Aug 21: Put some respect on the Suns name!

Gerald Bourguet is the NBA editor and lead Suns writer for @The_Step_Back on @FanSided. He also hosts the @ValleyoftheSuns Podcast. Former @HoopsHabit editor
ALSO JOINING US is Tim Tompkins, former cohost of the Solar Panel and today’s 3rd in the threesome!

Topics for the day:

For Gerald: First thing’s first, why did you have to go all the way to Duluth to get a date? And why did you come back?

Suns news:

Schedule

Christmas Day and two opening week national TV games -- what does that say about the Suns ratings power?

Suns are one of only 3 teams with 3 games on those days

Suns (34) have 5th most in NBA, behind only Bucks (36), Nets (38), Warriors (41) and league-high Lakers (42)

https://twitter.com/edkupfer/status/1428832211516764163?s=21

Suns schedule on the “easy” side 

Jerseys

Using the Valley jerseys one more season

Will we see a lot of goofy

Jalen Smith 

made first-team all Summer League -- what did you see in Smith that he can definitely, for sure, bring to the 2020-21 Suns team? Would he play ahead of Dario in any situations? (Don’t ask Tim this)


They played him almost exclusively at power forward next to Kevin Alexander; do you see him doing well next to Ayton? Why/why not (Don’t ask Tim this)




BIG TOPIC

All these extensions — what do they tell us about Deandre Ayton and Mikal Bridges

Per brendon Kleen, only Bam, AD and KAT are the only centers who have gotten max extension off rookie deals, and they were 

All-Stars


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