POSTGAME: Phoenix Suns Keep Winning — Whole Squad Powers Big Win vs Spurs 🔥

POSTGAME: Phoenix Suns Keep Winning — Whole Squad Powers Big Win vs Spurs 🔥

As a world-renowned philosopher once said, Psychos and sickos unite for a good win edition of the PHNX Suns postgame show. Of course, brought to you by our friends over at Bet365. Download the Bet365 app. Use code PHNX365. Deposit 10. Place a bet for five and get $200 in bonus bets. I’m Eric. That’s Espo. We got the freckle mama behind the Mac making all of the magic happened. Of course, Stephven will be calling in for his postmortem from the morg as the Phoenix Suns for the second time this season. Slammed. What? What is it? What do they slam shut? I got it. Do we got Give me the picture. It’s time to open the drawer. place the Spurs flat on that on that table there and slam the door shut because the morg has claimed another victim. 111 to 102 the Phoenix Suns take down the San Antonio Spurs. They are on fire as of late since starting the season 1 and four. They are winning 10 of their last 12 games, three wins in a row since losing to Atlanta Espo. An all-around great game for a short-handed team yet again. And it was the unlikely heroes that stepped up for the team this time. Would you like a fun stat? The Suns are now 11 and six, which is a better record than last year’s team after 17 games and the same exact record as the team the year before after 17 games. So, guess what? I already did tweet it. The Phoenix Suns are actually a good team. For all of you doubters out there, they are doing what people did not think they were capable of. And they are doing it in new ways night in night out. Tonight they shot terrible in the first half. They had 12 more shots than the Spurs in the first half. And they managed to be trailing by seven. And guess what? They won this game by nine. A 16-point swing. They found a way to get it done. And it is a different guy stepping up almost every night to help them win. Jordan Goodwin doing it all tonight. Gets the start because Ryan Dunn is out. Who was getting the start because Grayson Allen was out. Who was getting the start because Jaylen Green was out. And all they do is they keep performing. And Jordan Goodwin finishes the night with what? How many he have? 15 points, 10 rebounds, three assists, and a steal tonight. He did everything. Look, this is a team that has proven night in and night out that they are going to fight. They are going to give you everything that they have. Look, and the thing is, let’s just take a step back here for a second, right? We have plenty of time to talk about the game. Let’s just talk about the fact that this team is 11 and six right now. 11 and six. Mhm. over a third, by the way, of the way for them to hit their overunder for the season by most sports books at 32 and a half. It’s not December yet. It was 31 and a2. 31 and a2. Don’t don’t let Don’t let Vegas seem smarter than they actually are. And we’re sitting here now and we’re talking about a team that has actually faced probably around some of the most adversity of any team in the league so far this season. Their second best players played 30 minutes. How many teams with this good of a record can claim that? Guess what? The second best player that’s actually been playing has now been out for four straight games. Dylan Brooks missed about four or five games in the middle of the season. You still have your starting center on a minutes restriction. Ryan Dunn, Rashier Fleming out in this game as well. This is a team that time and time again has responded in every single different type of adversity that you could possibly see at this point in the season. You need to bounce back from a loss, they do it. You need to overcome your stars fouling out, they do it. You need a benchmob performance, they do it. They will solve their own problems before you can even start complaining about them the next game. Well, I mean, yeah, you look at this, it’s a testament to Jordan because he has these guys thinking about what can they do in every facet of the game to help their team win. Does not matter who’s out there. Does not matter who’s hitting their shots and who’s not. They’re finding a way to pick up their teammates. And to your point, they’re finding a way to correct their mistakes. They had 27 turnovers last game. You know how many they had tonight? Six. They had six. They wound up cleaning up a massive flaw in their game against Minnesota one game later in playing the Spurs. Yeah, this team is playing basketball smart. They’re playing basketball the right way and they’re playing for each other. And that is very tough to beat. As the great Tory Lavell once said, or if you don’t like him, the moderate uh manager Tory Lavell once said, “A connected team is an effing dangerous team.” And this team has proven they’re dangerous to everyone so far this year. Well, and that’s the thing. You you had Matt Ishbia on the broadcast for the Suns in the middle of the game and he was asked about the identity of the team and he talked about how this team is connected and this team loves each other. He says we’re going to play extremely hard. We’re going to be connected. They love each other. That’s that’s your owner who sat down in this off seasonason and took responsibility saying you know what we weren’t good enough and the culture wasn’t set because of me. And in the span of one off season, through a variety of moves from the front office, through some of the players that are returning, looking internally and solving whatever needed to be solved internally to bring it, the additions of Dylan Brooks, Jordan Goodwin, hell, hopefully when Jaylen Green plays, they have solved the culture issue in a record time. Well, so far a lot can happen. We’re 17 games. Maybe the team can get worse, but could could the culture really look different? anything can crumble like if if things happen. I’m I’m not going to say it’s fixed, but they’ve built the foundation to have a long-term fix to it. They did what they said they were going to do. They were going to bring in guys that would fight on and every night and would come out and try to make fans proud. They’ve done that so far through 17 games. They’ve done more than any of us expected in the win column. They’ve gone out there and they’ve hustled. They’ve played well. Like I’m not going to say it’s fixed permanently, but they’ve laid the foundation to fix it permanently. And they’ve they’ve performed well on the court. Anything can happen if you go on losing streaks. You never know. That tests things. But they have shown a resiliency when it comes to injuries. They could have crumbled when they started the season one and four and nobody would have batted an eye. They would have said that’s what we expected. But this team has come out a and laid a foundation for what they need to do to win and to fix the culture long term. Look, obviously in years or whatever, like fixing something permanently is not something that happens in the NBA. We just know that that’s not the case. Not the case in sports or really anything. Well, permanently as in for a full season and going into next year. Here here’s here’s my thing, right? is when we look at how this culture has changed. We look at the postgame interviews. We look at the coaching staff, the players that have been brought in, this team was one and four, right? Like I I think we’re kind of glossing over the fact that they had a losing streak. They lost four games in a row. Brutal games, blowout games, and what did they do? They responded to it. They lose a game, they respond to it. They have a bad half, they respond to it. To me, as long as this group of guys stays this group of guys, I think the culture has been fixed here because cult culture doesn’t always mean winning basketball. Culture doesn’t always mean making the playoffs or exceeding expectations. It means showing up and being who you need to be every single day. I have no doubt that Dylan Brooks will do that. I have no doubt that Devin Booker will do that. I have no doubt that Jordan will do that. Jordan Goodwin will do that. Colin Gillespie will do that. Ryan Dunn will do that. There’s not a player on this roster that I think is a weak link in the armor of your culture. I think that they fixed it. That doesn’t mean they’re going to be the best team in the NBA, but it I I’m at the point where I am not worried one bit about any sort of culture with this team. Okay. I I get I I agree that the the guys there are are those guys the they’re the kind of people that you wanted that. I think Eric in the chat said it well and and I’ve preached this a little bit. Let’s just enjoy each game. for sure. And and why I’m enjoying these games though, this this these 17 games, they’ve been great. The culture, the vibes, everything is really good. And hopefully it just continues on and they continue uh to learn how to win as a team and have fun and work hard. Uh and and games like last game where you fight and you find a way to win in those last 40 seconds can help galvanize can help uh solidify those habits that that have made it so much fun and have put them in this position. Mark R, good to see you in the chat. Mark says, “Eric, you’re getting too high. If there’s a losing streak, it’s unlikely they’ll play hard for 48 minutes like they have been.” Well, if there is a game where they don’t play hard for 48 minutes, which was actually what did happen in that losing streak at the beginning of the season, I have confidence that this team is going to fix that next game, right? I don’t know if we will get to a point, and I would, if I’m wrong, I’ll sit here and I’ll admit when I’m wrong. I’ve done that a million times. I don’t see this team going through a two, three, four, five, six game stretch where they’re not giving you all that they have. This team right now has every excuse in the book to to pack it in down at the half to the San Antonio Spurs. Our stars aren’t hitting shots. We’re not hitting shots. Half of our players are injured. We’re already better than everybody expects us to be. We’re on the first end of a backto-back. They had every excuse to not go out there and put belt to ass in the third quarter like they did scoring 37 points. They had every excuse after one and four wins uh one and four record to start the season to be like you know what this sucks whatever no and also a big part of that isn’t just the players it’s Jordan not I don’t think Jordan’s going to let them slip now they’re going to go through a losing streak they’re going to lose games but I don’t ever think I will question the long-term consistent fight of this team does it mean they’re always going to be hitting threes and Dylan Brooks is going to be shooting like MJ from the mid-range? No. But it does mean that I think the effort is going to be there. And I think that is a non-negotiable. I think going into this off seasonason, going into this training camp, the non-negotiable with this team is you are going to bring energy and effort and if you don’t do it, you’re not playing. That’s why Jordan Goodwin’s on this roster and that’s why Jordan Goodwin is starting. I I agree. And I’m not being pessimistic. I just again I just am trying to enjoy where we’re at because I’ve ridden the highs. I’ve ridden the lows. I’ve been been in that over the last two years and I’m just enjoying where they are right now and what they’re doing and it is a lot of fun and I think they have the right approach and they have the right coach to keep them where they need to be and to your point make adjustments when things don’t go well. We’ve seen that on multiple fronts with this team and multiple times this year and yeah, they’re 10 and two since that rough start. This has been a hell of a lot of fun. They’re three and 0 since this supposed brutal stretch has started. And some of us were like, “Hey, just get six or seven wins.” And between, you know, then and Christmas and we’re good, right? You’re near 500. Uh they are doing uh they’re doing a lot of the right things to put them in a position where they look even better than anybody could have imagined when Jaylen Green sure comes back. And then who knows, all bets are off at that point. If you are if you’re riding high like this and you get Jaylen Green back, you have no clue what’s what’s going to happen with this group. And what I’m talking about right now isn’t even about how good of a basketball team they’re going to be, right? I I won’t sit here and tell you that they’re going to be out of the playin in the playoffs for the season. Do I think that is much more of a possibility now than I did a month ago? Absolutely. But what I’m sitting here and saying is no matter who’s on the court, every single night that I turn on Phoenix Suns basketball, I know what type of effort and product I’m going to get, at least what they’re going to try to give me. And as somebody who’s ridden those same highs and lows that you have, and every Suns fan has over the last couple of years, and hell, over our entire lives. How old are you? Oh, but don’t give me that crap though. Don’t give me that crap, though. You guys got at least a decade longer. And that’s fine. But there’s a Suns fan that’s been a Suns fan for the last 10 years who’s ridden this. So it’s not about being a fan for 30, 40, 50 years. Although yes, that adds a lot of extra context to things, but but when you when you still experience the lows that you have and especially if you just want to take the last three seasons, the reason why I can confidently say things about the culture and what team I’m going to get when I turn the TV on is because I think if those cracks were going to show, we would have seen it by now. We saw the cracks in the teams the last two years. It wasn’t just the record. It was the product on the court. It was the way the players were acting. It was the way the coach was speaking. 100%. It’s it’s all the things that we have added up to where I am excited every time I turn on a Phoenix Suns game. And I know that I’m going to get a product that I could be proud of, which kudos to Matt Ishbia, Brian Gregory, Jordan because that’s what they told me over the offseason and I told them to prove it. And so far they have and I have a high level of confidence that they will continue to prove it on a night in and night out basis even when they lose games. I agree Kev from Mesa said and I think this brings up a good point as well talking about the Mercury. Mhm. The reason I believe even more is because this is the same kind of culture that they built with the Mercury, the same kind of approach to playing, same kind of effort that you saw and Matt Espia kind of made it clear that that’s what he wanted to do on the NBA side as well. And you’re seeing it. So I give I think that gives me a little bit more solace because we’re seeing it in a second uh place, a second franchise, and they’re taking a similar similar approach and I think that that’s an important thing as well. I know it’s not apples to apples obviously, but at least it’s, you know, it’s something that you can look at. I just want to tell people it’s it’s okay to be excited about what you’ve seen. And I’m not saying that’s that’s what you’re saying is don’t do that. But I do think that we’re scarred and the burden of expectations and I think the fear of expectations, but you can enjoy what you’re seeing and your expectations can be I’m going to enjoy watching this basketball team and still separate that from the wins and the losses. Yeah. But you got to protect your heart sometimes. If you’ve been in a lot of bad relationships, you don’t give your heart easily. And I can respect that with some uh some Suns fans that you want to be a little bit guarded. You don’t want to get hurt. Uh and just enjoy the ride and then decide as you get a little further into this if this is a team that you want to fully give your heart to. It’s okay. You can do that. There’s no uh no engagement ring needed right now. No promise ring. You can just hold hands with this team and take it slow. that things are going great and then eventually decide uh what you want to give to them. Well, we know that the team is fully committed and we know that they are going to give their all including our star of the night, our dude of the night, of course, our bluecollar boy of the night. We’ll look at the numbers. We’ll talk to Stephen. We’ll talk about our favorite plays. Hell, we got a lot to get into here on the PHNX Suns postgame show presented by Bet 365. But we’ll keep it going on the other side of our first break. Look, you know me. I love repping my teams. I bleed my teams. I love my teams. And Rally House for bleeding. 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Hit that subscribe button for the PHNX Suns postgame show. Of course, the Phoenix Suns picking up another victory, their 10th victory out of their last 12 games, 111 to 102 the second time over the San Antonio Spurs. Espo, I think we’ve had a good macro conversation for the first segment. Let’s talk about the micro. Let’s talk about our dude of the night presented by Hila River Resorts and Casinos. You do you at Hila River Resorts and Casinos. Visit playhila.com for more details. It has to be Jordan Goodwin. In his first ever start with the Suns, and that includes both stints, Jordan Goodwin has been incredible tonight. A double double. 15 points, 10 rebounds, seven of 15 from the field, three assists. Add a steel in there as well. a plus 11 on the night in a 9-point victory. Jordan Goodwin has been the best dollar to value ratio in the NBA. Maybe besides Colin Gillespie, the blueco collar boy efforts that all of us, including Steven, have highlighted as well. Espo, this guy represents this team maybe more than anybody else on the roster. Phoenix Suns won the Bradley Beal trip. You’re damn right. It just took a little took a little longer. No, I mean Jordan Goodwin going out there and he’s 6’3 and he had 10 boards tonight. He had the second most rebounds in the entire game for both team or third most uh both teams combined at 10. He goes out there and he’s doing the little things. He’s got a steal. He got four offensive boards. It wasn’t just, you know, offense or defensive rebounds. He was cleaning the offensive glass as well. uh shot almost 50% uh from the floor and just did everything that you could want. This is a guy that was the last guy onto the roster. A a guy that went from minimal playing time in the rotation to start to getting a starting nod now thanks to all the injuries. and he went out there in 33 minutes, did everything he could to help will this team to a win in the second straight game that he’s played a key role in those final 40 seconds against uh the Timberwolves. They don’t win that game without what he did there and he followed it up with this performance. So the third quarter for the Suns tonight, it was 37 to 24. Obviously the largest margin of victory for any team in a quarter. There was a stretch there where the Spurs, I don’t know if it was intentional, but kept on attacking Jordan Goodwin, and it was everybody. It was Dearan Fox, it was Harrison Barnes, it was Julian Champeni, and Jordan Goodwin just shut them down, and they went cold. It helped power what I believe was a 16-3 run that gave the Suns a massive massive surge, a shot in the arm. And we’ll talk about another big part of that here in a second with our bluecollar boy of the night. But just the stats for Jordan Goodwin have been eye popping. But what’s the most eyepopping Espo is when you watch the game, like everybody in here, like most of the people who are listening on audio who had the time to catch it live, this guy’s defense is otherworldly. Otherworldly. Well, and it’s not just against other guards. He plays bigs very well. He’s smart. He’s heady in the way he approaches things. And then he’s also great at getting in position for those rebounds after he’s had a fantastic defensive possession. So overall, you got to give him all the flowers. You got to give him all the praise tonight. But because on most nights it’s in the background, right? It’s the little things. It’s why he’s the quintessential bluecollar boy because it’s usually not front and center. It’s usually not the guy that wins it for you, but does the things that make sure you’re in a position to win tonight. He’s a big reason why you did win. Yeah. And the beautiful thing is when this team is fully healthy, there’s still a spot for him because as we’ve seen, he can play a forward position for the team. He can play a guard position. At the end of the game, the Suns didn’t have a center on the court. You want to know who their center was? Jordan Goodwin. Right. So Goodie, it’s so beautiful that the first play of the game, offensive rebound put back for him. Yeah. And he he didn’t shoot great from three tonight. He was one of five, but he still found a way to have an impact offensively, right? And he’s he’s a guy that’s worked on that three-point shot, so he can be even better off offensively than he was tonight. And I love what he was able to do. I’m going to throw this out here. There is over 350 of you in here tonight and I’m not happy with where the likes are. I actually think it’s a little lazy. You guys should be putting in the Jordan Goodwin effort. So, I’m going to put a 200 like goal. I’m I’m going to keep it all right, but it is I’m going to because I I I don’t know if you guys can do it. So, I want to see if you can. Well, if you’re not going to hit the like button for us, hit it for Jordan Goodwin and hit it for our blue collar boy of the night. Another double double for the Phoenix Suns. This time coming from their big man in 29 minutes. Yet again, Mark Williams scores 14 points, 11 rebounds, two assists. He’s got a block, he’s got a steal, six to eight from the field. But Espo, I think that that stretch in that third quarter from Mark goes beyond just the scoring, goes just beyond the statistics. This team is downright dominant when he’s on the court and they’re feeding him the ball. Oh, it’s Big Willie style. He’s getting it done around the rim. He’s getting it done on the defensive end. He’s, you know, if he’s not getting the rebound, he’s tapping the ball out to try to help his teammates get the rebound. He also had a steal, a block tonight. He’s running the floor. He had four offensive rebounds of his 11. Again, another guy that’s doing the things to help you win. And offensively tonight, uh those 14 points were key. shot six of eight overall. He did what he needed to do. And I I love Mark Williams uh and the effort he’s putting in. I think it’s it’s unfortunate that we probably won’t see him tomorrow because of the backtoback rule because man, he is he’s so much fun and he can be such uh a an engine for this team on both ends of the court. Yeah, him versus Shenon would have been real nice for us. But, you know, Eric in the chat with a C, so you’re so close to getting it 100% right, said he’s reliable. And I just think that’s the perfect word for him. He’s not too high. He’s not too low. He’s not too loud. He’s not too quiet. He’s just steady. He grabs tough boards. He makes extra efforts. He has good hands. He’ll dunk the ball. Was on the receiving end of some lobs tonight, which was nice. Glad they finally figured out how to throw. finally figured it out, which again, we’re only 17 games in the season. That’s going to get better as time goes on. And he continues to play minutes. You know, he takes contact well. He can be physical. He’ll run the court. He can be agile. He does everything that you need him to do. And I’ve never had to question his motor, his effort. We’ve said it multiple times. Uh his perimeter defense has been nothing to scoff at as well. I’ve just really enjoyed how great he’s been. And we have seen some good center play from Oso Igodaro behind him, especially defensively. If those two guys continue to bring their defensive output on a nightly basis, there will not be a minute that the Suns have a poor defensive center on the court. No, but what Jordan Knott’s doing too is putting both of them in a position to succeed defensively. The scheme has helped both of those guys and the adjustments that have been made. And for Mark Williams in particular, it’s got to feel good to have a team and a coach that’s trying to do everything to help you succeed. Whether it’s in taking an approach to your health that’s with your benefit most in mind or an approach to the defensive scheme to put you where you need to be to succeed. This is the perfect place at the perfect time for Mark Williams. and the Suns took a bet on him with his health and Mark’s taking a bet on them with, you know, being put in a position to succeed with this contract coming up for him as well. This is a win-win situation uh for both sides and it is something fun to watch. The kids only 23. Yeah, there’s so much more that he can do and if you continue uh to work on those things and help put him in that position to succeed, the sky might be the limit for Mark Williams. Yeah, you know, the onc court I have nothing really to complain about. Obviously, if you’re looking long-term getting into that conversation, you’d like your starting center to be able to play over 30 minutes per game. He’s the only starter who didn’t crack 30 minutes tonight. you’d like for him to be able to play on the other end of a backtoback which I think is a big part of the reason why they also invent invested in Kaman Malawatch who if he is who they project him to be in a couple years they could actually end up starting together which would be pretty crazy but Mark was a great gamble for this front office obviously we’re early in the season we know the the question marks that have come with Mark in general but so far I’m loving the swing that they’re taking I’m loving that they have control this off season when it comes to his contract and I think he’s loving it too. You can tell that he’s in a good spot. He tweeted the like you literally saved my life and I’m just steal that from you. Yeah, he did. Uh which is fine. That’s why you have beef with him off the court. You said you like him on the court. No beef with me. Did you didn’t like him off? You can steal all my You can steal all my memes, Mark. So he had he had two steals. He had two steals. There we go. Yeah. So he he did take my meme, but that’s okay. The fact that Mark Williams is tweeting, “You saved my life,” and I’m literally just calling Gillespie, or you see him celebrating and happy. You know, he came from Charlotte from Charlotte. But here’s the thing. We were just as bad of a situation last year, right? True. It was bad. So to the the vibes to be that switched up for a guy like Mark and for him to be so consistent yet seemingly so happy, it’s just such a winwin win situation. It helps all the guys around him. And honestly, I don’t think we’ve seen the best version of him yet. Not just because of the minutes, not just because of the ramp up, but because he is a guy who we saw benefit greatly from playing with Grayson Allen and from playing with Jaylen Green. If this team ever gets to a stretch where they are fully healthy, Mark Williams is going to eat because there’s going to be so much more gravity pulling players away from him. And we’ve seen him take advantage of that night in and night out. Yeah. And it’s I think it’s about learning how and where to get him the ball and they’re starting to figure that out. We talked about the lobs and that is a point of frustration. We’ve talked about it as a group. I mean, I even asked uh our resident hoop head and and man who dominates on the court uh Freckle Mamba Eritton uh how how difficult it actually is to connect on the lob pass because guess what? I’ve never been over the rim, but that man has. Uh, and you know, it’s good to see them start to connect on that. You’re right. When you get Jaylen Green back and he’s putting pressure on the rim, we saw him be able to find Mark Williams as he went down the lane. There’s a lot more that you can unlock with this guy. And as long as they continue down the path of healthy basketball with him and being smart about the way you approach his minutes and what you’re asking him to do, there is a lot more that I think you can grow on that front as well. And that’s the scary thing with this team. You have not hit a ceiling. It’s one thing to say, “Oh, they’re this good, but there’s not much more you can unlock.” This is without Jaylen Green. This is without a fully healthy roster in general. This is without Mark Williams reaching his peak. This is without Kaman Malawatch even seeing the floor. Yeah, Rashir’s and now he’s out with an injury. there there is a lot more that I think they can unlock and that’s the scariest thing when you’re an opponent or you’re somebody that picked them to suck this year is that there is more left on the table. Yeah, there’s there is so much more for this team. You guys should have seen Espo before the micro fracture surgery. He was this close to touching that. I could hit a seven I I could dunk on a seven foot rim. There you go. There’s video of book lobbing to me and I I graze just over the rim on the seven foot. The seven foot. You We just We’ll cut it. We’ll cut the clip at Gray’s right over the rim. Uh, the last thing I’ll say about Mark, we’ll take a break and then of course we’ll get to your super chats. Thank you all for super chatting. Thank you all for being here. Thank you for hitting that like button even though more of you need to do it. Thanks for being subscribed and rating five stars on audio. All of those things are true about Mark can eat and you can feed Mark and he can play off the gravity. I think what I am the happiest about when it comes to Mark Williams game and what I expect from him is that if he doesn’t get the ball, if he doesn’t get fed on offense, if they do miss him on a lob, he is not going to change the energy and the effort that he gives on both sides of the ball. He’s going to run the court. He’s going to be engaged on defense. He doesn’t need the ball to be effective. And if you could have a center that could do both, get the ball and be effective like he was today and not get the ball and be effective, well, guess what? On a game-to-ame situation, that guy is going to be extremely valuable no matter what. We have been waiting for a center this talented with that type of motor for a long, long time. And I’ve never I’ve never seen him hang his head outside of today when he got elbowed in the back of it. Uh, and it and he he did. But like from an emotional standpoint, this isn’t a guy that gets down on anything. Uh he’s just a guy that goes out there and does the job. And yeah, we have not seen a center with that kind of identity with the talent. We’ve seen guys that have that motor like Jock was literally like this guy’s about to say. Well, but there’s been plenty. I agree with you. Jock ran the floor. That’s why was a guy that did that kind of stuff back. We’ve had plenty of guys been a guy that just runs the floor and gives you everything. and we saw what he could do. But this is this is a a young guy with a with a large amount of talent doing it. And that changes the whole equation because you’re you’re adding hustle with talent and heart and that unlocks a hell of a lot from a position that traditionally uh has been a giant pile of crap. Yeah. And and real quick, I want to get to our love to play presented by Arizona Lottery Play and Gift today. if you were over the age of 21. To me, there were a lot of great plays. Devin Booker dunked the ball and tried to put somebody on a poster today, which we haven’t seen in a while, but it was the Mark Williams postup flip shot and one. I don’t know how he made that, but that was again in the middle of this big third quarter run. What a fun shot. Yeah, two guys on him basically dragging to the ground and he just flips it up and it goes in. And that was kind of when you started to feel, okay, the tides turned. the the Suns we’ve seen all year are here and this is the push that essentially is going to give them this win even though you’re only in the third quarter and they did that and it was it was the quintessential moment for Mark tonight and for this team. Uh Zeke says you should show the clips from the game for the love the play like last time. It’s better to relive the moment. If we had our own footage from the game we would. If we play the game footage our channel will get taken down so we can’t do that. We’re honestly skirting the rules when we show our own footage, too. So, uh, by the way, Bismac Bybo has spoken in the chat, says Jordan, not coach of the year. I think next time we have a 3M show, that might be a conversation that we need to have, but there are plenty more to have tonight. Espo, there’s a big conversation we have to have this Tuesday on a 3:00. That is true. But you’ll have to wait to find out what that is. There is some really It’s called a tease in the business. There is some really big news coming. Yeah, really big news and it’s a Tuesday. Just think what those usually mean. So Steven’s wearing shorts. Uh short shorts. Uh we are going to get to your super chats and look at the numbers. Plus we’ll hear from Stephen and we’ll keep talking about this game. The Suns beat the Spurs 111 to 102. Shout out to y’all. Just cracked the 400 person mark. Share this with the Suns friend of yours. Hell, they got nothing else going on a Sunday night. So go ahead and send it over to them as well. Tell them to get in here. Hit the like button, hit the subscribe button, and keep on talking Sunsball on the other side of our second break. Espo, what kind of dreams did you have when you were a kid? Uh, I can’t talk about that kind of thing. It’s not after midnight. What did you want to be when you got That’s a better way to phrase that. 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Of course, Espo, the only one that matters is the final score, 111 to 102. The Phoenix Suns pick up their third straight victory, their 10th win in their last 12 games. But it wasn’t the prettiest game on the stat sheet, but they still found a way to get it done. It doesn’t have to be pretty. It’s a Thunder Road one win. You ain’t a beauty, but hey, you’re all right. 43 of 97 for 44% from the field. Uh they had 20 more shots than the Spurs who were 32 of 77 41.6%. Suns hit efficiently from deep kind of all right not really. 14 of 38 36.8%. Spurs were 10 of 34 for 29%. Uh and the Suns got worked on the free throws tonight. They had 16 uh shot 68% from the line. The Spurs went 28 of 34. Yeah, that’s right. 28 of 34. There was an 18 free throw discrepancy. Uh, and the rebounds went to the Spurs 50 to 43, but the assists in the Suns favor, 27- 17, but I think one that we didn’t have on there that I think was really a determining factor were those turnovers tonight. The Spurs had 19. The Suns had six following a 27 turnover effort uh the other night against the Minnesota Timberwolves. So huge turnaround on that front and that’s how uh you overcome that free throw discrepancy. Let’s just take a look at this week uh on the turnover margin, right? So Sunday the Phoenix Suns blow a 20-point lead and allow 47 points in the fourth quarter. Okay, big problem, a loss. Tuesday, the Suns go up 20, respond well. They don’t blow the lead, they put away a lower team. That’s great. All right. Then you go Friday. Friday, I mean, the Suns win, which is miraculous. One of the craziest wins we’ve ever seen, but had so many problems. The main one being turnovers. You go to today, Sunday, two days later. What’s fixed? The turnover problem. Now, is this team going to have no turnovers for the rest of the year? No. But that is a testament to the players focusing on a problem, the coaching staff providing them in solutions and putting them in positions to solve those problems and then all parties executing on it. We heard from Jordan pregame about how Devin Booker attacks switches and how the Suns need to put themselves in better positions to help him out. Seeing different coverages and seeing all this attention like Devin Booker gave credit to Minnesota for doing after Friday’s game when he had nine turnovers. Well, today I didn’t feel like Devin Booker was put in a precarious position even though there was a lot of attention and I felt like he made good reads and I felt like the Suns were better around him. To be able to read and react and identify your own problems to be self-aware and then to be able to actually provide solutions to it is going to bode well over an 82 game season. And again, I know it’s a long ways away, but hypothetically this year or in the future in playoff scenarios when adjustments and counter punches are the main way that you win series, this type of mentality and coaching will go a long way. Oh, I agree. And I keep harping on it, but the fact that Jordan Au started in the film room is a huge thing to me. going back breaking down that film. The fact that I mean he made it very clear uh after Friday’s game he was going right back into the lab so they were ready to limit the turnovers and it worked and these guys are responding to what he’s bringing to the table. And you’re right, micro adjustments are a big part in not just when you get to a playoff series, but when you have a week like this where you have five games in seven nights, not a lot of practice time on the court, but when you have a coach that’s going to go in there and dissect everything, and then you’re willing to listen and absorb what’s coming from that. And we heard that the Suns are extremely active in the film room, that everybody has a voice, and that they’re all talking through how they can get better. That’s those are the culture things that speak volumes to me just as much as anything on the court is how are you reacting off of it and getting better through that way and Jordan not is the reason that they’ve been able to adjust so well. Big shout out before we continue this conversation to Eigilasan. Uh welcome to being a member. Thank you all so much and thank you for being a member. MVP MVP MVP. You get access to exclusive emojis. You get a prepaid super chat for every month that you are a member. Plus, you get access to all of Stephen’s extra film breakdowns on this team that are all available for you to go back and dive into on our channel. Right now, I’m going to I want to address Boomshaka for a second. Uh, Coach is a very good ‘9s sitcom. Craig T. Nelson, uh, a University of Arizona’s own uh, there, but it jumped the shark when he went to coach in the NFL. There you go. Those are my thoughts on the 90s sitcom. coach significantly better than Wings. Uh here’s my thoughts, final ones on Jordan before we get to super chats here and we we wait to hear from Stephen. I think it was Zona Hoops who tweeted out the video of Jordan responding to the Michigan State question in his opening press conference and going back and listening to that now given some hashtag context. It’s awesome. Well, let let’s be clear. He and Brian Gregory. I mean, it pissed him off. And it should have because Yeah. looking at a guy’s resume and throwing that all out because there were three letters on it, MS and U, and because the owner went there, it was was ridiculously rude to two guys that have dedicated their life to the game. I mean, Brian Gregory, 30 years in basketball, and you threw it out all because of that. Now, I get it. not all of it in the front office. But the fact that people were so much willing to just say he was a shill and he’s only there because he’s a shill is an insult to a man that spent 30 plus years in basketball. writing Jordan Otto off because he sp spent a brief time in the film room at MSU a and ignoring the fact that multiple coaches including Kenny Atkinson who he coached under last year was singing his praises and saying how how much of a basketball savant this guy was and you were willing to write it off. not you, the greater you was willing to write it off, including people in the media in this town simply because MS and you were involved is stupid to me because you should wait to see what a guy does and then write him off if you’re going to write him off because these two guys were really really pissed off at that and they’re now proving everybody wrong in the way that they looked at that. We have Jordan in the chat saying, “We played great out there. Uh, we did the thing I told Booker to lock in twin. Do we think Jordan has told anybody or called anybody twin at any point in his life? Jordan is not on YouTube unless it’s watching like NBA games from 19. He might watch He might watch Steven’s breakdown. I think he might watch Steven’s breakdown. I think the only thing he’s doing is watching like games from the 70s to see if there’s some kind of philosophy that uh that he could steal that would work in today’s game. Our newest member says, “Great win, Suns. Coach almost showed some emotion. Uh, also Eric Rodriguez said, “I said I’m sorry already.” Geez. I will say this. That’s right, Eric. I think I I think completely writing them off. I agree. I do think that when it came to Brian Gregory, at least the questions and concerns because he hadn’t been a GM. It’s like, okay, what’s going on with Jordan, who had been 20 years of coaching experience, that was the most blatantly egregious. Look, man, I’m sorry. Even that people like, oh, well, he got the job because he knew someone. Yeah, you know what? That’s the way the world works sometimes. You get a job because somebody trusts you because they know you. That doesn’t mean that they’re not they’re not capable of doing the job. That’s the thing that drives me nuts. You know, I’ve hired some people here because I know them. Jordan in the chat says, “Bro, I watch Tik Tok and Instagram.” Now we Now we know that it’s not Jordan. What if uh what if Jordan has like brain rot humor? Brain. Oh my god. Uh I I tweeted this during the game, but and to give Brian Gregory some credit here. Says, “The Suns nailed their margin moves this off seasonason. Colin Gillespie on a minimum. That’s a home run. Isaiah Livers on a two-way. That’s been a home run. Jordan Goodwin on a minimum. That’s been a home run. And I’ve really liked Rashir Fleming and Kobe Brea, what we saw in brief stints from Rashir in the NBA. And Kobe is absolutely killing it in the G-League. So them in the second round, that’s a home run to me as of right now, as much as it can be. Obviously, the only one that isn’t really bearing any fruit is Nigel Hayes Davis, but he seems to be a really good locker room guy and somebody that the team loves. So, if that’s a minimum signing, that that is a win. It was a hell of a first summer for Brian Gregory, just on the margins, let alone what we’ve seen from Dylan Brooks, what we’ve seen briefly from Jaylen Green. And the fact that the KD trade allowed you to bring in a couple of those guys, including Kaman Malawatch, it was about as good as what I feel like a first off season for a GM could be, especially given the cards that he was dealt. Yeah, I I agree. And Mark, look, I get Mark in the chat saying, you know, it wasn’t the guys individually. It’s because the trend of MSU guys being hired. Also, Brian Gregory is wildly unqualified. And the criticism was fair. a two MSU guys to that point. One when Brian Gregory got hired, two when Jordan Kn got hired and yeah, Matine Cleaves is there. I get it. But that still it wasn’t like they were hiring it from, you know, uh the Sisters of the Blind school and nobody with uh with a pedigree in basketball. Two, Jordan, excuse me, Brian Gregory may not have had the front office qualifications, right? the resume there, but he did have the history in basketball and made it very clear that he was going to surround himself with guys that were willing or guys with experience in basketball front offices. So, I think it was insulting in the way that people reacted so viscerally. You want to question the resume, that’s one thing, but people were viscerally reacting to it and completely writing a guy off. So, uh I think we keep on getting sidetracked and I think it’s fine. Uh, I do want to get to people’s super chats and we’re going to. I know I keep on saying it, but I promise we are. We’ve got one more break to hit, then we’ll get to your super chats. We’ll hear from Steve and hopefully we’ll get some sound from the game as well and we’ll keep talking about a Phoenix Suns victory, their 10th win out of their last 12 games. We’ll do it all after our final break. Maybe last year you wouldn’t want to represent the Suns in your everyday life, but it’s the exact opposite now. You are proud to be a Phoenix Suns fan and Mountain American Credit Union is proud to be the exclusive home of the Suns card. You can get these elite cards from the official credit union of, of course, the Phoenix Suns. They’re available as both a debit and a credit card. When it comes to debit, you can pair it with a My Style checking account. 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Same same record as 2324 and a better record than 24-25 after 17 and better vibes to the max. Also great vibes in our chat tonight. Hit the like button, hit the subscribe button as well. Go ahead. You’re short. You’re short on your like goal. So, put in the Jordan Goodwin effort and hit that thing like it was a Lakers fan that just insulted you. Look, uh, it’s time to clear. Are is be calm? Sorry, not be calm. Is Eritton good for this? I don’t know if their voice. It’s flu game. It’s flu game for the freckle mamba, but he’s got to show up for be calm. See clearly. Can always make it happen for BCOM. $2 from the goat. I need to snatch baby boy Goodwin. Salute Zatty Booker too. Just keep ripping him. Another $2 from B Compy clearly. Booker might need the snatch for them threes. Salute. Finally hit some threes. $2. Be comy. Clearly Kendrick Lamar be humble. Feels like this team. Salute. So many salutes. Be comy clearly. $2. Super duper godly snatch. Salute. Suns. Snatchy win salute. I don’t know what that other emoji how to describe that, but another salute in there. Speaking emoji. Yeah. All right. A $5 from don’t be sensitive. This year’s team with butter or last year’s team with a who’s winning more games? I think we could already uh tell that that I mean any team coached by a would be the answer. It’s it’s just a fascinating mental exercise to think about last year’s team with Jordan. Could you remember imagine this year’s team with blood Boonhozer? I think Dylan Brooks might strangle him like go the full spree. Well, yeah. I I’m not even I’m not even kidding. PJ Carissa I think Mike Boonhozer would show up with a black eye to pregame availability and shitty dodge questions. That doesn’t mean it would have been from Dylan Brooks. Let’s be honest. Fair. It’s a fast It’s a fascinating thought experiment. And I think the thought experiment just leads us back to Mike Boonhoer sucked and Jordan is our king. Michael Ramirez with the $20 chat says sons are exceeding even the most rosy of expectations. I don’t remember the Suns having a deeper set of guards since the 90s. Kid KJ Nash and Rex Chapman shocking take of the night. Dylan Brooks greater than Kevin Durant. So I don’t that will be the case tomorrow no matter what happens. True. Uh we do have uh Mark in our chat saying, “Can we talk about Dylan Brooks? That post fade away is money.” Dylan Brooks over his last five game es five games espo. He has scored 20 plus points in four out of the last five and he’s averaging 25 points per game, 3.4 rebounds per game, 2.2 steals per game, 1.6 assists per game, shooting over 51% from the field, over 37% from deep, and averaging just above 32 minutes per game. Dylan Brooks has been playing at an allstar caliber and that mid-range post fadeaway has been like otherworldly. It’s been automatic. It’s been It’s been Devin Booker like if not at some points more automatic. Well, and it’s he’s doing it deeper near the rim, too. He’s pushing guys in further. Again, I I don’t think we can overstate the importance of Jordan on because early in his career, Dylan Brooks was an aggressive offensive player and was a guy that uh that had a little bit more in his offensive bag. Uh and then tail end of Memphis into Houston. I I think they kind of just put him in a position where it was don’t do anything offensively. Be that defensive guy, hit a three if we get it to you. And I think Jordan Kn’s given him the freedom to go be that guy that he kind of was earlier in his career, but help him find the ways to be a little bit more efficient with it. And I think Dylan’s got a deeper bag than he did back then and is finding ways to utilize it. So overall, I think it is extremely extremely impressive what Dylan Brooks has been able to do. Now, we know it’s a roller coaster ride. There’s ups, there’s downs, there’s technical fouls, there’s uh lots of finds as we’re learning. Yeah. But overall, he represents what this team is. Hard nose, going out there and working, finding new ways to improve your game. Look, nobody loves a delay a game more than Dylan Brooks. But when it comes to the shooting percentage and the ups and the downs, he’s been taking big shot after big shot after big shot, momentum swinging attempts. He was 10 of 24 from the field tonight, 412 from deep. the Suns leading scoreer in 35 minutes with 25 points tonight. He shot over 51% over the last five games. I I get that I personally have this expectation of like that Kings game where he started off just brutal from the field taking a b and taking a bunch of shots, right? And here’s here’s the thing. Since then, he not only has taken a lot of shots, he has been one of the most efficient high volume shooters in the National Basketball Association. and he’s taking tough shots. And it’s not like, okay, Jaylen Green and Grayson Allen and Devin Booker and Mark Williams are all healthy and Dylan Brooks is just eating off of that. Jaylen’s been out. Grayson’s been out. Mark has been out. Book has been in foul trouble. Book has been off for a couple games when Dylan Brooks has been stepping up and playing great. He has been amazing. And I feel like we say that about everybody. I’ve said so many people have been a revelation on this team. But Dylan Brooks is playing at an all-star level for this team. And at this point in his career, that is quite the leap. They need him to. I mean, there’s been such a a vacuum when it comes to the offensive side of the ball. First with Jaylen going out, then obviously Grayson. There’s there’s been the need for somebody else to step up. And Dylan has been the guy that said, “I got you. I’ll do it.” Mhm. You know, very much the Devin Booker approach and he has taken a step. But I also think what he’ll do is when uh Jaylen comes back, when those shots become fewer, I think he’s not going to try to force the issue. He’s going to be the teammate that goes, “All right, I know my role. I’m going to be effective in my opportunities, but Jaylen and Devin are going to get a lot of these shots. Grayson’s going to get some and I’m going to find mine and I’m going to be effective with it because Dylan Brooks is the ultimate team player in terms of that kind of stuff. He’s going to go out. He’s going to do what you need him to do on every level. And yeah, that’s why you put up with some dumb technical fouls to delay a game here or there because you know he has your back and you know that he’s gonna he’s going to do what you need. Yeah, he he’s just he’s our guy. He’s our king. He’s the best. I love Dylan Brooks and I’m not afraid to say it. Look, I is a weird world that we went from before they were here uh loathing both uh both Grayson Allen and Dylan Brooks to uh essentially loving what they bring to the table for this team and this franchise. And it’s a long long uh way we’ve come, but I really love the fact that uh that we’re here because those two guys have helped establish that mentality. And Dylan Brooks in particular has helped raise everybody’s game, including I think Colin Gillespie is a big a big reason for his jump is not just Jordan Kn and and giving him the minutes, but Dylan Brooks helping instill that confidence in that guy and and bringing out that killer instinct in him even further. The Suns took a lot of risks this off season. They traded Kevin Durant, who by my money is a top 10 player of all time, one of, if not the greatest scorers to ever touch the basketball. They traded him for Dylan Brooks and a guy in Jaylen Green that had an awful playoff series. That’s a risk. That’s a gamble. They’ve risked and gambled on Come on. They’ve risked and gambled on the second round picks and Mark Williams. They took a shot on Mark. They took a risk on Colin Gillespie. They took a risk on Jordan Goodwin. Hell, they took a risk on bringing back the players they brought back from last year’s team. Not dealing Grayson Allen, not dealing Royce O’Neal, doubling down and giving Devin Booker a record setting extension. None of these were non-risisk decisions here and we have still yet to see if the Jaylen Green gamble has paid off. Obviously, we feel good about it given what we saw when he played. There’s still a lot to be said. Kaman Malawatch still continues to be a massive question mark. Pretty big question mark with Rashir and Kobe as well. But the other gamles that they’ve taken, Mark, Dylan, Colin, Jordan Goodwin, Espo, Jordan, Jordan, that’s Yeah. Jordan, Brian Gregory, that’s a risk, too. They are batting over Hall of Fame levels on getting at least good results through this point of the season. That is a rare rare occurrence for any franchise, let alone one that many people considered to be in one of, if not the worst positions out of every other franchise in the NBA at the end of last season. But that’s why you had to gamble so much and like that was your only path out was to take big swings in terms of the little things that you were doing, right? because you didn’t have the ability to land, you know, some star again and go crazy shopping like that. You had to whittle away at the margins, figure out ways that in some ways moneyball it, right? It sounds ridiculous. They kind of did, but you had to find guys that were underrated that had certain skill sets that you thought you could elevate in your system that you would value more than another team would. Dylan Brooks, Colin Gillespie, uh has has a lot of those those qualities in it. Jordan Goodwin is a guy that the Lakers freaking cut. And Mark Williams was a guy that the Lakers didn’t want and and that Charlotte was desperately trying to get rid of, right? And Kaman Malawatch, well, we haven’t seen it play out yet, was a guy that that fell a little bit from where people thought he’d go in in a in on the draft board. So you start you start to look at it and go, “Okay, they’re trying to find the advantages even though they’re at a disadvantage. What are the things that these guys do well that we can that we can elevate uh and bring into a team mentality?” Because the the sum of the whole is much better than the the sum of the parts, right? Yeah. individually uh that you look at the roster and I think this is why people uh were wrong about this team is they looked at it individually and they said oh well this team doesn’t have this right this team does not have these guys don’t have this topend talent this guy can’t do this specifically well but what they undervalued was when you bring it together under a system that’s developed around these guys uh qualities and skill sets. How does it work as a group? And as a group, this makes a lot of sense together. And and that’s why they’ve been successful even though they had to take gamles because they took the smart gamles instead of the the things that they did that put them with their backs against the wall originally. We’re gonna get to some sound from Devin Booker, Colin Gillespie here in just a second. So, hit that like button, hit that subscribe button. Stephen will be calling in soon as well. Just to put a bow on this conversation, that to me is why I feel so comfortable looking back at what we were talking about almost an hour ago at this point about the culture and about feeling like that that culture is fixed. The Suns this off season have pushed the hardest buttons that you can try to push in professional sports. The easiest buttons to push are the ones that they had been doing the last couple of years. name brands, high-end talent, big contracts, veterans, good coaches in the past that have won championships, right? These are the easy decisions. These are the layups. You sit in a board conventional decision. Yeah. You sit in a boardroom and you sell these moves to your GM, to your front office, to your own to your owner, to your stockholders, to whatever it is in any part of business. These are the decisions that would be considered quote safe, right? Even if you are risking contracts, money, second apron, you’re betting on all-time greats and Kevin Durant. You’re betting on all stars and Bradley Beal, on championship winners and Frank Vogle and Mike Boenhoer and long-term vets and Taius Jones and Plum Lee. You know, it it was all safe and that is why we were all excited about it. And those are the easiest buttons to push and they’re the ones that bit the Suns in the ass. The hardest thing to find in sports is a team like Phoenix Suns fans get to watch every single night. A team that truly clicks. A team that doesn’t care if they’re the star or if they’re riding the bench. A team that knows that they have trust when they pass the ball to somebody else and they’re going to celebrate even harder than them if the other guy hits the shot. That is the hardest thing to find in all of sports and it usually leads to success. It is a massive testament to the organization to be able to go from zero to hero in that aspect from one end of the spectrum all the way to the other in 8 months. I mean that not even like seven. It’s just it it’s mindboggling that we are at this point. But it is well well welcomed. But it it’s also kind of a college mindset which you look who they brought in, you look what they were talking about and they said they were going to do things differently. They are looking at it as a team perspective and they are looking at how you bring that together, how you do that. And those things are so much easier to to try to get right than those big swings because you’re you’re looking for certain personalities, certain mindset, guys that work together. uh and and trying to bring that together under under somebody rather than playing fantasy basketball and trying to find big names and just assuming the coach that has the championship experience uh is going to be the guy that can get the most out of people rather than going does this guy’s personality fit with this group that we’re trying to put together. I I think it’s a more nuanced approach. It’s it’s going after things with a scalpel rather than a cleaver, right? You’re you’re not just hacking away at it. You’re you’re being surgical about your approach to it. And I think that’s why they found so much success this off season was because it was it was extremely thought through and extremely well planned out. And then you’re just trying to execute and build on that vision. Now, I don’t coming together like this, I don’t think they thought would necessarily happen in year one, but it’s a testament to those guys going in uh and jelling as well. Let’s go ahead and get to some sound. Devin Booker spoke on Jordan Goodwin’s activity defensively post game. Man, I honestly don’t know what it I don’t know how he he has a knack for the basketball. Um he’s always in the right place at the right time. Um he he defends at a high level. He makes the hustle plays that we need. So, you know, he he’s been hitting on all cylinders for us. Um, but yeah, me and Dylan were just talking about that. He has a knack for the basketball. He’s going to find it one way or the other. You know, it’s super impressive. Stars love players like that. Of course they do. I mean, think about the guys that Devin Booker’s played with throughout his career. I mean, and especially the beginning of his career. Of course, he’s going to love playing with guys like that. Yeah. And and look, guys like Jordan Goodwin mean a lot less to teams that aren’t winning games. That’s why the Lakers cut cut him, right? Cuz they’re like, “Oh, we don’t need a guy like that.” When you I think they just don’t know what they’re doing. That’s also true. They just walk ass backwards into success. But I digress. Don’t want to go down that sign. But it’s a good transition into Deon Booker talking about his growing synergy with Mark. He’s very nice. Um and you know, he’s doing it on both ends, you know, so I continue to reward him. They’ll come to me at the timeout or something like you didn’t see me in that play and you know I’m doing my best. Um, you know, so I’ve been watching a lot of Phil Mer. You know, it’s a new new dynamic that, you know, I haven’t really played with. So, I’m enjoying it. You know what I love about this is that Book is saying Mark is coming up to me in games and saying, “You missed me.” And Book being like, “All right, I got you. I’m going to watch film and get better.” To be approachable like that as a star kind of feels like a stupid thing to praise, but not all guys are like that. To say, “Hey, you missed me. Hey, you made a mistake.” Well, I also love that Mark has the coahones to walk up star and go, “No, you should have hit me on that and here’s why.” Uh, and but that again speaks to what they’re building in the locker room. It’s not a contentious, “You missed me. How dumb are you? How did you No, it’s a hey, you missed me on that, but here’s what I think we can do.” a and it’s taken in the right way and it’s said in the right way so it works where last year if somebody went up to to book and said that maybe it isn’t because there’s so much tension going say hey book you’re talking too much oh wait nope sorry that was the coach uh speaking of talking love hearing Colin Gillespie what he has to say about another vet minimum guard on this team in Jordan Goodwin two guys that have been awesome for the Suns is what he had to say he’s a dog yeah I got there’s goodies He’s crazy. Kind of like Dylan a little bit. Dylan’s a little crazier in the head. A little messed up in the head, but Goodie is a dog out there. Just going to offensive glass, doing all the little things, diving on the floor, offensive rebounds. You love when guys are uh guys like that are on your team and uh we needed every second of it tonight and he was the energy and the spark plug for us. He just said Dylan Brooks is a little messed up in the head, which is funny to me because Dylan Brooks sees a lot of himself in Colin Connor Gillespie. Uh, and and nobody’s going to bat an eye because Dylan knows exactly what Connor Colin means with that. And then he’s also praising, you know, Jordan Goodwin in the same breath kind of tying it together. Uh, these guys are basketball psychos. They are dogs. And I love the fact that they’re embracing that mentality, too. They’re all okay with with looking at it that way because you know what? Sometimes the people that go out and shock the world and create the biggest waves are the ones that think differently, are the ones that approach things in a weird way, are the ones that are a little deranged, you know, that that look at things just in such a different way than others do. And that’s how they become special. And I think this roster is doing that right now. Uh, shout out to Mike B in the chat. I see you, Mike. Appreciate you being here, Mike. We really do. Mike, we I love you still. I I saw you asked if I do. Sure, I do. H. And then I believe we have one more from Colin on his drives growing more effective. just comfortability, confidence, uh feeling out the game, being aggressive to score first, uh because that’ll open up other stuff, being able to find guys uh off the dribble and uh find cutters easier. Um but I think that’s something that I’ve always had, but J for sure just tell me to continue to play off two feet. Uh cuz even if I get in there, get a paint touch, and don’t create for myself, something good can happen just from getting a paint touch. So continue to play off two feet, be aggressive, and uh good things will happen. I love uh Kevin Mesa, the processor. I that that is becoming a a nickname that I enjoy a lot, even though I said professor the first time I read it. I love the processor for sure. And it it speaks to just the way Colin looks at the game. You know, they were even talking about him and Nash tonight on the broadcast and uh but also how much he’s learning from Nash and even I mean freaking Colin’s mother texts him to tell him ask questions Nash that Nash is going to be on the staff and knows ball. I mean hell that is that’s a dog in her own right right there. looking at things and going, “You know what, son? You better ask this man uh for his opinion on how to get your game better because we know uh how good he was.” And it again, another move on the margins, right? Stephen Ash isn’t part of of the coaching staff, but they said, “We want you to be a part of this. We want you to be a special adviser. Come into some of these practices. Talk to these guys.” Uh, and and that knowledge, that wealth of knowledge, the different guys that that not only the players can tap into, but Jordan Knap. I mean, I believe Steve Clifford is one of those guys as well. Mike Mike or uh not Mike, uh, Tibido as well has been around. Like, giving people that that the players and the coaching staff can tap into to get better and smarter is awesome. Yeah. Colon Gillespie going into this season, not a great mid-range shooter, not great around the basket, a lot of the times his success came from three-point shooting. And while a lot of his success still comes from three-point shooting, I think what we’ve underrated is how much better individually that he has gotten as a player. And again, we look at Dylan Brooks and Mark Williams and all the things that you just said where it’s like player development is also the hardest thing to find in sports, right? I I tweeted this. I brought it up on the show, but how nice is it to have a guy like Kong Gillespie who another team gave up on as a development project got out of their two their two-way G-League system in the Denver Nuggets and you end up with him after seeing countless guys end up on the other way where they were promising and young here and you saw the potential and they went and they thrived elsewhere. Well, you give them an opportunity too in the right kind of opport not just hey go play but hey, let me put you in a position to play well. It’s It’s refreshing. This whole season has been refreshing, Espo. It’s been so nice. I’m having so much fun. That is a simple thing that some people laughed at the idea of that’s what you you should enjoy a season for. I I love I love wanting to win a championship. I hope that that’s the discussion we start to have in the next few years. But I also love enjoying watching basketball because the only reason any of us became fans wasn’t because we thought, “Oh, I want to see a team win a shiny trophy.” It was because at some point basketball captured our imaginations. We watched it and we thought it was this symphony of sports on the court. A beautiful thing where guys were running up and down in concert. You saw dunks. You saw amazing passes. You saw great three-pointers hit. And that’s why you fell in love with a game because it was fun. Not simply because of wins and losses. Hell, some of us when we started watching basketball didn’t fully understand those concepts. We just wanted something fun and we got that. And that’s how you build a connection with it. And I’m so glad that that’s back. not only for myself, but for that younger generation that’s becoming Suns fans, that they have something fun to watch, something that will hold them as Suns fans. They won’t have to go look elsewhere to another franchise that’s more fun uh to find what’s so great about basketball. Thawn says, “Nope. I was trying to see them get a chip that first season.” Oh, built different thon got problems. Uh, with that being said, one and a half games back from the two seed. Okay, let’s go ahead and hear from Jordan Goodwin on the team sustaining runs behind their defense. I think it’s just our, uh, our energy. Uh, especially at home when that crowd get in there. I know for me especially, uh, it just get me going even more. And I think we, like you said, we feeding off each other. We feeding off the we feeding off Dylan antics when he get going. When I get going, start pumping my chest. Uh we didn’t have Ryan out there today, but that’s another guy that shows a lot of emotion. I think we just feed off that. And then we got, like I said, we got Book coming at you head of STEM. Uh Colin coming at you head of STE. So it kind of translate over. Big shout out to the fans out there at the Morg. I don’t think that they are getting enough credit for some of this turnaround as well. That place is alive again. There is so much energy and it is pretty clear that these guys feed off it because this isn’t the first time that we’ve heard this uh from the players from Jordan. You know, you you’ve heard them mention what the energy that you the fans are bringing out there. So, applaud and and claps for you for going out there and doing your job uh from that. I know they’re making it a hell of a lot easier by being entertaining, but they’re feeding off your energy as well. I’ll tell you this, too. Doesn’t hurt that tickets are so much cheaper this year than they have been in years past. I think you get a more true to their core fan base when it’s more accessible. And not saying that there weren’t a ton of true fans at Suns games last year, but it’s a little different when you don’t have to reach a certain price barrier. I know Matt HB and company have done a really good job at lowering once you get into the arena what you’re spending, but as far as getting into the arena, I it’s still a margin that is hard for a lot of people to get to, plus travel, parking costs $800. So, the fact that tickets I’m I’m seeing game time updates of tickets have dropped to this to this to that and the team is good brings a more authentic, genuine response from fans and not just people going, “We got the money. Let’s go watch the Suns tonight. Yeah, but they could have given away tickets for free last year and that place still would have been uh quieter than my bedroom in college, right? Yeah. Well, that I don’t know. Uh but look, I I just think that there’s a certain correlation. I think you hear a lot about Warriors fans and Warriors fans being priced out after that initial championship run where they took over and it was like, okay, we go from Oracle to Chase Center and it’s like it’s kind of like a sellout. It’s NBA All-Star Weekend. You can hear a pin drop in there because everybody there is corporate. I’ll tell you this, Allstar Weekend, having been there sucks. It’s not a It’s made for television. It’s not made for people in the building. So, look, we are made for our people here in the chat. Hit that like button, hit the subscribe button. We’ve got a sound bite from Dylan Brooks. That’s very interesting. We’ve got a sound bite from Jordan as well. We will be hearing from Stephen here in a second. So, we’ll get to all that, but we want to say if you are here, hitting that like button is not just something we ask. It’s something that we appreciate and does help out a channel like our subscribe button as well. And you become a member today like Kevin, like Elco, like Booie, like Jeff, like Cara, and like so many of you that are hanging out in the chat. Let’s go ahead and hear from Jordan on their team’s scrainesses, especially in the second half. It’s probably all of it, Stephen. It’s u you know, a little bit better on the basketball, you know, our hands, our activity. Um, and then, you know, it it’s going to be defensive rebounding a lot of nights with us. You know, I think we’re we’re small at times. Um, and then just being able to make the one more effort, like our multiple efforts to try to get them to make one more decision offensively and that takes effort. Uh, so our guys played pretty hard to then force that next effort. And then a lot of times when you’re making that next effort, you’re in rotation. So you’re big sometimes not in the right place and you can get hurt in the glass. At some point you just got to find a way to get a defensive rebound. And they’re going to be consistent themes all year. Can we make one more effort and get the defensive rebound? Man, I loved or not effort. Also, I love that that that a always addresses Steven by his first name and does not blink and stares at him the entire time that he answers his questions. Real recognizes real. Get you get you somebody who looks at you the same way that Jordan looks at Steven Pjan Garner. Some credit to Stephen. He asks questions that are so cerebral when it comes to basketball that it’s tough for a basketball uh nerd like Jordan not to love that kind of question. And I know I’m blowing smoke up the context backside, but the man deserves it. He asks a damn good question out there that’s rooted in interesting basketball knowledge. I think we have a great group of reporters here locally in Phoenix. I think it’s been the case for a long time. I I do think that just in general, you get asked certain questions if you are in the position like a is or Gregory or the players and so when you get something from a different perspective, it’s like it slaps you in the face like a breeze in the middle of summer. Uh, last thing, speaking of slaps in the face, we have to hear from Dylan Brooks. Uh, Dylan Brooks mentioned he’s uh looking forward to a little something tomorrow. For sure. I’m going get my rest, my wedies, and can’t wait to see E tomorrow. Can’t wait to see Eay tomorrow. Espo, that’s a specific name. Of course. Of course. You know, you know, he gets up for facing uh Memphis. you know, he’s going to get up for facing Houston and Udoko because these are people that gave up on him. And he’s playing at a level that is, you know, something that he’s going to want to show off. I I hope I love it, man. I hope that I hope that is is used in a healthy way tomorrow uh and channeled in a healthy way uh to have the best kind of game. Yeah, I I am excited for tomorrow’s game. Obviously, we’re going to get into that tomorrow, our pregame show. We’ll have a watch along and a postgame show as well. But tonight is about tonight a 111 102 victory for the Phoenix Suns. Their 10th win out of their last 12 games and their third win in a row. And as we do for every single home game, it’s time to check in with the guy asking the best questions in the game. I’m Steven Pjan Garner live from the afterlife at the morg as the Phoenix Suns put the San Antonio Spurs to sleep for the second time this season. Stephen, how we feeling? I’m doing good. How y’all doing? Fantastic. I’m good, Stephen. I was just praising you, so I hope you didn’t hear. What’ I do? I was praising you. Praising you. I was saying you asked great questions and that you have earned the respect of Coach Odd. I just didn’t want your head to get too big because we have you in such a tiny little screen there that you might not fit in it anymore. I appreciate it. I’m just I’m just doing the job. Nothing nothing crazy, but I appreciate it always. Thank you. What’s your biggest takeaway from tonight’s win, Stephen? Was it that 37 point uh third quarter? That’s part of it. I think more than a 37point quarter is that they almost out I mean, yes, they almost outscored San Antonio in the second half. in the third quarter alone. San Antonio had 40 points in the second half. The Suns at 37 in the third quarter. Like that’s the And my point in bringing that up is that 37 is part of it, but even more for me is the defense. Man, I continue to harp on the defense being the kind of barometer for if this team is playing in alignment with their identity or if they’re close to it or if they’re way behind it. And sometimes it’s going to look like it did in the first half where shots just aren’t falling in tandem with the defense being solid. The other part of it though with the first half is the fouls. You have to find that kind of fine line to play the style of physical hit first defense that you want while not conceding those kind of untimed baskets that they were in the first half. They didn’t play that well on the offensive side in the first half, but generally it felt like it was more so the fouls that did them in more than anything. how we saw 27 turnovers uh in the game against Minnesota. They come out and they only have six tonight. What adjustments did you notice outside of obviously just not turning over the ball that led to them having a a better night tonight in protecting the basketball? uh because let’s be honest, that makes a huge difference when uh when you also are losing the free throw margin as bad as they were tonight. Yeah, that’s probably one of the best ways you can go about navigating the game where you maybe are fouling a lot is by not conceding more points in ways that you can control. So, if you’re picking one and it’s fouling in the first half, then you can’t turn the ball over. You use your one to kind of give away to your opponent. So, that’s a good point that you bringing up. Um, I think for me though with the turnovers in this one, it felt like they were just a little bit more decisive with the decisions they were making. Um, and this is not like a slight to San Antonio, but especially without Stefan Castle, they don’t have the same type of point of attack activity and the depths of it, and they don’t use it in the same way that that um Minnesota does. So, just a different style of defense and because of injury a little bit to San Antonio, the personnel difference, but that doesn’t take away from the Suns being more decisive. Um, it felt like they were more intentional about kind of some of the timing of the decisions and the spots from the floor that they were working off of based off of the different coverages that San Antonio cycle through. Stephen, Jordan Goodwin, great question. Sensational question actually. Uh he couldn’t have said it any better. Uh yes, I agree 100%. That dude is he is just he’s different, man. I’m always I’ve always been someone that’s a little more akin to noticing the things that role players do because they often don’t get the attention or respect that they deserve from even direct um like fans of the team. But just generally speaking, role players are the ones that oftent times get a team over a hump. Um, if you condense that to just a one-time moment, you look at today’s game, injury, adversity galore for the Suns and everyone’s figuring out who’s going to be starting. Um, I was talking with Shane Young before the game, before the lineups. I was like, I imagine it might be Isaiah Livers, but what if it’s Jordan Goodwin? And we both kind of say like, yeah, it makes a little bit too much sense. You can keep Colin in his same six-man role to kind of play to that same kind of the lineups that he wants to use. Sure enough, Jordan Goodwin gets the starting um gets the starting role today. First possession, offensive rebound, bucket helps to set a little tone. Playing decent defense on um Darren Fox. Dude is just, no pun intended, Goody is really good. And I don’t think you can place a value on having role players that are being implored to play to their strengths, but also find other ways to just impact winning. I’m going to bring it up uh because we haven’t talked a lot about it, but Devin Booker uh had another not ideal game offensively, at least from effectiveness standpoint. What are you seeing over the last two games that has kind of caused this for him? And do you think he’s pressing or is this just a slump right now? It’s just a slump for me. uh because I still feel like he’s operating with the trust the pass mindset that sets the tone for the team moving the ball in the ways that they need to play to the identity that they desire on the offensive side. Um I feel like it’s just the the kind of es and flows that come at times. Um I still think he’s wearing the hat of attention that he receives well and leveraging that for opportunity for others. Um he had seven assists tonight. It felt like he could have had like 10 or 11 if they were knocking down shots, especially in that first half from the kind of opportunities he was creating. But obviously his main kind of impact point is always going to be gauged off of how often is he putting the ball in the basket and how impactfully is that happening over the course of games. Um, credit the couple of teams he’s gone up against the last couple of games. Um, they’re doing a good job defensively with him. That being said, he even acknowledged it um in his availability today postgame that he hasn’t liked the last two games that he’s played one bit. He said that he can be a lot better and he has to be a lot better for his teammates. Uh after the game against Minnesota, he said it felt good to know that he could not have his best offensive showing and they as a team could still find a way to win, but he knows that at some point against this stretch of games they’re up against now, they’re going to need his scoring facilities in multiple ways. Stephen Mark Williams, that’s another one. Um, I saw I think it was you, Eric, that tweeted, “You think the Suns did a great job making that trade for Mark?” Um, the plan is clearly working. Um, obviously we will find out what tomorrow entails when that comes, but I think their approach of just wanting to handle their business that’s in front of them directly, being where your feet are, if you will, is important. Nothing’s guaranteed. Um, and winning games is already hard enough in the NBA as it is. So, you don’t want to gloss over a team like San Antonio because you’re looking at their uh injury report and they got a laundry list of names. You still got to go do the work. And for the first half, they were getting out worked. So, they had their work cut off for them in the second half. And Mark was, I guess, one B to Jordan Goodwin’s 1A spark in that third quarter. And um they’re starting to find out how to get him the ball in pockets in the half court, which is helping them a ton. But defensively, he’s just continues to get the job done. not fouling when he’s going for shots blocked or just kind of rim deter deterrence when guys are driving. Being able to continue to switch and defend well on the perimeter. He’s just really really solid. Uh I’ll definitely have more on him in this next week. But Mark has been about the best option they could have found at center coming into this new season. Speaking of Mark Williams, do you like the nickname Big Willie? as in big Willie style when he goes out there and he’s see that’s what I’m saying man that’s what I’m saying emoji can we make that reaction emoji you know what I know it’s good when Stephen reacts to me like that that’s how I know something’s good Stephen that or he covers his face either one of those Stephen I’ll I’ll ask a question from bees here to get us off of that uh y question thoroughly as uh bees would like to know what you think about the pistol and the horn sets that the Suns have been running. Shout out Bees with the coach talk. Um the pistol stuff I feel like they can lean more into quite honestly. Um especially when Jordan Goodwin’s on the floor because he’s usually going to have a favorable defensive matchup that’s going to be trying to help off of him at times. So if he screams for Deon early in the shot clock, it forces a switch. If it forces that switch and then they get into the actions they want to get to and it’s not that initial defender that teams want on Devin, what does that do for the rest of their defensive decision making with 21 22 18 19 seconds on the shot clock? I feel like they can they’re very good with creating advantage early. I feel like pistol is another way for them to kind of lean into that a little bit more. Naturally, we’ve seen it a little bit. I think they’ll get into it more potentially come Friday’s game against Oklahoma City with a team that has just a glutton of above average point of attack defenders. So, the pistol actions are A+es and the horn sets are what they are. They’ve been really good. Um I’ve enjoyed watching um watching Devin get back to those and it’s just kind of a little a little nod to the past what he was doing with former coaches and things like so the horn sets are awesome. Espo loves horns. We love horns. Horns at the morg makes a lot of sense as well. coach was kind of non-committal when it came to Big Willie playing tomorrow. Uh, how do you think how do how do you think Okay, he was non-committal with Mark Williams playing tomorrow on the tail end of a backtoback. How how are you feeling with what how large the Houston lineup can be even minus Kevin Durant uh not having him going into that tail end of a backto-back? Yeah. Um based off of what we’ve seen, I just can’t imagine he’s going to play. Now, I would love to be having this conversation in tomorrow’s postgame and uh be happy that I was wrong about that. But I think the plan to not sound like Jordan, but the plan is the plan. And I think they’re very intentional about it because they they have the long-term hope for him um down the stretch and hopefully what will be a playoff season for them that they’ll be able to get him on course. Um it’s going to be tough. Um I think the first thing is the offensive rebound rate for that team. Houston is last think last season they had one of the highest offensive rebound rates in history. this season. They took that and they just quadrupled down. And now they have a significant gap between what was the record and what they have right now. Um, their trio of bigs is exactly what you would expect, just big bruisers. They go after the ball. They understand how to do it. They all kind of complement each other, so they can use those three bigs in different tandemss and still get positive results. They got their work cut off for them whether Mark plays or not. Um, I think it might be less about the double big that they use and more about how the Suns are going to operate offensively because when they do go to double big, they’re usually in zone. It’s usually a two-3 and the Suns have seen a little bit of zone this past like week and a half hasn’t been the best results and I think if you take away a Grayson who’s one of your snipers and you take away some of the other pieces that might not be available, it can get tough. So, what their game plan looks like there? How do they kind of manipulate having double bigs on the court and what’s the shot quality is what I’ll be watching for. Stephen, last one from me. Dylan Brooks. Yeah, Eric, you’re on fire today, man. Great questions. What can I say? Um, the first thing for me with Dylan is his shot making from two this season has been really, really, really good. Um, I haven’t checked the numbers since like Thursday or Friday, but coming into Friday, he was at like 55 and a half% on twos. And those were all shots that he took like one or one or more dribbles on. And it was like it was like 53% on like shots that he took off of six or seven dribbles, which is ridiculous. Like that’s the stuff that Kevin Durant does. That’s the stuff that Devin Booker does. Guys like Demar D Rozan do that from the mid-range. So he’s operating. Obviously, he’s not those guys, but he’s operating in that space as far as the efficiency while taking less shots than they do on that number of dribbles. Um, if he continues, he continues it, it’s going to be something that changes it for them when Devin’s not on the court and it’s time where Grayson’s not around and Jaylen’s not around. Uh, but tomorrow for him, I’m sure y’all played the clip, he name dropped. He didn’t mince words. He got straight to the point and said who he was looking forward to going up against. Um, I just hope that it’s the tempered version that’s conducive to winning while still proving the point that he wants to because if he’s in that space, we’ve seen the Suns take down any of the teams they’ve gone up against when he’s operating and kind of striking that balance. So, yeah, Dylan Dylan’s been great for the Suns. He’s been sensational as a leader on the emotional side of it and I think he understands the kind of delicacy you have to operate with it. Stephen, final one for me. Big Willie. Absolutely not. Um, question for you. Offer or what? Like it’s a Will Smith reference. I know. I know it’s a Will Smith reference, but when you say it like a big Willy Smith, I’m going to go get jiggy with it. All right. See, you know, but like that’s more of like an understandable questions for us. Uh, Eric, my first one was going to be for you. um in that first half when you see them defending the way that they want to, but the whistle continues to just not be in their favor while also not getting that same whistle on the other side of the court when they’re getting hit equally as much. What were you thinking as far as how that first half was and did you feel like they could find a way to still get this one after all of that? I look with with this team, I’ve never had any doubts like I’ve not had a bad feeling in my stomach once this entire season. That being said, I have come to terms with the fact that the NBA referees absolutely hate the Phoenix Suns and they hate Devin Booker. They will go into a replay, watch the man get hit across both of his arms and be like I I don’t know what to tell you, man. Wasn’t a foul. So, I I’m not surprised by it anymore, but it is kind of crazy. Like, uh I don’t even know if this was the first half. It might have been the Julian Champeni corner three where he literally didn’t get touched and they called a foul. Like it it’s every single game at this point. But guess what? The team has still won 10 out of the last 12. So fk the roofs. I don’t care anymore. Can we please get that on a shirt like tomorrow? Cuz fk the roofs. We’re gonna put your face that you made earlier on a shirt first. Well, you can I I’ll be I’ll be the emoji that goes with that hashtag, but we need that on the shirt ASAP. I think everybody in the chat by that shirt within within an hour of it dropping. Um, Eso, for you, uh, when you see this team continue to sometimes a little bit to the foul point, sometimes it’s injury adversity, sometimes it’s the ball just not falling for them, shot making adversity. When you see a team that’s that stubborn in a complimentary way, just respond time and time and time again, what is kind of going through your head when you kind of gauge where they could go long term with this season based off of what we’ve seen through what, 17 games now? Well, first off, what’s going through my head is thank God because it’s been so long since we saw resiliency in this way and able to do it. Uh, I I’m I’m trying not to get too far ahead of myself, but if they keep playing like this, I I think you can really surprise a lot of people further than than you have. I I’ve brought up and did in the offseason. I think they’re very much like the 20134 Suns, which that team won 48 games in a tough Western Conference. So, I think that that uh you know, it’s not crazy to think they could win high 40s if they keep this up and they keep playing with this mindset. Uh Stephen, pop quiz. How many games back are the Suns from the two seed? Uh from the two seed. Good question. I haven’t checked the standings over the weekend. Two games, one and a half. Pretty damn close. Uh and tomorrow’s game, big part of that. Houston still standing ahead of the Suns in the standings. Of course, Steven will be at the morg for pregame coverage during the game coverage. And of course, we’ll check in with us on tomorrow night’s postgame show. In the meantime, you can follow him at StephenPG3. That is Stephen with a PH cuz he balances us out. He gives great breakdowns on Twitter and even better breakdowns on our YouTube channel. If you’re a member, you get access to exclusive extra bits of that. And they’re not bits. They’re like 15 to 20 minutes extra. But we also have free versions up on our YouTube channel as well. Stephen, we appreciate you, man. And we’ll talk to you tomorrow. Appreciate you. Appreciate all y’all in the chat as well. Y’all be blessed tonight. Yes, sir. Thank you, Stephen. Are you Are you upset that he denied your offer of Big Willie? No, because the people accept it. The people accepted your Big Willie. That’s all that matters. You can. Speaking of, let’s get to be calm clear. Try to make make it a a a dirty thing, but it is a a very very innocent innocent Will Smith reference for those of us that were a ‘9s kid. You sweet angel Espo. You’re right. You had no ill intent with that nickname. No ill, no Will. Uh, speaking of, let’s get to our final super chat of the night. $5 from BCOM. See, clearly Oso was Oso caked up back there. C snatched it. Salute. Shout out to OSO because he fueled that run too. Clap clap jiggle jiggle lick. Boom. Salute. I love you, Oso. You know, I think Becom brings up a great point here. OSO has been playing really well on the defensive end couple of games. He did bulk up over the summer. I will say that. And he’s got his own commercial now. That’s true. Good for him. American Credit Union. BCOM. See, clearly this team has a cute coach and that’s something that we ain’t seen last year. Salute. Jordan be over there looking all fire. I need that snatcher snatcheration mix snatch. You know what? I didn’t expect Jordanot to enter the chat here uh with uh being the topic of becom clearly super chats. But you know what? I shouldn’t be surprised. We we salute your efforts getting the coaches involved as well. Team player becom clearly $2. Be com clearly. Wall is my goat artist. Everything is a lot. Salute. Snatch. $2. B com. Clearly. Wall. Michael Fredo is my debook anthem. Snatch. Salute. It’s like a Would I like Wall. Michael Fredo. Would I am going to Well, Wall is the artist. Michael Fredo is the song. No, I got that. I was saying would I like Wall the song by the the artist Michael Fredo. Michael Fredo is the song by I know. That’s what I’m saying. No. Okay. All right. Jeez. Honestly, based on that conversation, would I like it or not? Off of that, probably not. Uh, you know what I love is like be calm, see clearly is like a Pokemon and the sound is snatch or like super snatch. It’s just collect them all too. It’s just randomly put in the middle of like sentences like it’s a it’s a adlib from the Migos. Finally, $2 becom clearly. Who is Snatch Willie? Espo question mark salute and then the puff emoji and then a salute emoji. Oh my goodness. For you to answer, not me. Uh, another one at the buzzer. Always at the buzzer. Becomes clearly $2. I think that it’s the coaching staff as a whole. Snatch salute. Love that. What a performance from his flu game. Thank you so much, Freckled Mamba. And thank all of you for hanging out with us here on a Sunday night. We’ll see you on a Monday night pregame show. watch along and a postgame show all right here on PHNX Sports. So, make sure you hit that subscribe button. Thank you all for smashing our like goal. If you’re watching after the fact, you can still like the show even though we’ve hit our like goal. It goes a long way. If you know Sun’s friends who might be interested in celebrating this team a little bit more than they are already doing it, share the show with them. Tell them about Super Snatch, Big Willie, and Cutesy Legs. All of the three of us. Uh, hit the like button on your way out of here. Follow FreckleMamba behind the Mac at freckledmamba. Making all the magic happen. You can follow the show at phnx suns. That’s on Twitter and on Instagram bringing you the latest and greatest up-to-date news on the Phoenix Suns. Also memes, videos, breakdowns, everything in between. 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The Phoenix Suns won ANOTHER game, their third in a row, by taking down the San Antonio Spurs despite being shorthanded. Jordan Goodwin and Mark Williams both dropped double doubles, Dillon Brooks added 25 points and once again the whole team stepped up during a below-average night from Devin Booker. Just how good is this team? Why should you believe that this is who they are, and you won’t be scarred? What levels can they reach when Jalen Green, Grayson Allen, Ryan Dunn and Rasheer Fleming are back from their injuries? PHNX Suns breaks it down on another postgame show! Follow us @PHNX_Suns, @ErikRuby, @StephenPG3, @Espo & @FreckledMamba!

0:00 – Intro
2:00 – This Team Is DIFFERENT
19:00 – Jordan Goodwin KILLED It In His First Start Of The Season
33:00 – Play Of The Game
38:00 – By The Numbers
43:40 – Jordan Ott DESERVES THIS
1:21:30 – SPG Joins Us From The Morg

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