Why the Phoenix Suns almost have Dan Bickley’s attention

Why the Phoenix Suns almost have Dan Bickley’s attention

And marada boings Arizona Sports the local sports leader bigley blast you know my rule 10 games over 500 and you have my attention 10 games over 500 and you are making a declaration 10 games over 500 and you have become a serious sports team not to be trifled with and

With that in mind the Suns will be 10 games over 500 if they finish off their road trip with expected wins over the Hawks and the Wizards they’ll be 30 and 20 and if that happens with the big three still intact they will be 13- six

Since the big three got back together a winning percentage slowly creeping towards Elite and more importantly a basketball team that is slowly creeping closer and closer to our hearts now not that long ago even diard Sun fans were grumbling on record is saying they didn’t even like watching this team play

Basketball even when they were winning but that is changing and it’s because Devin Booker and Kevin Durant have been alternating Transcendent performances and because this team is slowly looking trustworthy a team not only capable of holding their own in the Western Conference but a team that can handle

Our expectations and our desires and maybe it won’t be that long before the valley starts to Swoon once again which is truly My Hope because we all saw the mixed reaction Brooklyn gave KD last night and the hope is that when Durant returns to Phoenix many years down the

Road it will be all Hero welcome and zero contempt all right today’s ble blast brought to you by my great friends at Chapman BMW who make luxury attainable find them online at Chapman bmw.com it’s a whole new experience I mean [Applause] you know I I learned the game more I

Found myself more as a basketball player out here so I can bring that to the team and you know everybody’s been through a lot of things on in our locker room in this league switching teams you know injuries all that stuff so we bringing all that together and we trying to use

That experience and that knowledge to make a make us a better team and you know so I’m I’m excited about where we’re going that was Kevin Durant Following last night’s Suns win in Brooklyn he was on the court with Cassidy hubber of uh ABC ESPN and she preceded that question

By by pointing it out that last night was the 17th game that the Suns version of The Big Three KD Booker and and Beal had played together which outweighed the 16 games Kevin Durant was able to play with James Harden and Kyrie Irving is the big three in Brooklyn unbelievable

Which is it’s amazing to think about it and more so really shines a light on just how weird that situation was and how frustrating it must have been for everybody involved because we’re still at the the infancy of this big three in Phenix there’s already been frustrations with availability there has can you

Imagine 16 over how many plus years goodness gracious yeah listen and and here’s the thing too because you could make an argument that Kevin Durant is the most talented player to ever wear a Brooklyn uniform but what did that get him you saw the reaction last night there was

There was a respectful Applause at the beginning then there was a lot of booing every time he touched the ball and then as Kevin Durant started racking up points and made shots uh there really wasn’t much anything there was a lot of yeah which is what KD says he likes

Now by contrast you can make an argument that Kevin Durant is the most talented player to ever wear a son’s uniform mhm what will that bring Phoenix that’s the question well that’s where the ending needs to change and and Kevin Durant talking about Legacy and all of those

Things it it could have been anywhere mhm M but he’s in Phoenix and he basically chose his way to Phoenix orchestrating that trade almost a year ago from Brooklyn but I think most people around the NBA if you want to have this this real time talk on Legacy

Which is not my favorite thing to do but people would look at Kevin Durant and say what does he need to do to legitim to completely legitimize his career which sounds stupid to say he’s one of the best players ever but to win a championship outside of Golden State

Uh without a team that was ready made to win a championship that could be the result here and I think if that happens here he’ll put to rest a great deal of that criticism that he got for jumping to Golden State listen I think the Redemptive Powers if Kevin Durant

Delivers a championship to Phoenix because Kevin Durant has kind of become the guy now Devin Booker obviously has had has had those that sizzling stretch of basketball and and and it’s that’s not to say he he won’t do that again but but this this season more than anything

Has been sort of a Reawakening to the greatness of Kevin Durant cuz Sons fans didn’t quite see it last year during the playoffs you’re kind of seeing it now so I I I definitely think that this is a a distinct possibility for G KD and and

You know what I said earlier about KD’s take on Legacy I love his take on it he he basically says look as a basketball player I put out on the court what I put out on it’s up to you to interpret what it means you and I love that I’m I’m

Going to draw a musical example here do you remember the song by Filter Hey Man Nice Shot of course you do that song came out people thought oh my goodness they’re trolling Kurt Cobain can you believe they are singing about Kurt Cobain killing himself and there was all

This incredible mystique and and and controversy about it and the the the the band caved and basically said oh no no no no no no this isn’t about Kurt copain it’s about this politician who put a gun in his mouth at a press conference from Pennsylvan was it RBD DWI was that that

Might have been it that might have been it and and and by doing that the band absolved all whatever responsibility or heat they were feeling but then nobody cared about it anymore the danger was gone the Ure was gone smart songwriters will tell you never tell people what

You’re writing about let them interpret it the way they they want to interpret it and this is what Katie is saying about Legacy interpret what you want but what I also would love KD to get here in Phoenix is I would love to get him a fan

Base that loves him as we said earlier Oklahoma City he gave him eight years I want to say maybe seven but am I wrong about that it was a good chunk of time wasn’t it it might have been even a it might have been a full decade really

Okay was it nine Sarah nine years but confirming I believe it was n but leaving them right when they were there yeah and then going to Golden State and Golden State certainly respected him but things got wonky there and people in Golden State didn’t want to say didn’t

Want to acknowledge hey we were nothing before you KD and then the Brooklyn thing is what it is it’s not KD’s fault per se like I said the dysfunction if people need to re be reminded what happened as Vinnie said 16 games for Kyrie Irving James Harden and Kevin

Durant together right yeah and then James Harden asks out Kyrie Irving wouldn’t get vaccinated couldn’t play home games right linked to an anti-semitic film and never apologized Steve Nash got fired it was pure chaos they rolled out those City Edition uniforms that they wore last night they bring in Ben Simmons

Save the team by the way Ben Simmons uh triumphant return to the court lasted one game he’s unbelievable and I’m going to tell you that’s the only thing that would have made last night better for me as if KD would have cooked Ben Simmons because Ben Simmons would have guarded

KD had he played last night certainly a lot of it so I’m thinking yeah although he played a game before he would have been on a minute’s restriction and about two or three minutes so and as you pointed out as frustrating as this season has been for the suns in the big

Three they have already played more games together somehow that’s right that’s right a and and they’ve got a stretch going from December 29th which means they’ve got a full month under the belt can they get a second month and then a third and if so what’s it going

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On Dan Bickley’s daily Bickley Blast, he says the Phoenix Suns will have his attention once they make it to 10 games over .500.

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