[r377Participant]

 If Phoenix don’t get Ayton in the draft, will they take Trae Young to pair with Booker ?

[OhCanada-Participant]

 Phoenix does need a PG but more then anything they need a defensive anchor on that team. I think I would have Ayton, Bamba and Jackson higher than any PG available as far as team need. Either way they should go BPA its always best to draft the best player available when your team has failed to win 25 games in 3 years straight. 

[Robb_CParticipant]

Im not sold on Trae Young, Hes not Curry..

Suns are in a very good position, Draft Ayton and Brunson..

Ayton, Brunson, Jackson and Booker are a core that will be very solid..

Brunson has a leadership quality I’ve seen in only very very elite PG’s.. He fits all my marks on what I want in a PG, He’s the type of PG that will be able to manage the group of egos Phoenix could have…

 

 

 

[ChewyParticipant]

 how effective the ESPN hype machine is. Trae Young is not the next Curry, he just had one hell of a hot streak. Conference play brought him back down to earth.

Turns out Young is just a really really good basketball player. 

 

[True_JafiParticipant]

 I just hate that people are coming Young to Curry. Curry drafted wouldnt even be compared to 27,28, 29 year old Curry. The kid can shoot bombs, handle the rock and pass it. He’s is good but l;ike any other rookie he has a lot of work to do. Nothing comes instantly. So he may not be Curry but he can definitley help the team. And hopefully in 3 to 4 years of hard work and dedication he can be on some next level.

In regards of the suns they have to go Ayton. They need a monster finisher close to the rim and a shot blocker. I also like that he rebounds. can start a lot of fast breaks for the suns which is great for Booker and Jackson

 

 

[OhCanada-Participant]

Skill wise Curry was doing everything he is doing right now in the NBA while he was at Davidson. Biggest difference he made in the NBA is tuning up his body to be stronger and more explosive. Other than that he was dropping crazy step back threes in college like layups too.

[JoeWolf1]

I think what really goes overlooked in terms of Steph is a basketball player is his shooting percentages from the field despite his slight build and high shot volume.

Even as a rookie (where I give a lot of guys a pass to shoot in the high 30’s or low 40’s) Steph still shot 46% from the field while taking 14.2 shots per game.

This is something Young I don’t ever will duplicate. He’s just a different type of scorer. While I do think Trae is a better distributor and shot creator, I’m not even convinced he’s an NBA 1st option. I think he’ll look better in a pro system where he doesn’t have to carry such an offense burden, I don’t think he’ll ever really be an efficient offensive player to the level Curry has been over his career.

Steph’s highest FG% was 50% in 2015-16 where he took 20.2 shots per game! There’s a lot of differences between Trae and Steph, but this is an overlooked part of Steph’s game that I just don’t think is in the cards for Trae.

[Mr. 19134Participant]

 I’m not sold on Young by any means but let’s stop acting like Curry isn’t the natural comparison here.  Now he was nowhere near as efficient as Curry was however he was only a freshman playing PG not the SG Curry was his first couple years in college and played every game with defenses designed to stop only him.

He also managed to lead the nation in assists as well which is just incredible for any freshman to do let alone one who also lead the nation in points.  So no I wouldn’t say Trae Young ever did actually come back down to earth completely.  

With that said I wouldn’t draft him in the top 5 and I would actually look to trade Booker if I were Phoenix anyway because I think he’s part of the problem in that particuliar organization.  

 

 

[IndianaBasketballParticipant]

You can’t write Booker is a part of the problem and they should trade him without giving an explanation lol. Explain sir.

[OhCanada-Participant]

Hes defenitely a part of the problem. Hes the leader of a group that plays no team defense and takes turns getting buckets offensively. If accept the leadership role you gotta accept the critisism that comes with it and his teams bad. Not saying they should trade him but hes defenitely gotta mature for Phoenix to advance.

[Dazzling Dunks and Basketball BloopersParticipant]

I don’t think Phoenix has enough of an overall direction yet to worry about fit when drafting. Outside of booker and possibly Jackson, how many players on this team can you say for sure will really be foundational pieces or guys that will even ultimately be on the team in 3-4 years? If I’m Phoenix, I’m just taking the best available talent with their pick and worrying about fitting the pieces together later. If ayton is off the board, I’m likely targeting doncic. If both ayton and doncic are gone, I’d probably go with Bagley.

[Taylor Gang MikeParticipant]

 DRAFT young. Suns need him

[JoeWolf1]

I honestly feel if the Suns end up getting the 2nd pick, it should be down to Doncic or Mo Bamba.

Doncic is averaging 6.8 assists per game per 36 minutes in Europe and I feel could easily step in and run the offense for the Suns a la Ben Simmons.

Doncic at the 1, Booker at the 2 and Jackson at the 3 would be a nice backcourt if the future. You wouldn’t even have to have Doncic guard the opposing team’s PG either. Booker could handle the 1, and you could have Jackson and Luka matchup against the 2 or 3 depending on the matchup.

My other suggestion would be Mo Bamba. The Suns were the worst defensive team in the NBA last year who allowed some of the most points in the paint of an NBA team last yr…and after 5 years of waiting with Alex Len, I feel he’s really just a high level backup type player/starter on a bad team. I don’t feel he’s a guy the Suns would be wise to make their center of the future. Mo Bamba has elite length and would effect shots from day 1, and would be able to make teams really think twice about coming in the lane after a couple seasons.

Both those guys I feel are more in line with the best player available too. I feel Marvin, Luka, JJ, and Mo are all pretty interchangeable in that second tier when Ayton goes off the board. Then you’d be getting a BPA. I just think Trae is kind of that 3rd tier type guy (but with some high upside) you don’t reach for when you have a lot of quality players on the board.

[r377Participant]

 Trae Young was so hyped up by the media that he became overrated.

I think now he has been so overrrated for so long, he is now actually underrated.

I still think Trae Young will be a good NBA player…

 

 

[r377Participant]

 Trae Young 20-9 in his second NBA game.  35-11 in his third !!

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