Do The Phoenix Suns Have A Championship Ceiling? | 2024-25 NBA Season Lookaheads
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CHAPTERS⬇️
0:00 – INTRO
2:12 – Frank Vogel’s exit
4:38 – Expected stylistic changes under Mike Budenholzer
7:03 – Breaking down the impact of Tyus Jones
10:14 – How does Jones affect the core lineups?
15:23 – The evolution of Grayson Allen
17:07 – The fit and future of Bradley Beal
21:20 – How important is Jusuf Nurkic to the Suns?
28:20 – What makes Devin Booker so polarizing?
37:15 – Kevin Durant’s defensive impact
38:22 – Can the Suns replicate their defensive success?
39:37 – Early impressions of Ryan Dunn
42:22 – Early impressions of Oso Ighodaro
44:30 – Ranking the importance of role players/Sam picks Bol Bol to win MVP
50:51 – Are the Suns flying under the radar?
51:41 – Biggest roster needs / trade targets
53:39 – Top 10 rotation
54:42 – Go-to crunch-time lineup
55:56 – Funky lineups we want to see
57:32 – Win totals, Where do the Suns stand in the West?
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in a 2022 redraft im taking tari eason over jabari, jaden ivey, mathurin, sharpe, dyson daniels, sochan, johnny davis, dieng, jalen duren, aj griffin, mark williams, ochai agbaji. only guys i take ahead of tari are paolo, chet, jalen williams, keegan murray. tari is 5th best in 2022 draft. if the rockets are very lucky, suns 2031 pick will be top 5. why would they punt a top 5 player in a draft just to get a chance at getting a top 5 pick that could have a chance of not being a top 5 player in that draft 7 years from now? go ahead and think about that for a minute. im taking tari over jabari as a rockets fan. so ask yourself, "whats a 21 year old 6'10 3 & D prototype wing drafted at 3rd overall cost?" and then add on some more because tari is better
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Timestamps⬇️
0:00 – INTRO
2:12 – Frank Vogel’s exit
4:38 – Expected stylistic changes under Mike Budenholzer
7:03 – Breaking down the impact of Tyus Jones
10:14 – How does Jones affect the core lineups?
15:23 – The evolution of Grayson Allen
17:07 – The fit and future of Bradley Beal
21:20 – How important is Jusuf Nurkic to the Suns?
28:20 – What makes Devin Booker so polarizing?
37:15 – Kevin Durant’s defensive impact
38:22 – Can the Suns replicate their defensive success?
39:37 – Early impressions of Ryan Dunn
42:22 – Early impressions of Oso Ighodaro
44:30 – Ranking the importance of role players/Sam picks Bol Bol to win MVP
50:51 – Are the Suns flying under the radar?
51:41 – Biggest roster needs / trade targets
53:39 – Top 10 rotation
54:42 – Go-to crunch-time lineup
55:56 – Funky lineups we want to see
57:32 – Win totals, Where do the Suns stand in the West?
That picture of the Bledsoe jersey with fire is genuinely funny. No actual Suns fan ever liked the guy.
I'm not going into the season hoping for a championship for the Suns for the first time in 3 years and I think its going to make things much more enjoyable as a fan
There is no chance that Nurk will be hoisting up 6 3s per game.
An easy summary of why Vogel isn't there: the players didn't like him, the assistant coaches didn't have much chemistry with him based on KY's comments regarding what he envisioned the offense to be, and his rotations destroyed the team both in on and off the court chemistry. There is zero reason to continue kicking a -108 player down the road (Eubanks) and giving him all that playing time when you had better options as a backup big in Bol and even Udoka for what little he played.
It closed in 2022 when Luka snatched their soul
D Lee going to replace Gordon's 3s