To me the biggest appeal of KD going to the Suns is for him to play and win a ring with the core of CP3, Booker and Ayton. Instead they traded almost everyone away and now we have some weird big 3 of KD/Booker/Beal with a bunch of minimum contract mercenaries and it's just not the same.
@@Wisestomatoethat’s not the same thing, the nets were objectively better than the suns, they just got hurt at the wrong time. They had two top 7 players and a legit top 15 player at the time with a better bench than the suns. No version of booker is better than 2021 harden who also a great facilitator and playmaker and kyrie is better than Beal especially this version of him.
@Lotus77777 Yes, Ayton was a big piece to when the Suns started winning. They were the best team in the NBA last year with him at center. They traded him and it hasn't been the same..
yeah, not sure why DC got rid of him or even John Wall for that matter. best players they had since the Agent ZERO days. they could rode them into the sunset ... or at least kept Westbrook (not sending him to LA) and keeping Beal.
@@K124Bthey got rid of him because they realized it was a mistake giving him that huge contract. You're not winning a championship with Beal as your best player
The Suns made a mistake trading for him in the first place!! He is injury prone and getting older with little less playoff experiences. Now, with no draft picks for the next decade
Of course he’s not. Booker is a good 2nd all star that you pair with a number one. That’s why he worked out so well with CP3. Even though Paul was older he still played like a 1st option PG
But isn't that's what it is tho at the end of the day.. what if he be ready to get off and smoke n chill like mfks do after they jobs do everyday... Booker the one out up 70 during the season n look terrible every playoff
Rob loves when things dont go well 😂😂😂😂. His face lights up. It doesnt even matter what we are talking about as long as its negative. Old man on the stoop for real 😂😂
Chris is absolutely right the Suns need a traditional floor general point guard. Someone that can control the tempo of the game and set up everyone to score in a system.
Anthony Edwards is better than booker and Beal and is now better than Durant. There is a new crop of guys along with Wemby that are taking over the league. Durant has always been overrated, he’s just a great shooter. Doesn’t really affect the game like that, that’s why he’s great on the warriors. They just needed him to shoot.
He's a good off-ball defender, a good rebounder for a skinny dude. He's good at a few things, but only great at one thing. And he's not a leader. When things get tough, he wilts, which is why the Warriors were perfect for him, a stacked deck where he knew he was going to win.
I remember when Gobert got traded to the wolves and everyone called it the worst trade in the history of the NBA and I couldn't understand y it's so bad. In hindsight it looks like this KD Beal trade was the worst trade from last season and the Gobert trade was actually the best!
@@IamyungveliKD whole career he has played with all stars he better be glad he went to the warriors he would not have any rings...klay, steph and green Hall of famers. People told me kd was better than james in what planet....
@@dman9958 KD was drafted to OKC along with Westbrook, Lebron has played with All Stars his whole career is well, but see yall never put context on things, the truth is KD has had bad breaks with Injuries, Like going for a 3pt and blowing out his Achilles, Or like the Nets beating the blood out of the Bucks in the playoffs without Harden then Ky going down, him not winning a team sport because of different circumstances has nothing to do with this man individual skills and talent
@@Iamyungveli you don't make the same excuses about james.... James lost finals due to injuries but it's never stated. They both have played with stars so have magic bird, kobe, mj and all great players who won rings...I have never seen make more excuses and give more passes for kd than any other superstar that played the game....
@@jvtopflight796 they all weak no one wants to compete and truly be the best. Everyone wants to take the easy way out. Bunch of cowards in this society.
KD is a killer? Killers don't join a championship team that beat them after being up 3-1 with another hall of famer on the team. K.D is great but a killer, nah.
Suns probably could’ve survived the KD trade but trading for Beal’s atrocious contract was the final nail in the coffin. Even if they can find a decent PG, they still don’t have defense or a bench. The Suns org deserve everything they got coming to them lolol
I think the main issue is that KD has tried to go to top heavy teams when he needed to go to a well constructed roster. We see now that great teams with good systems win
The team is poorly constructed, and the GM can no longer go off name alone when building a team. Denver has multiple players that can do their job well. So, it is not surprising that Phoenix is losing. KD doesn't possess leadership qualities on the court because, according to him, he wants to play ball. Draymond showed KD's lack of leadership, so it's not surprising that Ant called him old.
Exactly 💯 Beal and Booker are not good defensive players and neither one is a traditional floor general point guard. Durant like you said is not a leader that can galvanize a team.
Eddie Johnson was always talking about this for years when Booker was essentially stuck playing point guard as a shooting guard. The Suns should have made an effort to sign Ricky Rubio back with the team given that he was the catalyst that allowed Booker to cook the year before CP3 joined the team.
KD has never been good enough to carry a team. KD has always and will be a teams #2 or #3. Booker is overrated and should be a #3 on a team. Beal is not it.
The media is so fickle, when KD dropped 31 in the first game and was the only Sun to show up, no one was saying he looked 35. He has a bad game and all of a sudden the narrative start. Jaden McDaniels also outplayed everyone on his team lol. Stop with the weird narratives.
@@fasj1972 the hate for this dude recently has been ridiculous. Especially considering he generally plays well. When he was with GS, people couldn’t wait for him to leave, then his main criticism now is that he should’ve never left. Can’t have it both ways.
@@keenannorris3309 still was pretty meaningless basketball or like of no consequences in Washington but he played for the wizards and they ain't haven no one else to pay
@@OFB-ow9ue I mostly agree w/ you. The mediocrity of the Wizards probably propped him up a bit. They did make the playoffs a couple times, but it's not as if the other teams weren't playing hard against him just b/c the Wizards were mediocre. Most of the other teams are mediocre too lol. But I get your point. He wasn't playing on truly contending teams at any point... He was really good. Now he's mediocre. Getting paid by some mediocre billionaire to be the player he used to be. Good for him. Bad for the Suns. Lol.
Kind of ironic Rob said people were saying “they don’t need a bench”… your colleague Chris Broussard was the main person who said this 😂😂. Man these reporters are so CAP!
Booker is soft when it comes to the playoffs and Kd is a bucket, but it seems like just scoring will only get you so far, KD is not a leader is is not really impactful besides scoring. Not looking good for the Suns causes the west will be good again next year
The sooner the media understands KD doesn’t care about any narratives, the sooner they can just stop talking about him. This is the same KD that joined a championship winning, 73-9, one game away from a back to back chip team that had beaten him on route loooool he just wants to hoop. That’s all
You think that’s fair for the franchise that traded away their draft picks & young talent to acquire his talents bc he’s supposed to be an nba champion but doesn’t seem to impose his will to win knowing the team has championship aspirations ? That’s not fair to the fans it’s not fair to the team & his teammates & it’s not fair to himself I think he’s capable of winning another ring on his own. But see that’s also exactly why Ant is getting so much praise because he wants to win & is a competitor kd used to have that same passion.
Superteams no longer work since the star players are paided more, 3 stars eat up the team's salary cap. So the bench and role players are veterans or min salary players, isnt enought to help the team win.
Every team that has made a playoff run has had at least 1-2 years to mesh. Any team that has won a championship, even LeBron and Curry. This team has had 35 games to mesh. It's not enough!
Not knowing Jadens name or acting like he’s a no-name or just a role player shows how little these two know. Start paying attention. Jaden is the best wing defender in the league and has locked up every star perimeter threat this league has to offer. Y’all don’t know about NAW either I bet. Completely sleep.
Thank God for the upcoming CBA enforcement mechanisms. These Bradly Beale contracts are keeping their Size 20 Boot on the Throats of the NBA, a league whose PLAYOFFS were CRUSHED by last night’s NFL DRAFT!!’
As a crying and frustrated Suns fan, we are undersized and we have too many volume shooters. Small ball is dying in the NBA and the elite teams have big and length y players that can play the 4-5 spots, get buckets, and defend. Our offense doesn't flow and I am honestly questioning if we are any better since the KD trade. We need a legit alpha on the team to drive this team to success, so far, KD has not filled that role. He can’t will a team to win. We will be in NBA purgatory for a very long time.
First off it's not small ball it's skill ball. 2nd skill ball will never die Lastly you're clearly too emotional bcuz u cant have a 7'2 dude, 2 6'11 dudes and another 6'10 and be undersized. That's sounds idiotic but I get it you're emotional so it has you talking nonsense. If they had cp3 instead of Beal with this same roster they would be a 1 seed easily.... but I think they need another wing 3 and D guy besides a pg that alpha nonsense you're spewing is just that. If they had jrue, cp3 or Mike Conley easily a 1 seed... gotta be objective
They were never gonna amount to much. Champion teams take time to develop. You can't just throw a bunch of random guys together. No matter how good they are as individuals. Fans and media love big trades but they very rarely live up to the hype.
OKC possibly taking back Kevin Durant at this late stage of his career is a weird take by Chris. I can’t see that happening at all. They are stacked with great young talent and I can’t imagine them wanting to give up anything of value for 36-year-old Kevin Durant. Plus they’re still harsh feelings I’m sure within that community about how he left.
Look.. call me the old man who screams at the younger guys about how my generation’s players were better than today’s generation of players but I’m sorry! Nobody can convince me that KD, Lebron, Jason Tatum, Devin Booker and Joel Embid were better than Jordan, Magic, Kareem, Isiah Thomas, Larry Bird and Dr. J! Stop it! I really tried to get behind today’s NBA basketball players but they just don’t measure up. Overpaid players who constantly underperform and produce mediocre results! 😢
If they had James Harden instead of Bradley Beal, this would have been so much better because he can actually set Durant, Booker and the roleplayers up
I said this at the beginning of the year The Suns need a point guard just because they have 3 all stars doesn’t mean it gonna work. They have nobody that can dictate their offense.
Everywhere I've seen coverage of this series. People were saying the Suns were the worst match up for the Timberwolves. Now everything has completely reversed and all I see or hear is how poorly the Suns roster is constructed. Nothing about how Minnesota's defense and physicality is absolutely bullying them. The series ain't over, but Minnesota has all the confidence in the world right now. I don't see the Suns winning more than one game. Timberwolves have the best chance out of any team to take down the Nuggets if you ask me. Can we please talk about some other teams. All these old superstars are washed. Lebron, Steph, KD, their time is over. The Sun is setting on their careers
Honestly, running it back might not be a bad idea if they could figure out to improve their defense. Although they have the size, so I'm not sure if it's even the defense that needs to be improved. But they're missing literally so many shots.. The one thing that's lacking in the NBA is having continuity with your team. Like getting comfortable with your team and actually playing a full season with the same starting five and some of the bemch or at least close. So many players. So many NBA players get traded or move teams and get to a brand new team and have to figure it out and make it work. I don't hear this often, But a lot or most of NBA teams that win a ring habe at least some playing time with a solid core. Lebron would of probably been one of the only few to do with with new teammates, i think anyways. So it might not be a bad idea for the team to get some more playing time together with the same core pkayers and maybe some small chamges if needed. It's either that or kevin durant is washed. He is getting up there but maybe he just doesn't have the motivation to win anymore. They have the size and definitely have the offense.Unless like bradley deal is super overrated. I didn't watch Last year as much.But there needs to be a logical reason.Because there's so much talent on this team and they have the size.I can't believe they're doing this bad in the playoffs. I would personally love to see Durant when one more. But it just doesn't look like it's going to happen.But you never know I guess. But most teams don't even care to play with the 3 main players they signed up with an only play a small amount of games together and then just seem to just try and make it work for the playoffs. I'm also shocked at how many main superstars are injured for the first round of the playoffs also.
If these guys won't say it, I will... Kevin Durant is a problem. He is a walking bucket but he doesn't win you series.... Kevin Durant can't "out hoop" his LOSER DNA. Without the GREAT Steph Curry and Steve Kerr KD would have no postseason success except for one Finals appearance in which he lost to Lebron. He's a loser, plain and simple. This guy is the NBA's Dak Prescott. Showy numbers and ZERO SUBSTANCE. Get him outta here.
Beal’s contract would only be traceable to an absolute contender that only needs a scorer and you’d have to include draft picks. KD you could trade but if you trade him I think you should just start over because role plays with Beal and Booker isn’t gonna be any better, and Booker is the one I’d want to keep because he’s the youngest and at this point probably the best of the 3.
You guys helped further validate him on your platform. It was all laughs and giggles 4-5 years ago w/ the King Jay/Young Malcolm talk. Now y’all trying to back pedal & sound serious now that all the financial space hustlers grift is coming to an end.
In addition to them severely lacking a point guard, on close look the Suns "big 3" is too redundant, similar skill set (pull up jump shooters, mid-range, not much rim pressure...) and the reality is... none of them are true 2-way players. Then the guys coming off the bench... more of the same offensive-minded redundancy, no good defenders - the team lacks size. No wonder why they are struggling against that defensive juggernaut in Minnesota.
In all honesty though, I do think they'll do a lot better next year as long as they run it back for the most part. Unless Durant doesn't have the drive or motivation to win anymore. But on paper they're not a bad team. They just need a decent amount of time played together with a solid core.
Kevin Durcan't always getting a pass. If old man Lebron score 18 and did nothing else, they would be crushing Him right now. This is why I keep telling people that Lebron is the GOAT. People will realize it a year or two after He retires. Once the Hate fad fades.
I understand aging and getting older, but how do these older NBA stars have such a talent drop off from one season to the next? Just eight months ago Kevin Durant was single-handedly defeating the Milwaukee Bucks! How much aging actually took place in an eight month period of time, especially considering they should be working out and having top-notch nutrition during the off-season?
poor roster construction. the Suns 3 best players arguably play the same position. they're all essentially shooting guards. it's just not a good fit, especially without a real point guard.
The Suns are lucky to be a 6th seed. They have no starting or backup PG, no back up center or legit starting PF. Their bench & coach is suspect. Then Booker & Beal missed a combined 40 games this year. So...
Phoenix not having a pg is not their main problem it doesn’t help they don’t have one. Instead of getting Beal they should’ve filled out the roster with kd and book. With the new rules phoenix is stuck unless book or kd wants out
Rob is hilarious, saying Kevin Durant got out played by whatcha macallit 😆🤣🤣
Give it another month and everyone will know who Jaden McDaniels is.
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To me the biggest appeal of KD going to the Suns is for him to play and win a ring with the core of CP3, Booker and Ayton. Instead they traded almost everyone away and now we have some weird big 3 of KD/Booker/Beal with a bunch of minimum contract mercenaries and it's just not the same.
Same thing that messed up the nets
@@Wisestomatoethat’s not the same thing, the nets were objectively better than the suns, they just got hurt at the wrong time. They had two top 7 players and a legit top 15 player at the time with a better bench than the suns. No version of booker is better than 2021 harden who also a great facilitator and playmaker and kyrie is better than Beal especially this version of him.
Ayton???
@@abtocool6350true. Nets would've won a couple without all the issues with Harden and Kyrie
@Lotus77777 Yes, Ayton was a big piece to when the Suns started winning. They were the best team in the NBA last year with him at center. They traded him and it hasn't been the same..
Kd really thinks he deserves to be in the goat conversation 😂 how delusional is that man.
😂😂😂Fr
They should’ve let Beal burn a hole in the Wizard’s cap space. Lmao.
They could’ve filled the team in around Booker and KD
yeah, not sure why DC got rid of him or even John Wall for that matter. best players they had since the Agent ZERO days. they could rode them into the sunset ... or at least kept Westbrook (not sending him to LA) and keeping Beal.
Exactly.. Team was better last season as a team.. People knew there roles
@@K124Bthey got rid of him because they realized it was a mistake giving him that huge contract. You're not winning a championship with Beal as your best player
The Suns made a mistake trading for him in the first place!! He is injury prone and getting older with little less playoff experiences. Now, with no draft picks for the next decade
Yeah I didn’t understand that move at all
Booker just isnt that guy! He crumbles when the pressure is on and his playoff resume proves it
He ain’t been right since one of them Kardashians got a hold of him
He hasn't been the same since Luka spanked him.
@@elliotness11Idk why brothers go after 304s. Especially a fake and plastic one like her.
Of course he’s not. Booker is a good 2nd all star that you pair with a number one. That’s why he worked out so well with CP3. Even though Paul was older he still played like a 1st option PG
I mean he put up 34 points on 58% and 50% from 3 in his last playoffs
Kevin attitude really nonchalant since he win a ring . He treats game like a 9 to 5 similar to Harden smh. Its a shame .
he really shoulda went to the knicks over brooklyn
Well, it is a 9 to 5 for them it's just their jobs. It's the fans who are die hard. Not the players.
👏👏 Thank you
But isn't that's what it is tho at the end of the day.. what if he be ready to get off and smoke n chill like mfks do after they jobs do everyday... Booker the one out up 70 during the season n look terrible every playoff
It is a 9-5
Getting rid of CP3 to get Bradley Beal was so incredibly stupid.
Warriors didn't make the playoffs with cp3
@@Bookem35 come on 😅 CP3 didn't fit with the Warriors but he did with the Suns and they were better when they still had him
Very stupid
Trading for Bradley Beal was a bad move. Trading CP3 was smart.
Ya such an idiotic trade, big 2 have played better than big 3 all season this season
Perfect example of Super-teams not a guarantee for a Championship. Team chemistry is a must, just look at Denver
??? Timberwolves are a super team and it's a guarantee lol
@@worldzealotthe T Wolves were built organically tho.
@@worldzealotwtf you talking about
@worldzealot lol ok. Know definition of superteam bro.
Any team takes a year or 2 to build that chemistry. Even Denver took 3 years with their core to win..
Rob loves when things dont go well 😂😂😂😂. His face lights up. It doesnt even matter what we are talking about as long as its negative. Old man on the stoop for real 😂😂
Lmaooo
wtf is ur name?
lol
@@uncleb7821 ellis island employees probably said this a lot
😂
Chris is absolutely right the Suns need a traditional floor general point guard. Someone that can control the tempo of the game and set up everyone to score in a system.
Rob Parker: Next thing you’ll know they’ll be popping bottles in Washington celebrating the fact that they took away Bradley Beal 😂
Yeah, they'll be doing that from a banana boat in Cancun.
But the Wiz traded for Poole’s contract. They just got lucky.
Devin Booker is the west coast Tatum
Facts.
damn..you right
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😂😂😂 Facts he just have a BBall build with jumpshot
lmaooo
Anthony Edwards is better than booker and Beal and is now better than Durant. There is a new crop of guys along with Wemby that are taking over the league. Durant has always been overrated, he’s just a great shooter. Doesn’t really affect the game like that, that’s why he’s great on the warriors. They just needed him to shoot.
Stop it he played terrible game 2
He's a good off-ball defender, a good rebounder for a skinny dude. He's good at a few things, but only great at one thing. And he's not a leader. When things get tough, he wilts, which is why the Warriors were perfect for him, a stacked deck where he knew he was going to win.
I agree with everything u damn near said until u said he's overrated. Like he's 35 calm down he's obviously not the same player.
You're not a smart person
I love this because I hated when Book indicated they'd be fine without CP3.
You sure about that young fella?
I remember when Gobert got traded to the wolves and everyone called it the worst trade in the history of the NBA and I couldn't understand y it's so bad. In hindsight it looks like this KD Beal trade was the worst trade from last season and the Gobert trade was actually the best!
Denver is a real team not bought, a real team emotionally and genuinely cares about one another.
Damn that's a really good point. Most champs are built the hard way. These microwave super teams haven't been working.
So on all the other teams they're players don't have any human emotions and don't care or have any feelings for there teammates. Bunch of animals huh
As are the Timberwolves
Yup and I’m a laker fan Denver like a well oiled machine like the spurs in the early 2000”s
@@kevinmoten6566not like the Nuggets
2 reasons... They have no PG... ppl underestimate the importance of an actual PG... Secondly KD is NOT that guy...
It’s not so much a PG, but they don’t have a facilitator.
Also they are facing the best defense
@@Phat-rj3joCP3 being heavily undervalued as usual lol, Beal Trade a bust
I don't think Paul George will help this team 😮
@@Phat-rj3joTheir one in the same , someone that's efficient in controlling the game .
Rob hasn’t been this engaged in a while 😂
Agreed, usually he lookin @ his cell phone most of the time.
Wolves have a big 3 as well and were game out of 1st. Defense as good as 04 pistons
Bring CP3 back for veteran minimum and get a good back up for when he gets hurt
It’s a shame. Chris might be right. He’s not gonna get another ring. He’s had 2 solid chances since leaving GS. It’s been almost 5 years
What chances has he had other than this year?
Fake news
@@IamyungveliKD whole career he has played with all stars he better be glad he went to the warriors he would not have any rings...klay, steph and green Hall of famers. People told me kd was better than james in what planet....
@@dman9958 KD was drafted to OKC along with Westbrook, Lebron has played with All Stars his whole career is well, but see yall never put context on things, the truth is KD has had bad breaks with Injuries, Like going for a 3pt and blowing out his Achilles, Or like the Nets beating the blood out of the Bucks in the playoffs without Harden then Ky going down, him not winning a team sport because of different circumstances has nothing to do with this man individual skills and talent
@@Iamyungveli you don't make the same excuses about james.... James lost finals due to injuries but it's never stated. They both have played with stars so have magic bird, kobe, mj and all great players who won rings...I have never seen make more excuses and give more passes for kd than any other superstar that played the game....
This let's you know how fraudulent KD's rings are.
same as lebrons
When he going head to head with the best player in the world to win his chip it's not fraudulent.. Don't hear you complain about Steph 1st ring
@@z-mane1438rent free
@@jvtopflight796 they all weak no one wants to compete and truly be the best. Everyone wants to take the easy way out. Bunch of cowards in this society.
@@z-mane1438 nope
KD lost that killer instinct.
KD is a killer? Killers don't join a championship team that beat them after being up 3-1 with another hall of famer on the team. K.D is great but a killer, nah.
never had it
@@MH-dt4ib 🧢
Never had it
Suns probably could’ve survived the KD trade but trading for Beal’s atrocious contract was the final nail in the coffin. Even if they can find a decent PG, they still don’t have defense or a bench. The Suns org deserve everything they got coming to them lolol
I think the main issue is that KD has tried to go to top heavy teams when he needed to go to a well constructed roster. We see now that great teams with good systems win
Preach💯💯
Looking older? He looking absent 😂
The team is poorly constructed, and the GM can no longer go off name alone when building a team. Denver has multiple players that can do their job well. So, it is not surprising that Phoenix is losing. KD doesn't possess leadership qualities on the court because, according to him, he wants to play ball. Draymond showed KD's lack of leadership, so it's not surprising that Ant called him old.
Exactly 💯 Beal and Booker are not good defensive players and neither one is a traditional floor general point guard. Durant like you said is not a leader that can galvanize a team.
Eddie Johnson was always talking about this for years when Booker was essentially stuck playing point guard as a shooting guard. The Suns should have made an effort to sign Ricky Rubio back with the team given that he was the catalyst that allowed Booker to cook the year before CP3 joined the team.
bradley beal wasnt needed should have kept cp3 and Ayton
Welcome to new age NBA where players like Kris Middleton and Bradley Beal have max deals……
Just say you don't know basketball
@@damianpresha9833 I’ll gladly say I don’t know this era of basketball if that’s what you call it 😂😂🤡🤡 I call it the cupcake league
Big money 😂😂
@@damianpresha9833bruh Brad is buns, book? Buns😂
@@damianpresha9833Oh shut up. It’s obvious their cap hits and play don’t match up.
Wolves got these boys lookin junior varsity
*scared junior varsity
KD has never been good enough to carry a team. KD has always and will be a teams #2 or #3. Booker is overrated and should be a #3 on a team. Beal is not it.
And the Suns just re-signed Dukie Grayson "the Tripper" Allen to a 4 year $70 million contract extension. What a waste!
To be fair he is a 3pt assassin, but that's about it, he's got no moves and plays bad defense
KD will refuse to play and demand a trade to the back to back champion Denver Nuggets
Matt Ishiba is brilliant! He single-handedly ruined the Suns for at least 5 to 7 years while paying out-the-nose for it. Lol
I wouldn’t be surprised if the Suns move on from Booker, and KD as well.
😂 Booker is only 27 my guy. He's barely getting into his prime and is going to be on the Suns the rest of his career
The media is so fickle, when KD dropped 31 in the first game and was the only Sun to show up, no one was saying he looked 35. He has a bad game and all of a sudden the narrative start.
Jaden McDaniels also outplayed everyone on his team lol. Stop with the weird narratives.
You beat me to it
Facts.. They be waiting til KD have a bad game so they can run they narrative
@@fasj1972 the hate for this dude recently has been ridiculous. Especially considering he generally plays well.
When he was with GS, people couldn’t wait for him to leave, then his main criticism now is that he should’ve never left.
Can’t have it both ways.
@@jvtopflight796 I’m not even a huge KD fan, but it’s weird how these narratives are spun.
He got SWEPT by Boston not too long ago. Heat don’t get swept cause they’re still disciplined, humble, and hungry
Bradley Beal getting over 50 mil a year is crazy 🤣 pays to play for such an awful franchise like the wizards not that he isn’t really good but damn
He was averaging 30+ when he got that contract. He's been injured ever since and is like 70% of the player he used to be.
@@keenannorris3309 still was pretty meaningless basketball or like of no consequences in Washington but he played for the wizards and they ain't haven no one else to pay
@@OFB-ow9ue I mostly agree w/ you. The mediocrity of the Wizards probably propped him up a bit. They did make the playoffs a couple times, but it's not as if the other teams weren't playing hard against him just b/c the Wizards were mediocre. Most of the other teams are mediocre too lol.
But I get your point. He wasn't playing on truly contending teams at any point... He was really good. Now he's mediocre. Getting paid by some mediocre billionaire to be the player he used to be. Good for him. Bad for the Suns. Lol.
They blew up the team and essentially have 3 shooting guards playing at the same time lol smh
KD is the perfect player. Just not a leader I think
His scoring doesn't change the game
Perfect? Hahaha WRONG
Kind of ironic Rob said people were saying “they don’t need a bench”… your colleague Chris Broussard was the main person who said this 😂😂. Man these reporters are so CAP!
Booker is soft when it comes to the playoffs and Kd is a bucket, but it seems like just scoring will only get you so far, KD is not a leader is is not really impactful besides scoring. Not looking good for the Suns causes the west will be good again next year
Kd doesn't impact winning
He always says he just wants to hoop, he shoulda stayed in Golden State, he probably would have another couple rings
They don't play defense.
any team kd plays for other then the warriors is a bunch of iso ball
The sooner the media understands KD doesn’t care about any narratives, the sooner they can just stop talking about him. This is the same KD that joined a championship winning, 73-9, one game away from a back to back chip team that had beaten him on route loooool he just wants to hoop. That’s all
You think that’s fair for the franchise that traded away their draft picks & young talent to acquire his talents bc he’s supposed to be an nba champion but doesn’t seem to impose his will to win knowing the team has championship aspirations ? That’s not fair to the fans it’s not fair to the team & his teammates & it’s not fair to himself I think he’s capable of winning another ring on his own. But see that’s also exactly why Ant is getting so much praise because he wants to win & is a competitor kd used to have that same passion.
Kevin Durant should've never been in the same conversation as LeBron Raymone James as this is just more proof
Yes he should've.. Bro got injured and that took something out of him.. He ain't been KD since that Bucks series.. Bro is older now and it's showing
Superteams no longer work since the star players are paided more, 3 stars eat up the team's salary cap. So the bench and role players are veterans or min salary players, isnt enought to help the team win.
Every team that has made a playoff run has had at least 1-2 years to mesh. Any team that has won a championship, even LeBron and Curry. This team has had 35 games to mesh. It's not enough!
Cmon Broussard, you know this..
You could give this team 100 years and they wouldn’t mesh. Meh
The Warriors changed his legacy. Not only the titles won with them, but covering up, he blew a 3 - 1 series to them. Game 6 4th quarter he was awful.
One quarter, relax boy.
Chris Paul laughing his ass off rn.
Why Rob isn’t so enthusiastic about KD? If this was another individual he’d be animated
Rob parker would of disappeared a long time ago if it wasn't for Chris. Chris is the GOAT!
Not knowing Jadens name or acting like he’s a no-name or just a role player shows how little these two know.
Start paying attention. Jaden is the best wing defender in the league and has locked up every star perimeter threat this league has to offer. Y’all don’t know about NAW either I bet. Completely sleep.
Thank God for the upcoming CBA enforcement mechanisms. These Bradly Beale contracts are keeping their Size 20 Boot on the Throats of the NBA, a league whose PLAYOFFS were CRUSHED by last night’s NFL DRAFT!!’
A lot of teams don’t have traditional point guards. You can overcome it with an offense that has lot ball and player movement.
I don’t get how you have 3 of the NBA most prolific scorer and only made a 6th seed and they look bad. As far as PG they have IT
Looking for a comment with Frank Vogel name. Remember the coach everyone said Lakers shouldn’t have fired?
Frank Vogel has always been mediocre even back in Indiana
As a crying and frustrated Suns fan, we are undersized and we have too many volume shooters. Small ball is dying in the NBA and the elite teams have big and length y players that can play the 4-5 spots, get buckets, and defend. Our offense doesn't flow and I am honestly questioning if we are any better since the KD trade. We need a legit alpha on the team to drive this team to success, so far, KD has not filled that role. He can’t will a team to win. We will be in NBA purgatory for a very long time.
First off it's not small ball it's skill ball.
2nd skill ball will never die
Lastly you're clearly too emotional bcuz u cant have a 7'2 dude, 2 6'11 dudes and another 6'10 and be undersized. That's sounds idiotic but I get it you're emotional so it has you talking nonsense. If they had cp3 instead of Beal with this same roster they would be a 1 seed easily.... but I think they need another wing 3 and D guy besides a pg that alpha nonsense you're spewing is just that. If they had jrue, cp3 or Mike Conley easily a 1 seed... gotta be objective
They were never gonna amount to much. Champion teams take time to develop. You can't just throw a bunch of random guys together. No matter how good they are as individuals. Fans and media love big trades but they very rarely live up to the hype.
OKC possibly taking back Kevin Durant at this late stage of his career is a weird take by Chris. I can’t see that happening at all. They are stacked with great young talent and I can’t imagine them wanting to give up anything of value for 36-year-old Kevin Durant. Plus they’re still harsh feelings I’m sure within that community about how he left.
Trade Durant back to golden state
Too late for that dawg
Yeah, and give Phoenix Draymond, Klay and Wiggins 😂
@@leebutz4727they are so much more washed than KD
Send KD to Warriors. They need another scorer next to Steph and Suns need depth. They’ll still have Beal and Book. Win win
Confirmed :KD back to Golden state ✅
The problem with Suns is the coach , not saying he’s bad , but this is a team he cannot manage well
Chris Broussard once again proves he knows nothing about OKC basketball. He has no concept of how the team is run or its identity lol.
Look.. call me the old man who screams at the younger guys about how my generation’s players were better than today’s generation of players but I’m sorry! Nobody can convince me that KD, Lebron, Jason Tatum, Devin Booker and Joel Embid were better than Jordan, Magic, Kareem, Isiah Thomas, Larry Bird and Dr. J! Stop it! I really tried to get behind today’s NBA basketball players but they just don’t measure up. Overpaid players who constantly underperform and produce mediocre results! 😢
Why not credit the wolves
If they had James Harden instead of Bradley Beal, this would have been so much better because he can actually set Durant, Booker and the roleplayers up
They don’t have a PG, it’s really that simple
They somehow gonna blame Vogel again 😂.
Needs to be asked… would Suns be better with M Bridges and Cam Johnson than KD?
I said this at the beginning of the year The Suns need a point guard just because they have 3 all stars doesn’t mean it gonna work. They have nobody that can dictate their offense.
Everywhere I've seen coverage of this series. People were saying the Suns were the worst match up for the Timberwolves. Now everything has completely reversed and all I see or hear is how poorly the Suns roster is constructed. Nothing about how Minnesota's defense and physicality is absolutely bullying them. The series ain't over, but Minnesota has all the confidence in the world right now. I don't see the Suns winning more than one game. Timberwolves have the best chance out of any team to take down the Nuggets if you ask me. Can we please talk about some other teams. All these old superstars are washed. Lebron, Steph, KD, their time is over. The Sun is setting on their careers
In the off-season, they need to trade Bradley Beal for Trae Young. ✌🏾
They don’t have an offensive system. Stars just take turns in isolation sets.
Rob is strangely quiet on this topic.....let it be LeBron, Chris can't get a word in....
Truth be told, Minnesota is a damned good team, with good chemistry, and role players who know how to play.
Honestly, running it back might not be a bad idea if they could figure out to improve their defense. Although they have the size, so I'm not sure if it's even the defense that needs to be improved. But they're missing literally so many shots.. The one thing that's lacking in the NBA is having continuity with your team. Like getting comfortable with your team and actually playing a full season with the same starting five and some of the bemch or at least close. So many players. So many NBA players get traded or move teams and get to a brand new team and have to figure it out and make it work. I don't hear this often, But a lot or most of NBA teams that win a ring habe at least some playing time with a solid core. Lebron would of probably been one of the only few to do with with new teammates, i think anyways. So it might not be a bad idea for the team to get some more playing time together with the same core pkayers and maybe some small chamges if needed. It's either that or kevin durant is washed. He is getting up there but maybe he just doesn't have the motivation to win anymore. They have the size and definitely have the offense.Unless like bradley deal is super overrated. I didn't watch Last year as much.But there needs to be a logical reason.Because there's so much talent on this team and they have the size.I can't believe they're doing this bad in the playoffs. I would personally love to see Durant when one more. But it just doesn't look like it's going to happen.But you never know I guess. But most teams don't even care to play with the 3 main players they signed up with an only play a small amount of games together and then just seem to just try and make it work for the playoffs. I'm also shocked at how many main superstars are injured for the first round of the playoffs also.
If these guys won't say it, I will... Kevin Durant is a problem. He is a walking bucket but he doesn't win you series.... Kevin Durant can't "out hoop" his LOSER DNA. Without the GREAT Steph Curry and Steve Kerr KD would have no postseason success except for one Finals appearance in which he lost to Lebron. He's a loser, plain and simple. This guy is the NBA's Dak Prescott. Showy numbers and ZERO SUBSTANCE. Get him outta here.
You're right. He's one of the most overrated basketball stars of all time
Beal’s contract would only be traceable to an absolute contender that only needs a scorer and you’d have to include draft picks. KD you could trade but if you trade him I think you should just start over because role plays with Beal and Booker isn’t gonna be any better, and Booker is the one I’d want to keep because he’s the youngest and at this point probably the best of the 3.
They can only be disappointing if your expectations were high to begin with.
No point guard
Chris is a basketball genius
He better not try running to another damn team!! 😂🤦♂️
lol
Can't wait to address this on my show...
KD has been able to evade criticism bc of LBJ. No more hiding, no more giving him a pass, KD needs some playoff success outside of Golden State.
You guys helped further validate him on your platform. It was all laughs and giggles 4-5 years ago w/ the King Jay/Young Malcolm talk. Now y’all trying to back pedal & sound serious now that all the financial space hustlers grift is coming to an end.
In addition to them severely lacking a point guard, on close look the Suns "big 3" is too redundant, similar skill set (pull up jump shooters, mid-range, not much rim pressure...) and the reality is... none of them are true 2-way players. Then the guys coming off the bench... more of the same offensive-minded redundancy, no good defenders - the team lacks size. No wonder why they are struggling against that defensive juggernaut in Minnesota.
In all honesty though, I do think they'll do a lot better next year as long as they run it back for the most part. Unless Durant doesn't have the drive or motivation to win anymore. But on paper they're not a bad team. They just need a decent amount of time played together with a solid core.
Kevin Durcan't always getting a pass. If old man Lebron score 18 and did nothing else, they would be crushing Him right now. This is why I keep telling people that Lebron is the GOAT. People will realize it a year or two after He retires. Once the Hate fad fades.
I understand aging and getting older, but how do these older NBA stars have such a talent drop off from one season to the next? Just eight months ago Kevin Durant was single-handedly defeating the Milwaukee Bucks! How much aging actually took place in an eight month period of time, especially considering they should be working out and having top-notch nutrition during the off-season?
KD is rare superstar that you can’t really build around but you can drop him on any team and he’s gonna get buckets
Rob should get “hazardous duty pay” cause Chris high pitch as hell.
poor roster construction. the Suns 3 best players arguably play the same position. they're all essentially shooting guards. it's just not a good fit, especially without a real point guard.
The Suns are lucky to be a 6th seed. They have no starting or backup PG, no back up center or legit starting PF. Their bench & coach is suspect. Then Booker & Beal missed a combined 40 games this year. So...
Kd wanting to get traded to Minnesota is such a low blow 😂
Devin Booker is a kardashian
Phoenix not having a pg is not their main problem it doesn’t help they don’t have one. Instead of getting Beal they should’ve filled out the roster with kd and book. With the new rules phoenix is stuck unless book or kd wants out
Makes you realize how important Steph was on those GS teams!!
They needed and still need a point guard. I said that last summer