It’s go time for the Phoenix Suns’ Big 3

It’s go time for the Phoenix Suns’ Big 3

Deon Booker is probable for tonight’s game in Cleveland against the Cavs Bo what a good thing that is right now for the Phoenix Suns right this is good news Bas Onan not even questionable you know for the most part it’s always the questionable tag that a player will get

Um and I don’t probable means you’re definitely playing right yeah I mean questionable for the most part even um some hardcore broadcasters that I know very very well will tell me all the time NBA broadcasters if they list a guy as questionable he’s going to play probably

Going to play the the odds are he’s going to play yes but probable oh my goodness I I mean I think that’s as good as available is it not yeah I mean that to me screams let’s see how he looks in pregame warm-ups and then we’re good to

Go right I mean that’s so it begs the question here okay so you’re playing Cleveland tonight and the Cavaliers have been one of the hottest teams in basketball they’ve trailed off a little bit but I I’ve been using Christmas uh or since Christmas as sort of the cut off just because that’s when

The sun’s really got going and since Christmas the Suns have a what a 657 win percentage that’s sixth in the NBA Cleveland has a 706 win percentage behind only Oklahoma City and Boston so these are two of the hottest teams in basketball over now almost the last

Three months um and I know I know sometimes it doesn’t feel that way with the Suns but they are still one of the hottest teams in basketball since basically the start of 2024 if Devin Booker’s coming back I’m assuming he’s about as close to 100% as

You can be at this point right because there really is no reason to rush him back even as much as we all want to see him play he probably are going to lose a couple games here because you’ve got Cleveland and Boston coming up if Devon Booker’s not in the

Lineup um I’m sure they’re not I’m sure Kevin Durant doesn’t think that way but just in terms of managing when he comes back but you’d rather lose the next two games than have Deon Booker not at 100% when the playoffs start yeah no you’re right about that man I’m just so happy

To see Devon Booker get back and once again he’s probable he is probable for tonight’s game against the Cavaliers but um we’ll have to wait and see on that one but you know again um this is step one this is finally it right here for the big three once again to reunite and

Get together I think they’ve only played how many games have they actually played together all long I think this will be the 24th I believe that’s correct 23 that’s stunning what was it remember going into the season we had a prediction as to what it was going to be

And we were all we all way over believed I I was at 40 no I think you and I were in the 50s and then Aaron was Aaron was a little bit lower than us and then we redid it like a month in we’re like okay well

This is absurd and then we were like 20 7 26 and 22 or something so I I mean 27 and 26 might very well be about where they finish you know exactly and right now this is going to be a Sprint to the postseason and they’ve got a very very

Tough road to Ho just want to see how they play they’re not going to win you’re not going to go out there and Win Every Game just because you got the big three out on the floor we all understand that we know that especially as tough as

Their schedule is right now I I just want to see the competitive fire because I we were talking about this suns are going to be one of the most dangerous teams in the postseason I I don’t care who as long as long as they’re healthy they yes they they are

The team that if you’re not let’s see how can I have phrase this the right way if you’re not a Suns fan or a fan of who they’re playing like if if you’re just a fan of Milwaukee right okay you’re going to watch the Bucks in the playoffs but

Then when it’s like okay I’m going to watch another you’re going to watch the Suns game because good luck figuring out what’s going to happen in that series could the Suns go out and lose in the first round who would they play right now Minnesota I think they beat

Minnesota but you know what I mean they could could they lose to the Clippers in the first round sure could they take out Oklahoma City in the first round sure anything goes in a sun series I totally believe that too be because of the talent yeah that’s the reason why we

Look at Devin Booker we look at Katie we look at Bradley Beal and we see the talent right there they just I think this is a better team they’re a better team on paper after the trade deadline and now they got to prove it and I would

Say these are the games you’re going to start watching very very closely I mean the Cleveland Cavaliers they they play defense ladies and gentlemen one thing they do they play defense just like the Boston Celtics yeah Cleveland is uh now I will say it sounds like Donovan

Mitchell is not going to play for Cleveland so there’s I mean that’s a huge part of to go as a matter of fact okay that’s I’ll double check that but that okay nice um but you know also worth remembering for the Suns these games do matter I’m not I’m not trying

To say like okay well you who cares if you lose the next two it matters I mean the the the play in right now in the Western Conference uh let’s see you tell me if these guys sound like they should be in a play in Deus sabonis dearen Fox

Luca Kyrie LeBron Anthony Davis Steph Curry Klay Thompson no it doesn’t sound like they should be in a playin yeah those those guys are all in the playin right now right now you don’t want to be really involved in that because because it is such a oneandone scenario yeah

It’s so oneand done again I’m a big believer I do believe this um I don’t think there’s a lot of people in the association any longer that think you got you gotta get that number one seed you gotta you gotta play these guys and get that one I I honestly don’t feel

That I’m I’m with you yeah I think it’s get into the postseason and go be top six you know specifically this year in the Western Conference just get in the top six and sort it out for the Suns just be in the top six right now they

Are sixth they’re two games back in New Orleans they’re a half game up on Sacramento and one game up on Dallas so with what 18 games left these games carry a lot of importance because you’re either going to start in a best of seven Series right now you’d be starting a

Best of seven Series against Minnesota or you might be in a oneandone situation against Luca or Steph so it’s just yeah these these absolutely matter but to your point I don’t think teams are like well we only got the number three seed and we really wanted number one we’ve

Seen it in the NBA we saw it with the Suns a couple years ago it doesn’t really matter it it gets you one extra home game if it gets to a game seven and what did that extra home game in game seven do for us against Dallas when the

Sun’s won 64 it just let us get frustrated in person instead of watching it on TV yeah but it’s gonna be really interesting is it not Luke because this little road trip of course uh Cleveland Boston Charlotte Milwaukee this is going to tell us an awful lot I think about the Phoenix Suns

Do you not this is going to like set the T well if book if Booker’s playing yeah I think he would yeah but I I think I’m assuming he’s going to play once again he’s probable for this game when do you see a guy listed as probable in the NBA

I’m just saying what Mel what I don’t know there’s pregame warm up and rolling ankle oh my goodness there’s a late help friend the rolled ankle please or the back with Bradley Beal KD I I should have asked Katie that right after I put his phone down I should have here’s your

Phone back can you how do you roll your ankle and warm up yes that a great interview it was he sits down you steal his phone you ask him how he got hurt he gets up and leaves and I’m stuck talking to you for an extra 10

Minutes I just I don’t know how many guys I’ve ever seen no as a matter of fact I’ve never seen anybody roll an ankle when he didn’t step on something that was uneven can we never speak of this again ever what why it didn’t happen CU that was right around this

Time last year it didn’t happen it didn’t happen we all imagined that it was a massive hallucination in this city um but for Booker coming back tonight yeah you know to your point four in a row now on the road nine of the next 11

On the road I mean if you want to really get into early April you’ve got games in Denver Oklahoma City and New Orleans in there too yeah yeah that’s that’s the stretch you you’ve got that and then that game on uh on March 29 well actually even earlier than that the game

In Denver on March 27th kicks off those final 10 games too so there’s going to be some overlap and you know KD was talking about this very thing just how many road games they had coming up over the next couple of weeks and you stop

And think about it man it does you you would imagine you come together don’t you when you’re on the road just the whole the mentality of going to play you know the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field oh my goodness walking onto that field it was awesome because you knew everybody despised you

And wanted to hit you with a piece of pizza it’s better than being just throw it at you right I mean it was great to walk into that environment and say you know what that’s not going to go your way today even if it did go your way you

Walked onto the field said it’s not going to go your way and it felt great to be that guy well four in a row on the road here five in a row on the road starting March 23rd so yes nine of the next 11 and this is we’re firmly in the

It’s time to ramp up and get going here if you’re going to peek at the right time you probably start doing it now it’s not like well in a month and no no there’s only 18 games left and a lot of them are against teams that are are title contenders thanks for watching

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