Devin Booker looked like an MVP again for the Phoenix Suns but they couldn’t slow down Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs.
Brendon Kleen of @justbasketballfans breaks down the loss including the Suns’ defensive breakdowns, Booker taking control, and the arrival of Keita Bates-Diop.
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19 Comments
2 years ago I thought Devin Booker hit his ceiling. 26 points three rebounds 6 assist is a pretty good ceiling..
The way Booker has refined his game, the way he sees it and reads it 🤌🏼
I still believe DeAndre Aton is a better overall talent. Just a physical freak.
Bookers greatest asset is his mind.
DeAndre Aton weakest asset is his mind.
I've always liked Devin. Born and raised in Phoenix Arizona 83rd and Camelback. I never took to him…
He has now won me over.
I thought Donovan Mitchell was better the first two years they were being compared… Devin took a slight advantage over the next 2 years Even with back to back incredible performances in the playoffs by Donovan Mitchell in a Utah uniform.
Devin Booker has for sure surpassed Donovan Mitchell on impact. ASG Ant-Man and are on their way..,. Jalen Brown is firmly established himself…… But Devin Booker's new found control and ability to make a play whether it's passing or scoring is unmatched by any 2/sg guard in the league.
To continue my rant; I miss our old team. Deandre's length size and athleticism woulda gave winby way more problems… Makahil Bridges on Johnson or vaseli… And Booker doing work. With Cam hitting shots and spreading the floor..
I miss our old team😢 #theguys # homegrown.
Devin needs a real team. He's ready to win a championship now.
#cook'emupbooker
If Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal.. Don't show something this season and then don't show up in the playoffs..
Book is gone.
This is our team for the next 2 to 3 years… And we are as good as we are going to be right now…
If this team ain't it Devin Booker's not going to wait 6 years for another team to be drafted and organic like we just had or to be thrown together like we just did..
Book will be gone if this don't work by the end of next season
Btw Brendon.. I'm about 63% leaning towards KD at the center position… Something I have criticized you many times for saying..
Drew ebanks has earned as 3 minutes a quarter and 12 minutes a night solid guy.
Nurick is a strong physical presence who can shoot pass and be a body on the defensive end.. solid 26 minutes a night…
If bola bola cannot produce 10 minutes at the center position we might as well slide KD there.. We get too exposed by athletic bags who are lanky.
So I guess I will give you credit on an early prediction 🙄😮💨 And I hardly ever agree with you.
But I'll give credit when credit is due. Good observation Brendon.
By the way everything I said was in the first 25 seconds of this video.
So we prepared for my disagreeing comments as usual😂
Got 4 minutes 50 seconds..
Can we just take a moment and thank Grace and Allen for coming to this team taking the criticism and stepping up.
He's physically limited but he is a dog he is game and he will take and make shots and go at somebody at the rim…
Shout out Grayson Allen welcome to Phoenix and I hope we keep you.
A little kudos to Gordon who we tried to get years ago and he still kicking and knocking down shots
6 minutes…
We were down 20 the whole game.
The beautiful thing about this game and the thing we can take away…
When it comes to closing time book or closed the 20-point gap and put his team in position to win and they choked it off
Bottom line this is Booker's team. And Booker can manage a game from the last 5 minutes down and get a w no matter the deficit no matter the team
Victor got back to back games to game plan for how Phoenix was playing him.
Popovich is too smart of a coach to let you try that again.
Pop took full advantage and told Victor when where and how to shoot and don't be scared. And he wasn't
It just showed us the Suns are OLD and getting waxed 2 games in a row by a younger and better coached team. Funny they get beat by 40 vs the Clippers on Sunday come back and take 2 at home from the suns. So whats that say when the suns play the Clippers ?? We getting beat by 60!! Okogie needs to be on the bench and they need to go sign a true PG at this time So far this isn't working and needs a fix NOW.
This team is so trash bruh.. they haven’t had a good win all year. Warriors was first game of the season, those always have an asterisks. Blew two double digit leads to Lakers and lose. Blew out the trash Jazz team, so that’s irrelevant. And then embarrassed twice to the Spurs… this team is in MAJOR trouble, might be a play-in team frfr.
I think a defensive line-up when a team is hot could be where you use Nasi Little. A line-up of Okogie and Goodwin in the back court, Little and Durant with Eubanks in the paint might be good when a team gets hot. But I was glad to see them use KBD today, great breakout game for him. Somehow Metu also needs to be considered.
Teams seem to think otherwise cuz kd is still seeing all the doubles
How bout them Spurs! How bout them Mavs 4 – 0!! Undefeated in the association! HaHaHa WTF up with the Suns! 🤣🤣🤣If you can't beat the Spurs 🤣🤣How you going to win in the playoffs?? Mavs beat the Spurs in SA in the Opener with the Fans going Wild! But we had "Luka Magic" or as Booger says "The Luka Special"! He should learn from this back-back Ass Whooping!! 💩💩😜🤪😝😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
Suns need to start Bates Diop. Okogie in the lineup is too small. The defense and rebounding is a big issue!!
You can’t have 3 small guards on the floor. It doesn’t make sense. Eric Gordon Devin Booker and Okogie you give the other team an advantage
Nurkic is every bit as bad as advertised by blazers fans.
Either the Spurs are gonna be a on top of the West or the Suns are not what we expected them to be and will be a play in team. Also WTF happened to Nurk, is he riding the bench in the 4th quarter now? If so, we need a new C.
Eff the damn Suns man. Bunch of weenies. This is supposed to be a team with championship aspirations? Our coach sucks, Beal is a bench warmer, and every guy on our team is soft as hell.
We are going to miss the playoffs. Betting that now. This is a lottery team.
Suns look terrible