[AZCentral] Oubre: "When teams think of the Suns, they think let's just play hard for 48 minutes because they'll give up because they don't know how to win."
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Teams don't have to play hard against the Suns
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They have to play hard until they get a pretty sizable lead(somewhere in the first half) and then it’s a wrap.The team shoots itself in a hole and even if our opponent starts making mistakes we still do whatever it takes to stay behind i.e. Jamal Crawford jacking a 3 if we’re close even though he consistently bricks them.
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Tell that to Popovich
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Uh yeah they do, it’s not like they’re a steaming pile of garbage. When everyone on their team is clicking and playing competitively, they still are trouble
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it’s not like they’re a steaming pile of garbage
It’s not?
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They still managed to beat us this year because we didnt take our opportunities to close them out. As shit as they are, they're still an NBA team
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They’re still an NBA team, but we’re comparing them to other NBA teams. And compared to any other team that’s not a steaming pile of garbage this season (looking at you Knicks, Cavs, Bulls), they are a steaming pile of garbage
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This is right. Our team sucks compared to other teams but we got 11 wins (and lost at the buzzer several times) for a reason, you still gotta put in the work for 48 minutes and the nights teams don't we occasionally steal a game or force them to wake up and beat us in the fourth.
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I upvoted you cuz I agree but I’m crying at “we got 11 wins for a reason”
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Exactly, it shows when we almost lost to you guys and it took a 20 point comeback, don’t know why I got downvoted for that, I guess r/nba just hates the suns
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I downvoted for the mob mentality. Got your back fam
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Dude, its cause it was an obvious joke. Its an nba team, of course you have to play hard lol
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Um they are, an unfortunate consequence of tanking and incompetence
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Their starters are not garbage. That bench...is making me gag just thinking about it. Honestly, I'd probably assume their bench was some G-league team's roster if I didn't know any better.
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I’ve catched a couple games and the suns unsurprisingly suffer from being youth. They can never pull a consistent 25 minutes of good basketball and play in extreme spurts where they either score big or let the other team go hard
I will say that they don’t really give up. In the games I’ve seen they’re annoyingly scrappy even when down 20
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Idk I’d say that the recent string of losses have been extremely demoralizing and the edge and constant fight we used to have has been diminished. If the score is a little too much behind our players will just begin jacking shots. It used to be that the team could be down 15 and rally back in the 4th and at least get close but that’s gone
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he right tho
ima repost this rant that i typed out yesterday after just getting frustrated
There is no fucking process. This is a NOSEDIVE. There is no timeline to trust.The sheer, indisputable fact is that the Suns have been a complete and total trainwreck from day 2. Any lasting reason to root for the team has been ripped away (and any limbs we had holding onto those reasons for dear life? ripped off as well). The only thing left behind are shells of stubbornness and a shred of hope that one day, we'll live long enough to see it through.
Right now there are NO fanbases who have invested so much for so little return. Not. A. Single. Fucking. One.
And we wonder why so many people complain about this organization. No, they are the sane people. Those of you saying "it's not so bad?" You're fucking insane. How could you continuously let yourself get SHIT on by a team that you pour money and time into, over, and over, and over again, and say, "Oh, it's not that bad?" Completely fucking insane. The move is to leave and return when someone better runs the show. Call me fair weather, I don't give a fuck. I call you insane for staying outside when shit is raining on your face. Literal shit. And not tiny little bird shits. Gigantic, sulfur-filled, elephant dumps.
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Right now there are NO fanbases who have invested so much for so little return. Not. A. Single. Fucking. One.
Boy do I have a franchise for you
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Man doesn’t know the pain of the unhealthy optimism we Knicks fans harbor. Every single off season the excitement of another chance at a .500 record and early playoff exit boils up; only to be stripped away by false FA hopes, injuries, terrible contracts, awful luck in the draft lottery, disgruntled star players, hastily made trades, media circus, and never ending lolknicks posts on r/nba that kick us while we’re down
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Hey, us small market teams just love that there's one huge market team that consistently sucks.
It makes us see the mirage of parity in the NBA and keeps us coming back rooting for our little podunk team that doesn't have a chance in hell of ever winning a ring.
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I mean, Spurs just won '14. Cavs in '16. It's not like small markets cant win it all. They just need to tread a very thin line of both smart planning and dumb luck.
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At least you're not being forced to watched an all-time great actively make the team worse! I'd much rather watch Frank Jackson or Kenrich Williams or Jahlil Okafor than AD mailing it in. Hell, I'd much rather watch Stanley Johnson and we've only had him for like 3 games.
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Same
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It's literally the 4th year of the tank/rebuild.
How do people continue to act like it's been a decade of 20 win seasons?
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Cus we're WORSE every year
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You're worse but more promising.
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i mean
Are we though
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I think the Browns have you beat for return on investment
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Am I in r/edmontonoilers?!
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48 minutes? How about 30.
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Honestly, you could cruz for the first 40 mins of the game and then turn it on in the last 8, and win.
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Kinda like what the Warriors do every game.
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But against playoff teams :/
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This article is barely in English lol
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5 to 1 odds of a win will do that
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Imagine the players mindset going into every game expecting to lose.
There's been singular losses that have caused locker room shouting matches for other teams.
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I don't watch too much Suns games but against the Spurs they were scrappy as hell and really gave us a run for our money. One game we could never pull away to a comfortable lead. The other we were down almost all game and Rudy Gay hit a ridiculous long mid range jumper that was defended so well that any more stretch on Oubres fingers and he would've been blocked
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Is he wrong tho?
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Oubre? More like Sombra.
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spot on
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Sounds like more of a personal thought.
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Wasn’t the wizards the same deal when they had oubre?
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r/NBA and flair bashing, name a more iconic duo.
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Is it flair bashing or just a related comment about the article since Oubre is the main focus?
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You get lost? I got a post for that
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charles barkley last night: "every team in the west is hard to beat.... except my suns"
Chuck still calling the team "my suns" despite us being completely horrible. Him standing up for us multiple times has basically been the only bright spot all year lol.
He shits on the suns a lot too tho
It’s a love/ hate relationship
Oh for sure, but a lot of the times its deserved shitting on. I notice he tends to shit on things like ownership/management (very warranted) but stands up for the city and the fans a lot.
The nachos apparently suck
Probably one of the most qualified to be able to do it. Bet it hurts more having that tie to the organization
He still lives in Phoenix and regularly praises the suns fans to be fair.
One of my only cool athlete stories is that my buddy went to a concert with Chuck’s daughter and got to meet him
Hey, the Suns almost beat the Warriors... and it pissed me off lol
I mean we can never come back after that game last year where you guys had Draymond Green coach GSW and blow us out by like 40. And yet the Suns are still finding new lows. I'll never forget Dray with the little glasses on acting like a coach lmfao.
Omg I forgot about that lol.
He hates your stale ass nachos tho 🤣🤣
But he said the drinks are flat and the nacho cheese was cold!
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