What happened to the Suns!? 

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Wild!

Shaq? That you?

🤣🤣🤣💯😊

We found Shaq burner 😭😭

I love how he was looking around for a Clipper to guard while Zubac was running two steps ahead of him, as if someone else was going to pick up Zubac lol

I feel like it's been this way ever since they changed the name to footprint center in the middle of the nba finals 💀

What'd you expect from the court that put pickles on their nachos instead of jalapenos

This is the first thing that came into my mind.

The suns are just simply horrible in close matches and 4th quarters, there's a meltdown no matter where they are.

Putting pickles in nachos is reason enough for the Suns to receive all the punishment that they do...

Just went up now

fuckin haters

The media hasn't said anything about LeFlop not getting ejected and suspended for elbowing dude in the head AND calling a ref a "fish bass ni88".

The media hasnt said anything bout how LeFlop called a ref a fish bass jigger... true story

Meanwhile the media hasnt said anything about LeFlop calling a ref a fish bass jigg with a ER at the end. True story.

Idk how you're a fan of both. Ben Taylor doesn't really hide his dislike of players who don't play in a maximally analytically sound way, and our franchise player for sure doesn't.

​@@marcr196I'm in the same boat as OP, and for me personally, while the Suns will always be my team - being a basketball fan/nerd always comes first

@@marcr196 thats your mistake for assuming that beal or booker are this persons favorite player.

@@marcr196 Many reasons to like either, and the person doesn’t have to only care about one side of analytics

@@Jonathan-A.C. You should see Awful Coaching's analysis

Yeah, it's fun to see adjustments (or not), as well as some looks at players who play out of the spotlight; like Grayson and Mann.

He brings so much energy.

Yes, finally. Clippers were mediocre only 3point shooting team without Westbrook. No driving rebounding but isolation only it was boring to watch.

Holy crap

@@lukyluk_py the 140 trillion gallons number came from using all the water on earth and multiplying it by 140 trillion - just to get an estimate of how much water there is swirling 😶‍🌫️

140 trillion times the 350 quintillion gallons in the ocean, even more insane

@@Benjamin-ty5rl fucking hell lol. That’s terrifying

u got the numbers all wrong g, 140 trillion gallons is nothing on a cosmic scale... according "the times of india" the actual number is 140 trillion times the combined volume of all water on earth. a quick google search reveals that theres about 300 million trillion gallons of water on our planet. now imagine that 140 trillion times over. now thats SCALE brother. also, to complete this erratum, the black hole isnt a billion times larger than our sun. what does larger even mean? are we talking mass? or radius? anyway "the times of india" puts it as "20 billion times more massive than our sun" which is mind boggling. one last thing, i checked an article from NASA's jet propulsion lab and they say that its water VAPOR. idk what you meant by "swirling" but i imagined an accretion disc of ocean water which got me curious. glad i could debunk that for myself and whoever else may have silly ideas. thanks for the fun fact, and lowkey thanks for getting it wrong. learned a lot 👍🏾

From what? Suns beat them. Never heard so much crazy talk from perpetual losers as Clippers fans.

Fr LOLOL

@@marcr196 Oh wow, the Suns beat the Kawhi less (for most of the series), PG less Clippers lead by a 35 yo way past his prime Westbrook. Shocker.

@@pagman2356 Nah I'm talking about the playoffs in 2021 and 2023. Clippers haven't beaten the Suns except in the regular season

That makes no sense. Too much talent is bad

I think it's HOW more than WHO. Yes, obviously if you had better role players it works better -- Tatum, Brown and KP have all the same problems as KD, Booker and Beal -- but there are some things you can do to unstick ball stoppers. It's mainly about how they get into those isolation and PnR actions. Phoenix needs to steal from GS, Sacramento, Miami and OKC. Their offense is very perfunctory. They run stuff "through"'the bigs but it's in name only. They're very static. Actually run the offense through Nurkic (like GS or Miami or Sac) and use a lot of movement for Beal. Get him moving off ball and make Beal your "primary" option the way Ray Allen was in Boston or how Miami uses Duncan Robinson. That's what he did when he was younger. He just ran floppy. Get him going downhill with guard to guard and toss actions. Then make Booker the point guard. Pound it into his head that he is the point guard. He is really good at playing that way; getting shots within the flow while being a conductor. Better at that than doing a mediocre Luka Doncic impersonation. Then KD is KD. Lots of high pick and pop with him as the screener but otherwise he plays off everyone else. Think how OKC uses Chet or Boston uses KP. Use KD's gravity to create gaps for everyone else then attack when he gets a mismatch (like KP) Nurkic and especially Allen fill in the gaps just fine. So does Gordon. And Royce gives them seven legit guys. The problem is when left to their own instincts, KD is a heavy iso guy who is content to try to beat teams with shot making and he rubs off on Booker and Beal. So your job as a coach is to prevent that. Vogel has kind of done the opposite. They play into their worst habits and exacerbate them.

@@michaelahurtsir, this is Wendy’s. No jk jk this was great however the phoenix suns employ Frank Vogel.

@@McSnuff29 Yeah I wasn't a big fan of that hire. Especially with more creative offensive coaches like Ime, Nurse, Atkinson, Stotts and Jordi Fernandez available.

@@michaelahurt Ime coaching the rockets bc he was getting some young tail at the office is so crazy to me. He would’ve been perfect for Booker

People love celebrating Russell's decline and enunciating his decline by linking it to his game being primarily reliant on his athleticism, which downplays his legacy by dumbing it down to "He was only good because he was athletic when he was younger" and "He can't adapt to a game where he cannot play off his athleticism" it's nice to see him show off his athleticism and show people that he's still got it, he's just playing in a different role.

@@Enthusiast230 Nah, stamina, prone to injury, ability to recovery are way different. He might still have the brain to avoid all of those things, but body cant lie. Specially he was and still is iso-player be it defense or offense, thats a time-bomb. Even Gianniss got small injury yesterday just the fact he playin too hard.

@@michaelbuto305 Russ is 36 and currently averages more games per season than LeBron. Russ is literally one of the most durable players of all time, and rarely sits out due to injury. He probably would have played 400+ consecutive games had Beverley not given him that career altering injury.

@@Enthusiast230 why compare him to lebron lmao. Lebron is 39. Wouldn’t it be better to compare him to a younger guy?

@@michaelbuto305 all players have small injuries, the way russ be punching shit his hand should've been broken 4-5 times. Players and medical staffs choose how to deal with them i don't think that any medical staff can tell russ to sit down.

They need to play the hot hand. They got 4 guys who have been All stars and MVP candidates. They are nearing the end of their careers, and PG, Russ, and Harden all want to win their first Championship. There should be no ego and just do what is best for the team.

@@shorewall The sad reality is, even if you want to focus yet the body just couldnt handle it. Playoff way way more punishing that regular season. Recovery for Old vs Young clearly goin to shows.

@@michaelbuto305 Oh yeah, I don't think they are going to win. But this team of former superstars has been remarkably low ego for such a "superteam". I'm rooting for them to do well.

It’s Shaq who pushes the Bol Bol is as good as Wemby nonsense.

My life wont be complete until we get an Awful Coaching/Thinking Basketball collab

Awful Coaching is funny sometimes but the bit gets old fast and he really doesn't know as much as his screaming suggests

All 3 can initiate the offense

? Kevin Young is the coach on O, you don’t bring Vogel for offense.

Vogel is not good at offenses it's defense where he works his magic.

offensively he's very questionable, but Durant and Booker shouldnt need much coaching to score

@@brendanbloom3366 lmfao for themselves, you see Beal try to run the offense? he tries a switch, nothing, so he dumps the ball to GRAYSON ALLEN instead of, you know, resetting the play! he cannot, just look at it..

then, we'll not have these quality content. Ben should stay a creator.

He answered this on a patreon QaA not too long ago. He has been offered coaching jobs, but has no interest.

I think a happy medium would be Ben breaking down play concepts, stuff like Spain pick n roll, horns, the triangle etc etc. it's great content and Ben can be everyone's coach

@@TheMissinLink Good on him.

breaking news: if you have a bad game at a bad time then you cannot be taken seriously anymore. Dirk never should have been taken seriously after losing in the 1st round to the Warriors in 2006 i guess

@@ludnqka an important game where Booker played well? Any game that led to game 6 of the NBA Finals maybe? Y'all really do love narratives. Mind you, I'm not defending booker's play this year it's awful

@@ludnqkaCrazy thing about KD, he keeps putting himself in these same terrible situations. Roster is just poorly constructed.

@@notmytruthTHEtruthnot narratives when you’re shooting 38% in elimination games. That’s factual. If you think he’s a reliable option come playoff time then thats delusion

@@tobiadebiyi7490 you sound like you're campaigning for an NBA RU-vidr job 🤣 I'm sure Players Choice is hiring

Trying to learn the game and was about to ask why this was a bad decision by Booker. I would think leaving open a 35% 3pt shooter would be the preferable option to allowing an easy lob to a 7 foot center. Glad you commented this.

The kardasian curse!

The Luka Special

@@EvA1_Anahein Luka is great and I wish we had him BUT that loss was because of the Mavs stifling defense and our trash ass worthless coach. A lot of other factors too but Luka was only 20% of that loss.

​@@notmytruthTHEtruth the Luka Special is the curse Booker cast on himself when he was frontrunning and trash talked Luka flopping like he doesn't flop all the time

oh yeah, that was a great defensive team, i hope we see the defensive effort from them in the playoffs. if they do i might start believing in this clippers team.

The problem with russ is consistency. Sometimes his motor on the defensive end is low where he's just standing and ball watching but when he's lock in he's a good on ball defender

@@winter9242 it's not Russell Westbrook's motor it's his style that's the problem sometimes. Russell Westbrook likes to play free safety. Likes to sneak into passing lanes. And slow down slashers. Doesn't really want to guard the three. Because he likes getting rebounds.

@@sylvonbryant2786 that's also true but I also think his motor on defense is also sus. Countless times I've seen that when he's guarding someone off ball, he's ball watching and the man he's guarding would back cut freely

he works with the nba sometimes and has similar videos on the nba channel. Check out the Dirk one

You aren't the only one. I to thought it was a bad move and reeked of owner meddling.

literally everyone was saying that stop stroking your ego

@@marcr196 you’re the only doing the stroking right now, never called myself a genius

@@marcr196 you should stop stroking me off cause I never called my genius or anything 😂

They'll probably lose both games in the play in

​@@574onthefloorBoston just got blown out by the bucks with giannis playing one half. Are they going out in the first round?

@@nazimbelaidi6486lmaoo not at all even close to the same thing.

@@McSnuff29 why not? What has Boston proven? They have been bounced just like pheonix did last year.

Facts

As much as I like Beal I gotta admit this is true

I never thought Beal was that good of a player. Much easier to be an allstar in the East but if he played his whole career in the west he would've never been one. If Jamal Murray can't make it in the west Beal damn sure wasn't. Just a good player on a bad team putting up numbers. And I've been saying this since they got him.

​@@Solo2121He was that guy before He is just way too inconsistent now but if u bring him back 4-5 years he was playing like a MVP caliber player

Bruh it’s literally the same type of breakdown

@@ry_an. No it's not, it's like a reaction rather than analysis

@@GustavoSilva-ny8jc I mean he’s quite literally breaking down what happens

Exactly.

tbf most big 3s are just 3 big names that dont mesh well. suns big 3 is 3 players that can shoot well so they mash well together create space for each other. if they signed lebron westbrook harden as a big 3 then yeah it that would be dumb.

@@johnmarkson1998 the suns big three dont mesh well and its the exact opposite reason the nuggets are so good; they literally cannot pass at an acceptable level for an nba guard. grayson allen is their best playmaker. we're kidding?

@@ianslee4765 they dont need jokic level passing to score. sometimes a simple pass is all they need. thats why book and kd can both go off for 50 despite no jokic feeding them. their talent alone carried them back into a game where they were down by 33 at the half.. thats a crazy big 3.

@@johnmarkson1998it’s a big 3 that’s in the play-in lmao

Who has a "true point guard" that is a good team? The Wolves, and that's it. The PG on your team scores 30 a game. Nuggets have a center for a point guard. Clippers have a guy who averaged 36 ppg for a season. Mavericks PG is leading the league in scoring. Kings PG averages less assists than their center. Pels have a 2 guard disguised as a point guard. Celtics have two defense first guards who don't get the ball at the end of games. Dame isn't a true point guard either. Stop repeating talking points from your favorite podcasts and sports talk shows and think for yourself.