this is the trash suns bench?
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Yeah that narrative needs to stop. Suns actually have a very solid bench.
Last year, when nurk was injured, Eubanks was easily the worst starting big man in the league
Boy are you in for a treat...
I can’t wait for all the Blazers fans to come around to what Suns fans have been saying for years now.
He's gonna have a lot of fun w/ HibernAyton
No way man. They just played well in a preseason half so I think they’re probably a top-5 bench of ALL TIME
People overreact to preseason. But the Suns actually did fill out their bench well. .
With Gordon, Allen, and Watanabe, that is three guys capable of shooting 40% from 3 coming off the bench. Bug upgrade from relying on Landry Shamet as the sixth man.
Eubanks is a solid backup center and rim protector. Bates-Diop has been disappointing in preseason but had a great year with the Spurs last year. Jordan Goodwin looks like he may have been a steal in the Beal trade and plays strong point of attack defense.
We even have comic relief in the form of Bol Bol.
Eubanks isn't actually bad on the perimiter either. Surprisingly switchy. Thing about Drew I loved on the blazers was he plays hard as hell. If there's a pile of bodies, the Shaq of Troutdale is in it
Many people are continually amazed by the quality of NBA veterans that can be assembled on minimum and similar contracts. When Phoenix made the Beal trade and you looked at their cap sheet after that...but they made some moves.
They will be near the top of the conference but they still have holes and a significant talent cap after their top shelf stars. In recent years, teams that go super top heavy and fill out with minimums have a mixed return, time will tell (more like player health will tell) how this works out.
It tends to be the exact opposite in nearly every case. The big-3 style teams have tended to fail when they have a bunch of vet mins around top end stars. People actually get really hyped by the vet min additions and then are surprised when the team is struggling with practical depth 20 games into the season.
The issue is that a lot of the vet min deals tend to be either old guys who get hurt or Christian Wood-type cast offs. Occasionally a team finds a diamond in the rough, but for the most part things tend not to work out with the vet mins anymore. It’s been over 10 years since the Heatles.
Yeah, a "mixed return" is a bit generous. The KD/Kyrie/Harden trio got to the ECF and close, then imploded. Lakers won one and were back in the WCF last season, but Ainge let them our of jail by taking Russ and helping facilitate them collecting some help.
And I think alot more care went into crafting the Heatles - they had Ray Allen, and solid vets like Battier, Mike Miller, Rashard Lewis, etc. GSW was already a great team on home grown talent before adding KD.
I think these older stars no longer see it as punching a ticket to a ring and are less inclined to do the whole "I made my money, time to sign on for a minimum deal to get my ring"
I'm not sold on the Suns. They will be in the mix and win alot of games but there is alot of risk involved and if 35yo KD goes down or Book gets hurt (highly plausible occurances given history and/or age) they are fucked.
Still, they have acquired more decent players that it looked like they would be able to back when Beal was first brought on. They won't be the Lakers catastrophe from 21-22, I don't think, but will it be enough to win it all? I don't think so.
The Nets did not go to the ECF. The Lakers had zero success with their big 3, all their success came when they were built around 2
Drew Eubanks yoroshiku!
kataranai
lmao AD
Drew is an extremely solid player who plays very tough at the rim on both ends.
Go Beavs
A reporter was talking to Beal about the dunk he did on eubanks last year and they laugh about it but he makes it his mission to not let Beal dunk on him in practice.
Trout of Shaqdale
Into the vault, sir
Ya was gonna say someone at suns sub needs to carry over the vault memes. Homeboy got put in vault big time.
We're working on it.
Though preseason vault would be a piggy bank
Nice. Don’t worry by seasons end it’ll be nice and full. My fav last season was the Lowry one where he photoshopped a huge booty in Jean shorts. Was chefs kiss.
Larry Fitzgerald's 🍑 > Kyle Lowry's 🍑
If you know, you know
He got reverse vaulted?
Doesn't count. It's preseason.
The Shaq of Troutdale!
And the crowd goes mild
He’s gonna start over Nurk at some point
Get Eubanked
Into the vault sir
Scrolling looking for the picture
Bless you my son
I’ll always respect a player that contests and gets dunked on. That was a nasty dunk and the contest made it better
Agreed. I feel like posts like this will get in the heads of younger players and result in them not coming in to help as much
trout shaq!
I feel we need to start him over nurk
Centers are allowed to do that?!
Eubanks is good for a big time dunk a few times a year. He's been a ferocious dunker since Oregon State. Really since high school. He finishes hard at the rim whenever he can which is an excellent trait to have.
The pre-season takes are upon us.
I miss Drew more than Nurk
Into the vault, sir.
Welcome to the faith, Brother Hachimura
Hayes should have stayed with him on that. At least yell for a switch if you're going to do that.
Kareem Eubanks, I miss you
Miss you Brew best energy guy on the bench
Rui has been in the league for a while now, so I don't think "baptizes" applies. That's a phrase you use when it's a rookie.
I love that the Suns have the Blazers starting and backup centers from last year. Copy and pasted them and they both look good. Drew was always such a baller, glad he’s getting some recognition. Go beavs.
AD low-key surprised w that one lol
I like Eubanks, man. He has good instincts around the rim on defense and plays hard. Hes a great backup C.
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