Do you credit Booker for turning around the franchise then because you can't credit cp3 then when big moment comes he doesn't get blame if you're willing to admit it wasn't cp3 then ok but if he gets the praise then he deserves the blame
What do you mean carry ? Carry himself out of bed ? The dude made the playoffs once before this year, and only after CP3 came to Phoenix. Mister kardashian averaged 27 wins his first 5 years in the league, so let's stop acting like he's Kobe v2.0 (RIP Mamba)
The ironic part is that the Suns could have drafted Luka instead of Ayton. The Suns coach at the time, had actually coached Luka in Europe. He wanted to pick Luka. The Suns owner, Sarver, insisted they take Ayton. Owner should have listened to his coach. Ayton is a decent big but didn't show up in game 7. Luka will probably win a couple of MVPs before he's done.
This is on Booker. Chris Paul is small and old. Booker is supposed to be a scoring machine and has to be the best player on the team to win despite not being the leader (similar in a sense to AD needing to be the best player on the Lakers).
it's on Booker, Chris and Ayton all the same. CP3 is supposed to be the leader and keep his guys engaged. He failed. Booker is supposed to be the scorer and closer. He failed. Ayton is supposed to be the glue guy and the enforcer. He failed. Monty Williams failed as well.
@@RAZGR1Z I definitely agree with you on this for the most part. He did need to do more, especially that some people like you know who has him as a future Hall of Famer? Unbelievable how we get caught up in recency bias these days.
Chris Paul averages 9 points and 4 turnovers last 5 games that's worse than even an average point guard at least Booker had couple 30 point games if he played bad for 5 games this series would've been over in 6
It’s on booker and ayton period. The Younger guys gotta step up , the vets lead and scheme/adjust and say what needs to be said but the youth with the energy and talent gotta step up when the older guy like cp3 can’t play 46 minutes at an elite level anymore he need bench time and as the series goes on he wears down , booker blew it , ZERO made shots in the whole first half of a game 7 that’s a shame
Same here. Luka gave them the opportunity to griddy, do the dougie, and allll the TikTok dances that they like…from the comfort of their living-rooms. 😂😂😂. I despise those losers so much.
I think they knew they’d get Paul and thought he’d better serve them winning it all NOW, especially when you then get to use that pick on the premier young big as well. I think they looked at their needs and the free agent option to fill guard (with Paul) was probably way better than the free agent to fill power forward. It’s not like Paul has been total garbage the last two years. Suns were bottom of the league before. But the forward to replace Ayton would’ve probably been hot garbage. I also really think it was Booker’s choice to have Paul over a rookie ball dominant. Booker would’ve clashed with those guys.
@@KonaTheDragon valid points my friend, but rarely in a draft you get to pick such talent. It reminds me of the Bobby Knight story on the 84 Jordan draft. He was in such awe of MJ that he called his friend the GM of Portland to draft Jordan. His friend replied "we need a center" (like the Suns) and Bobby responded "play him at center". Such is the case with Luka.
If Chris gets more of the credit for when they are doing good. He gets the blame as well when they do bad especially when he wasn’t playing well it’s one thing to be carrying and everyone else is bad but he was bad as well
Book was 4th in MVP voting and everyone has consistently said he's their best player. The notion that whoever gets thr most credit should get the most blame is an idiotic take. Does Giannis deserve the most blame for the Bucks losing?
@@xcwilliams7980 no becuase Giannis was phenomenal, CP3 was terrible, so was Book, so in THIS CONTEXT, CP3 deserves the most blame Giannis doesn’t deserve the blame because he averaged 34, 15, 7, 1 and 1 If Gianni’s had multiple games in which he scored under 10 (LIKE PAUL) then he would be receiving the lion share of the blame
@@titankiller5287 my point is the comment "the guy who gets the most credit deserves the most blame" is a stupid one. No need to defend Giannis buddy. If Giannis was capable of playing as bad as Chris Paul, he wouldn't have been 3rd in MVP voting. Ya know only one place in front of Booker.
Yeah your take is a bad one. CP3 hasn’t gotten the majority of the credit this year, at least in the reg season, bc 1) he was missing games 2) book has been on the AD track i.e. young superstar taking over for the old (which shockingly could keep becoming a better and better comp). The only moments CP3 got credit for is when he balled out in these playoffs. He’s 37 and dealt w injuries this year. It’s not on CP3, it’s 100% on Book. Is LeBron more to blame for the lakers struggles since their ring, or AD? If you’re going to tell me it’s LeBron, then alright I’ll let you argue CP3, but its on AD in my opinion. And this situation with the suns is basically a mirror of it, so its more on Book here for me too. But it’s all just perspective ig. If you think LeBron is to blame for LA falling short, then ofc you think CP3 is to blame for the suns. But it’s def on the younger stars here, it’s supposed to be their time to shine especially since considering LeBron and CP3s ages.
I'm extremely happy the Suns lost. I've never seen a ringless team be this cocky. They were so cocky after they beat the Lakers in the playoffs last year and their cockiness only got worse as this season progressed. They showed no respect to Luka during this series and paid dearly for it.
How can you blame one person? One person wasn’t going to be enough to win anyways. Did you see last games stats?! EVERY SINGLE LAST ONE of them couldn’t find water in a ocean. CP3, Book, Ayton, Monty and the rest are to blame collectively
I could ask the same thing when it comes to LeBron. He averaged 30ppg, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 52% from the field, 36% from 3, finished Top 3 in scoring, had a 56-point game & a 50-point game within a span of 3 games, was Top 25 in assists, but he had only 3 of his 15 active teammates shooting 50% or better; 7 of which couldn’t even break 45%. Yet, everybody still says “He didn’t do enough,” “He needed to facilitate more,” “Scoring isn’t all that matters” (even though everybody praises Jordan for being a killer when it comes to putting up numbers.) How can you blame only LeBron, the only guy who really showed up, for the Lakers’ failures this season?
Umm did you credit him for turning around the franchise or did you give cp3 all the credit if you're gonna admit cp3 wasn't the reason the sun's turned around then sure blame Booker can't go both ways
@@johnmonster1001 soon as Cp3 got there it stopped being “bookers” team. How is your team when another person arrives and take you and your “team” places you’ve NEVER even sniffed before. Cp3 came in looked at Book and said “I’m the Captain now”
He gets a piece of it, so does the coach, don’t know how you have that big of a mismatch at the center spot and still use him as a glorified Clint capella
This just shows who’s team it still is. Although Booker got MVP votes, Dallas made it a priority to shut down CP3. Without him, Booker and the rest of the team could not generate anything themselves. 🤷🏻♂️
Negative. Mavs sped the Suns up and they would have been better with CP3 off ball and allot D book to bring the ball up and get down hill...Having CP3 bring the ball up was stupid...
@@OvertIntelligence doubles & traps starting at half court on book but in game 6 the last game I saw fully they backed off in the second half off book n he just kept pulling instead of driving
Coach Jason Kidd and adjustments on defence. Steady, soffocatting defence on Booker , CP3 and the others. This generated a fluid offensive on Dallas, always guided by Doncic. At the end, it paid off!!, Jason Kidd, MVP
More often than not, when one team mocks another team, that team get’s humbled by losing the series. Knicks fans calling Trae bald, Lebron&Wade mocking Dirk, every team&fans making fun of Giannis free throws last year. Just play hard, show the other team respect and things will go well for you. I can’t believe players still give opposing teams ‘bulletin board’ material. CP3 and Book need to keep their mouths shut, be humble in victories and show respect.
Game 5 they where up 20pts with 5secs. Throwing up a lob pass to a dunk. Than game 7 holiday steals the ball and shoots the three down 35pts. They needed to be humbled 🙂
But y'all blame Lebron all the time and he's 37. CP3 was good all the way up until the last two games... doesn't sound like it has anything to do with age
@@jordanlamont2365 first of all it was a terrible selection lol secondly $91!:93/ it make sense the suns would be average without ayton when luka in Dallas hooping lmao
The title says they blew a 3-2 lead...but it was also a 2-0 lead. I can't count the number of times CP3 led teams, with him in the lineup and not sidelined, has blown a 2-0 lead going back to his New Orleans days.
I see a lot of people saying “How can you blame just one person?! Look what everybody else did! Cut CP3 some slack!” I could ask the same thing when it comes to LeBron. He averaged 30ppg, 8 rebounds, 6 assists, 52% from the field, 36% from 3, finished Top 3 in scoring, had a 56-point game & a 50-point game within a span of 3 games, was Top 25 in assists, but he had only 3 of his 15 active teammates shooting 50% or better; 7 of which couldn’t even break 45%. Yet, everybody still says “He didn’t do enough,” “He needed to facilitate more,” “Scoring isn’t all that matters” (even though everybody praises Jordan for being a killer when it comes to putting up numbers.) How can you blame only LeBron, the only guy who really showed up, for the Lakers’ failures this season? Why do we play the favoritism-game and create a different criteria when it comes to him, but give other guys every excuse in the world?
Lol 😂"the window is getting smaller for them??" LoL 😂 the thing is SHUT! LoL 😂 64 games... Home court advantage... Everyone healthy... Game 7 at home where they've beaten the Mav 14 straight games... 15 years experience in the league... And against a white boy from Europe?? Lol 🤣 CP-0 is sooooooo done ✅ Jaja
Clippers back to full health, Warriors even stronger, Memphis better maybe, Denver hopefully have their guys back and who knows what's going to happen with the Lakers. It will be so much harder next year.
Showed Booker is on the B tier list of "star" players. He is nowhere near MVP talks and should only be talked about with guys like Middleton and D. Mitchell rather guys like Luka and Steph.
Can't blame the banged up old man. In my country, our basketball tournament groups are divided into under 38, over 38, over 45, over 53 and over 60. CP3 should only be playing back up minutes of around 12-15 minutes to be efficient. Even though he is a great player, he'll be ineffective when legs won't follow the brain's command.
DeAndre Ayton is overrated. Unless you think he’s gonna turn into Joel, what is the justification for paying him? Sarver will get roasted for it, but I think letting him go is the best option.
Because typically you only want one dominant guard and they had Booker. You surround him with one star big and tough 3 n D guys, typically. Just my guess. And/or they knew they’d get Paul and would rather bet on a proven legend at the time to win NOW, not the future. And to their credit it was working over the last two years. Booker probably had a lot say in it, in reality 💯
@@Shzzaam he’s the number 1 option ayton is the 3rd option on the team Trae is that guy stop trying to disrespect trae 1st player in nba history to lead the league in points and assists this year he ran a great defensive team in the Heat
I blame Monty more than both of those guys. You literally destroyed the mavs in the first two games with the Spain pick and roll. You didn’t play it for the rest of the series. Seriously Monty??
Suns have two prime issues: Booker should be the leader of the team, but isn't, and therefore feeds off Chris Paul's energy and not vice versa. #2 Ayton....dude you are a mismatch every night in today's NBA.
Chris is at the age he's just not gonna be able to do it. And Booker is not the superstar the media wants him to be. One night he might get you 40 but the next night it might be 16. With a superstar you know what you're going to get, win or lose.
Of course this isn’t on the 37 year old in year 17 more then 25.5 year old player Booker in year 7 who was 4th in MVP voting and will probably be 1st team all nba. He was bad these last 2 games. CP3 playing out of his mind as a 36 year old (basically 37) before that in playoffs tricked us bc that was never sustainable, but Booker shooting 9-31 (0-8) with 12 TOs (compared to 5 assists) the last 2 games clearly deserves the most blame! The man was 27 ppg in first 30 playoff games of his career (last year had one of the best 1st playoffs ever averaging 27 ppg to a team who went 6 in Finals and one of only 25 seasons ever of someone scoring 600+ playoff points) up 3-2 going to Dallas the man then averages 15 ppg 5 3 6 TPG 29 FG% (9-31) 0% from 3 (0-4 in each game) 25 year old Bridges disappeared too as he wasn’t stopping (or making it tough) on anyone as a great defender in last 2 games and a guy who had averaged 14-15 ppg in regular season and playoffs on like 50/40/85 splits in games 5 and 6 6.5 ppg 0 spg (after 1.5 spg before that) 0.5 bpg (after 1+ bpg before that in playoffs) 29 FG% 25 3P% Ayton at least had a good game 6 and only played 17 mins in game7 and CP3 is old AF. Everyone deserves blame but imo Booker and Bridges objectively deserve the most. Broussard Twan & Wildes are dead wrong on this.
It is Booker, CP3, Ayton and the coach that failed. Booker not showing up in his first game 7, CP3 bullied by the Mavs defense, both of them way too arrogant after 2 games, Ayton not getting activated and not asking to get activated, the coach not keeping the team humble and making them understand the sense of urgency and not getting Ayton activated.
Do someone gotta be activated to get boards? what about to run the floor? People need to stop acting like Ayton gonna turn into some combination of Shaq and Hakeem. Dude has no drive. Tripling his current salary is only going to make it worse for whoever does it.
Man I was a Booker fan cause of his plays in the bubble, but got off that ship when he complained about the Raptors mascot. I should have known that being a fan cause of his bubble plays is an asterisk.
The honest answer is Mavs defense and Luka. But if you gotta choose someone on the Suns to blame, it’s gotta be Booker. This is the guy who finished 4th in MVP voting ahead of Luka. That’s the guy everyone says should be a superstar, and the guy everyone expected to drop 40. He’s supposed to be the young leader of the team, and he’s supposed to carry the load for the games where CP3 needs a bit of extra rest. He’s their leading scorer, and he’s the guy who’s been there the longest. It’s his team. Instead of closing out the series, he mocks the best player. In TWO close out games, he goes a combined 10-31 FG%, 0-8 from 3pt, and has 12 turnovers. Spencer Dinwiddie’s game 7 alone was better than Booker’s games 6+7 combined. You can’t expect a 37 year old to carry the entire team. We saw not even LeBron could do that. The blame has to be put on the young “star”
CP3 & Booker are both to blame because they both choked and flamed out. The Sun's entire team flamed out after all that boasting they did. But CP3 deserves the most blame because he always chokes.
Then Booker should get the credit for turning around franchise you can't give Chris all the credit then when cp3 averages 9 points and 4 turnovers for 5 games now Booker gets blamed
Lol there's no way y'all are getting away with blaming this on cp3. Y'all were just talking 2 years ago how cp3 was washed on OKC. Since Houston y'all have trashed him then they have fairytale cake walk to the finals last year y'all switched up and said he's a top pg in the league then. Now your switching back. No. This is on Booker 100%
Ppl don't get it and analysts don't mention it. Cp0 did lose on purpose to avoid getting swept in the conference finals by Stephen curry. That could have tarnish his legacy.
@@zj4008 he’s expected to be the leader so he deserves all the blame. I know he ain’t a great leader, that’s why they lost. Ja Morant leads his team Luka leads his team trae leads his team. It’s on Booker to do the same and he’s not
When Ayton leaves, it will be on the owner for not wanting to give him that max contract. Booker has just shown why he DOESNT deserve a max anything. He folded like a lawn chair. Cp3 is the oldest player on the team and they expect him to carry them? 😂😂😂
All these excuses for CP3 if this was Harden Chris and Antoine tone would be totally different smh the media loves CP3. Luca also gets a lotta well deserved praise but for some reason Ice Tray doesn’t get the same
Bucks learned there lesson last year…that number 1 seed and Coach of the Year is fine and dandy….But really you want to peaking and healthy going into the playoffs. Fly under the radar at a 2 or 3 seed; keep guys rested. Especially the veteran players.
Watchin these games Booker can't be compared whit Luka, it's not even close, like they are totally different levels. Booker didn't even pass eyes test if you ask me...I mean what Luka did whit the ball and how he play in one on one situations and booker, that's not comparable.
Ik this got nothing to do with Bron, and everybody always makes everything about Bron, but if I’m the Lakers I sign Ayton and do a Sign and Trade with Bulls for Zach Lavine and Patrick Williams. Assuming the money works out
Book’s fault they lost the finals and this series. CP3 is a facilitating PG, Book is supposed to be the killer scorer and better 2 way player and 2nd in charge. This will be his franchise in the future, its on him to elevate his game beyond being a regular season snub.
Nick is definitely doing better with these guys than he was with Carter at the beginning. He is more comfortable, the guys are more respectful towards each other.
W8 a minute, the guy that was 4th in the MVP ballot completely disappearing in two close-out game is not the biggest to blame?! So instead blame the 37 year old guy? what kind of MVP is this getting some BS free pass. MVP's get the biggest share of the win and also the biggest share of the loss. If the suns chances to win is largely based on how well CP3 plays then CP3 should have been the one receiving votes for MVP.
It's a very interesting question because Chris Paul is old, but Devon Booker is injured. I really think Dallas just caught the wrong team at the right time.
Blame the Bucks. Nobody talks about this but have we forgotten that the Suns talked about being on a “Revenge campaign” this season? When the Bucks lost earlier in the day, they got deflated and lost energy because they won’t get their revenge of last season’s finals loss to the Bucks. I bet you, if they had an extra day to just take it in, they would have played like their usual selves.
I understand tht Chris didnt play well, down the stretch, but he is not their best player, an at 37, he shouldn't be expected to power this team, booker and ayton should be the engine and transmission, CP3 should be the nitro, to push this team threw, so I can't put him ahead of Booker for sure
Exactly man I remember watching Malone Kareem. Even the great Tim Duncan and kobe at 37 your not getting the blame your at the end smh booker gets this one dude is in his prime and got voted over Luka.
That Devin Booker's fault, you can't count on a 37 years old point guard too carry you through out the playoffs, This is Devin Booker's team not Chris Paul's and he didn't play like it.
How is it possible that no one saw this coming at the Moment When Devin Booker celebrated a 70 Point Game in a blowout loss! There is nothing to celebrate When you Score 30 in garbage Time!!
