Suns GM James Jones Says Nobody Has Ever Maximized Kevin Durant? | THE ODD COUPLE
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- THE ODD COUPLE - Chris Broussard and Rob Parker rip Phoenix Suns owner Matt Ishbia and GM James Jones for their oddly optimistic comments about their roster and ability to maximize Kevin Durant.
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Boooker has peaked, kd is old and beal injured and ineffective. An no point guard. Well done Suns
Booker only made playoffs when cp3 arrived , floor general. Guy never been driving force
Booker hasn't peaked he needs to be the number 1 on his own team. The sun's and clippers are alike and when kd Westbrook and harden on the thunder. The issue when you load up stars on a team if they play similar and there all on the court together the issue is they play too much isolation ball and it's my turn your turn. Too much deferring and not wanting to take away each other's shine. It limits certain players momentum in the game and it makes it harder for a player to get in rhythm. When you have 1 star and role players or 2 stars and role players the offense runs smoother. Toi many stars takes away each players dominant traits on the court. Now of you have a star point guard and a star center that combination works more. The sun's other issue is they are a jump shooting team first and foremost. In a 7 game series if your not hitting your shots on any given night it's easier for the other team to quietly build a lead on you. Then your trying to play catch up by jacking up too many 3s. You gotta have a better structure and game plan when you have that many stars that are pure scorers.
Ishbia is so delusional he said their future is bright lol
Which is kinda funny, because 9-10 years ago they started Dragic, IT, and Bledsoe😂
Correction, Beal is overrated
James Jones:
‘If we had Michael Jordan we could have definitely maximized his talents’ … 😏
Did GS max KD? Or were they so good they didnt need too. Just saying. You're up here letting Chris control your thinking like a loser. U are a loser obviously. Ur in this comment section. But I guess ur smarter than James Jones.
James Jones just proved you can play a sport, get a job in that sport, and still not know wtf you’re talking about.
Didnt he also construct the team and staff that got to the finals?
3 yrs ago in finals I believe he stepped in
So what would you do with this roster?
@@_lamar5059 gotta find a way to get rid of Beal even eat some of the salary
@@marklumar2034 And he also constructed this grease fire. 🔥
What he really wanted to say was, " we messed up and should've ran the ball thru KD, but we didn't do that, so what we're gonna do next season is run the ball thru KD"
He should have simply said that
100
But proceeded to put him in the corner … and remember broussard sayin booker s better thn kd
Basically what they saying after the watch the film back.. Nets used KD better than they did
They tried that
Beal has a no trade clause? The third best player on the team?? His agent is a genius.
Facts 💯
Lol facts
Wizards must have thought they were high when they got that phone call? Why would any team want a player with an insane contract with 3yrs left, who hasn’t played 3-4 seasons on their team? But u actually want to trade for him and give them something in return… 😂 they probably sent him a big thank you basket as a token!
😅😅😅@@siner2442
He might be 5th 😂
OKC and GSW Maximized KD.
Gsw did, not OKC
@@GarbageMan144Scott Brooks tried but nah OKC they massively failed overall
@@GarbageMan144 4 scoring titles and 1 Reg Season MVP eith OKC
@@adriandantedanosos4146he is a great player individually but okc def didnt maximize kd.
@@adriandantedanosos4146 KD himself said he didn't mesh well with his teammates back in OKC. He basically used his talents to brute force his way to get those individual accolades.
Ishbia is becoming the David Tepper of basketball
Read my mind.
Yep. Get your ponchos ready Suns fans.
Tepper went against everyone in the building and pickrd Bryce over C.J. fires coaches at will instead of building a roster. Ishbia tried lol. He has a ways to go. Tepper sucks.
As a Panther fan… this hurts 😂 but it’s accurate
I wanna see Rob Parker as a GM of a franchise. That would be hilarious to witness. Can you imagine some of the moves he would make? lol
He'd fire people left and right just for disagreeing with him. Let's not forget his awful horrendous Brady takes over the span of Bradys career lol.
@@Stephen_231 That doesn't even make sense dude lol but go off.
I think Rob would do good. He ain’t going for no bs he gon say the truth
Brothers just gotta make sure they aren't dating a whyte woman w/ blonde hair
He'd call everybody "mushugana" and "fugazi" and fire people after ever game.
If you consistently watched the Suns this season then them getting swept would not been surprising at all
Facts. It’s not surprising that the team with the worst 4th quarter offense in the league got swept by one of the best defensive teams in the league 😂😂
Imagine saying maximizing a soon to be 36 year old KD when you have Devin Booker on your roster 🤦🏿♂️ tf is bro talking about
Facts
How did James Jones land this job?
Slick talker I’m guessing
Diversity hire
@@kevinhorry4182if that’s the case, shouldn’t be any white dudes in the NFL 😂
@@MRoss623he built a team that went to the finals. The team owner wanted those trades. Easily manipulated people like pointing fingers at the wrong ones lol
@@kevinhorry4182it’s the nba. It’s a diversity hire when whites get hired.
No wonder phx suns are garbage. Their gm is a dummy
Their GM constructed a team that went to the finals a few years ago 🤣. I’m sure he knows more than you. The team owner wanted to trade for KD & Beal.
How dare you criticize a black man.
@@miked1400yea, let’s go back to the ‘40’s when you couldn’t criticize a white man
Stop building super teams!!! Go get you a bench and Do Work!!!
Any team that trades for KD is doomed
THIS. hopefully the new era learns from this and does away with that lebron kd harden super team bs. build from the ground up and encourage your role players
spurs dynasty and even warriors dynasty had a full roster with great defense which the suns right now have no defenders , suns are a joke
That's not how nba entertainment works
he built a team that went to the finals. The team owner wanted those trades. Easily manipulated people like pointing fingers at the wrong ones lol
Those comments were an insult to every basketball fan's intelligence.
George Karl description of Melo is spot on for KD. He's a supremely talented mama's boy who never developed toughness. Cupcake was an accurate description of going to the team that beat him. The same softness that made him go to GS is the same that's getting him swept. His heart doesn't measure to his incredible talent and skill
Very well said.
Karl is an all time coach.
In fairness, Karl is an idiot
you don’t beat kobe dirk and duncan in one playoff run to the finals at 24 years old by being soft 😂 but good assessment dr. phil
@aradoubya7721 not at all what a casual youre KD is a Two times Finals MVPS Melo was a ball hog and only made one conference finals yall love to hatred you ain't never watched KD
What he meant was… No team has gotten KD a chip while allowing KD to run the show & be the BUS DRIVER.
That’s up to KEVIN to maximize, no one else.
Facts.
Wtf are you talking about
@@Laras3383 what happened in Brooklyn then?
What they need to do is to grab a serviceable point guard and put Bradley Beal as a 6 man coming off the bench
James Jones needs to be checked😮😮
I lost it @ Poppycock/Boulderdash 🤣😂😂🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤣
And now y'all see why Beal ain't wanna leave the wizards. If he was still in Washington he could probably force another max contract and no trade clause.
KD is giving you 27, 6 & 5 on 52% from the field and 85% from the line. He’s still a Top 5-10 player in the league in year 16 🤷🏿♂️. If the Lakers had him they’d be going to the 2nd rd right now
Just enjoy watching basketball, only one team can win every year
Vogel won a championship just a few years ago and analysts criticize the man but still fall on the sword for Doc who hasn’t done anything worthwhile post 2010.
Same thing for the bucks coach
And suns fans had the nerve to stick up for james jones 😂😂 what a dropkick fanbase
Why wouldn’t they? He built a team that went to the finals a few yrs ago. The fans need to blame the team owner for getting in his way
Imagine having the talent this dude has and still being the most disappointing team year after year
@@KapitalElementwhat talent? injuries and guys that flatout choke in the playoffs. cp3 and ayton injured last year. Beal was still injured this season. the grayson allan got hurt. and beal booker were poor players in the playoffs
Rob thinks people still read collumnists?
Lmao so out of touch
As a nets fan I’m excited for the suns future picks
Trade Booker to OKC and trade Durant to an Eastern Conference team to get lots of draft picks and start over. You have to live with Beall for two years. In the third year, trade him for draft picks.
The Warriors won two championships with the guy so I guess they didn’t maximize his talents?
I feel like he was searching through the dictionary and stumbled across the word *Maximize* and wanted to use it in a sentence lol 😂
Oklahoma City, Boston, Denver, Minnesota, San Antonio, New York, Orlando, Indiana and Dallas would not trade their situation for the Phoenix situation....so that statement about 26 teams is INCREDIBLY stupid
Man people be hating unc Rob, dude actually funny no way no how 😂😂😂😂
if i had season tickets i wouldve returned them lmao
He pretty much blamed vogel since a report came out that kd was unhappy about how he was used.
What this would ACTUALLY look like would be - Kev with 4+ small 3 & D perimeter guards on the roster. Problem with goin heliocentric for KD is he doesn’t have many offensive weaknesses
Well said, that includes your team.
These two rock
What he’s saying is, how do we get the best KD without him playing on a 73-9 team…
Exactly
I’m pretty sure yall or nobody else criticized the Beal trade when it first happened
He’s right though. Only team that maximized kd was the warriors who he joined and we see how well he played with them. Other than that only team that gave him a roster he could win with was bk. And everybody got hurt in the playoffs when they had their best shot
James is not wrong. Outside of Kerr, theres not a coach that has gotten the true best out of KD and that was an once in a generation situation.
KD leads by example naturally but he needs a coach that balance what he lacks in accountability day to day or whatever that's setting him back on the court. Tim had Pop, they balanced each other out leadership wise. Same thing goes for a bunch of other combinations.
Don't worry Suns, KD will be requesting a trade to 1 of the teams who make the finals this year
Ya need to remember who KD was before he a joined the greatest team of all time. Hes been the person he’s shown us the last 3 playoff series.
Physical defense bothers him, doesn’t affect the game other than scoring. Average defender
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What makes James Jones a good gm? He says it like it's fact but judging the moves the Suns have made last few years have been terrible
It's because he's black lol. Same with how they always say Ty Lue is a great coach.
Im pretty sure he meant since Golden State, but it's all in delivery
When and where and how? What is he talking about 🤣🤣
Why not have IT run point with booker at the 2 did they even try to scheme with him even though defensively he will struggle
Sure. In 2-3 years they’ll figure out how to maximize KD talent and then he’ll be great for the next 10 years plus
lmao wtf
Tbf whats the gm supposed to say ? " Yes weafe a mistake signing KD, he past his prime & will only get worse " yea what JJ said was nonsense fluff , but hes gotta put a spin on it
Yeah but you don’t have to say anything THAT stupid lol
he dont have to lie lol he could have just said we will run it back next season and try to be better with KD
It’s the playoffs not regular season , this happens 🙀
The GM needs to be fired. He has NO CLUE 😂
Hey OKC peeled it all the way back and ended up with SGA in the process.
Do what James has lost his mind.
That implies he had one to begin with.
Funny how Broussard would trade KD but never mentions the same about lebron
Never been maximized but you're going to maximize him at age 36?!?! KD just got man handled by a 22 yr old and swept!! I swear some people dont need to be in the jobs that they're in smh.
the funny thing about this is every single team he’s been on he’s been utilized better.
A lot of colorful names does not a championship team make.
This was the ultimate "Buy me as many names as possible" move by ownership.
Didn't work.
Deal with it.
he wasn't completely articulate but what did he say that it was so wrong???
He is basically saying KD should have been the go to guy for all and run their offense through him and not anyone else and not booker
James Jones has to go. I’ve never liked him. He does not embrace young talent and he does not embrace draft picks.
5:52 Kevin Devin it’s understandable rob lol
Let’s be honest, Phoenix didn’t have any offense. They didn’t run any plays, just mismatch hunting through PnR.
Get CP3 back with a vet minimum.
How tf did James Jones become GM of the Suns
They felt bad,because Sarver was a disgrace,so they had to hire black
Yeah that's true. Because it's KD's job to maximize KD, not anyone else's 🤷🏾
lol kd not maximized?? Spoken like a GM who knows wtf he is talking about James jones a bench player in his nba career playing gm.. what a joke.. kd peaked when he was with okc.. after that he took on role of let me jump in bandwagon golden state and destroy futures of Brooklyn and Phoenix to get me.. James jones has no business being a gm.. how the fk an nba bench player get into position to determine future of a team
Kevin Booker & Devin Durant... get it right, Rob!!
He basically said Durant time in golden state don’t count lol
They need to fire his ass
Beal ,KD & Booker are same player.. Who’s going too rebound & play hard defense.. & you trade away everything .
Going to a championship team doesn't maximize your potential
Their roster has talent but the talent is incompatible, they need a point guard and a real center
This Suns team was weird all year.. Seriously
At the beginning of the season Stephen a Smith and skip Bayless picked the suns to win the championship because the 3 ⭐ stars but Durant got swept twice in the last 3 years like Barkley said Durant is not a bus driver like giannis or LeBron 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
KD would be amazing at Knicks, Miami and Lakers
stop the 🧢
Who is this James Jones again? Now he's the GM? WTH?
Are we sure booker want to stay rumors have been circulating
He needs to be trying to find a way to maximize Devin Booker and Bradley Bill The Underachievers Kevin Durant do we have to do a golden state
That’s not maximizing KD in GSW… That’s Kevin Durant on a team with a guy that was already running through the league…. They won 73 games went to the finals back to back in the west they were up 3-1 in a team with Kyrie, LBJ and Kevin love with 1 superstar and a bunch of role players Yes KD got a couple trophy’s on his free ride they were as easy as can be
Sounds like excuses for getting swept, KD been in the NBA since 07-08 season I remember when Portland choose Oden over him
They can't trade their picks
The suns have 2 great players and 1 good but way over paid player and no picks going forward. I don't see how you improve going forward. That Beal trade was terrible and put them in cap hell. Reminds me of the Westbrook to LA trade tbh
I can see James Jones outta office if next season end ugly...
he built a team that went to the finals a few yrs ago. The team owner wanted those trades. Easily manipulated people like pointing fingers at the wrong ones lol
With all due respect, I would trade KD with Beal, so a team can only get KD if they get Beal.
Thats the only way to get rid of that problem.
I dont wanna see KD go but thats the only way (KD and Book are too much alike to play like this.
If you want it to work: play like Pops coached the Olympics where they got gold together, thats why KD wanted to go to the Suns in the first place! They all seem to fail miserably at communication.)
...And Beal: you wanna pay 50 mill for a guy that will never do what hes paid for?
You can keep Book that way, and trade and keep a few good players you have on the Bench (Gordon was a good shooter but a lousy defender, Bol is a good hype man but a weakness defensively with no good playmaking).
But what team would go for a KD and Beal trade? (And I would def give them a discount on Beal cause otherwise youll never lose him.
Prob call the teams that didnt make the playoffs, everyone knows you might get swept but KD will bring you to the playoffs, probably still at 38. Def wipe any random play-in team. Even if his team sucks.
So thats good for: 30-15 so half the League, was Ishbia almost right. Well, Spurs wont, so 14. Nets and Heat wont. So 12, Lakers and Warriors wont, so 10. 10 is a big number, it could work.
Only downside is KD is forever linked to Beal till his retirement. But the coach could bench Beal, or use him only as relief pitcher, like Vogel shouldve done, if not bench.
But it could work, and then you have Booker, Grayson and Gordon, Nurk, some young wings (Drew, Roddy, Nas, Young), hopefully draft picks, a PG, a big man, a few smart defenders. And then Draft a scorer. Builld up: and have a chance around Book's 30th birthday. Get 2 chances for a ring. Atleast a conference finals again.
And have a future.
What else can you do?
The perfect fit for KD is Philly
maximizing kd in his opinion is probably NOT joining a 73 win team who already won a chip
The fact beal is only 31 is crazy
Maybe its post warriors ,he realy ment to say guys ,
I think he talking about as a leader
Bradley Beal has Kirk Cousins' agent 😆
He is blaming the HC to cover his butt. He made bad decisions with the roster and has to find a scapegoat.
They should send Booker to Golden State, Lightskin swap for Mr FoUrRiNgS, just like in shows (Fresh Prince) when they swap a black actor for another and don't say anything 😂
KD, Beale, and Booker had the worst plus minus of any 3 in the playoffs, something has to be done in Phoenix......
These guys are wrong.. They dont understand basketball at all. They are thinking basketball is like chess. Funny guys. Booker is a very selfish player and he is not even better than haliburton, brunson , PG. They should trade him for Paul George. Instant defense upgrade and PG can score consistently better than booker not like 3 games under 20 and 1 game 49. always hunting for shots and a terrible defender😮.. Simple facts, KD is going to shoot 17-18 shots a game scoring 27-30 points consistently, it's very hard in playoffs, and can play good defense far better than most NBA players. The team has to use him wisely, you can't run him as a center with delicate legs and also expect to be like score at high level. Someone on the other podcast said really well, Kevin Durant is a booster rocket. "If you have the spaceship and you can get to the moon, KD can take you to Mars, but if you don't have the rocket ship, then you've got this really expensive booster that doesn't necessarily take you anywhere." Booker is just awful. Luckiest player to have his shoe and playing for Olympics. He hasn't won a scoring title, or MVP or anything great. He isn't what we all thought he was. Kd will be kd wherever he goes, he is going to have his 27-30 points efficient. Just in the sweep he is the only layer to average 26.8 with more FG% than anyone ( inc ant & kat ) everything little details matter. He didn't play until the end of 3 games..It will be interesting if they trade beal and booker for PG, harden & Zubac
KD, PG, Harden, Grayson, Zubac, Nurkic. This team has everything ( points guard, tall defenders, snipper, scorer)
They would have to 3-peat
suns owner dyd what steve ballmer dyd in flipper land. all that needs 2 be said.😅😅😅
Durant to DET , tell me they wouldn’t be an interesting team !
Translation: KD is a victim, it’s not his fault.
And this is dude running things at suns? Good lord!
They gotta tweak roster with him at helm?
Yea this what us Suns fans have had to deal with
@@desmondslater at least you ain't bulls fan like me, rough out here in windy city😅
No Chris, your statement “ absolutely positivity no sense” made NO Sense!
Golden state maximized KD
WTF is James Jones talking about 😂
KD so happy James Jones said this so now he could use this as a excuse to ask for a trade, I bet KD ask for a trade this summer because of this comment, he's gonna say he felt disrespected lol KD a cupcake, the OKC move did it for me
The Suns need to unlock their own potential and move James Jones for that stupid statement.... What we call a new full 🫡💯✔️
Y’all need to talk bout the drake and kendrick beef
lol.