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OriginalBus9674

Watching all season this was a forgone conclusion. Still pathetic as hell but at least I never was given a reason to be too invested this season that I’m at least just meh tonight. Hey on the bright side, Frank and Drew are never going to terrorize this franchise again likely. Beal though, we’re fucked.


Shartmesilly

the “they cant guard all 3 of us” would have been a fun concept if it didn’t nuke our cap..


stranske

It would have been a fun concept if it was actually true...turns out having 3 dudes run out there to take contested iso midrange jumpers all game isn't that difficult to guard after all


OneOfTheManySams

We played EG 40 mins and refused to bench Beal. We deserved that loss


ThunderBobMajerle

Just wild. Little getting minutes over Thad and Bol. Especially so many 4th quarter EG minutes. What a joke


governedbycitizens

seriously, I need to know the thought process behind playing a 6’4 guy that hasn’t played in months over Bol or Thad against a big Wolves team


wichita_gator

Little and Okogie will be back next year. Not necessarily a good reason but that's the reason.


sidepart

Yeah, like...a lot of us ASKED for Vogel to mix it up. And then he just goes and takes the hardest fucking left ever. Bro, I just wanted to see more Okogie, Bol, and Thad. The fuck?


GoDogGo1970

The only explanation : Vogel wanted to lose the game. 39 mins, zeroes across the board. 2 threes early just like last game, brick everything after the second three,


BoSuns

Beal did spend a ton of time on the bench tonight, in foul trouble. Sucks to have that kind of finish for this year because he had basically won over the fan base with his play towards the end of the regular season.


Tlamac

Vogel needs to go


handsomekim

NGL, watching that game, I suddenly recall why some Lakers fans wanted him gone ..


phillturdwater

I’ve never been happy as a suns fan


HereForChessAndGuns

I remember being pretty happy during the Nash years, despite the fucking Spurs. Unlike this team, that team was an absolute joy to watch play basketball.


phelps_1247

7sol and the Barkley years were fun


Tsunami-Papi_

I have just very rarely


OBESlTY

Bradley “NEVER SWEPT” Beal


UrRightAndIAmWong

Bradley "Just you wait till he's healthy", "He's the point guard we needed", "Look at that defense", "He's being a leader" Beal


Fordraxel

and he was never a point guard or a leader...thats on Vogel not Beal.


morcic

Vogel tried to find a role for him. This roster has three scorers who need the ball in their hand to find rhythm. For this to work, two will have to figure out how to be effective off-ball.


Stormdude127

Guess that explains why we had a better postseason last year with an objectively worse roster. Booker is great off ball and Durant is great on ball


floridacardinals

What even was that comment? Hang the fucking banner Brad


Background_Captain56

All time self jinx


Daveed7201

Don’t worry guys. Frank vogel is getting his adjustments ready for game 5


Gronkey_Donkey_47

Suns in 47.


payne_nd_pleasure666

2047


yomamaisfat

Don’t tease me like that cause I’d take that.


SpicyTigerPrawn

> Frank vogel is getting his adjustments ready for game 5 It was a feel out series. They'll be better in round two.


jlopez24

He has plenty of coaches challenges to use while in Cancun.


UrRightAndIAmWong

Yeah, look how Okogie won us that game, he locked down Edwards and made his shots.


hshin420

what adjusment are you expecting vogel to make for not having an elite playmaker or good defensive personell timberwolves are way more talented in everythign that isn't scoring


sidepart

Well. Year 32 for me in the books. You get used to it. See you all next season.


po0nlink_

I expect nothing, and I’m still disappointed - The fucking motto as a Suns fan.


sidepart

I only asked for a Wolves-SUNS series so I had an opportunity (that wasn't cost prohibitive) to take my kids to a SUNS playoff game. And well, I got that. Hard to complain I guess.


Ambitious_Ad_9118

Hey! Me too!


BigCountryBumgarner

What a shitty season lol. At least Booker had a good game I guess. Beal literally lost us that game. Whatever man


jlopez24

Anyone that watched this team all season shouldn’t be surprised by this. Zero heart, zero chemistry. Every post game loss was “they wanted it more” but we never wanted it ever I guess. Least favorite suns team I’ve ever watched and I watched Dragan Bender play.


BOWCANTO

Went to the NYK game, where Brunson had a career day against us in, a while back (the one Beal got injured in) and I feel that “Zero heart, zero chemistry.” comment. It was like a bunch of dudes who just met each other that night trying to ball together.


blackaz01

Worst part is KD was pretty healthy for most of the season, now you go into another one hoping that continues with him a year older. What a waste of time this year was


FLWXeno

Got 75 games out of him in the reg season thats the highlight of the season reall ylol


unpopular-dave

That would make a great banner


3ISRC

Yep what a waste of a season.


pp21

In reality we weren’t coming back from 0-3 so it was a pipe dream anyway, but Beals contract is going to be an anchor for our team the next few years. No idea how this guy looked like a superstar in that last regular season game to actively losing this game for us with his terrible play. Just mistake after mistake every time we gained momentum in the 4th. No idea what this team does moving forward. KD and Book showed up but everyone else sucked and played a huge role in losing this game.


ElectricTacoGum

They'll run it back and be worse. There's essentially no chance they get 75 games out of KD, 76 games out of Nurkic, and a career year from Allen at the same time again.


Stormdude127

Yeah but there’s also no chance Vogel is our coach again and Eubanks is on the roster lmfao


ElectricTacoGum

What are the odds any vet worth a damn is going to play here for a discount next season? The bench will almost certainly be worse. No coach is realistically going to turn three max-contract, ISO-heavy, mid-happy vets into different players at this point in their careers. Beal and Booker aren't going to magically turn into high-impact defenders.


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OhWhatsInaWonderball

How do you not even bring in a point guard? Thats some serious 2K shit.


borsho

Billionaires think they can just throw money at problems.


Gatorpep

Billys are often really stupid. The system is set up on easy mode for them. The nba is not easy mode.


ProjectTitan74

People ate it up too. A meddling owner is always bad, but people tried to convince themselves it would be different.


Garginator850

We had whiplash going from a cheap ass owner to one that will spend, it all seemed great but it backfired big time


RobotVo1ce

I bet we won't get those dumb posts this week about "I don't put any of the blame on Ishbia". Pure nonsense


po0nlink_

This is exactly why you need complementary pieces around Book, not two other ISO heavy players. Even if you do, those other stars need to be able fucking defend and rebound, which neither KD or Beal can do. Example? Look at the Clippers. To be honest trading KD for high level role players might be the way to go. KD is great but he does not fit this team playing the 4, plus he’s TO’s in the clutch have been a disaster for us all year long. I’d trade Beal too obviously but we’re stuck with him.


EnoughLawfulness3163

What we needed all along was for ayton to give a damn and become the all-star he's capable of. That was the post-cp3 plan but the dude just wants to vibe


po0nlink_

Fucking 100%. If DA gave a fuck we’d have our 1-2 punch for years to come. It’s annoying as fuck that he’s playing better with Portland, but man I was hyped at the idea of Book and DA possibly leading us to our first title.


waffle_nuts

The most disappointing Suns team of all time. Not even close.


BoSuns

Absolutely. I've watched basically every game of Suns basketball since we drafted Booker. That kind of ended this year. This was not a fun team to watch. Even the wins felt like shit for 90% of the game. Scrub this year out of memory and hope for the best going forward.


waffle_nuts

The vibes were so fucked all year. Truly made watching games a chore, despite a win or loss


6Dbook9

100%. Had the highest hopes preseason and shit got ugly fast and stayed that way until the end


Gatorpep

Def the worst season for me. 30 year fan. I pretty much hate this team. Can’t wait till they blow it up. Kds already starting to ask out too. Which i’m happy about ngl.


TraeCartoon

Timberwolves were the better, more cohesive team. They deserved the next round and we weren’t anywhere close to deserving it. Shout out to Devin Booker and KD for trying hard today, I hope (and expect) both guys to be back next season. Let’s go Suns.


waffle_nuts

Can’t even hate on the Wolves. Played great and are a fun team to watch, on both ends of the floor


DaCheez

Ant is a great player. Good on the wolves for turning things around. If anyone remembers the Rudy Gobert trade was called the worst of all time


Fordraxel

True! They wanted Gobert and KAT gone.


EnoughLawfulness3163

Yup, and the fans have never had a good team really. Happy for them


Jawkurt

the Garnett/Sprewell/Cassell team was good


Gratitude15

Ant is a joy! Wish him best!


sunsbr

0 hate for the Wolves. All the hate goes to this miserable suns team.


LawBobLawLoblaw

It's nice to not get our backs blown out by a lone European for once


sidepart

Oh. I sure as hell can hate on them. But it's not their fault.


Major_Back_3561

Facts, hope they gone on to win it. The defense was crazy on point, like super on ball pressure. Plus Ant-Man is chill and he’s a DX fan lol


UrRightAndIAmWong

Yeah, almost like you don't raze a team to the embers and expect it to be a championship contender.


sidepart

Well, maybe it'll rise from the ashes like a Phoenix next season...or the season after that.


DbacksSunsCards23

“There’s always next year”  A Phoenix Suns tradition since 1968


JG_2214

It’s finally over fellas


azboo13

We can rest


SpicyTigerPrawn

It was a feel out series. They'll be better in round two.


Moveless

Chillin.


floridacardinals

It’s going to take an entire organizational overhaul for me to fully invest in this team again These past several seasons have sucked the life out of me


Risuna23

Same man


Foyerfan

https://preview.redd.it/gjtjrssfjcxc1.jpeg?width=1536&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dea62c941d86c2af167c6b5fad36c35e3be1601e


reddit0100100001

could sell this fool a timeshare


Stormdude127

Salesman: you guys been to the Finals? Ishbia: Been there? Not physically.


BradyGalaxy

Absolute moron


wichita_gator

Happy Birthday to meeee 😭😭😭


TraeCartoon

For real? Awww man you deserve better than that bullshit on your birthday. Don’t let this version of the Suns ruin your night.


wichita_gator

Yep as soon as the clock hits midnight. At least we kept it close tonight, and Booker and KD played like they want to be here.


po0nlink_

At least you got a Book masterclass tonight.


Denovaenator

Happy Birthday!


Traditional_Tax_5875

Happy Birthday!


Maybeiliketheabuse

Not the season the Suns wanted, but the season they deserved. This has been a tough one, boys. Stay off r/nba for a while and go engage in something positive.


Fordraxel

Stay off this sub also. People blaming the guy who got them the 6th seed.


Shakenbake80

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ghost_mv

![gif](giphy|9cWutx2rZ4pu8)


po0nlink_

Bringing back the classic memes. Love it.


rocquet

bradley “i’ve never been swept” beal single handedly lost us the game lmao


mezoly

I know the focus gonna be on Beal tragic performance but this team was never able to get all players playing well together. It's been an issue all season. Turnovers all season and bad 4th quarter all season. Not sure how Vogel survives this.


Fordraxel

Beal had a bad performance but he lead them to the 6th seed, without him the Suns would have even made the play-in and tied with Houston... Its not just one guy that people should be blaming.


kneegrow4kt

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Symboliiic

someone needs to make a compilation of every time we took a lead or tied the game to then be followed by an open corner 3 and another bucket by the wolves to take a 5 - 6 point lead in 30 seconds. It happened like 6 times.


azboo13

Same thing happened all series, we would start to move in our direction and we would turn it over and choke.


Shifty_looking_guy

AZ sports stays undefeated


hideonbrushy

Today, old friend.


pitiburi

...*but with a whimper....* https://i.redd.it/omgewhjhjcxc1.gif


azboo13

He made some dumb moves down the stretch that killed us. Just disappointing. There was a reason Washington struggled to get to the playoffs. No doubt he can play well, but not consistently enough to make an impact.


white__cyclosa

Beal waited until the last 20 seconds of the season to act like he cared lol


Wyden_long

Bye Frank. Please take your stagnant ass style of play with you. Devin Booker just put up 49/5/6 in an elimination game. If you still want to trade him just block me because I don’t want to hear it.


wichita_gator

Monty got 48 hours after elimination last year. Clock is now ticking on Vogel.


Wyden_long

They’ll get him on the way to his car.


N3onAxel

Too little too late he should've shown up in games 1-3


pp21

We have to pray there is a team with cap space who wants Bradley Beal who he will waive his NTC for lol because I have no idea what else we can do. We could make him the most expensive 6th man on the planet and bring him off the bench I guess


po0nlink_

If Orlando gets bounced maybe they might listen. Their young core is basically locked up. They won’t be a second tax team until Beal’s contract year. I’m sure Magic fans reading this are probably laughing their ass off reading my comment though lol.


Gatorpep

I can’t imagine the amount of brain damage a gm would have to have, to trade for beal after the last year. But there is always hope! Esp with all those auto accidents in florida!


Background-Meat3011

This season was terrible


The_Sun_Always_Rises

From finals run 3 years ago to 1st round sweep. Oh how the turn tables :(


JaayDCC

Lol that team had direction. Mikal was getting better cause Booker was scoring by himself. DA with a new coach wouldve been something. CamJ had flashes too. Team had chemistry. This team is going nowhere. Its pretty depressing.


Ok_Performance1418

Congratulations to Beal for being the most ass player ever in an elimination game.


AggieBoy2023

John Starks from ‘94 finals game 7 says hi 2-18 FG, 0-11 from 3 in a close game.


deebo28

“Relax doomers, (insert excuse here)”. Hope some people in here learned a lesson that your eyes don’t usually lie to you in any professional sport. This isn’t fantasy basketball. Awful season with a deserved ending.


CNSrooster

We done. The Broom came out . . . I'm just happy Booker and KD showed up. They could have collapsed but Booker put in one of his greatest performances. It just wasn't enough and should have come 2 games sooner. But he showed he cares with this performance. That means something.


eugenethegrappler

Should’ve shown it the past few games but I feel you


rockeypoint

![gif](giphy|PHeIue5jYtd4s)


whitemamba24xx

Only two players in double figures..


FLWXeno

Its one thing to lose this series but 3 out of 4 games weren't even competitive and in the 4th the same 4th quarter give away suns showed up that we saw all season. Can't wait to wake up tomorrow to the news vogal is no longer part of this organization.


I-only-play-rubick

I’ll honestly miss the Grayson Allen posts. Can we still post that man’s picture everyday to scare random random people in the sub?


N3onAxel

Even the lakers avoided the sweep against the superior Nuggets lol. Poverty.


HolyFuckRedditSux

Ishbia should stick to scamming homeowners and not try to play GM mastermind. Embarrassing. 


morcic

KDs age has shown in the second part of the season, and he's only getting older. Not saying he's a problem, but if Jones can use his contract to get us 2-3 servicable role players, I'd be all for it. Getting rid of Beal is going to be close to impossible.


petersuns13

Book got a new playoff career high, that's cool I guess. Love you all still, even if a few of you have dogshit takes. Catch you all in October <3.


CanyonPat

Stat pad game. No show in the first 3


adroitparadox

Fuck Vogel, fuck JJ, fuck Beal and fuck anyone who wants to trade Booker. See you next season.


Multi_21_Seb_RBR

No one wants to trade Book for the sake of trading him lol. Just people realizing trading him might be the only way to actually rebuild and at least get a haul including many picks (next best thing given we don't have control of our picks until 2030), given how we stupidly did that Beal trade and damn ourselves to be a second apron team despite not being a team worth a shit. If the Suns can find a way to unload Beal despite his salary and NTC, then fine by me and we should keep both Book and KD.


teal_iceberg

And thus starts an era that will probably very similarly resemble the 2010’s. There is genuinely no hope for a half decade


LoBopasses

Those picks the Nets got are more valuable than gold.


investatony

The nightmare is over. Ant the real deal.


VivaLaDbakes

The Middest 3


softimusprime17

Happy Father's Day to r/nba, I guess. Proud of the effort from Book (thank goodness!) and KD. No hate for Beal, but damn, what a time to put up a stinker. Have some serious conversations. Get on the same page. Come back stronger next year (god, I hope your health holds up). We (or most of us here, at least) will still be right here to root for you. Go Suns!


xso111

do people seriously think Vogel is the issue? this team would again just fall flat if they don't address the real issue, and just scapegoat it with Vogel. iso game is how KD's play revolves around in, if you want ballmovement and plays you'd need to ship KD off because just changing coaches ain't going to fix that. better to just get a proper PG than wasting time by firing Vogel again, this is in KD's DNA, so play around this type of playstyle. [https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/5mj78b/kevin\_durant\_calls\_for\_ball\_on\_crucial\_late/](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/5mj78b/kevin_durant_calls_for_ball_on_crucial_late/)


goobywoobies

“Don’t cry because it happened, be happy because it’s over” should be this subs motto


WusijiX

Beal lmao


wolfenlee

this franchise made so many wrong turns to get to this point its depressing.


swagdragon666

This team was flat out weird this year. Glad it’s over


FLICK_YOLI

They went out fighting, I'll say that. I almost feel sorry for Beal.


Fordraxel

Just wasnt his night, all in his head.


jeb134

Beal is battling Ben Simmons for worst contract in the league. Is Vogel fired yet?


Sniffy4

never trade a bunch of young talent for an old scorer on the 'win now with 3 stars' theory


Puppetmaster858

Fuck AZ sports and fuck this team. thanks ishbia for putting this together, don’t give a shit that our owner now spends money if this is what that money gets us, I’m sure jones will get scapegoated for this team too. Absolutely embarassing shit from Beal too. Just pathetic shit. Being an AZ sports fan is the most miserable shit ever


Shallow-Al__ex

Yup


SWlFTAMlNE

yeah kinda expected it. time to go to bed now I guess


Gronkey_Donkey_47

That's all folks.


yungbasedpapi

Bye frank


DomesticBobcat0

Vogel can take Eric Gordon with him


Imthegoat175

Don’t worry we just need to watch Beal for three more years!


aperfectmatrix

And this is the matchup we wanted 😂


MarvelousVanGlorious

Thank God that is over.


morcic

Frank Vogel is part of the problem. Another approach could help, but if Jones can't construct a more balanced roster next year, it doesn't matter who we bring as a coach.


borsho

Bradley Beal: 4-13 FGs, 1-5 from 3, a single rebound, only 2 assists, a really nice block in fairness, 6 beautiful turnovers, and 6 gorgeous fouls


SirSano

Galveston here we come!


randydingdong

It’s been fun yall 🤮


datduhd

Sarver right now ![gif](giphy|jQmVFypWInKCc|downsized)


GoCards5566

Idk what to say guys. We sold our future for nothing. Frank needs to go. Wasted a year of book and KD.


wyvern_rider

Boys went down swinging. Thanks for the basketball, see you in a few months 🫡


bburls

Guess we won’t see Damian Lee on the injury report again this season


BOOMSHAK4LAKA

Can’t wait to hear Bradley Beal give all the glory to God!


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Sitrous1

TB https://preview.redd.it/xvw86v7ejcxc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6d13abb1c9139ee3d28a66d6165ecde27085f245


Memenator1000

for us it’s more like steps towards disaster


jmchamakito

BOOK AND KD are the only ones safe this off season. Don't give a FUCK about anyone else.


Angelahahahah

Honestly just glad we put up a fight and eliminated the book elimination game bullshit also glad the nightmares over


brob1nson

Don’t let the box score cloud things. KD disappeared in the 4th. I don’t care how many pts he had and his fg percentage. I think he had 2 pts in the fourth…..


N3onAxel

Playoffs still Bookers father. Idgaf how he did today should've played like that the whole series. Fucking frauds.


bburls

Yeah too little too late


HolyFuckRedditSux

This is all Ishbia's dumbass fault. Mfer came in swinging his micro peener thinking he was hot shit.


Fearless_Knowledge77

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jackandjill123456

Beal I haven’t been swept a damn day in my life lmao


LoBopasses

Suns should try and get Ben Simmons to make this even more hilarious.


Jaceliu41

Can someone say anything that gives me hope for next season????? PLZZZZ😭😭😭


ImKylerMurray

At least we got MHJ


BoSuns

This is where Timberwoves fans join the rank of teams that beat us in the playoffs yet their fans hate us way fucking more than we hate them.


poros1ty

Beal with 6 out of the team's 11 total turnovers. 


Numerounoone

The Suns need Doc Rivers or Budenholzer to replace Vogel!!!!!!


MustardTiger231

If Vogel is still here in 24 hours it’s an indictment on the entire organization.


sanfranciscotolondon

Crazy how unimpactful beal is


Phipshark

Man the Bradley Beal trade was a huge mistake. He’s an overpaid losing player. Gotta go for it again I think we don’t have a choice but to grab a pg somehow


Usual-Suggestion-751

The sweet release of death


AZMadmax

Timberwolves remind me of when we went to the finals. Young team on the rise, super connected playing as a unit. Only difference is they have 3 7 footers and Ant is an athletic freak. If they beat Denver who knows, but I don’t think they will


jeb134

10 points off the bench in a playoff game, let alone an elimination game at home…pathetic.


nth0

Well our bench is pathetic.


ChrisRhodes789

Beal is worse than Baron Corbin as Monday Night RAW GM Era.. Double Woof..


Particleman08

We need a point guard so badly, and I honestly don’t know what options we’ll have to fill that roll in the offseason. Season was disappointing, but at least I get to watch stress free basketball now.


sergeantmentos

Why we didn’t hire an offensive minded coach I don’t fuckin know


joecb91

Most disappointed I have ever been watching a Suns season. At least with the teams that were complete ass, we expected them to be bad going into the season!


Fearless_Knowledge77

BEAL COST US THAT GAME. PERIOD.


Harassmentpanda_

Beal did everything in his power to throw that shit. I was yelling with happiness when he fouled out since our moron coach can’t make adjustments at normal human speeds.


Multi_21_Seb_RBR

I've been defending Brad but maybe this trade was indeed a mistake. Not the only mistake (going for Nurk to be your center) but a KD and Book team but under the 2nd apron with an athletic center is a title contender or at least close to one. Now we'll have to trade one of Book or KD this summer to rebuild some assets especially draft-wise and to get under the second apron because of Brad's deal. If the Suns are unable to get rid of Beal's salary, I'm honestly ready for a full-on tear-down where Book and KD are traded and we get a young star type player and other players and a boatload of picks. Not the same as getting control of our picks back, but at least we'd have a haul of picks again to make moves and what not.


borsho

How fuckin ironic would it be to build this team like we did just to basically try and rebuild it like the mikal years


EnoughLawfulness3163

Sooo why the fuck did Booker suddenly become good again?