The Inside Guys react to Devin Booker scoring 46 as Suns beat Luka Doncic, Mavericks 132-109

The Inside Guys react to Devin Booker scoring 46 as Suns beat Luka Doncic, Mavericks 132-109

Sun’s on the road in Dallas tonight Devin Booker settling in for a good one Mavericks would take a 16-point lead in the first half Grant Williams fouls Kevin Durant stands over him Yousef nerkish not going to take any of that okay nerk we’re scuffling he must have

Heard us call him out by the Draymond thing he heard us call him okay ner Grant Williams is not going to take any Guff nerkach is not going to take any Guff Kevin Durant’s going to have something to say about it and then you know what they did they resumed a basketball game

Cuz that’s how these things typically go Luca donic no Kyrie Irving tonight because of a thumb injury there he is on C he got him the cape look that way got a cap Don with 348 and N which by the way is almost exactly a season average

Y but rough night for him as well Bradley Beal misses okay Booker gets watch Luca in the meantime that right foot comes down awkwardly oh and he limped off at the end of the half and Dallas’s lead was down to one and that’s not great because in the

Third quarter Devin Booker hijacks the Highlight he did get to that mid-range jump over you can’t do nothing about that he got to his spot that was contested he got to his spot on that one same thing right here oh he can flat out shoot it is pretty he had 22 in the

Third quarter alone touch jump shot look like Matt out of Houston oh yeah too bad he too bad he a heat killer he was a heat killer nine of 11 in that quarter Booker finished with 46 his third 40-point game of the season second in his last four games and

Phoenix wins it by 23 they’ve won seven in a row which matches their season High Dallas has dropped three straight and five of their last seven um more more evidence and this is going to sound pretty obvious Phoenix is pretty good with their B big three yeah offensively

You you mean yeah they’re a Jugger knut I mean they KD has 12 and they still win by this because you have guys like Devin Booker Bradley Bill offense is not their problem I think for them is bench and the style of play and they got to have

Somebody defend the paint but when you watch Devin Booker one of my favorite two guards to watch cuz he’s a throwback he gets to a spot it’s not all three-point shots even though he can shoot the basketball at an extremely high clip uh he’s one of those players I

Love him because he can play with the basketball play without the basketball I know they playing him at the point man I really don’t like it because he is a guy can he play that position yes has he done it before yes but he is a natural

Born score love to see him just be a to knock down shots make plays love him get to the rim I love the way he plays a lot of times right now is in his last four or five years doesn’t really Force shots he gets hot he shoots it but he doesn’t

Force shot Dallas I don’t understand how he gets a mid-range jump shot this is a two three Zone he gets right to the Elbow and gets what he two three Zone you’re supposed to have two guys at the top but um I think today is you know the

Dallas Mavericks they shot 60% they gave up 60% they were minus 16 on the on the boards and then I think also for them his fast break was like 24 to six recip that recipe is not going to be a good Gumball it’s going it’s not taste well

If you can’t give up if you’re giving up that much and team shooting 60% Dallas has some things and not just game I just watch Dallas unbelievable offensively but something they got to click on is not clicking for me right now in some ways they’re mirror images really

Because Dallas again a really dangerous offensive team they’re going to take and make a ton of Threes they can beat you that way but defensively they just haven’t been good for years now um they’re going to give it up on that end of the floor I do want to get to your

Point about Booker as the point guard because I I’ll say this for Phoenix I’m with you on the point guard thing I would rather there be a more traditional I know we’re positionist but a traditional point guard in that lineup but the Suns seem to have figured this

Out and there’s evidence in the box score tonight with Durant seven assists Beal with seven assists no one is forcing shots from those big threes so far it’s whoever the defense allows to shoot it allows to get hot that part of it seems to be working and maybe there’s

A silver lining in that come playoff time I don’t know I mean I think there’s a positive to playing the game the right way and just letting the game come to you so then you have a guy like Grayson Allen who’s going to benefit from the

Game being played the right way I don’t really worry too much about the defense because I know Frank B is a defensive Guy They’ll balance that strong that strong offense out with a good defense but offensively I think theight tonight that the three guys didn’t get going KD

Didn’t have a great game I think if you can figure out a way to get all three of those guys going where it’s in the flow of the offense and nobody feels like they’re being taken away from and all guys are playing to their strengths at

The same time and you get that defense going and you have the guys like Grayson Allen and those guys going now you’re really playing with something special and I think they have the ability to get there and they will get there I think so so the question is with two weeks to go

Before the trade deadline two weeks from tomorrow are are you with the conventional wisdom that Phoenix needs either a rim protector or some more depth coming off their bench or do you think they’re they’re a threat to win the West as they are I would say a rim

Protector is very important I think you got to protect that paint make that ball spray close out um offensively I’m not too worried about book playing a point guard I wouldn’t prefer him to be there but I’m not mad at him being there I played with a guy named Dwayne Wade in

His rookie year we had to play him at the point he wasn’t naturally a point guard but we saw how he was able to blossom into a great basketball player and that playmaking ability that he had so dbook has great playmaking ability he is unselfish But ultimately you want him

In a scoring position down the stretch if the ball is in his hands make no mistake about it DB go get yours you know it’s funny because one of the names I thought of when I think of this Phoenix team and and the kind of player

They could use is a Mario chers type who’s not not going to have the high usage rate you don’t need him to play make for everybody but he can catch and shoot knock down a shot if one of the stars is doubled and that’s exactly what

They could use so so does c Lowry name Poss like after he clears waivers and contending teams that’s looking for veterans and I I still go back and say they need a point guard the reason why I totally agree with you but I don’t think dwade was playing with two Dynamic

Scores great point so the reason why I say that is when you come down and adverse and Heat of the Moment you’re always go to what you do best right the book is to score I mean I think the difference between him and D Way D way

Was attacking attacking the rim and he didn’t have to figure out say oh there’s unbelievably Kevin Durant right there I got to slow down and get him the basketball and then Bradley Bal I think it just takes away from your mindset of what dein Booker does well and I think

Also I loved it you know I don’t think those guys are D Wayne way defensively now D way could control point guards defensively that’s when you got to work UD setting a pick you got to hit the pick go under the pick go around the pick pick up 94 feet when you’re

Down I don’t know if those guys have that ability dbook is a better two guard Defender right I just think also they need somebody to get them some easy Malcolm bronet Kyle Larry guys that also cuz I love Kyle the reason why I love Kyle I can switch Kyle on the small

Forward yes power for a play or two I definitely can play him against the two guard cuz he’s smart enough he’s got the low center of gravity Center uh yes and exactly same leverage he’s a fullback and once again when we talk about a guy that’s been there bringing a championship voice and

A championship mindset to your locker room with those guys who are trying to put that together think might work out L I got you dog that whole discussion also points out that there are text UD and told him to say that now you get a cut of whatever this whatever happens after

The buyo that’s my man um this this discussion also illustrates the point that uh I try to point out to people all the time there are no perfect teams you can nitpick just about anybody out there and find a hole in their roster somewhere uh we told you about the

Milwaukee box who beat cap the um but offensively they got to find their flow I think right now this team is struggling to find an identity which is uncommon for the Miami be because we understand what our identity is our identity is to be Savage our identity is

To be dogs offensively share the ball attack the paint so they got to get back to that just get back to attacking defending and letting those guys finish the game down the stretch bam now you got Terry now you got hero you got guys that can finish but you got to get these

Games in the mud the because of the uh the injuries especially Jimmy Butler there hasn’t been a lot of continuity with this offense Miami offense they play very slow it’s not a very Dynamic offense anyway roier can change a lot of that yeah it is he’s one of those guys

That if the offense is break downs because of his speed and um his tenacity of just getting by guys he can create some offensive rebounding Lanes he also create some some buckets for others but I think what one thing is he’s going to bring is he’s going to compete yes we

See the numbers but I like that he just competes and I think it fits well with the Miami Heat I think the one thing I’m looking at the heat is yes they don’t play fast but I’m not even looking at offensively they’re not playing fast enough defensively for me and what I

Mean by that is no one’s lighting up the ball we call putting pressure on the ball I think that’s where he will help at I mean because you look at teams are walking it up against the Heat no one’s putting that pressure Caleb Martin when

You had to run and the he was just Hawking people I don’t see that from the guards to start off the game I think that’s what Terry rier they got to play faster defensively and and he would like to play a little faster they don’t want

To be 30th in Pace no not at all that goes back the identity like I said they got to defend if they can defend they get it off the glass or get Steals and get out in transition that’s where the heat want to play fast that’s where they

Want to get up and down the floor when they can make plays off turnovers also attack in the paint it takes a little bit of effort to get in the paint you have great Shooters so was easy to fall in love with the three-point shot but

Those shots only come if you can get in the paint converge the defense and spray so they got to give more effort on both ends of the basketball court Kyle Lowry’s future remains up in the air at the moment there’s a lot of speculation that he will not play for the Hornets

Will be a buyout candidate you would think what can he give somebody who needs help off their bench well no speculation at all he ain’t going to Charlotte just put that out there lo ain’t going to Charlotte there’s no way he’s going to Charlotte but um a veteran

Guy a guy who’s won a championship who knows what it’s all about and speak the old school language of basketball I think some of these young guys need still need to learn the old school language of basketball it’s so much talent out there but you guys have to

Pay attention and dig into the details and you have a guy like that can come into your locker room and get these young guys to dig into the details so they can be the best version of themselves similar to what I do in Miami yeah I love it I think uh you said

It best he brings some toughness he’s been there some wisdom and I think for him is he’s a competitor so he still wants to win so I think there’s a team that needs a guy that can just kind of get get them over the hump not sure who

That is right now but I think for Kyle I think he picks a team that he feels got a chance to get back and make some noise in the playoffs yes oh we showed you a short while ago the Bucks beating Cleveland tonight on their first game since Adrien Griffin was fired

Reportedly Doc Rivers is on his way in to take over the head coaching duties let’s hear from Damen Lillard after the win T an enemy our little lane Tower is under attack foree speee your team has destroyed a Tower our middle R Tower is under Attack the middle R Tower is under attack your tower has Destroyed foree Speech Ally has deated sing Lane our Dragon Lane Tower is under attack tower has Destroyed Slayers have spawned I will not Stop for out of nowhere has been defeated your team has destroyed a tower enemy for Fore fore speeech speech for speee spee will not stop I can turn anything into a weapon our Dragon Lane Tower is under attack our little lane Tower is is under attack dragon and Slayer our Middle Lane Tower is under attack Drag Lane Tower is under attack eny our midle Lan Tower is under attack my duty drag Lane Tower is under Attack no matter how long it takes I will find deated any defense line has disappeared the ballista the target is close that’s it

The Inside Guys react to Devin Booker scoring 46 as Suns beat Luka Doncic, Mavericks 132-109