Tale of Two Stars For Phoenix Suns In Loss To Knicks As Book Goes Bonkers and Beal Looks Lost
The Phoenix Suns fell to the New York Knicks as Devin Booker went into IDGAF mode and Bradley Beal disappeared.
Brendon Kleen and Ben Garcia recap the L looking at what explains Book’s big night, how Beal is closing the season, and what the Knicks could offer for Kevin Durant.
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27 comments
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tbh l want this year to just end had enough
it all starts in the front office period then rolls down hill
it will become a nightmare
Brendon, idk what happened but your mic has just been sounding worse recently. It is quite echoey
KD will flourish on a contending team and y’all will definitely miss him when he’s gone.
Can someone please sit down with Brendon & Benji and explain what a “No trade clause” means? I thought they finally understood it but clearly they don’t 😂😂
Another season and a half of Beal pain. I see him refusing to be traded, pretending to be hurt all next year and then continue being hurt in his option year until the second half of the season where he gets off his ass and finally begins to play for a new contract with the next sucker.
The Knicks will not be pursuing the brittle KD.
doesn't matter what book does if you don't win games
TA-DAY 🔥🔥🔥
Maybe an unpopular opinion but I do think book can successfully be a number one option. When he’s being as aggressive as he has been these past 3 games with no hesitancy, he’s one of the best scorers in the league. If he was in SGA’s position, I wonder how much he would average.
We will try our hardest to trade Beal and if we can’t we have to bite the bullet and waive him and extend the contract. This has been the worst Suns season ever. Yes, even worse than the post Nash years. We had Championship hopes and to not even make the Playoffs is demoralizing. Try to keep KD, if possible. That guy is still legit. I know he turns the ball over a ton but when he’s on, he’s amazing!!
Bunch of EMPTY stats for Booker of course. Not impressive in losing efforts he's been doing this his whole career empty stats.
Problem is the Knicks aren’t doing that for a 37 years old Durant. Suns would be satisfied with that package
knicks fan here – ill make it easier for yall on the whole OG Anunoby thing… we are not trading him. He was always a highly efficient offensive player and defensive weapon. He has now taken the leap as a shot creator/playmaker while still being a defensive weapon. We wouldn't even think about trading him for an aging KD – OG is 27 and keeps getting better on the verge of a star leap.
This whole pod when discussing the knicks is insane lmaoo. If the Knicks traded KAT for KD i promise you it wouldn't be the knicks throwing in a pick. Yall seem to vastly overrate the value of suns players (who are collectively part of an 11 seed non play in team) but think guys like Mikal/OG/KAT/Hart are not enticing enough
It’s crazy to think about draft picks in 2031 and 2032. These teams out here straight trading for 12 year olds.😂
Talking about OG injuries and ignoring KDs injury history?
Dude, its your god damn job – Buy a new fukn microphone.
i would hate to trade kd but what the fuck else are u supposed to do fuck
Book is a number one scoring option the slander is crazy.
The only path forward is see is trade Kd and Booker get your picks back from rockets trade role players to get some draft assets. Keep Beal he will be a good player to help you tank. Next two seasons aim for lowest record to guarantee two top 5 pick. This is a long rebuild but 5 years to be a competitive team
im a heat fan, heat wont give up ware. kd to miami has got less likely since the deadline. maybe jaime jovic and wiggins theyd do
you need to make friends with houston if you’re the suns. they have too many players with upside at positional need. eason smith brooks sheppard and our picks. obviously not all of them for kd but the rockets have what the suns need. kelel ware interests me but i don’t know if id want him as my best player in a kd trade
Houston should trade for Washington's right to swap with phoenix. Probably not valuable to them but would be to Houston. Then maybe a DBook trade could get done.
Book is playing free right now he knows we not going to win so he is just going out and playing there isn’t anymore pressure on the season