[Mat Ishbia] “I’m not worried about what the so-called experts think. They had us as a title contender the past two years and were wrong then. We’re focused on making our fans proud by playing great as a team and building a brand of basketball that’s tough and gritty.”

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1. > they had us as a title contender the past two years and were wrong

   When I use the power of free will to lie and make up my own reality

2. Did he casually just say he’s happy that the media was wrong about the team being good?

3. This implies Mat never considered them a championship contendor?

4. Truth be told Matt the suns themselves thought they were serious title contenders. So the suns   bought into it as well. 

5. “Those idiots had faith in me”

6. “They thought we were contenders but we actually sucked. So that means if they think we suck, we’re actually going to be contenders.”

7. I mean your defense to critics who say you’re gonna be trash this year being “yeah they thought we would be good the last 3 years and we were trash” isn’t the ideal argument.

8. Don’t trust the media. Trust the guys who built the underachieving team.

9. Casually admitting he’s happy media was wrong about his team being contenders lmao 

10. The more I hear from this man, the less I take him seriously.

11. Absolutely amazing that an owner would say “Oh, you guys believe the “experts”?? Well those idiots thought we were going to be good but we sucked ass!”

    You really showed them, Mat

12. 23 other owners would trade places!

13. Dan Gilbert tried to protect the people of Phoenix from this.

14. “I’m not worried about what the so-called experts think. They had us as a title contender the past two years and were wrong”

    What a self-own

15. no one outside of bots, npcs and espn thought you were a title contender the last two years

16. “They were wrong about us being good, so clearly they must also be wrong about us being bad”

    What

17. “I don’t care what the experts say” is a phrase used exclusively by clueless morons.

    Godspeed Phoenix lol.

18. This guy is flexing that people were wrong about the team he built being good

19. Well now the media thinks you’re gonna suck and they’ll be right lol

20. Genuinely one of the greatest self-owns in NBA history

    “You’re really gonna believe those ‘experts’? The guys who originally thought I wasn’t an idiot?”

21. “Playing great as a team” and “a brand of basketball that’s tough and gritty” are words I don’t think anyone (other than Ishbia) has used to describe the Suns over the last few years.

22. *”They thought we were good, and it turned out we were stupid, maybe now that they think we’re stupid we’ll be good!”*

23. Ain’t nobody had yall as title contenders LOL

24. “What do experts know? They thought i was competent and were clearly WRONG! Hahaha fucking got ’em”

    Lol. Lmao, even

25. >I’m not worried about what the so-called experts think. They had us as a title contender the past two years and were wrong then. 

    And one of those so-called experts…was Mat Ishbia.

26. Sir, you had them as a title contender…

27. I get that he’s going for “we were predicted to be good the last 2 years & were bad so who knows, this year we’re predicted to be bad & could be good”, still doesn’t sound great tho.

    Also he then follows it up with “we’re focused on playing hard & making our fans proud” which is basically also saying “yeah we’re not gonna be very good this year either” lmao

28. “Our opponents are smart and resourceful and so are we. They don’t stop thinking of ways to inflict suffering upon our fans, and neither do we” – Mat Ishbia

29. WeirdChamp

30. This actually might be one of the stupidest gaslights ever lit.

31. You thought we were championship contenders? Y’all dumb af

32. I love this guy

33. This kind of arrogance and stubbornness is remarkable.

34. Lmao this guy is so naturally funny

35. Lmfao

36. If this team ownership doesn’t work out, Ishbia could be an ESPN expert. Be a perfect fit.

37. One of the funniest quotes ever lmao “they thought we would win the championship but we actually were ass so who’s the real idiot” 😭

38. The true power of having a billion dollars is that one can be genuinely clueless in their work life without having to worry about it materially affecting their standard of living.

    Ishbia could lead the Suns into the cellar of the NBA until the 2040s and he’ll still almost certainly come out of the other side much wealthier than he is now.

39. One of the funniest and most clueless sports quotes of all time tbh what an utter dipshit

40. bruh, Suns fans have to be in Hell

41. No way he just said that

42. The suns sure did shut up anyone who thought they were contenders real hard.