FreeDawkins has officially been wiped of all NBA highlight videos on YouTube. He had already stopped uploading new ones, but now the classic games are gone too.
End of an era. Nobody else had the same quality, not even the NBA itself.
#freedawkins
Good morning.
These two took the Phoenix Suns from the 2nd WORST record in the NBA to the 2nd BEST...in 18 months.
Not a narrative that should be slipping under the radar.
Suns-Nugs is now that cute little nerd series for people who like looking at charts and spreadsheets while Warriors-Lakers will average 10 million viewers lol
When Monty Williams came to the Suns they were a joke. Point blank.
What he accomplished alongside James Jones and Devin Booker in a span of 4 years (from 19 wins, to the bubble season, to the Finals, to franchise-record 64 wins) is nothing short of remarkable.
Bradley Beal could not be fitting in better despite his role changing every game.
Need him to stand in the corner and rain 3s? Check.
Need him to slice his way to clutch paint points? Check.
Need him to guard Zion fucking Williamson? Check!
And all without a hint of ego.
Most efficient individual playoff runs in NBA HISTORY (by TS%, min. 500 minutes played):
5) LeBron James, 2014 (66.8%)
4) Al Horford, 2017 (66.8%)
3) Kevin McHale, 1988 (67.0%)
2) Kevin Durant, 2017 (68.3%)
1) DEANDRE AYTON, 2021 (70.3%).
Just nuts for a 22-year-old.
House of Highlights still exists but they're not even in the same universe
HoH will have "Devin Booker 60 points vs. the Utah Jazz" somehow be a 1:22 long video
It's so easy to see why Suns fans are fanatic when it comes to Book...because one look around the league and you realize that 9/10 guys would have thrown in the towel had they been in his place. He put his head down, worked, and now we get to watch the best Suns team ever instead
โMaybe one day, there will be beauty in this.โ
This was Devin Booker following the Sunsโ 8th straight loss on January 27, 2019. (Via
@DuaneRankin
)
Last night, the Suns reached their third 8+ game win streak of the season.
Really exciting news this morning about the Suns being the first NBA team to ditch cable. This move could create a drastically more robust local fan presence and is the type of forward thinking that we need, shoutout Mat Ishbia
So, this is really kinda insane to wrap my brain around.
Devin Booker (age 24) has more career 30-pt games than:
Chris Paul
Kawhi Leonard
Dwight Howard
Blake Griffin
LaMarcus Aldridge
He's quickly closing in on Kyrie, Amar'e, even Tim Duncan potentially as soon as this season
I hesitate to get too personal on here but 2023 has been pretty rough on my mental health. A lot of bad days, unproductive days, experimenting with meds, etc
Later this week I get off a 3-month waitlist for therapy and I couldn't possibly be more excited. Just felt like sharing.
Fox probably isn't evil, just an idiot. Some crypto-loving ilk pitched the idea that he would be the face of this "partnership" for a % of the profit and he went along without doing a second of research...at least that's the simplest scenario.
PHX's record upon recording their 19th win, by year:
2 years ago: 19-63
1 year ago: 19-26
Today: 19-10
What a turnaround by James Jones and Monty Williams.
Notice how he didn't say guys from his era aren't "good enough" to play now...just admitted that it's different, and focused on the positives.
Very diplomatic, very freaking good. A lot of "analysts" could learn something about messaging from KG.
You gotta understand that by winning a ring in PHX, KD has a chance to do what Barkley never did and rub it in his face. And that has to be a motivating factor lmao
Mikal Bridges has played:
611 minutes more than Giannis
724 minutes more than JJJ
769 minutes more than Gobert
1004 minutes more than Bam
Availability matters. Winning matters. He needs to be on the All-Defense 1st team, and I don't want any hand-wringing about it.
Ishbia acquired KD, is getting the Suns a G-League affiliate again, and is taking down cable RSNs himself. An impressive stretch to say the least.
All that's left is the 1st title in franchise history ๐
Maybe if Donovan Mitchell focused a bit more on involving his teammates and not just posting empty stats, Utah would be up 1-0. Good for you for dropping 54 on 18-31 shooting dude, but you're not impacting winning basketball.
Book was on worse teams than all of these disgruntled stars, at a much younger age too, and he never aired his dirty laundry. Every time another star throws a fit I think of how remarkable that is that he's still with us. And not only that, but had the superteam COME TO HIM.
List of 7 foot wingspans on the Suns roster, from highest to lowest:
Bol Bol
Deandre Ayton
Kevin Durant
Keita Bates-Diop
Ish Wainright
Chimezie Metu
Toumani Camara
Josh Okogie
There is no player on the entire roster with a wingspan under 6'8".
They are L O N G
Suns defensive rating ranking, for each month:
November: 23rd
December: 18th
January: 13th
February: 9th
March (so far): 5th
Most encouraging stat of the season to me. Trusting Nurk in multiple schemes, trading for Royce, unleashing Bol Bol...so much has gone into this.
If you are questioning Devin Booker's consistency based on that Clippers series, I would be happy to come over, break your nose, and then judge you on your job performance.
Here's Terance Mann whipping out the "too small" sign on a guy with 10 minutes of NBA experience, and with a 26-point lead.
This will not be forgotten. He's on the list.
Suns not named Devin Booker, Chris Paul or Deandre Ayton are shooting a combined 14% 3P in this series. That's basically all of their catch-and-shoot guys.
Tonight, the dam is going to break! I feel it.
Devin Booker came off the bench in the 4th quarter with the Suns down 3.
Goes on a 10-0 run by himself instantly. Finishes the quarter with 18 points, and 36 on the game.
If you want something done right, do it yourself.
The Suns pushing in all their development chips on Cam Johnson starting (even alienating another top-7 rotation player in the process) only to...not extend Cam Johnson before the deadline, is just brilliant management. Bravo guys, crushed it again ๐
In addition to a league-leading 34.8 PPG, Devin Booker is averaging 4 Stocks (Steals + Blocks) per game in this series...here's just a sample of his defense.
I can't believe the level he's at right now honestly.
Gobert making almost 40 mil and cant get you 15 without lobs and dump offs
Idc how good his defensive metrics say he is. You can not win a damn thing when your highest paid player has as much offensive skill as Javale McGee and Hassan Whiteside
The All-"Standing up for Devin Booker on Twitter" team is pretty damn good tbh
PG - Trae Young
SG - CJ McCollum
SF - Evan Fournier
PF - uhhh....Jared Dudley?
C - KAT
6th man: Lou Williams
Bench: Jusuf Nurkic, Allonzo Trier
How many games does this team win?
Not enough people talking about how Devin Booker has been the best player in this year's playoffs. He's just gonna have to keep eliminating teams until people are forced to talk about him again.
49/4/10 on the 2nd night of a b2b to secure his team's 60th win but I just don't know if he impacts the game like the reigning MVP who had 8 turnovers and a -13 ๐ฑ