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Played 17 minutes tonight and so he didn’t play most of the fourth quarter is there any reason why is he hurt or you andon kind of been able Tove I haven’t spoked them on no I haven’t spoked them at all the GM for the Phoenix Suns came and brought

Me upstairs and told me I got traded here and then that was it you know I thank him for handling it the way they handle it when he entered the NBA in 2018 DeAndre Aon looked like a potential franchise Cornerstone as the clear-cut number one overall pick in the 2018 NBA

Draft and so far he’s proved to be a productive big consistently scoring and rebounding enough to average a double double in each season of his career but despite his production DeAndre Aton hasn’t taken the leap to stardom like others in his draft class devoid of an All-Star selection or any individual

Award Beyond his rookie season DeAndre Aiden has come far short of the lofty expectations he shouldered entering the league not only that but Aiden’s detrimental actions and attitude off of the Court helped engineer his exit from Phoenix and I’ve carried over with him to Portland once viewed as as an

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Can just use my link in the description down below and thank you prize piics for the sponsor mik check 1212 what’s going on everybody in a widely expected decision the Phoenix Sons drafted DeAndre Aton with the first overall pick in the 2018 NBA draft the scouting report on DeAndre Aton described him as

An NBA ready offensive big who thrives around the basket his defense needed some work but at 7 ft tall he possessed the physical attributes needed to become at least a serviceable rim protector DeAndre Aton joined a phoenix organization in the midst of a lengthy playoff drought and would get all the

Playing time and touches he’d need to develop he along with 2015 lottery pick Devon Booker would be the team’s Foundation as they progressed with their youth movement DeAndre Aiden looked as advertised as a rookie consistently producing big numbers on a nightly basis he finished 12th in the NBA in double

Doubles with 39 on his way to averaging 16 points and a team High 10 rebounds per game earning the nickname dominate through his early dominance DeAndre Aton played his way onto the all rookie first team however he only finished third in Rookie of the Year voting behind Luca

Donic and Trey young unlike donic and Trey young Aiden wasn’t the end all Beall for his team just a starter who was expected to produce in his role on a 19- win team as a result he didn’t get a single first place vote for the award while far from a catastrophic

Development this was the first whiff of disappointment to emanate from DeAndre Aton unfortunately the true disint appointment would come later that year after firing firste head coach Igor kosov and replacing him with former Pelicans head coach Monty Williams the Phoenix Sons expected to take a tangible step forward and their seemingly aimless

Rebuild they expected that of Aon as well who figured to take on more responsibility as an NBA sophomore but just one game into his sophomore season and DeAndre Aton already found himself in trouble DeAndre Aton would test positive for a ban substance triggering a 25 game suspension Aon said all of the

Right things after being susp supended but this was a devastating blow to him and the Phoenix Suns who were hoping for a big step forward from their team in franchise Center he wouldn’t return until mid December but that only lasted for one game because of an ankle injury

Aiden put up better numbers than the year before but he only ended up playing in 38 games in the 2019 to 2020 season which included the Suns strong showing in the NBA bubble the Suns went a perfect 8-0 in the bubble but still missed the playoffs overall the suns

Were just 14 and 21 without Aon while posting a 20 and8 record when he did play Maybe Phoenix slips into the playoffs if Aton hadn’t been suspended it was a disappointing finish knowing what could have been but the franchise seemed to finally be headed in the right direction that offseason Phoenix

Acquired Chris Paul raising expectations for the entire organization as they look to end their 10-year playoff drought it didn’t take long for them to put the league on notice as the Suns went on to win 51 games on their way to earning the West’s two seed and finally ending their

Decade long absence from the playoffs for his part Aon made sure he was consistently available only missing The Season’s final three games he didn’t have as many shot attempts and his scoring numbers took a hit but his fueld goal percentage shot up noticeably Aon was still a walking double double but

Now he was contributing to winning he credited Chris Paul for helping him grow as the two formed an effective pick and roll Duo throughout the season the sun stormed through the Western Conference playoffs beating the defending Champion Los Angeles Lakers in six games before sweeping the short-handed Denver Nuggets

In the second round they went on to play a tough Western Conference finals against the Clippers team without kawh Leonard Aiden continued his great postseason against LA with big performances early and a truly dominant game four with 19 points 22 rebounds and four blocks in a lowc scoring 84 to 80

Win after a career night Aon once again heaped Praise on Paul for helping him reach his potential well I love CP man um like I said that’s the that’s really the only teammate that really pushed me like big bro type push knowing what I got that I never thought that I had I

Think is it was the best thing that happened to my career you know I can say that every day um you know just C is really a dude who pays attention to detail um it’s not how he said it’s what he’s saying you know I think most people

Don’t get you know it’s just it’s just the message for real and he cares so much it’s it’s actually crazy I never know a guy could you know care so much about basketball and compete at everything and you know it’s contagious and you know that’s what it build in me

As well and you know just having him as a teammate and the experiences that he’s went through and teaching me the little things is has helped me man and and is working Phoenix went on to closed the series in six games and reached the NBA finals for just the third time in

Franchise history against the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA Finals Phoenix jumped out to a two to nothing series lead including a 22o 19 rebound performance from eighton in game one that was before Yannis and at a kmo began to dominate Giannis took control when the series shifted to Milwaukee perhaps the most

Memorable play from from that series was giannis’s incredible block on Aon to deny an alleyoop to preserve a late lead in game four bucks would go on to win four straight games and capture the NBA title Phoenix seemed more motivated than ever to avenge their finals loss during

The 2021 to 2022 season Aiden and the Suns looked like they had taken the lessons from the postseason and applied it to the following regular season the suns were easily the League’s best team in the regular season earning the West’s one seed with a franchise record 64 wins

Aiden played in 58 games missing time with leg and Ankle injuries but when he played he was terrific he averaged 17 points while averaging fourth in the league in field goal percentage and added 10 rebounds per night there wasn’t much cause for concern until the playoffs began aidon had big scoring

Nights averaging 20 points per game in the first round against the Pelicans but it was notable that the League’s best team took six games to extinguish a team that finished 10 games below 500 their second round series against Dallas was a dog fight with the home team winning

Each of the first six games but game seven proved to to be a major inflection point between Aon and the Suns the Mavericks destroyed the Suns that night on their own home floor with Phoenix mustering up 27 points in the first half Aiden played less than 18 minutes and

Appeared to get into a verbal altercation with Monty Williams after he was benched 3 minutes into the second half he didn’t play at all in the fourth quarter while Aon didn’t speak to the media that night Williams gave a two-word explanation for aon’s lack of playing time played 17 minutes tonight

And so he didn’t play most of the fourth quarter there any reason why is he hurt or this was a detrimental development to aon’s relationship with his coach and the organization entering restrictive free agency and right when you think it couldn’t get any worse it did before the

Last year of his rookie contract Aon and the suns were unable to agree to an extension after several other first rounders from that year signed big new deals with their teams Luca got a supermax extension Trey young got a supermax contract extension Shay Gil just Alexander 5year $27 million

Contract extension Michael Porter Jr signed a contract extension and DeAndre aton’s own teammate that was drafted later on in the lottery Mel Bridges received a contract extension only DeAndre Aon the former number one overall pick in the same draft class didn’t receive an offer but woj reported

That the Suns didn’t view Aon as belonging in that group of players with his contract then past simmering in the background All Season the souring relationship began to boil as the 2022 offseason bragged on without a deal for Aon in mid July the Indiana Pacers forced the Phoenix hand signing DeAndre

Aon to a 4-year $133 million offer sheet the largest offer sheet in NBA history however since he was a restricted free agent Phoenix matched the offer deciding to keep him in the desert rather than letting him leave for nothing but Aon didn’t sound too enthusiastic about returning and made a stunning Revelation

About his relationship with Monty Williams how have you and Monty kind of been able to move I haven’t spoke to no I haven’t spoked it at all ever since the game so not Come here you happy to be here da I’m all right regardless Phoenix was still relying on Aon to be a vital contributor and The Encore results initially looked good the Suns won a lot Through The Season’s first month and a half including some massive games from Aon a sensational backtack in late November

Produced one of the best stretches of his career with his third career 20 point2 rebound performance but it wasn’t long until once again things turned for the worst the sun started to slip in December and through the start of the New Year aon’s strained relationship with Williams was thrust back into Focus

During a viral exchange between the two during a timeout in a late December loss to the slumping Washington Wizards this happened just hours after Matt ishbia agreed to a record setting deal to take over as the team’s new owner once ishbia officially took over in early 2023 he helped engineer a franchise altering

Deal in order to trade for Kevin Durant but injuries limited KD to just eight regular season games after the trade which meant they still needed Aon to shoulder a big offensive load Aon finished the season averaging 18 points and 10 rebounds per game in 67 games although his field goal percentage fell

Significantly in the first round the playoffs against the short-handed Clippers Aon had a big series as the best big on the floor helping Phoenix knock out La in five games but the second round against the Denver Nuggets was a completely different story after going down 0 and2 in the series Fenix

One game three but Aon was upset after being benched down the stretch and blatantly ignored Chris Paul during the timeout the same guy who he once profusely praised Phoenix would go on to win game four to even up the series but they lost by double digits in the final

Two games to fall in six games against the eventual Champions aen was ruled out for game six just hours before tip off because of a rib injury and he had to watch his season end from the bench in five games he put up measly scoring and rebounding numbers while getting

Completely outclassed on the other end by Nicole Yoki who averaged a triple double during the series it was an extremely disappointing finish to what turned out to be his final season as a son despite firing Monty Williams whose relationship with Aon had deteriorated considerably Fenix traded DeAndre Aton

Away that offseason in a three- team deal with Portland and Milwaukee Damen Lillard ended up with the Milwaukee bugs while Aon landed in Portland the sons agreed to take back use of nurkic to replace Aon and other role players to fill out their depth shortly after the trade went down Aiden already changed

Into a Trailblazers Jersey while playing 2K during his introductory press conference with Portland Aon all but confirmed that he had requested a trade out of Phoenix the GM for the Phoenix Suns came and brought me upstairs and told me that I got traded here and then

That was it you know I thank him for handling it the way they handle it and you know just accommodating to my wishes and here we are today expectations for the Trailblazers were low entering the season after dealing away Damen Lillard opening up DeAndre Aton to ample playing

Time in offensive of opportunities and a chance to build a rapport with the Portland Trailblazers brand new top three draft pick and franchise Cornerstone scoot Henderson Aon largely maintained his number of double digit rebounding games but his scoring was significantly lower than he was in Phoenix his screening ability didn’t

Exactly look like his days with Chris Paul either meanwhile Portland began just 7 and 21 before Aon hit the injury report with right KN tendonitis that kept him out for the next 11 games and he was slated to return against Brooklyn and mid January before a truly bizarre situation extended his absence for

Another game Aon missed Portland’s win over the Nets because of icy roads that prevented him from getting to the arena Aiden had been attempting for hours trying to get past sheets of ice and the team reportedly sent people to try to help but It ultimately proved to be

Fruitless which with all due respect I’ve been an NBA fan for a very long time and I don’t want to come off as insensitive because I live in sunny California we don’t have icy roads here I’ve never heard of a situation where icy roads prevented a player from

Getting to the arena to play his game I don’t necessarily know if this was just an excuse to get out of playing the game because to me it sounds like the basketball equivalent of my dog ate my homework and it makes a lot of sense because the Portland Trailblazer season

Isn’t really going anywhere this year but maybe I’m an insensitive towards people that live in icy conditions let me know in the comment section down below and the reason why I’m saying this is once DeAndre Aton finally returned to the court he would just score 23 points across his next

Three games around that time Aon gave an interview to Mark Medina of basketball intelligence during which he produced a truly shocking quote Aiden said he had nothing to prove in this league and said I’m a max player and I’ll continue to be a max player now there’s nothing wrong

With a player having confidence but saying this while averaging a career low in points on a Portland team that’s headed towards the lottery is insane this quote may not be as shocking to those who remember something Aon said before he even entered the league during a pre-draft interview in 2018 Aon was

Asked to Define what success in the NBA looked like to him and Aon replied definitely getting to my second contract That’s My Success when somebody tells you who they really are believe them DeAndre Aton seems to be focused on securing the bag and everything else is

Just a cherry on top it doesn’t matter that he gets routinely roasted by Nicole AIC or other Elite bigs he’s on a contract that’s paying him over $30 million over the next two seasons so in his mind he’s made it he has possessed all the physical skills needed to be a

Great player but he’s come woefully short of stardom it’s easy to question how much he’s actually improved since entering the league as someone who can score and rebound but is still merely serviceable or even bad on defense a player who once seemed to be a Surefire perennial All-Star has lagged behind the

Other members of his draft class like Luca and Trey young but also SGA Jaylen Brunson jiren Jackson Jr and his former teammate Mel Bridges this new chapter in Portland was supposed to be a chance for him to lead a young team on and off of the Court the focus focus on his own

Development maybe start shooting from Beyond The Ark instead according to Jason quick of the athletic his Portland tenure has been defined by tardiness and Tantrums team sources say that there’s been an eerie resemblance to when they had Hassan Whiteside a center whose statistics look nice but had little to

No impact on a game he’s consistently produced good statistics in his career but his actual impact isn’t accurately reflected in his numbers that is the Enigma of DeAndre Aton the struggle between production and impact and at the end end of the day I believe DeAndre

Aiden is going on a similar road to a former number one overall pick in the NBA draft that was just content with the amount of money that he was getting paid that consistently stagnated each and every year who had the potential to be one of the greatest players of all time

But just simply didn’t possess the mental makeup to do it let me know in the comments section down below is DeAndre Aon the center equivalent of Ben Simmons aside from that I’m your boy Mike I’m dropping our mic until our next upload

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