FIRST THINGS FIRST | Nick Wright SHOCKED Durant score 35 Pts to lead Suns beat Nuggets 117-106 in OT

FIRST THINGS FIRST | Nick Wright SHOCKED Durant score 35 Pts to lead Suns beat Nuggets 117-106 in OT

Start with that five steals we’ll talk about the Suns Phoenix goes into Denver and snaps the Nuggets post Allstar undefeated streak KD was cold in the fourth in a bad way cold hot in overtime eight quick points 35 on the night Suns currently in sixth place

Here’s the odds to win the West Denver’s at number one obviously then Bruce Clippers who we may or may not abandon during next week’s prediction week OKC Phoenix at four and then Minnesota who for the record are in first place so brw are people sleeping on the Suns no

They’re not I was on the herd with kin just before our show and he was he threw out there he threw out there Nick that if Phoenix gets to the Conference Finals is that a bad season now they’ve been so disappointing since Kevin Durant got there since Bradley Beal got there a lot

Of his injuries but still that honestly right now would be like that’s pretty good they losing six to the nuggets in the finals Conference Finals you’re not bad but overall we know when they got Durant when they got bill it was finals championship or bu it’s not they got

It’s not even finals or right for dur they got Durant it’s not even get to the finals or bus it is Championship or bus because they were in the finals a few years ago so no people aren’t sleeping on them they’ve been terribly disappointed I know again injuries has

Been a huge part but what also has been a huge part is they are the worst fourth quarter team in basketball yeah and here here’s a look at this graphic offensive rating worse net rating you’re getting out scored by 15 points a game in the fourth quarter assisted turnover

Turnover rate and what all of that says is where’s the point guard that’s what all of that says that’s an indictment on Frank vogle it’s an indictment on Kevin Durant Devin Booker Bradley Bill when he plays but also their front office because you didn’t see the value and

Importance of having a point guard yeah you you can’t just say cuz Devin Booker who is awesome can average 6.8 assists a game that he can play points he’s not a point right or Durant can get you five and B can get you five back on a little

I mean they don’t have a point guard for the first three quarters either yeah but it’s not the same as in the fourth quarter when in the fourth quarter every possession is more important the defense is is buckling down more and so getting the ball to the right guys in the right

Positions controlling Tempo calming things down no no we going to slow it we going to eat a little clock all of that know they don’t have the guy to do that I mean Chris Paul led him to the finals cuz he’s a point guard everything Bruce saying is correct I mean they’re not

They’re not sleeping on them as a champion which is that we were I was in a wonderful Poker Room on the outskirts of Phoenix when Kevin Durant was traded for it was when we were at the Super Bowl I just remember exactly where I working gring tap okay you guys no

Chance it was like it was damn near midnight when it happened you guys were both grind that’s when the but regardless I just remember because a guy got up from the game and ran to the little kiosk putting a bet in on the Suns he was being traded two Phoenix

People were excited and later in later in the game somebody mention him like he was so happy about the bet he had made because the Suns had all of a sudden now the odds had changed and they were the second favorites to win the title right there nipping on the heels of whomever

The favorites at the time was I don’t quite remember it might have been Boston I’m not sure who it was regardless that’s what we thought last year and then it was like oh Durant got hurt and then when he came back he got hurt in warm-ups and then and then they went

Further All In by trading whatever flexibility they had left for Bradley Beal and now and I know it feels unfair because we haven’t talked much about him it’s because it was football season now they get a good win we kind of coming down on them but all year long they have

The sun’s just being yeah they’re fine right is a wild disappointment when when ke when Kevin Durant went there the the entire idea I think that we thought behind it was all right this is his chance this is Durant chance after all the Barkley bus pass you know the rider

Instead of bus driver this is a team that you know had just been to the finals but couldn’t hadn’t quite gotten there that that had a really good record at the time when they went and got him that is saying you know what this is

Kevin rand’s chance to be the guy on a team that credibly can win the title which a lot of people thought he could have been in Brooklyn and that never got off the ground and now in Phoenix just like they’re fine and I don’t think and

To me it it is shocking and I understand that Booker’s out right now I get that but he’s not it’s not like an a beid situation or even a JW situation he’ll be back I don’t think anyone believes in this team I don’t think anyone looks at the Suns even though Durant having

Another good year Booker still Booker and looks at them as even a beist contender which is wildly disappointing and if people didn’t stay up to watch the game last night Wilds did because he had to send his nuggets tweet but the the fourth quarter woes happened again

Yeah it was a 120 Denver run from down nine to up three in the final 3 minutes of the game then KD hit a game tying three and then the Suns won in overtime but the exact stuff Brew is talking about of this team falling apart in the

Fourth quarter happened they were just able to overcome it in overtime and so it is very disappointing for what this team could be or was supposed to be quickly it’s actually Sim and I’m not even trying to be funny it’s very similar to Brooklyn now I know Brooklyn

Was even more injury and Brooklyn was dysfunctioned too because of the Kyrie and the vac and all that stuff but you know still I mean this is essentially the same thing it’s like oh they going there they got high hopes they got great talent yeah and nothing can I pitch you

On an alternative Theory yeah that maybe it’s one part point guard but do you think it’s any part just like I don’t choking in crunch time like they had 12 points in the fourth and then Kevin Durant turned it on in overtime Josh made this graphic it’s similar to yours

About uh Point differential the quarters one through three they’re great like they can play and then like you said in fourth quarter they fall apart and the I want to pair this with Devin Booker cuz when I put out that you know they’re not going to be able to beat the Nuggets

Everyone’s like well Booker wasn’t even there Kevin you didn’t de I’m like I know Booker wasn’t there Devin Booker averages in elimination games last year against the Nuggets you know how many points he had 12 well and then the year before they were down 100

At halftime and he had 11 yeah and then uh against the Bucks in the finals he had 19 which was quiet 19 so but Kevin Durant’s the guy like in overtime he took over but do you buy that there’s a little bit of like shrinking in the

Moment well possibly with Booker and I hate to say that because I I love book but possibly because you you just brought up the evidence certainly not Kevin Durant there’s no reason for him to I mean he’s already obviously been on the biggest stage Bill who knows but

Bill’s a third option but I think the this is akin to I guess a point guard they don’t have a leader and the leader obviously doesn’t have to be the point guard but Durant by his own admission is not really a leader well he changed on

That he actually Chang where he’s at now that be I don’t know uh book I haven’t seen it from book like who’s the leader so on this team not even just crunch time but just in general right well the guy taking Chris Paul’s Place as far you

Know what I mean floor General and leader but I don’t think that’s their problem I think the problem is the one that I pointed out in the summer and I’m not trying to I know I very often try to give myself credit this not cuz I was

Not the only one doing this at the time which is this is a ridiculously built team yeah you just have in my in my humble opinion like the the a slightly worse version of the same player three times as as your as your big three you

As far as a Score first Wing who the best thing they do is score the ball Kevin arant one of the greatest players ever you got three guys like that that’s my point and that’s where all their assets went that’s where all their cap space went that’s where and then so I

That’s why if you remember I didn’t like the be trade because I was like man you only one shot to shoot and to just get another scoring Wing doesn’t make sense to me and then with their other shot was Aon who I understand in limited value

And nurkic I has been good for them but it doesn’t to me add it the team doesn’t make sense from a championship Contender like say what you will about the bucks or the Celtics or the Nuggets but those teams make sense it’s like okay like just from uh not just how talented the

Players are but the RO that they play even the Lakers make sense from the the positions that they’re playing well you’re right in the role that’s where again a point guard instead of Beal might have worked cuz a point guard now probably puts Beal on the bench he’s got

To be maybe your sixth man but I look I do think they I will give their front office credit for once they decided we’re going with these three scores they’ve actually done a good job put around I mean Royce O’Neal Grayson all having a year of his career um quickly

Before we move on to the Denver side of things one of your common refrains about your nets they didn’t get a chance you know what you like to make fun of me but you know it’s true if they had been hey Bo would my feet would have been kicked

Up out of be eating sandwiches up in here that’s the real okay so I’m going to ask nicely over at can of worms Phoenix Big 3 has only played 23 games together do you feel does that make you feel more optimistic that perhaps they’re like the Nets that if they can

Play a little bit more together you could have your feet on the table I I don’t think there is good potentially like Beal’s not as good as Kyrie do we agree with that yeah and and and uh Booker is Booker great probably not as good as James Harden at least Harden at

The time hard we at that I mean Harden is an alltime great obviously Durant and Kyrie is not going to go down as like a top 20 30 player but all time SK Durant is probably 6% was better yeah I mean just because of his you know what I mean he’s

Probably getting he’s still their best player and still an all-nba level player and a great player not just historically but right now but he’s probably a little worse than he was two years ago because at his age what you don’t think so you you’re getting better day every day

Buddy no no oh two years ago like two years two years go watch your tape two years ago not that great you’re getting way better you’re getting way you got a lot to learn

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FIRST THINGS FIRST | Nick Wright SHOCKED Kevin Durant score 35 Pts to lead Suns beat Nuggets 117-106 in OT