The Phoenix Suns built a video game roster... 

Suns fan here. Pretty good video overall. A few things I would add: A major factor you skipped over was the Suns ownership situation. Going thru all the Robert Sarver drama, then getting Mat Ishbia to buy the team and want to make an immediate splash by overpaying for Durant was a huge part of how we got here. I have mixed feelings about the Chris Paul - Bradley Beal trade, because we'd seen that Chris Paul was getting picked on defensively, and the Suns didn't have enough good defensive players around him to cover that, and at the same time, the league has been moving towards a faster paced, more 3 point shooting play type, which doesn't work in CP3's favor. That said, we only gain slightly on D just from Beal being bigger, and taking a couple more 3s than CP3 would, while sacrificing ball-handling and burdening ourselves with an untradeable contract. It's another "new owner wants to make a splash and form a superteam" sort of trade. I'd also say that the vibes were pretty bad for the team in the post-Mavs blowout year, because they needed to show improvement from that poor performance, but how do you do that when you won 64 games the year before, and you can't really prove anything until the playoffs? Also the Monty/Ayton stuff was starting to swirl, and the Sarver situation was hanging over everything, while also limiting our ability to make roster/firing moves to change the vibes. That whole season was awful for an otherwise promising team. I was so happy when Ishbia took over the team and made the Durant trade, even though I knew it was an overpay, just because we at least had a different set of problems to deal with finally.

On the plus side when the Suns play like what was advertised it's so fun to watch. Real video game shit.

I have always been a fan of secret base and during Detroit, recent losing streak I came across your channel and I’m so glad I did because I honestly love watching your videos going through some tough shit in life, but being being able to just listen to your calm voice, talking basketball makes a day a little bit better and we do really appreciate it. Thank you.

5:33 You say "they had Brunson, but meh, he wasnt the player he is now." That couldnt be further from the truth. The last 2 or 3 weeks, through the first 2 rounds, was Brunson becoming "that guy". That run, was Jalen's coming out party.

These are great videos to help me wake up. I’ve always loved your work on Secret Base and it’s cool to get daily content from you. Keep working man!

As a suns fan I am worried. Honestly as a suns fan I just sick of always be second place and being the younger brother to all LA teams. I hope we can win soon. This town really needs it. Besides the Phx mercury has more chips than we do you know how embarrassing that is

One small thing is that you kinda wrote off how special Brunson was in that Dallas playoff run, he was averaging 28, 4, 4 in the first round and averaged 21 throughout their run as a whole. I think his ascent, and the fact that the Suns dropped 2 to the Pelicans, made a lot of people pick Dallas as the favorite to win the series.

Love the specific team coverage! More interesting than individual players imo. Do you think Pels are legitimate contender in West or no?

Also would love a video on the Pelicans. People only talk about Zion's effort but BI has been locked in defensively, Trey Murphy is a lot better off the dribble, and the whole team is shooting more 3's at a higher efficiency. Feels like something finally clicked for them

Bol Bol will be the next Tacko Fall

Love ur videos Kofie

So this is the first time I’ve watched you. Thanks for not yelling at me, for not being sensationalist, and for having a well thought out and nuanced point of view. You rock.

Used to watch your tiktoks i think before you started talking about sports (if im not mistaken) then you started talking about sports and watched all your videos, happy that you made a youtube channel because haven’t used tt in months. Happy to see your doing well Kofi.

Imagine a world where Booker has a title and FMVP and Giannis doesn't...

That Yankees-Red Sox series was the one to lift the curse. They hadn't won a World series since they had traded Babe Ruth.

Beauty is that the NBAs new rules around salaries and trades has made even more restrictive for teams above the second tax apron (which the Suns undoubtedly are)

Pausing the video to say that your "The Rudy Gobert Trade Has Been Better Than Expected" video would be good because I feel that NBA reporters have been down on it Front-Office/Agent-sourced perspective.

That game 7 red Sox Yankees game was so great as a red Sox fan lol

Just a note about Beals NTC, it is still in effect as of this moment. They tried to get it removed out the the contract, but they ultimately bit the bullet anyway.

the super max should be changed so that the extra money is uncapped. This allows older stars to get rewarded even if their best years are behind them, and it would be easier to trade them from bad situations as it's easier to match salaries.

Great video Kofie (as a Sixers fan please dont remind me of the Mikal draft day trade tho :( Would love a video comparing all the superteams, as I think superteams didnt change, but the circumstances were just different. The Heatles were a success because they also had Spo as coach, despite the rest of the team. The '08 Celtics won, despite Doc, because their stars had strengths that fit amazingly.

AOT hockey jersey?

W vid

Completely off topic, I know, but Kofie's BGM on this vid is dope as hell.

Brunson wasn't who he is now? He was carrying the Mavs to wins that post season without Luka. We may be casuals, but that needs to be recognized. Big 3s can run an offense if they're healthy. It's running both sides of the ball that's trouble.

Love the AOT jersey man

Bruh I been telling my brother that they got a 2k ass roster 😂

Bradley Beal, destroyer of salary caps

KINGKOFIEWHY back with another banger

What you think bout AOT ending Kofie

hey at least we have the diamondbacks

sport name???

I saw an interesting stat that the Suns have the worst Q4 net rating in the league by -16.1. I dont watch suns games but are their top heavy starts burnt out by then or is their bench really that bad

Have you met the lakers

I want a video on the ideal hawks roster. Jalen Johnson might be our future as I don’t see an ideal path for Trae Young as option one.

This is high effort low effort content lmao

Mid analysis ngl. A lot of what’s been going on with the suns is a lot deeper than shown in the video.

I'm sorry I like your content but who the fuck was interested in geriatric Chris Paul and a max contract Deandre Ayton (by several advanced metrics the worst player in the 2023 playoffs), like if you want to criticize the KD deal because Brooklyn managed to salvage their unstable contender into a directionless lottery team that's your prerogative but it's just ignorant to act like the Suns actually could have gone out and gotten role guys to play next to KD and Booker instead of the Beal trade they actually did. As a Suns fan, do I think they're gonna win a championship out of it? Probably not! But sitting back and armchair GMing as if there was actually a better option than Beal forcing his way here with his no-trade clause is just a bad take.

And they still won’t make the playoffs

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Love the content man keep it up, I think a vid about the potential fall of “super teams” in this new era of ball will be reallly interesting , coupled with the fact theres just so many better players (good role players) on most top teams

Frank Kaminsky mentioned 🔥🔥🔥

Nothing the Suns do ever works. I learned my final lesson during that finals, all hope as a Suns fan is a fabrication.

How dare you put LeBron in this video. This is a haven for off brand basketball.

I love how you pointed out the Nuggets philosophy on the how they draft, i’m a Warriors fan and i’ve wanted them to do that in years past, Dunleavy drafted Podz and TJD who are Nba ready while Bob Meyers messed up by drafting Wiseman and Kuminga who needed to be developed, Moses Moody has shown that he is Nba rea because he knows his role and knows what to do but Kerr doesn’t play him idk why but outside of that we aren’t that timeline! But if there’s a contender out there a guy like P.J Hall would be great to have on the roster next year, he’s already Nba ready and I know he’d know his role the second he gets to the league, im hoping the Warriors can find a way to get him in the upcoming draft

I honestly think the Suns put together a team that will be perpetually just over .500. There's no depth. I said this to some people on reddit at the beginning of the season and they insisted the team is incredibly deep and they just hadn't had enough time playing together. We're about halfway through the season and we're still not seeing the depth. Booker, Beal, and Durant will have games where they just dominate (when they're all healthy) and that's enough to win but that won't happen against good defensive teams with deep benches.

I feel like these past few years of trying to make super teams work in Brooklyn or in phoenix and seeing how they fizzled out or how the team has no depth and can’t work will be a dark spot in nba history.

people are serious about bol bol/ i just thought he was a meme player

the nets were overdue for winning a trade

Beal is literally the least tradable contract without even looking at the bread… he’s the only guy in the league with a no trade clause.

Kofie is content god and I will not tolerate any slander against this

The Phoenix Suns had a bad coach. YOU KNOW IT KOFIE. But I agree: the blue print for NBA now is to have a good 5 and a 6 that could be a starter (and in some games will be) and 3 or 4 more role players that are good at both offense and defense. It's not having 3 superstars and nothing else.

The Suns are such a fun easy to root for team. Wish people could appreciate how bananas having booker and KD on the same team is. It would be like if we got to see kobe and mcgrady on the same team back in the day. The only crime the Suns ever committed was be the main rival for the warriors and lakers fans.

I watch KOT4Q videos, and even he puts together better rosters than the Suns have.