Are the Phoenix Suns unfixable? | The Domonique Foxworth Show
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- Are the Phoenix Suns unfixable? | The Domonique Foxworth Show
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I came here right after listening to Bomani's show and the first thing I did was check to see if the roses and thorns segment was included 😂
Same 😅
All they have to do is play together. Great players don't make a great team. Teamwork makes a team. And and good coaching.
The Suns roster isn't capable of winning the west. They have no picks. They will be lucky to get a coach much better than Vogel
@@I.am_GrootVogel is the wrong fit. It won’t be hard to find a coach who can optimize the strengths of the roster, instead of a defensive minded coach who is the worst possible fit for the team
Hey had to say i just met DF the other day here in DC, and gotta be the coolest dude, and got a selfie😂
Yep
The Suns are one 'Durant reported to prefer trade from PHX' away from a hardcore rebuild. For the Clippers they don't have much choice beyond paying the Crip-Claw, Beard baby, and Ty Lue a Brinks truck and riding the wheels off their fiasco. Neither team will ever get close to winning the West with their current stars
Ths Suns have no picks for the next half decade, even if they blew it up, they literally can't even start to rebuild till 2031. The suns also haven't looked good even when everyone was healthy, at least the clippers looked like world beaters when Leonard was out there. I'm not placing money on him lasting a play offs, but it COULD theoretically happen, and if it does, they have a real shot at winning it all. The Suns CEILING appears to be first round sweep.
So yeah, I think the Suns have it worse. Are they unfixable? I mean all it would take is one bad gm to make a bad trade with them, so of course not, but just as I wouldn't be on Leonard staying healthy, I wouldn't bet on the Suns finding a way to turn things around. Probably their best hope is to convince Beal to waive his no trade clause and the Nets that they would want to build around Beal for some reason, then do a Beal for Simmons trade, and THEN have Simmons beat his own Beal/Leonard like odds and actually stay healthy. Granted, Simmons is always frustrating to watch play do to his lack of effort and interest in the game, but he's a playmaker who rebounds and defends, all 3 things the Suns badly need right now, while this past season confirmed what anyone could have already told you, which is that they don't need another shooter, Beal provided very little value even when healthy most of last season because they already have more then enough scorers (in fact more then I think expected with Grayson Allen's break out season).
So yeah, thats an awful lot of IFs, but I do think thats one scenario that could at least give them a shot at being better next year. All that said, KD's going to be 36 next year, its possible his window of being a great player just ended, so its also possible nothing they can do will truly matter if KD's physical capability falls off a cliff as it usually does for players of his age. He's not a foul drawing dunker, he's an ethical buckets finesse shooter, and those are usually the ones hit the hardest by father time. Once KD stops being KD, the suns are basically back to what they were pre-bubble, arguably worse they no longer have Bridges, and pre-double the Suns were pretty consistently a bottom 3 team in the league, despite having Booker, and later also Bridges and Ayton. The only years they were good were decent was when they had an above average play maker, first Rubio and then CP3, and right now they don't even have a back up PG on the roster, let alone a starting one, while the second apron prevents them from signing all but vet min players and from packaging multiple players in a trade. No picks to draft a PG, no way to pay one in free agency, no realistic way to get one via trade, its pretty bleak to say the least.
Frank Vogel is the problem over there.
They just need to make KD the face of the franchise over Booker and build around him
That’s the wrong thing to do .. they want to maximize KD when they should do that for book .. he is a 1 he showed that
Suns have zero leverage. They gotta mix it up and go for a rebuild
Keep the coach. Get rid of the 2 or 3 NBA Superstars to gain draft picks & young talented players. The Phoenix Suns can do.
And then what if it's still unfixable? You fire the GM and owner? Shrugs
@@John-PaulHunt-wy7lf I forgot the GM. Also the President of the Suns too
Clippers are unfixable because Kawhi’s knees are unfixable.
*Same* *Old* *Clippers*
Paul George = LOSER
James Harden = LOSER
Russell Westbrook = LOSER
LA Clippers = LOSERS!!!
Been showing it since Feb. There’s a reason they never won a ring and never will. I’m more focused on the Derby….
Dallas Mavericks wins Game 5 ✅
with
#18 Stronghold wins Derby = $400
#19 Resilience wins Derby = $400 👀
#14 Endlessly wins Derby = $500
Then on Derby/Star Wars Day …
$60 Show
#2 Sierra Leone = $150
#19 Resilience = $400
^ Thinking of altering that bet. Maybe put $40 show on them both so I can add #20 Society Man in my wagers. Put $40 show on him too.
Going back to my same old Dippers, I thought Kawhi would be our savior. That we would have our very own MJ/Kobe for the Clippers. Boy, was I wrong! He’s been more of a detriment to our franchise since we got him.
Kawhi wanted Paul George. He basically blackmailed us in 2019 like what LeLeaving is doing to the Lakers by wanting them to draft 4.8 PPG college elite, Bronny. We traded Shai who is an MVP candidate and is already in the next round while playing with a bunch of kids. While my Flippers have 3 future HoFers available in which 2 of them were MVPs and we still can’t handle Dallas at home.
Kawhi’s playoff history with the Clippers..
2020: Blew a 3-1 lead to Denver
2021: Hurt
2022: Hurt (we didn’t make the playoffs)
2023: Hurt
2024: Hurt
Dude is just robbing money from Ballmer like Ben Simmons is doing with the Nets and every team that Gordon Hayward has played for. So we lost Shai and our draft picks that we can use for trades only to see Kawhi be unavailable 4 out of the 5 years when the playoffs happens.
Now let me get to The Three Stooges. Paul George is a loser. He’s not that guy. He idolized Kobe but he has no Mamba Mentality in him. Ofc, I don’t expect everyone to think like MJ and Kobe. That’s what made them different. But it’s still so frustrating because PG is so skilled and has a smooth game. But all we’re seeing is Tracy McGrady after Orlando. Washed. Banged up. Wayoff P or PG-13%. If he’s cold, he’s cold. If he’s hot, he’s hot. But there’s no in between with him.
James Harden, same way. Very streaky. When neither one is playing well, we’re screwed. There’s no saving us. We rely on them to be efficient. We can’t afford games when George or Harden are shooting below 20-25% which they both tend to frequently do in the playoffs. Two very skilled offensive players with the most inefficient playoff games in modern times.
There’s no fixing Russell Westbrook. Not even Ty Lue can perform that miracle. Every time Russ jacks a wide open three, I cringe because I know it’s not going in. If Russ was really serious with basketball, he should’ve developed a reliable jumper like 10 years ago. But he never did. That’s why the Lakers improved after dumping him. Bad hands. Bad decisions. Can’t shoot. Can’t even make layups. Clippers have the two highest turnover players.
Paul George, James Harden, and Russell Westbrook are all losers. I laugh when Don MacLean tries to gas up James Harden when he criticized Harden’s play 5 years ago saying Lou Williams had a better game than he did. We got an old af Harden. Not the one from 2018 or 2020. Stop thinking that Harden is coming back. That run we had in Dec-Jan was a mirage.
I already knew we were frauds after we lost to the Lakers a third time and LeBron went crazy hot after we were up like 20+ in the 4th and when Minnesota blew us out when playing for the No. 1 seed. And this was when all our guys played. Kawhi was present against NOLA, Minnesota, and OKC and we got destroyed by them.
I know when my Clippers are good and we’re not good this year. Need to remind you all on how he drafted Jerome Robinson over Michael Porter Jr. I will listen to Adam Ausland talk about how the Clippers have this “brain trust”. Where’s the brain, Adam? We can’t draft. Our best players are all 1-on-1 players and usually hurt, old, and slow. Nobody knows how to move the ball. We choke big leads.
I thought July 5, 2019 was the greatest date in Clippers’ history. But it’s been mostly a nightmare. We did finally make the WCF that one time in 2021 but that’s it. It’s been a disaster year after year because Kawhi is always unavailable and The Three Stooges are ringless for a reason. They have the most sub-25% playoff games in modern times.
I’m so over these Clippers. I preferred the 2019 roster way more than the last three rosters. Clippers have no direction. We became the 2013-2014 Nets. Or the 2004, 2013, and 2022 Lakers chasing old stars. Gave up tons of assets to bank on these aging stars. Maybe Steve Ballmer is too stupid or blind to really see what’s going on. Continues to get duped by Doc Rivers’ hire, Lawrence Frank.
I know for a fact Ballmer will not trade Kawhi. He just signed a 3-year extension and he needs his “stars” to help market our new arena. But it’s never going to get better for us. We’ll only get older and worse. We’ll probably be a 6th seed next year before another 1st round exit. Then play-in or lottery after that. Clippers are stuck in quicksand and won’t get out of it until Kawhi is gone.
I don’t care if Ty Lue leaves us and goes to the Lakers. I find him overrated anyway similar to his mentor, Doc, living off that one ring thanks to LeBron. Even if we re-sign Lue, does it matter? Kawhi is always hurt, PG, JH, and RW are perennial playoff chokers/losers who don’t have winning intangibles or the drive to win a ring. They just want to be in LA because they’re from here. Doing a LABron who isn’t from here.
Kawhi’s two Final MVPs made him so overrated. Won them because he was at the right place at the right time. When he plays and he’s healthy, he’s great. The closest thing to watching MJ in this era. But he’s no savior. He’s no leader. He’s rarely available. We should’ve went after LeBron but I know he would never want to be a Clipper because he’s smart plus we didn’t have the cap space until 2019.
Expect more mediocrity in the next 3 years with these Flippers. Then time to rebuild for another 5 years. We cannot take shortcuts, Zippers. The Fakers do it and the league let’s them because their brand is so popular. But look at Denver. They built it the right way. Not from aging brand names who are well passed their prime.
We should be fishing by tonight. We have no heart. We are gutless. Paul George loves to fish 🎣. I think he got Kawhi into it. They can start as early as tomorrow morning. We ain’t beating Dallas tonight. Even if it goes 7, I believe we will still lose. We have the three most unreliable stars in the playoffs.
The real Finals is Denver vs. Minnesota. Whoever wins that series wins it all. The Celtics and Knicks don’t have the size to compete against them.
Final 8
1. Denver Nuggets
2. Minnesota Timberwolves
3. Boston Celtics
4. Dallas Mavericks
5. New York Knicks
6. Oklahoma City Thunder
7. Cleveland Cavaliers
8. Indiana Pacers
Ant-Man = Next Jordan
Wins his first ring in Year 4 like Kobe. But Kobe wasn’t as important or as valuable to the Lakers until Year 5. I won’t be surprised if Minnesota wins it all. They built it the right way like Denver did and unlike LeBron’s teams and the Clippers.
The superteam shortcuts worked for LeBron and KD but in their prime. Look at their situation now. Karma. LeBron needs more help to beat a Denver team with one all-star/top 10 player. Is 1-8 since last year and 1-12 since Dec 2022 against someone who looks like a plumber. LeBron and AD played as great as they could and still lost.
I personally don’t care if Paul George goes to Philly this summer. The Sixers will not get any closer to a championship. I keep telling y’all, Paul George is a failure in the playoffs just like Harden. And even if PG left the Clippers, how will playing next to Embiid be any different than Kawhi? They’re always hurt in the playoffs!
I would read all these articles on how Philly wants Paul George, blah blah blah. You can have him, Philly. Give us SEVEN 1st round futures. Then expect the same results like my Clippers just had. But I know PG isn’t leaving. He’s from here. Why go to stinky af Philly only to lose the same way over there? But I wouldn’t be mad if PG was gone. Neither Clippers and Sixers are going anywhere these next few years. We’re both cursed.
Pat4Clippers you just added one sentence on top of your clownery article 🤣 🦗
Like a 304 stuck in her ways.
They are unfixable unless they convince Beal to waive their no trade clause their new owner is a idiot who doesn’t know basketball everyone with sense knew this wouldn’t work can’t have 3 over paid stars with a bunch of role players no other team wants 1:30
Who would want Beal? They have no assets to give away to get someone to eat his salary.
Black women are being with white men a lot also so why we only talking about men
This is 💩