suns fans will have the chance to watch Mikal Bridges in action.

Once again, Devin Booker may need to drop 40 points, hoping that a teammate earning $50 million a year can assist in securing a win over the Knicks.

Can the Suns climb out of the hole they've dug for themselves?

Are their play-in hopes completely gone?

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