After Adrian Wojnarowski discusses Chris Paul’s status due to a groin injury, the NBA Countdown crew debates the future of the Phoenix Suns if they don’t beat the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Semifinals.
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Ever since the whole "join the team that beat you" I can't cheer for dursnt
They kept Deandre Ayton on a big big contract. His value decreased during the year. I don't think they'll get more than 2 picks for him if they are lucky. At most maybe the Pacers want him over Miles Turner for some odd reason and you can switch them but Miles aint cheap either. They will need to get hidden quality somewhere. If you look at the best teams, they often have guys that are on low contracts but make big difference, Bobby Portis was that, Lakers have Reeves and Vando, Miami has a squad full of undrafted guys. For the Suns to rebuild they have to find a guy or two that can be more effective than people expect, whether if its the replacement to Ayton or someone who comes as another quality wing. They need something
Chris Paul injured during the playoffs. As usual 😂
They better hope westbrook can’t beat em and joins em. Kyrie prob stayin in Dallas for the cheese
Cam Payne legacy game or Nuggets can sit n wait for Lakers/Warriors war!!!
The Sun will set 5 hours early in AZ.
Ship Ayton to Indiana like he wanted. TURNER 👀
Warriors already committing 200M next year with their current roster. Both Klay and Dray want increases to their salaries (both have player options). They committed long term money to Wiggins and Poole this off season. They basically have to keep all of them to be competitive. Their only real way out is trading Jordan Poole for a high enough draft pick to replace his production. Question is what is Poole's value? The 13th pick? The 15th pick? 8th? What salary do you take back? How do you unload that salary? Its a huge issue for the warriors (clippers are partly in the same camp)
This is CP3 signature post season injury. When CP3 don’t have an injury in the playoffs that’s news.
Denver is winning but ESPN still keeps talking about the Suns. ITs obvious that they dont want Jokic stocks to soar
They better than a lot of teams but they really like the 4th best team left in playoffs so gotta make a move this offseason
What's frustrating is that all the media talks about is the chris paul. Put some respect on the nuggets and their defense. Also need to mention jokic's great start to this series.
They just need a younger PG and 2-3 role players that are smart and spread the floor
BOOKER,KD,LEBRON next season.
salary cap is racist
Paul is just a really good piece. Him going down is next man up. Book Ayton Durant.
"They are who we thought they were."
If kwahi wasn't injured, they would have lost in the first round
Suns in 6
I give the Suns a pass this year because they didn't play all season together.
just get mikal and cam j back and get a decent backup pointguard because cam payne is a walking wasted posession
Deandre Ayton has not been disappointing. KD is struggling
So with Bud being fired, will Monty be held the same if Suns are swept?
What would it mean for KD's legacy?
Bro Chris Bald with no facial hair not a good look
Why doesn't anybody bring up the fact Chris Paul has been doing this nearly his whole career? He is hurt everytime his team needs him. Game 7 when he was in the rockets hurt, practically every season with the suns.
Suns like many other teams that overpay their top 2-3 players will need to go the Miami way–find and develop unknown new talent. Heat has EIGHT undrafted guys! If you even just find 4 undrafted gems, that'll help a lot. I like new rules if that means that's it'll be harder to build and maintain super teams outside of drafting and developing homegrown talent, instead of allowing a few super-rich owners to collect superstars to create unfair competition advantages at the expense of the other 25 teams in the league.
I grew up a cp3 fan but I'm convinced he just good with the money he's made in his career he doesn't want a ring smh he has to be paid to get injured something isn't right 💯
Crazy how they have more expectations for Lebron than KD YET they wanna walk around and scream how he’s the best player
If they don't win this year which is highly likely they won't, they need to sign Dillon Brooks. I know Brooks has a lot of issues but at the end of the day, they need a rough rider/defensive player to be able to compete and I think Brooks with be a good fit with Booker and Durant because he will not be called upon to provide offense, they just need his defensive intensity. They also need to improve their bench
Suns shouldn't have traded off jae crowder big mistake
Chris paul bad luck playoff
I think CP3 will consider retirement after this season. He's washed!
Talking of the salary cap does anyone know if a player or players example the Warrior's who Draymond Green , Curry and Klay Thompson were drafted from the Warrior's can the warriors pay them as much as they want with out effecting the salary cap?
This is the danger of playing cp 40 mins