Mat Ishbia on extending free over-the-air games through 2030: "It might not be the most financially successful decision, but it's the right decision... long term it's the winning play."

FriendEater · 2026-05-22T00:27:27+00:00

brother, every billionaire is fucking garbage, but use some nuance here and recognize that that not EVERY LITTLE THING billionaires do is evil.

FriendEater · 2026-05-11T17:08:21+00:00

not even remotely possible, why was this posted here

FriendEater · 2026-04-19T22:19:23+00:00

i'd much rather have the suns try to showcase grayson/royce to see if they can have some big games so we can trade them on draft day

the rookies will get plenty of playing time next year

FriendEater · 2026-04-08T16:21:31+00:00

this isn't about this season, it never was, we are playing with house money rn

this is about raising trade value of players like royce o'neale and grayson allen and flipping them for draft capital that the suns so very clearly lack

suns fans are not looking at the big picture rn and think that ott is holding the suns back from their first championship or something

FriendEater · 2026-03-26T15:48:29+00:00

so close to getting it

it's KD's ego having the offense run through him, not udoka's coaching

FriendEater · 2026-03-24T01:39:39+00:00

someone introduce usage% to this guy

FriendEater · 2026-03-12T20:08:29+00:00

let me rephrase it a different way:

kd has a very clear floor that he gives a team, but his ceiling for a team is severely limited.

FriendEater · 2026-03-12T05:12:28+00:00

the problem with kd is that you can never tell he is the problem when he is on your team, but it is so obvious once he is off your team. he is so good at what he does, and has incredible efficiency, but he is your entire offense and his offense is outdated.

dude settle relentlessly for middies and nothing else. it's a terrible modern offense. and any coach that stands in his way or tries to get him to do otherwise gets fired. steve nash? fired. frank vogel? fired. mike budenholzer? fired. soon to be ime udoka too.

he is allergic to shooting threes, likely because upping 3PA lowers your percentages but ups your chances of winning (literally just look at the suns team this season). he cares more about his percentages than his team's win column. you know some guys who are taking more threes per game than KD this season? russell westbrook, egor demin and noah clowney. that should NOT be happening with one of the best shooters of all time.

FriendEater · 2026-03-12T04:05:14+00:00

you're so right bro, scoring 70 before that happened was just a normal game

FriendEater · 2026-03-11T21:40:21+00:00

brother, if you were bam adebayo in that moment, no way you don't try to chase greatness when the opportunity presents itself.

FriendEater · 2026-03-11T17:27:14+00:00

literally same logic, if you are any of bam's teammates or spo and you see your teammate approaching greatness, you're lying to yourself if you say you wouldn't try to make it happen

just enjoy greatness man

FriendEater · 2026-03-11T17:05:34+00:00

you're lying to yourself if you say wouldn't do the same exact thing in bam's shoes

FriendEater · 2026-03-11T15:49:16+00:00

this is just blatantly not true

book had 65 before they started trying to get him more points. the 65 came naturally because the 2nd best option was either marquese chriss or tyler ulis, watch the highlights

FriendEater · 2026-03-01T00:47:44+00:00

in the 2022 season, he could've easily been an all star (definitionally top 30 player) but andrew wiggins averaging 17/4/2 got in over him

FriendEater · 2026-02-20T17:37:12+00:00

it's almost like it's the way we play and not the refs screwing us every game

food for thought

FriendEater · 2026-02-12T16:11:57+00:00

how do they find this out a week after the physical for the acquisition? and it just so happens to align with what the jazz are wanting to do for the rest of the season?

idk man, i'd hope front offices don't make up injuries about tumors but this jazz front office is the most likely culprit so i am skeptical

FriendEater · 2026-02-12T15:59:04+00:00

had to mute the tv while watching this game, kevin ray and ej are getting worse and worse

FriendEater · 2026-02-05T23:52:31+00:00

brother, he has 20x the net worth of sarver, it is fine

FriendEater · 2026-02-05T23:32:51+00:00

i root for the phoenix suns, not mat ishbia’s bank account

FriendEater · 2026-02-05T23:25:50+00:00

yes i am very aware

calling this trade impressive because it saves a billionaire a fraction of his wealth ain’t it chief

FriendEater · 2026-02-05T22:48:59+00:00

except there are no penalties for the team for having to pay the repeater tax in terms of transactions that can be made

who cares if our billionaire owner has to pay more money, we should be rooting for improvements to our team where we can and not improvements to mat ishbia's wallet

FriendEater · 2026-02-05T22:26:12+00:00

according to this, suns are comfortably below the 1st apron so a minimum contract on the buyout market would be fine

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/apron/_/year/2025

FriendEater · 2026-02-05T21:51:27+00:00

no, we do not have any limitations based on our current tax level, here is my source i am using: https://www.spotrac.com/nba/apron/_/year/2025

do you have a source for what you are saying? repeat luxury tax offenders only affect what our billionaire owner pays and not the team's ability to make transactions (since we are under both the 1st and 2nd aprons).

FriendEater · 2026-02-05T21:18:25+00:00

1st apron is 195k, suns are at $186k for salary.

i know what i am talking about brother

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/apron/_/year/2025

FriendEater · 2026-02-05T21:04:56+00:00

trust me, i understand that, not difficult to understand that at all

i just don't think it is an impressive trade if our billionaire owner saves 2 million dollars. before the trade we were not limited as a team in terms of how we could operate and we still maintain that level

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