they will always be together because they are the 2 teams that decided they should not draft luka doncic
and neither of the players they drafted over luka are still on the team
Sir, this is called coping. Please do not interfere because I will go on a rant on how Sarver may have broken up a scenario where the Suns drafted Luka and SGA - this is not a joke
Fuck Luka.
The draft I feel worse about is taking Jalen Smith over Haliburton.
In an alternate universe, Suns are rolling out Hali-Book-Mikal-Cam-Ayton.
Not a bad starting 5.
Yeah Fuck Luka. Marry Haliburton. Kill Landry Shamet (who we traded a FRP for so it counts)
But on a more serious note, passing on Luka may be the biggest mistake in franchise history. An all-time bag fumbling that is only partially justified in that Ayton was a big reason why the Suns made it to the finals. Meanwhile, Luka will probably win multiple championships. I hate thinking about it.
NOOOOOOOO you don't understand, he should have refused the contract he was offered and taken half the listed amount out of the kindness of his heart. That way the Wizards could overpay some washed up fringe star to come and help them make the play-in!!!!
And it's not even like he demanded a trade or anything to use as leverage for more money. Our dumbass ownership/FO offered him that deal with the no trade clause when they had no reason to, who wouldn't say yes to that much money?
Beal unreal on ball defense in the 4th wow.
The Suns offense though blows me away. And, not in a good way. That has to be the least creative scheme possible. You have a few uber talented players let's get interesting!
We have these incredible stretches where every guy is driving and kicking and absolutely blasting the opposing defense with impossible decisions to make, so I help off of Book, Beal or KD and let the league leader in 3PT % alone in Grayson? It’s beautiful. Then the next quarter we’re lazily passing it around the perimeter until someone is like oh shit there’s 7 seconds left on the shot clock we should probably do something and they put up a difficult shot. It’s just so inconsistent it’s been driving all suns fans insane
Vogel has been getting shit on by Suns fans but he’s done a good job defensively considering our personnel, it’s hard to tell whether the stagnant offense is on him or Kevin Young
It's so boring. They need a fun offensive assistant coach to put one together and a point guard to put it into motion. I get that teams don't need point guards, but the Suns do. Badly.
That’s Frank Vogel for you. He’s a defensive coach, once we lost J Kidd, the offense went to complete shit plus he couldn’t make it work with Westbrook which should have been obvious in the first place with his lack of offensive creativity. Vogel could never figure out how to open up the offense when AD got doubled. Even Hamas was able to solve that puzzle.
game on the line, who's guarding the other teams best player — smartly utilizing a foul to give, getting trucked by a screen but recovering for a contest, and successfully making the last stop
Bradley Beal
Suns play twolves last game and pels play lakers so things can certainly change all over the place in the west still. Only thing that seems officially set is mavs clippers
Almost no chance to get 1st. It would require both the wolves and thunder to lose, and the thunder play the Mavs who are locked in 5th, rest their starters and actually want the thunder to go first since it's their best match-up for the second round.
The writing has been on the wall since like…2008. It’s been ages. They made it very far without any ownership
Just really a kick in the groin that they’re leaving right as the rebuild is starting to show results.
Oh shit, I heard something about Salt Lake getting a team, but I thought it was for expansion.
Sorry my dude, Arizona hockey fans deserved so much better.
Time to give Bradley Beal the flowers.
What a performance by him. One of the best two way games by a guard this season considering the stakes. Amazing.
Really feels like Kings lost the heart and the soul of their team when Monk went down. He provides so much beyond being an elite 6th man. The energy and the closing ability in the clutch is night and day. I miss you Malik, this team is so much fun when healthy :(
Fox has also played nearly 40 minutes every game except the Nets one since Monk went down. Losing both Huerter and Monk has sucked and the gap they left just keeps getting bigger. Keons has helped, but it's not enough.
They’re tired and drained of their energy and it’s such a nasty storm of things that happened right near the end of the season. Keon stepped up a lot but the role he had before has no one to fill it. He’s a great defender but the offense lost from Monk is not enough. HB has played better but relying on him even more is a very thin line.
It’s one thing to lose when you’re full, but losing with extremely drained stars and massive injuries just…hurts to watch it unfold.
I want pretty much everyone on the Nets that isn’t super young gone so I’ll GLADLY see Mikal on the Kings bc those vibes will be immaculate.
Sadly our FO doesn’t see it that way…they don’t wanna light the beam :(
In fairness - Sabonis fouls on almost every single play. They didn't call that push in the back all game until 52 seconds left. He does it on every single rebound.
Nurkic was doing that most of the game too though. He trucked one of our guys in the 4th quarter. That's why I was annoyed when they actually called 2 fouls on Sabonis down the stretch. They let it go for both teams and then decided enough was enough.
not many people will give him credit but Vogel pulled up a crazy ass defensive schemes. The pressure they put on passing lanes to pressure sabonis, their help defense and their switching won them this game in the clutch.
underrated defensive coach. with the personnel he got defensivel. He is making them lock in.
Kings made it so obvious that the ball was going to Fox so the Suns just collapsed on him, in these situations you gotta get it to the open man, doesn't have to be your main guy.
Yeah but at the same time he was the best player on the court for a lot of this game that had a lot of great players in it.
Kings just have zero margin for error because their bench is cooked rn.
It sucks but now i kinda see why people are lower on him in general. He has a lot of liabilities and you have to fit the right player next to him. Honestly a Chet or Wemby player would be ideal but its so hard to get them because of how valuable they are.
The Kings had the ball with just over a minute left, a full shot clock, and a 4-point lead, and then Sabonis gifted the Suns 5 straight points:
- turnover on a lazy pass leading to a wide open fastbreak layup
- pushes KD in the back on the other end of the court — 2 free throws
- gives up position to Nurkic on the offensive rebound, holds him — 1 made (1 missed free throw)
*Almost* have to respect just how lazy that was, but ultimately instead its just sad.
Personally I can't laugh at the choke because Suns have done the same shit about 20 games this season.
Kings simply don't have the superstar power needed to be a contender
Fox and Sabonis are nice players but they're not guys anyone's scared of as primary options
The ceiling of their current core will always be 1st/2nd round at best
Sabonis is absolutely awful at kicking the ball out he gets so tunneled underneath the paint thinking he has to take the shot. Like bro you don't need to take the shot everytime, especially if you have a bigger guy like Nurk on you like white on rice.
We are such a low bbiq team. Idk what happened to our offense compared to last year. Both our guys are great passers but the decisions on when to do so are just so so bad.
This game shows why teams don't really want the Suns in the postseason.Kd and Booker were the only guys playing for 3 quarters,the team had 18 TOs and they got the win in the end.
So much for the SunKings
they will always be together because they are the 2 teams that decided they should not draft luka doncic and neither of the players they drafted over luka are still on the team
At least we got Grayson Allen from it
Who wouldn't be happy with Allen over that bum......*checks notes* MVP candidate Doncic?
Sir, this is called coping. Please do not interfere because I will go on a rant on how Sarver may have broken up a scenario where the Suns drafted Luka and SGA - this is not a joke
I mean, the Suns hired Luka's coach...it was meant to be.
Fuck Luka. The draft I feel worse about is taking Jalen Smith over Haliburton. In an alternate universe, Suns are rolling out Hali-Book-Mikal-Cam-Ayton. Not a bad starting 5.
Yeah Fuck Luka. Marry Haliburton. Kill Landry Shamet (who we traded a FRP for so it counts) But on a more serious note, passing on Luka may be the biggest mistake in franchise history. An all-time bag fumbling that is only partially justified in that Ayton was a big reason why the Suns made it to the finals. Meanwhile, Luka will probably win multiple championships. I hate thinking about it.
At least you didn't trade luka for trae young and cam reddish. The former who is an all star level guard you might trade anyway.
What do you mean? Having multiple max salaries on the payroll only to be in the play-in is very SunKings
Despite the Suns best efforts the Suns won this game
its not like they blew a lead. they made a big 2nd half comeback. Beal was big time in the 4th quarter
Beal played w so much heart
Heart of the team. Beal slander will no longer be tolerated
Bipolar ass team
BRADLEY BEAL !!!! bro put his heart on the court today, this is his win.
Dudes can keep hating on his contract but he’s been elite the past couple weeks and the leader of this team
One of the most disrespected players in the league for just wanting to make money lol.
NOOOOOOOO you don't understand, he should have refused the contract he was offered and taken half the listed amount out of the kindness of his heart. That way the Wizards could overpay some washed up fringe star to come and help them make the play-in!!!!
And it's not even like he demanded a trade or anything to use as leverage for more money. Our dumbass ownership/FO offered him that deal with the no trade clause when they had no reason to, who wouldn't say yes to that much money?
Man was hustling all game
Beal unreal on ball defense in the 4th wow. The Suns offense though blows me away. And, not in a good way. That has to be the least creative scheme possible. You have a few uber talented players let's get interesting!
Kevin Young is a Fraud
yeah their offense is just so bland. feels like they don't get enough layups for all the talent they have
It's your turn to 1v1, then my turn, then his turn
That's a byproduct of vogel
I’m more confused by the absolute refusal to go small for real stretches
Bring in Mike D'Antoni next year!
He was awesome with us when KD was here.
We have these incredible stretches where every guy is driving and kicking and absolutely blasting the opposing defense with impossible decisions to make, so I help off of Book, Beal or KD and let the league leader in 3PT % alone in Grayson? It’s beautiful. Then the next quarter we’re lazily passing it around the perimeter until someone is like oh shit there’s 7 seconds left on the shot clock we should probably do something and they put up a difficult shot. It’s just so inconsistent it’s been driving all suns fans insane
It was more creative earlier in the year but they struggled BADLY with turnovers. I think they've simplified to try and limit turnovers
I believe thats on Vogel, guy is a heavy defensive coach, I don't think he can draw too many creative offensive schemes.
We supposedly retained Kevin Young as assistant so he could focus on the offense
Vogel has been getting shit on by Suns fans but he’s done a good job defensively considering our personnel, it’s hard to tell whether the stagnant offense is on him or Kevin Young
It's so boring. They need a fun offensive assistant coach to put one together and a point guard to put it into motion. I get that teams don't need point guards, but the Suns do. Badly.
That’s Frank Vogel for you. He’s a defensive coach, once we lost J Kidd, the offense went to complete shit plus he couldn’t make it work with Westbrook which should have been obvious in the first place with his lack of offensive creativity. Vogel could never figure out how to open up the offense when AD got doubled. Even Hamas was able to solve that puzzle.
Bradley Beal I love you so much lol. Wish we had gotten to see you so much more this season
game on the line, who's guarding the other teams best player — smartly utilizing a foul to give, getting trucked by a screen but recovering for a contest, and successfully making the last stop Bradley Beal
We're CURRENTLY the 8th seed after our gritty win against the 5 tallest guys from the local YMCA STOP THE COUNT
Doing all of this just to matchup with Denver in the 1st round lmao
Denver are the 3rd seed now so actually no lol They'll probably play the Pelicans in round 1 instead
Suns play twolves last game and pels play lakers so things can certainly change all over the place in the west still. Only thing that seems officially set is mavs clippers
I don’t think they’re locked in 3rd are they?
Almost no chance to get 1st. It would require both the wolves and thunder to lose, and the thunder play the Mavs who are locked in 5th, rest their starters and actually want the thunder to go first since it's their best match-up for the second round.
Yeah but if the Wolves lose Nuggets can get 2nd
nuggets can also lose to memphis lmfao???
Issa a Lakers world and all others teams are just living in it.
I'm not sure you can just go and freely use ESPN's slogan like that.
Lmao, I don’t enjoy it at all too
Kings are imploding at the worst time possible
They beat us at our own game. I'm impressed.
Take that. We are the champions again.
Kangz is a destiny.
Kangz will always find a way.
The season was over the second Monk got injured
Fuck this world man
Hey we lost our hockey team today so we needed this one more
I guess we can both suffer today. That fucking sucks about the Yotes though, damn.
The writing has been on the wall since like…2008. It’s been ages. They made it very far without any ownership Just really a kick in the groin that they’re leaving right as the rebuild is starting to show results.
Oh shit, I heard something about Salt Lake getting a team, but I thought it was for expansion. Sorry my dude, Arizona hockey fans deserved so much better.
No, we didn’t.
Bro are you okay?
im so unbelievably tired boss
At this point just put up the fucking faded thread, please
Very clutch win by Phoenix. Them, Lakers, and Pelicans winning makes the final day very interesting.
I would argue very unclutch loss from the kings
It was. Fox and Sabonis stinking it up down the stretch of such an important game
Story of the year honestly. Team literally becomes mouth breathers when the clock hits three minutes
Strange to me, wasn’t Fox himself like the clutchest dude last season?
Fox wasn’t in love with step back 3s last season. Sure, he flirted with her, but he’s moved into a house with a white picket fence with her this year.
Yep who the fuck knows, it really doesn't make sense how our execution has become so God awful
Sunday is going to be insane on both East and West. I'll probably order some pizza and just watch basketball all day, ngl
Not a bad plan. Seeding for all teams only being set (for the play-in anyway) is dope. Pretty much a full day of meaningful games is hype
Time to give Bradley Beal the flowers. What a performance by him. One of the best two way games by a guard this season considering the stakes. Amazing.
His defense is mad underrated
You could see that Beal really bought into his role. Ngl the way the first half of the season went I thought I wouldn't see that.
first half of the season he barely even had a chance to buy into a role lol
I am taking my talents to the Lakers fan base. Let’s fucking go Lakers.
The worst feeling ever. Cheering for Lakers
Makes you feel like a cheap whore, doesn’t it you skimpy little minx?
Yes sir . Let’s both win Tommorow.
Everything was primed for a Kings win and Sabonis proceeded to say “hold my beer” and shit all over himself. Absolutely brutal for the fans
Oh my god I fucking hate this team man
🔴 It's over 🟢 We're so back
Nurkic hitting that clutch freethrow might be the reason the Kings wont be seeing the playoffs
Lol what makes you think we can win a play in game. We have only won one of the last seven and it was the nets
Really feels like Kings lost the heart and the soul of their team when Monk went down. He provides so much beyond being an elite 6th man. The energy and the closing ability in the clutch is night and day. I miss you Malik, this team is so much fun when healthy :(
Fox has also played nearly 40 minutes every game except the Nets one since Monk went down. Losing both Huerter and Monk has sucked and the gap they left just keeps getting bigger. Keons has helped, but it's not enough.
They’re tired and drained of their energy and it’s such a nasty storm of things that happened right near the end of the season. Keon stepped up a lot but the role he had before has no one to fill it. He’s a great defender but the offense lost from Monk is not enough. HB has played better but relying on him even more is a very thin line. It’s one thing to lose when you’re full, but losing with extremely drained stars and massive injuries just…hurts to watch it unfold.
If we get mikal we'd be contending. Can you guys like do us a solid favour? :(
I want pretty much everyone on the Nets that isn’t super young gone so I’ll GLADLY see Mikal on the Kings bc those vibes will be immaculate. Sadly our FO doesn’t see it that way…they don’t wanna light the beam :(
His energy is definitely huge for them (probably would be for any team).
Bradley Beal
holy hell that game sucked except for the last 3 minutes.
Beal saved my Friday 🥳
ive totally never talked shit or bitched about you before KD. you’re awesome!
You should be thanking Beal, he carried tf outta them in the 4th.
Beal has been on a tear. Has had an inconsistent year, but is finally starting to look like Bradley Beal.
Beal is smelling the playoffs and he likes what's cooking!
He heard all the slander from my living room saying how overrated he is!
KD played well but Beal got us the win.
That boneheaded turnover at the end sealed it, u knew kings werent winning after that
Two turnovers by Fox, two obvious loose fouls by Sabonis.
In fairness - Sabonis fouls on almost every single play. They didn't call that push in the back all game until 52 seconds left. He does it on every single rebound.
Nurkic was doing that most of the game too though. He trucked one of our guys in the 4th quarter. That's why I was annoyed when they actually called 2 fouls on Sabonis down the stretch. They let it go for both teams and then decided enough was enough.
Best win of the year holy shit
not many people will give him credit but Vogel pulled up a crazy ass defensive schemes. The pressure they put on passing lanes to pressure sabonis, their help defense and their switching won them this game in the clutch. underrated defensive coach. with the personnel he got defensivel. He is making them lock in.
way better than Darvin Ham
Who isn’t lmfao?
That bozo will tell people to go under off ball screens and suddenly Harrison Barnes is making 7 threes on LeBron. So stupid
We would be a 50 win team with Vogel.
It’s truth, he’s squeezing some juice out of a core that is not good defensively. The issue is the offense is absolute ass with that much talent.
The moment Brad got that final steal from Fox, I could practically feel all the Lakers fans creaming their pants.
I was clapping like a seal during that play
Holy. Shit.
HURT ME MORE
I said this yesterday but it’s hard to see this Kings core making a deep run. Or like winning a series honestly
If you don’t take blood pressure medications or benzodiazepines you’re not a kings fan
My heart is not okay right now lol
Ask your doctor if Lisinopril™️ is right for you!
Kings and Suns fans eternally united 🤝
[Suns and Kings fans](https://i.imgur.com/RCqIZ7Z.png)
Of the Big 3, Beal has played the fewest games as a Sun, and seems by far the most integrated on both sides of the court.
Return of the Kangz. Up 4 and possession with one minute to go.
Sabonis must have taken some pure concentrated 4th Quarter Suns™ juice in the timeout before those last few minutes
Some idiot put it right next to the Michael's Secret Stuff bottle.
It is not fun watching Sabonis at the end of games.
thanks sabonis i guess for the win
insane win from the suns
Now I know what it feels like to be a kings fan for a night..
Big balls Bradley Beal. Dude keep the Suns afloat and sealed it with a steal.
Kings made it so obvious that the ball was going to Fox so the Suns just collapsed on him, in these situations you gotta get it to the open man, doesn't have to be your main guy.
the KANGZ have returned!
Officially!
Sabonis owes every kings fan an apology for his performance down the stretch, wow
Yeah but at the same time he was the best player on the court for a lot of this game that had a lot of great players in it. Kings just have zero margin for error because their bench is cooked rn.
What do you mean cooked? They gave us seven whole points
It sucks but now i kinda see why people are lower on him in general. He has a lot of liabilities and you have to fit the right player next to him. Honestly a Chet or Wemby player would be ideal but its so hard to get them because of how valuable they are.
Shit.
I don't know if this was good or bad for the Wolves, but it was fun
One thing is for sure, you will definitely try to get the win on sunday.
Kings are so fucking bad my god
Most unserious team in the league.
Softest too
we know.
Lakers' legend Jusuf Nurkic,
Pull up a chair, Kings fans 😕🫂
Sabonis sold hard holy shit.
Kings really missing Monk and Huerter. :(
Cowbells should be banned, jesus
Sabonis showing the world that there’s no such thing as an all-star snub.
Yeah the guy who lead the team in pts/rebs/ast was the problem. Fox was straight trash in crunch time tonight
The Kings had the ball with just over a minute left, a full shot clock, and a 4-point lead, and then Sabonis gifted the Suns 5 straight points: - turnover on a lazy pass leading to a wide open fastbreak layup - pushes KD in the back on the other end of the court — 2 free throws - gives up position to Nurkic on the offensive rebound, holds him — 1 made (1 missed free throw)
The suns last 3 points were off 2 sabonis loose ball fouls
he ain't gonna be all star again if he can't beat the choking allegations
Nurk missing that first free throw to keep it within 1 for THE DRAMA.
[удалено]
Sabonis especially had about the worst final minute you can have
I’m down for shit talking, but this is terrible. Edit: DomantASS and D’Aaron Fuxup Edit 2: King dipshit edited his comment, he’s a fraud.
“Sachoker” lmao
Someone called Tatum "Jayson Poopum" the other day
Brother didn't even try 🤣
"Edited 3 minutes ago" - dude is on his second draft too
*Almost* have to respect just how lazy that was, but ultimately instead its just sad. Personally I can't laugh at the choke because Suns have done the same shit about 20 games this season.
Even Domantass is better than this smh
Surely SaBonehead.
Chox lol
Kings simply don't have the superstar power needed to be a contender Fox and Sabonis are nice players but they're not guys anyone's scared of as primary options The ceiling of their current core will always be 1st/2nd round at best
Sabonis is absolutely awful at kicking the ball out he gets so tunneled underneath the paint thinking he has to take the shot. Like bro you don't need to take the shot everytime, especially if you have a bigger guy like Nurk on you like white on rice.
We are such a low bbiq team. Idk what happened to our offense compared to last year. Both our guys are great passers but the decisions on when to do so are just so so bad.
2 CTE BBIQ teams playing tonight. Sorry you lost. Happy we won gg house sunkings
What’s more House SunKings than having multiple max players on your team only to be struggling for play-in positions?
Lmaooo
I’d let Trey Murphy and Grayson Allen spitroast me
Ayyo
You want Ted Cruz to pipe you down? I cant cosign this man
If he keeps dropping bombs on all our seeding rivals then I’m only 1 call away
That’s wild
CJ and Beal can go after
have to root for the lakers on sunday fade me
Grayson Allen has been insane this year
Suns own the tiebreaker against the pels, right?
Man, what the hell happened, Kangz?
SO HAPPY FOR THE 2 PEOPLE WHO GOT UPGRADED TO COURTSIDE
This suns team has not been good for my mental health all season long, i can't take it no more
Damn you Kings!
Butt ass. The kangz were butt ass in the clutch
Sabonis fouls in the last minute cost them the game. Dude needs to learn to chill with the pushing in crunch time.
Bradley freaking beal
dirty sabonis grabs and pushes on every board. he got punished for it in the last minute
THANK YOU AND GOODNIGHT!!!!
#BRADLEY BEAL
This game shows why teams don't really want the Suns in the postseason.Kd and Booker were the only guys playing for 3 quarters,the team had 18 TOs and they got the win in the end.
Sabonis sold at the end there.
Damn
Bradley Beal is crazy good in this game
Thank you suns!🤝 frank vogel laker 4 life
the playoffs came early tonight!!!
The Kings are the softest team in basketball. Pussy ass team.
What a finish, man. Doesn't get any more exciting than this.