Are Suns’ Drew Eubanks altercation with Pistons’ Isaiah Stewart, Devin Booker’s ejection connected?

Are Suns’ Drew Eubanks altercation with Pistons’ Isaiah Stewart, Devin Booker’s ejection connected?

Suns get the win last night wolf they did exactly what Bradley Beal said they had to do they won the last two games before the All-Star Break by the way did you see Mel Bridges last night after the Nets lost by 50 no he wasn’t super pleased yeah yeah I’m sure and he

Shouldn’t be they lost by 50 um but the Suns they get it done against against Sacramento and Detroit so even though Bradley Beal couldn’t play in uh in basically either of the two games he got to play five minutes in the first one and then even though Devon Booker

Couldn’t play play last night after 5 minutes cuz he got tossed they still end up going into the break with those two wins and they’re on a pretty nice run now since uh since that Christmas loss to the Dallas Mavericks they are what 19 and seven that’s 19 and seven it’s not

Bad that’s right 19 and seven right now they got it rolling and you know honestly maybe the All-Star break is coming at the worst time it’s good it’s coming at a good time for Bradley Beal that and that sense like this is your best chance to

To kind of get him back in in line now like I said um we’re going to have Kell Olson on later on the show but I’m going to I’m just going to read you this quote from because Kell was the pool reporter last night and he so one of the last

Questions that was asked with uh with the crew chief was did the pregame events impact at all that you know Devon Booker getting tossed and the crew chief said flat out no all the decisions made were based on what was going on and the

Merits of of the game so to me that was that’s what the crew chief is going to say yeah and I understand that but I I feel like that was their out to it would have been a lot more understandable to me to be like hey look somebody just got

Arrest one of the players just got arrested before the game we’re going to be a little tense out here and make sure nobody gets too far out of line uh but that would have made a lot more sense to me than he kept complaining so we threw

Him out five minutes in how much can you really complain in five minutes yeah I don’t know to answer your question right there I’m trying to think of of if that ever happened in my 10 years in the NFL if it ever happened where there was a

Brawl before a game there was not a brawl before the game there was not but I can tell you right now there on the field of course there there are fights that happen and back then there were bench clearing brawls that would happen in an NFL game and I actually was

Involved in one of those bench clearing brawls but I’m trying to think um there was maybe in war UPS too before a game maybe in warm-ups but never in Plain Street close never walking into a game did I ever see or even hear of anyone getting into a

Fight yeah man I’m really I’m really trying to think I mean there’s I but to have a guy actually involved in that altercation in a fight that gets arrested especially before the game before like I’m trying there’s been a couple in hockey like after the game

Guys are in Clos but it’s not it’s different going into the game and then Drew Eubanks played in the game yes and I was told Isaiah Stewart was not going to play anyways correct yes I believe yeah okay so here’s let’s just skip ahead to that then here’s Drew Eubanks

Uh before the game uh he was asked what exactly happened just walking in uh words were said and got sucker punched and security stepped in and then that was it did you ever have anything with him just basketball stuff that goes on on the court but nothing personal that

That would make you think that would do that no I mean no you clear you can see what he like how he acts on the court so it’s surprising so you were in Street Club yeah coming to do your job and all of a sudden homeboy homeboy just comes

Out of nowhere from behind no basically we were walking in words were said and then got face to face and then it just suck and punch me then security got in the way okay are you expect are you concerned about tonight considering no I won’t play you are good though no damage

Anything anything oh sh no soft punch soft punch a lot of like a lot of stuff around the Suns lately where it’s just here’s a little shot right as we’re can I just say this kind of makes me think that Drew Eubanks has been in a couple of

Knucklebusters if you know what I mean it just next time we have him on the show we can ask him see yeah exactly he seemed pretty mellow when we had him on hey Drew when you were growing up I don’t know in fifth grade did you have

Any problems in the Bo bathroom you know just jacking somebody well that one apparently was uh was put in the soft punch category by Drew Eubanks now here’s Frank vogle after the game when he found out about all this yeah when I got here you know I got here shortly

Around when it happen and um you know there’s no place for anything like that in our game there just no place for it um but I don’t we have we release the statement as a team I don’t have anything really more to add to that it’s

Got to be a real strange way to come in as a coach right okay I he him at work hey Frank what’s going on hey random person that’s great to see you hey one of your players just got sucker punched and the other guy got arrested have a good

Game that is so that is so bizarre right there it really is um you know um yeah the bad blood that is there and did it impact the Phoenix Suns at all I think book was on point there’s no doubt about it I think um probably some other Sons

As well yet at the same time um I didn’t think Devin Booker deserved to be ejected from that game but when you get teed up twice that’s what’s gonna happen yeah um the whole thing was weird because you also have the you have Monty Williams coming back to Phoenix as the

As the backdrop to all this right and so the Suns put out their statement as Frank vogle uh you know he just alluded to right there and then Monty Williams said it’s quote irresponsible unquote for the sons to use the word unprovoked in their statement

Uh he said I think until you find out everything you can’t make those statements I’m assuming somebody knows a lot more than they’re letting on right now I’m assuming there’s video footage of what happened somewhere and I’m sure they’re still looking into it whatever but when

You throw in the fact that this isn’t just a a a random team coming to town this is the guy who was your coach for the last what four or five years and it was he was an integral part of you turning your franchise around and before

The game even starts yeah he has to talk about one of his sucker punching one of your players man I I would love to just talk to Drew Eubanks just not on air just kind of like sit down and go dude what honestly what happened well do you

Still have Kevin Durant’s phone you could probably call him from there what happened you know I mean honestly what was going on right there and um there’s got to be more to it and and how far did it go did you take a punch at him after

He sucker punched you or you know know what happened how quickly was security maybe security they were eyewitnesses to what happened must have jumped I maybe it wasn’t just a camera maybe you had eyewitnesses that saw it I can’t imagine getting sucker punched and then just standing there and being like like

You’re G to fight back unless unless security jumped in and broke it up instantly exactly that’s what I want to know how quickly did they break it up uh here is um here’s Frank vogle on Devin Booker getting ejected so early in the game yeah they just said he you know

They asked him to stop whatever his complaint was and he didn’t stop so they teed him up and then he said something else to the other official and he ran him out it’s just freaking ridiculous total OBS um you know as to take a star player out of the game I’ve seen see

Worse worse than what he did on a nightly basis like like not I’ve seen it before I see it every night so unprecedented those are good good officials um that were on the game tonight but you know that was certainly uncalled for and n BS yeah look I um I

It’s what he just said there towards the end of like you see this every night and and it just kind of goes uncalled that that I think is what’s tough for Suns fans of like I’m sure Booker was complaining Booker this is not the first time he’s ever complained but you know I

Don’t know 95% of NBA players complain like the only ones that really don’t are like Mel Bridges that’s about it well you know I aren’t there magic words that are said aren’t there magic words that exist where if you say those words you’re going to be you’re going to be

Run yeah aren’t there magic words is it possible that book I’m just saying the smoldering Devin Booker actually may have used the magic words I I have no idea but I do know even in the game of football if if you if you dropped F

Bombs base and Oni Ins at all towards an official you’re getting it it it doesn’t matter what H you’re going to get the flag and it’s going to be thrown on you period but that’s one thing I mean yeah I’m fine if you tea him up but you throw

Him out of the game five minutes keep doing it guess what just you’re going to be run trying to summarize a pool report quickly going to break is dangerous but I’m going to do it they they asked the uh the crew chief the first technical was apparently about continuance to continuance to

Complain so he complained they asked him to stop he apparently continued to complain that was the first technical they asked if the second technical was uh continuance again and they said no the second technical foul was for disparaging remarks he made towards a game official and then he was ejected

For the second one there you go doesn’t say it’s disparaging well what well disparaging remarks I’m sure he said the magic word I just feel like usually usually you roll that all together into one technical you know you’re like hey okay now I don’t know it was

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Phoenix Suns center Drew Eubanks was assaulted prior to Wednesday night’s game by Detroit Pistons’ Isaiah Stewart. Ron Wolfley and Luke Lapinski take a closer look at the alternation and ponder its possible connection to Devin Booker being ejected.

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