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Re: Welcome Grayson Allen
Posted: Tue Oct 3, 2023 7:24 pm
by bigfoot
Fo-Real wrote:He seems like an odd dude in his interview. Something about his body language. Closed off maybe?
Certainly uncomfortable with the repeated questions about his "perceived" dirty play. However, no less uncomfortable than DA when he was asked about the knock on his motor in the Portland media day.
Re: Welcome Grayson Allen
Posted: Tue Oct 3, 2023 8:02 pm
by bigfoot
Re: Welcome Grayson Allen
Posted: Tue Oct 3, 2023 10:25 pm
by lilfishi22
bigfoot wrote:I'm sure Grayson is going to be the replacement for PJ Tucker and DA. Half the fans will love him and half hate him. Just like when Danny Ainge came to the Suns ... I'm already a fan.
Probably closr to PJ. Plays too hard and makes some dumb mistakes but like PJ, I don't ever question his heart or effort
Also appreciate you posting all the media day Q&A's with the lesser-known players. Really good stuff
Re: Welcome Grayson Allen
Posted: Wed Oct 4, 2023 3:50 pm
by spanishninja
bigfoot wrote:Fo-Real wrote:He seems like an odd dude in his interview. Something about his body language. Closed off maybe?
Certainly uncomfortable with the repeated questions about his "perceived" dirty play. However, no less uncomfortable than DA when he was asked about the knock on his motor in the Portland media day.
I think, as he put it, if he has had to answer this same question 100s of times in his career, it gets old quick.
Re: Welcome Grayson Allen
Posted: Wed Oct 4, 2023 7:29 pm
by Mulhollanddrive
He strikes me as neurodiverse with some anti-social tendencies.
And I mean reading this board he should be a fan favourite.
Re: Welcome Grayson Allen
Posted: Thu Oct 5, 2023 5:22 pm
by Biff
Qwigglez wrote:sunskerr wrote:Not gonna lie I think of the guys we got in the trade he's the one Im most excited to see. In theory he fits like a glove with the shooting and defense, lots of dirty work even if he is a dirty player. Skill set is a Vogel-type of guy. We were missing someone like Allen without Crowder and Paul. And he's under 30 years old which is always a nice plus. With all three of our stars being shooters its a perfect situation for him.
I posted in the general trade speculation threat, but I think Grayson Allen could potentially be our modern day Raja Bell. Does the dirty work, guards the opposing teams best perimeter player, and hits the three. I think he might come out as our starting SF, or even slide Booker to SF and have Allen as SG. I think having him start will give the Suns their best 5-man unit in terms of offensive output (along with EG replacing him in a much more limited sample size).
Hmm, I think Grayson tries hard on defense but he isn't the kind of guy you want guarding the teams best perimeter player. He has a 6'6" wingspan and isn't strong enough to guard big wings.
Re: Welcome Grayson Allen
Posted: Thu Oct 5, 2023 6:32 pm
by enigmatics
Mulhollanddrive wrote:He strikes me as neurodiverse with some anti-social tendencies.
And I mean reading this board he should be a fan favourite.
"But YOu dON't KnoE neuROderCiTee bro"
So true though.
Re: Welcome Grayson Allen
Posted: Mon Oct 9, 2023 12:08 am
by bigfoot
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Crafty player!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Welcome Grayson Allen
Posted: Mon Oct 9, 2023 4:19 am
by lilfishi22
Super impressed with him. I knew about the shooting, I knew about the defense, I didn't know he could attack the close out as well as he did and make plays from it
Re: Welcome Grayson Allen
Posted: Mon Oct 9, 2023 5:05 am
by matt131
bigfoot wrote:;ab_channel=PhoenixSuns
Crafty player!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That inbounds pass at 1:07 is ridiculous. Didn't even notice it live.
This guy is awesome. So exciting to have a shooter like him off the bench who is also capable of doing the other important things
Re: Welcome Grayson Allen
Posted: Mon Oct 9, 2023 5:52 am
by Mulhollanddrive
He shot 35% from mid range last season but had some nice buckets in this one.
Re: Welcome Grayson Allen
Posted: Mon Oct 9, 2023 2:16 pm
by bigfoot
Mulhollanddrive wrote:He shot 35% from mid range last season but had some nice buckets in this one.
Really quite a misleading number since
66% of his attempts were three pointers shot at .399
18% of his attempts were within 3 feet shot at .670
His true shooting percentage was .612
Re: Welcome Grayson Allen
Posted: Mon Oct 9, 2023 3:40 pm
by Fo-Real
Went from hating his face as our opponent, to wanting to give him a chance as a player on the suns IF we kept him, to I LOVE THIS DUDE!!! HE GOT GAME!!
Re: Welcome Grayson Allen
Posted: Mon Oct 9, 2023 6:59 pm
by NapoleonII
He's like a lesser, non-HoF version of Ginobli.
He can do a little bit of everything out there, timely defense and can shoot it from deep.
Excited to see him out there with the bench unit. Dude is a dawg.
Re: Welcome Grayson Allen
Posted: Mon Oct 9, 2023 10:43 pm
by lilfishi22
I've hated on the guy since his college days and in one short preseason run, he's starting to grow on me. Hate to say it but he's got real fan favourite potential
Re: Welcome Grayson Allen
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2023 4:16 am
by carey
Certified bucket. Y'all gonna love rooting for him.
Re: Welcome Grayson Allen
Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2023 12:45 pm
by sashaturiaf
This guy just knows how to play basketball.
I know it's just a preseason game, but Grayson Allen made me happier in this one game than the whole last season of Ayton.
Re: Welcome Grayson Allen
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:14 pm
by bigfoot
Re: Welcome Grayson Allen
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:25 pm
by bwgood77
sashaturiaf wrote:This guy just knows how to play basketball.
I know it's just a preseason game, but Grayson Allen made me happier in this one game than the whole last season of Ayton.
You make some strange comments given you just became a "Suns fan" when we got KD.
Re: Welcome Grayson Allen
Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2023 2:30 pm
by Fo-Real
bwgood77 wrote:sashaturiaf wrote:This guy just knows how to play basketball.
I know it's just a preseason game, but Grayson Allen made me happier in this one game than the whole last season of Ayton.
You make some strange comments given you just became a "Suns fan" when we got KD.
"Dont make it not true" ~Lincoln Osiris