Do The Phoenix Suns Have A Championship Ceiling? | 2024-25 NBA Season Lookaheads

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[@BBallRambling]

That picture of the Bledsoe jersey with fire is genuinely funny. No actual Suns fan ever liked the guy.

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@@BBallRambling I thought it was hilarious too-even as someone with know strong opinions on Bledsoe 🤣

[@danfavale9168]

Timestamps⬇️ 0:00 - INTRO 2:12 - Frank Vogel’s exit 4:38 - Expected stylistic changes under Mike Budenholzer 7:03 - Breaking down the impact of Tyus Jones 10:14 - How does Jones affect the core lineups? 15:23 - The evolution of Grayson Allen 17:07 - The fit and future of Bradley Beal 21:20 - How important is Jusuf Nurkic to the Suns? 28:20 - What makes Devin Booker so polarizing? 37:15 - Kevin Durant’s defensive impact 38:22 - Can the Suns replicate their defensive success? 39:37 - Early impressions of Ryan Dunn 42:22 - Early impressions of Oso Ighodaro 44:30 - Ranking the importance of role players/Sam picks Bol Bol to win MVP 50:51 - Are the Suns flying under the radar? 51:41 - Biggest roster needs / trade targets 53:39 - Top 10 rotation 54:42 - Go-to crunch-time lineup 55:56 - Funky lineups we want to see 57:32 - Win totals, Where do the Suns stand in the West?

[@psychobluesfxt]

An easy summary of why Vogel isn't there: the players didn't like him, the assistant coaches didn't have much chemistry with him based on KY's comments regarding what he envisioned the offense to be, and his rotations destroyed the team both in on and off the court chemistry. There is zero reason to continue kicking a -108 player down the road (Eubanks) and giving him all that playing time when you had better options as a backup big in Bol and even Udoka for what little he played.

[@d-rocktrainer5335]

Well said

[@cbkra098]

D Lee going to replace Gordon's 3s

[@marcr196]

I'm not going into the season hoping for a championship for the Suns for the first time in 3 years and I think its going to make things much more enjoyable as a fan

[@HardwoodKnocksNBA]

@@marcr196 the vibes for sure can’t get Much worse than they felt last year!

[@goodtimeblimp]

At the end of the day it comes down to Beal and the coaching. If Beal runs it back and Bud gets our offence firing we should be a top 4 seed. Denver and Minny gonna drop off this year. We should be no worse than a 5th seed with less than 50 wins.

[@Joeshiesty286]

Chris Paul with a big 3 to cut the lead to 42

[@danieltravis5082]

Nope, they don't. Not with this roster. Could they be decent to good? Sure.

[@ssholla92]

There is no chance that Nurk will be hoisting up 6 3s per game.

[@RRICKITY420]

3 a game on passable percentage is good enough, Nurk is good, not his fault he doesn't really fit, they traded away a really athletic center that would fit perfectly, that's James Jones being the worst GM in the league for you

[@roddarodda2080]

They have to trade grayson there's no way around it. Getting Beal ended any chance they had for a finals run

[@aubm713]

Suns year no doubt

[@Nix-qq5je]

It closed in 2022 when Luka snatched their soul

[@LolTroll217]

Booker is the only player from that team lol you talking voodoo mumbo jumbo

[@apexroots]

Bol bol 4 mvp

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[@alex77195]

in a 2022 redraft im taking tari eason over jabari, jaden ivey, mathurin, sharpe, dyson daniels, sochan, johnny davis, dieng, jalen duren, aj griffin, mark williams, ochai agbaji. only guys i take ahead of tari are paolo, chet, jalen williams, keegan murray. tari is 5th best in 2022 draft. if the rockets are very lucky, suns 2031 pick will be top 5. why would they punt a top 5 player in a draft just to get a chance at getting a top 5 pick that could have a chance of not being a top 5 player in that draft 7 years from now? go ahead and think about that for a minute. im taking tari over jabari as a rockets fan. so ask yourself, "whats a 21 year old 6'10 3 & D prototype wing drafted at 3rd overall cost?" and then add on some more because tari is better

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@@alex77195 tbh the only one i really disagree with here is Jabari. he’s got more layers to him on offense. but yeah, i mean, tari is amazing

[@natsubhar2001]

First😅

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[@paulwodke3297]

Suns are trash playin at best