FIRST TAKE | “Phoenix have underachieved!” – Shannon gets brutally honest on KD and Suns this season

FIRST TAKE | “Phoenix have underachieved!” – Shannon gets brutally honest on KD and Suns this season

Deon Booker was a bucket himself last night in the sun’s 124 to 111 victory over the Pelicans book had 52 in the win that gives him 162 points in his past three games against the Pelicans for the most for any player and a three- game span against any opponent in the last 50

Seasons now book joined Wilt Chamberlain as the only players with three straight games of 50 plus points against the same opponent he also had nine assists in the Suns 124 to 111 win over the Pelicans in New Orleans all right Shannon sharp is also here with legs and Stephen A shanon

I’m start with you should we expect more come playoff time from the Suns big three well we demanded more all season long we can’t understand why team with Kevin Durant and Devin Booker now we know Bradley Bill has been in and out of the lineup due to injury but you got a

You got a Kevin Durant who’s a generational Talent who’s a walking bucket Devin Booker the exact same thing and here we are and here you guys are in the what seventh eighth spot that’s unacceptable yes we we don’t expect it we demand it we demand any team to have

A Kevin Durant and a Deon Booker oner on it to make a deep playoff run and to be in the Western Conference Finals because you’re talking about two of the elite offensive players in all of basketball you got youf nerkish who can rebound the basketball one uh I think earlier this

Year he had a 31 rebound game a couple of 20 rebound games at 19 and 19 last night I think thus far the Suns have underachieved there’s no way Stephen A their record should be what it is given the fact of who we’re talking about Bradley Bill has played I think the last

Uh like the last 10 15 ball games he’s been there but when you look at book and you look at KD and you looking at guys that on a given night both guys can give you 30 and they can give it to you in an efficient manner we should require we

Should demand that guys y’all got to go further than be be out in the first round you guys got to be further than uh Western Conference semi-finals you guys need to be in the Western Conference Final and then that might not be enough given a who nobody has two guys on the

Offensive end that can match the Firepower that those two guys have well see well and there’s a couple of people to point the finger at I’m going to you know first of all I’m going to look at Frank vogle because Tim legler you know this in the fourth quarter uh they have

Been highly suspect uh particularly defensively we can’t ignore that number two you got Yousef nerkish and again he’s not DeAndre Aon you can actually trust and rely upon him I’m not trying to throw shade on DeAndre aen but he wasn’t happy in Phoenix you know he was

A bit temperamental to say the least some days not nights he showed up some nights he didn’t he wasn’t reliable in that regard but nerites in terms of who he is whatever he is he is you see what I’m saying you don’t have to worry about his temperament getting in the way the

Game is either there or it’s not but you don’t have to worry about stuff that you know in terms of his personality and all of that stuff getting in the way right so if you know you’ve got that reli that person to rely on just being a big body

That can go out big body that can go out there give you a little points give you some prod productivity rebounding wise then that’s less for you to have to be worried about you Frank vogle you got to figure things out defensively that’s the reason you’re a head coach in the NBA

And a head coach because of your offensive Brilliance as a as a mastermind on the offensive side of the ball you’re there because of what you did in Indiana defensively what you did in Los Angeles defensively what the hell is going on with the Phoenix Suns so we

Got to look at it from that perspective I’m looking at Bill Booker and KD together when they played in games together their record is 21 and 13 I’m sorry I expected better than that ex the three of y’all in the lineup what’s 21 and 13 I mean damn just just eight games

Above 500 you can’t do better than that I think you should that’s number three number four Shannon legs knows how I feel about Devin Booker I don’t know if you know I’ve often used the analogy he’s kobees I love this brother I’m one of the biggest fans in the world of Devin

Booker this brother is the truth okay he is something special and got the game and got the attitude that goes with it and doesn’t shrink in big moments he might be more effective than he is at other times but it ain’t cuz he’s shrinking and Wilson beneath the

Pressure it’s either your shots falling or it’s not but he doesn’t have any lack of confidence he continues to come at you KD can we see that please you are a two-time champion you are a two-time NBA Finals MVP once upon a time we were

Comparing you to the to to to Goat James according to sha Shay you understand I’m saying I call him LeBron not goat James but the point is is that that’s what you did all right what’s up with that this is your team you understand it’s Deon

Booker’s team too but you KD you the champion you’re the two-time NBA Finals MVP you’re one of the greatest scorers in NBA history what’s up with this okay Bradley bills really nice to see you in a playoff kind of atmosphere because God knows it’s been a long time since the

Nation’s capital has had that to enjoy so you being in this situation we’d expect more from you too in the end they got a roster they got the roster to get it done if you’re the New Orleans Pelicans I don’t know what the hell is

Up I know that Devin Booker what is it saying here you know you know he was a native of Moss Point Mississippi located about 110 miles from New Orleans had about 40 relatives in attendance I mean damn I mean could you stop them three straight 50 plus games against you New

Orleans everything I said looking at y’all and thinking that y’all are Championship Contender I mean damn that just goes out the window all you got to do is put your Kryptonite in front of your face which happens to be Devin Booker and you’ll F like a cheap 10 I

Mean damn get it together New Orleans but in the end last point 10 y five of the sun’s final seven regular season games are against teams ahead of them Shannon two against the clipp two against the t-wolves one against New Orleans and they only a game behind New

Orleans for the six spot which would take them out of the playing game so if there was ever an opportunity as Shannon was saying legs for Phoenix to step up it is now well listen the segment started with should we expect more from the Phoenix Suns the answer is hell yes

Look people people in Phoenix know because they’ve been all over me because I have been trashing the Suns for the last few weeks when I saw them play the Milwaukee Bucks on national TV and had no interest in competing in the game they gave up 140 points 24 made threes

To the bucks without Janis without Yannis and the Suns had everybody at their disposal and then they follow it up with a loss to the San Antonio Spurs sitting Victor wanyama I’m sorry man but a 52-point game out of Devin Booker and a win against New

Orleans is not enough to wash those two games out of my memory bank so to answer the question yeah because at minimum they should be considered a legitimate title Contender nobody is talking about the Phoenix Suns in that vein there’s a number of teams we’re going to start listen

Before we would get to the Phoenix Suns and when you have that level of offensive Talent at the top of your roster and they’re all together you have to expect this to be a team that could make a run all the way through all the way through even compete with a team

Like Boston in the finals but we don’t talk about him in that vein because something is missing something is missing and look even Bradley Beal he’s gone seven straight games under 20 points what’s the point of having three guys like that if you can’t figure out

How all three guys can be great on the same number they have not been able to discern that this year and that to me has been the biggest headat I get you I’m not I’m going come to you sh but I’m I’m not going to hold Bradley Beal that

Accountable if you got Devin Booker dropping 50 like sometimes you’re differential because somebody else got it going but you’re talking about one game I just said he hasn’t been over in the 20s in the last seven games this is this is a guy who averaged 30 points a

Game Wasing third yeah but he but legs you have to understand he was the first option he’s third option now no no and Shane listen I’m not even blaming him I’m not even saying what I’m saying is they haven’t figured out how the three of them can have the proper EB and flow

Right to make them unguardable because two of those guys are cooking on the court at what we looking at then is it Frank vogo then because listen one thing we have to say complimentary by the way about Kevin Durant who’s just a superstar and the future Hall of Famer

Is this he one of the most selfless Superstars you’ll ever encounter he’s very unselfish yeah and so if somebody else isn’t getting it going it’s certainly not because he’s hogging the ball that’s not what Kevin Durant does so there’s got to be another reason what’s that reason I for me when I watch

Them play I just do not think when they’re at their best the ball touches the middle of the floor off a ball screen it touches nurkic’s hands it touches eubank’s hands it touches even the other night fattiest Young hands when they get the ball to other guys in

The middle of the floor off ball screen and then they play inside out to their three-point Shooters that’s when it looks like a team that’s got an offensive flow that’s going to be very difficult to guard because we know at the end of the day you get into the last

Eight seconds of the shot clock they’ve got three different guys that can win any one-on-one match up in front of them right that’s a great thing to have at the end of shot clocks playoff situations the game slows down possessions are more meaningful when you’ve got that at the end of The

Possession but you can’t play like that earlier in possession inclusion of other guys when I’ve watched them play that way that’s when I look at them and say man they could make things very interesting if they keep this up they have been really inconsistent in playing

That way so is that Vogal yeah to a certain extent you’re the one watching the film putting a game plan together and pointing these these these details out Bill eight shots in 39 minutes yeah that’s what I’m saying that’s not figuring out how to include go Shannon

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FIRST TAKE | “Phoenix have underachieved!” – Shannon gets brutally honest on KD and Suns this season