There is only more game left for the Suns. This means different things for different people. Suns fans will be a mix of elated (because they don’t have to waste their time watching the Suns anymore) and saddened (because watching the Suns is the only thing that gives their life purpose). For Suns players, it…
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Jamal Crawford 27 Points/6 Assists Full Highlights (4/7/2019)
Jamal Crawford is sending a message right now. And that message is “please sign me to a contract”. Other, ancillary messages include “I really want to keep playing basketball”, “My life will become meaningless without the day-to-day structure provided by the NBA”, and “I’m a good veteran presence for a rebuilding team, please, I’m begging…
Read MoreDragan Bender 19 Points Full Highlights (4/7/2019)
Unlike Dragan Bender’s last game, where he added seven blocks and six assists to his total of eleven points, this game was not nearly as stat-stuffed. The only “miscellaneous” stat the Bender accrued here was one steal. Otherwise, he was all about scoring; nineteen points is two higher than his previous season high of seventeen….
Read MoreJamal Crawford 28 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (4/5/2019)
Unlike Dwyane Wade and Dirk Nowitzki, Jamal Crawford has come out and said that he doesn’t want to retire. He wants to keep playing. Now, he’s not on the same tier as those other two guys, but he’s on some sort of tier, the tier you get assigned to when you play 20 years in…
Read MoreDragan Bender 11 Points/6 Assists/7 Blocks Full Highlights (4/5/2019)
Is this it for Dragan Bender? Are we seeing the last few games of his NBA career before he schlepps back over to Europe, never to return? The Suns, as we should all know by now, declined to pick up the last year of his rookie deal. He’s a free agent after this season, a…
Read MoreRay Spalding 21 Points/3 Blocks Full Highlights (4/5/2019)
Just two days ago, I typed these agonizingly stupid words in the description of a Richaun Holmes highlight video: “I mean, Booker’s out too. Who else is gonna score the ball? Ray Spalding? LOL (lots of laughs)” Well, there’s definitely somebody laughing a lot in this situation, and it’s not me. It’s Ray Spalding. After…
Read MoreJosh Jackson 35 Points/5 Assists Full Highlights (4/5/2019)
Josh Jackson exists in that hazy, hard-to-define place that remains a scientific enigma, but is also known to be present on every team in the NBA: the border between being part of the YOUNG CORE and not being part of the YOUNG CORE. Like every other player stuck in this unpleasant limbo, Josh Jackson can…
Read MoreRichaun Holmes 16 Points Full Highlights (4/3/2019)
Richaun “Rich Holmie Chaun” Holmes is like the next generation JaVale McGee. He doesn’t get a lot of minutes, but when he does get in the game, he’s the world’s most willing alley-oop catcher. He’s also like McGee in that we don’t really know how good he is because he’s never been given a role…
Read MoreElie Okobo 15 Points Full Highlights (4/3/2019)
I understand completely that it’s not fair to judge rookies too harshly, given that, well, they’re rookies. They’re not used to the NBA. They’re not supposed to be good, except when they are. They’re not done developing. The flashes of skill they show aren’t supposed to be consistent features of their game yet. Having acknowledged…
Read MoreJimmer Fredette 10 Points Full Highlights (4/3/2019)
Random death can occur to any person, at any time. Sure, the chances may be significantly less for someone sitting at a desk (like I am) versus someone commuting through rush hour traffic or someone sleeping with a fan turned on in their room (South Korea knows what’s up). But the chance is still there…
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