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[–] yerr2477@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

this is the trash suns bench?

[–] throwawayyrofl@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah that narrative needs to stop. Suns actually have a very solid bench.

[–] Sicco1234@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Last year, when nurk was injured, Eubanks was easily the worst starting big man in the league

[–] ThonThaddeo@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Boy are you in for a treat...

[–] Yeetman25480@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I can’t wait for all the Blazers fans to come around to what Suns fans have been saying for years now.

[–] ValidMexican@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

He's gonna have a lot of fun w/ HibernAyton

[–] MiopTop@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No way man. They just played well in a preseason half so I think they’re probably a top-5 bench of ALL TIME

[–] YakubsRevenge@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ripcity_pilgrim@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Thunderhorse74@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] LamarMillerMVP@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Thunderhorse74@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] LamarMillerMVP@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

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

[–] dinosaurdelight@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Drew Eubanks yoroshiku!

[–] rice_bledsoe@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago
[–] copaseticepiplectic@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago
[–] Losalou52@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Drew is an extremely solid player who plays very tough at the rim on both ends.

Go Beavs

[–] agentdoubleohio@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] 503TheSwede@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] IHadSomething_4This@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] JarenAnd@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ya was gonna say someone at suns sub needs to carry over the vault memes. Homeboy got put in vault big time.

[–] ajteitel@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We're working on it.

Though preseason vault would be a piggy bank

[–] JarenAnd@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ajteitel@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Larry Fitzgerald's 🍑 > Kyle Lowry's 🍑

If you know, you know

[–] beatrailblazer@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

He got reverse vaulted?

[–] Gristle__McThornbody@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Doesn't count. It's preseason.

[–] Ouchyhurthurt@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

The Shaq of Troutdale!

[–] TDB4421@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

And the crowd goes mild

[–] im_ok_@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

He’s gonna start over Nurk at some point

[–] Mr_Piccolo04@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] beefJeRKy-LB@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Into the vault sir

[–] PimpzDontCry@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Scrolling looking for the picture

[–] Sweatytubesock@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Bless you my son

[–] thebranbran@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I’ll always respect a player that contests and gets dunked on. That was a nasty dunk and the contest made it better

[–] wineheda@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

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

[–] mr-frankfuckfafree@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

trout shaq!

[–] M41NFR4M@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I feel we need to start him over nurk

[–] livejamie@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Centers are allowed to do that?!

[–] RVAIsTheGreatest@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] LyonsKing12@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

The pre-season takes are upon us.

[–] durmduke@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I miss Drew more than Nurk

[–] rexter2k5@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Into the vault, sir.

[–] Exius73@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Welcome to the faith, Brother Hachimura

[–] ModernMidas2323@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Hayes should have stayed with him on that. At least yell for a switch if you're going to do that.

[–] PimpTheGandalf@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Kareem Eubanks, I miss you

[–] SpursExpanse@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Miss you Brew best energy guy on the bench

[–] Dave_Pumpkins_01@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] ChimkenNumggets@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] garouGrem1@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

AD low-key surprised w that one lol

[–] one-ohmusic@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

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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