It’s the crisis in Arizona. Even the Suns no longer chain victories, and the icing on a very salty cake: Devin Booker was injured and will miss at least four weeks of competition. In the Top 10 MVP race to start the season, D-Book will be badly missed on the Suns roster. But as the move to 2023 approaches, another question arises: Will there be an All-Star in Phoenix this season?
We know a bald old man who’s going to be under pressure. No, we weren’t talking about Chris Paul, but that works too. The Suns aren’t as dominant as they were last season, that’s a fact. Will it be the fault of the backlash of the last Playoffs? For the business of the future former owner? To Jae Crowder’s pout? Cam Johnson injury? Or even as the CP3 ages? Probably a little bit of all of that. Attention, even the situation is not dramatic (we are not in Los Angeles), but unusual enough to be identified. And with the Injury to Devin Booker which adds to the surrounding brothel… hello lowered ambitions.
Suns star Devin Booker will miss at least four weeks with a left groin problem, the team says.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 28, 2022
Is there even one All-Star left in Phoenix? If Armani returns to the cacti before the All-Star Game, he will logically participate. But otherwise, it’s hard to imagine as we speak another Arizona taking over for his teammate in Salt Lake City next February.
Chris Paul? Complicated. Since he blew out his 37 candles, Chris is closer to Point Neutral than Point God. The leader of the Suns struggles, especially to score (12.7 points per game on 41.3% shooting). Everywhere the standards of the CP3 drop: league leaders with 10.8 caviars per game last season, this year they have dropped to “only” 8.8 assists. Even on the shooting line, the veteran seems to have lost confidence, as evidenced by the impressive drop in his percentages (87% in his career, 78.4% this season). And if this wasn’t enough to disqualify CP3, the 14 games already lost should think about it. Yep, it seems the Cipi fruit has been sitting in sunny Arizona for far too long.
Deandre Ayton? Yes. In the hub of the cactus there is good and bad. Well, we’re making progress there. More seriously, if young people center of the Bahamas has recently shown that he is capable of it lower the handle e reinforcing his game on certain occasions, on a daily basis, is still not that. Often referred to as soft, DominAyton is tied reduces its production on the rebound, going from 10.2 last year to 9.7 this year. There is certainly a slight improvement in scoring (18.1 points per game at 60%) but defensively DeAndre is still not one of the great NBA rim protectors. Wait, we’re still talking about a superb vintage 1st choice, measuring 2m11 by a wingspan of 2m27, and you’ll lead us to believe the boy isn’t unable to establish more than one block per game ? Nah, seriously…
And then, more pragmatically, we can at least say that the competition is absolutely crazy. Already in the rear, alone four to six guards they are honored with an appearance in the All-Star Game by Conference. And in the West, let’s say there are some nice names that should precede the Point God in the list (You know Luka Doncic, Ja Morant, Damian Lillard, Stephen Curry, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and De’Aaron Fox ?). Even at the frontcourt level, the list is likely to be loaded: Zanos, the Joker, PG13, LeBron, AD (if he returned), not forgetting the Saboni or others Straw grant et Lauri Markkanen. DeAndre still has a chance to get his way, but he’ll need to take some serious action.
The Guards in the West:
Luca Doncic
Stephen Curry
I Morante
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Devin Booker
Damian Lillard
De’Aaron Fox
Anthony Edwards2 holders
3 substitutes or 4 thousand max.Good luck.
— TrashTalk (@TrashTalk_fr) December 29, 2022
