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Duff Man

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  1. Goodwin's minutes will fluctuate based on his own shooting form, the matchups and the overall health/depth of the Suns, but he has certainly done the most with the opportunities he's been given and has really established himself as key role player who impacts games with his relentless effort.
  2. Goodwin played 30 minutes in the Suns win over the Warriors, 16 points, 5-10 FG, 5-5 FT, 6 assists, 5 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block, 1 turnover and made a steal/hustle/pass that led to a Booker reverse dunk that was the play of the game.
  3. "He’s a fundamental player. You know you can trust him with the ball, not gonna turn it over, make crazy plays that’s outside of himself," Durant said to praise Goodwin after Saturday's game. "He’s just gonna play the right way. Me and Brad (Beal) was talking about it on the bench how fundamental J. Good is" Having the trust of Durant is huge in terms of carving out a permanent spot in the rotation after Booker and Beal return. Suns play Wemby and the Spurs coming up at 9pm on TNT with Booker and Beal still out.
  4. I know it's just 1 game into the season, but Jordan Goodwin is in the rotation on the NBA team with the 4th best odds to win the title. Given the Suns top heavy roster makeup, If Goodwin can stay healthy, he's going to continue to get significant minutes off the bench. This is really an ideal situation for him.
  5. I think it's interesting how some outlets are listing Yuri at 6'0 while the NBA dot com news article lists him at 5'11 During the 2022-23 NBA season, only 4 players listed (by NBA dot com) as under 6ft appeared in a regular season game and between the four of them combined for 72 appearances. Glass half empty: Yuri has 2 major strikes against him in that he can't shoot from long range and he's under 6ft Glass half full: If any organization can teach Yuri to shoot, it's the Warriors. If any organization can get Yuri's head straight in terms of where he is and where he needs to be, it's the organization w/ 2 all time PGs on their roster (Curry, Paul). If he can develop skills in the G-League he couldn't at SLU and embrace his role the way Goodwin and Willie did, he could very well find some time on the NBA roster given that the Warriors will surely be load balancing their aging HOF point guards
  6. with the more restrictive "2nd Apron" salary cap in the new CBA, increasingly the title contenders are going to be a handful of guys making 8 figures, and everyone else making $1-2M. The best case scenario for a fringe NBA player is to land on one of these contenders and have a legit role to play. You would be hard pressed to find a team that had less at stake last season than the Wizards - they were too good to be in contention for Wemby but not good enough to compete for a play in spot. Conversely, there's no team with more at stake in the next 2 years than the Phoenix Suns (and Boston Celtics and I guess the Dubs). If JGood can be part of that Suns rotation, he could find himself playing meaningful minutes in the postseason - which increases his chances of earning another deal, and sticking as a utility player for bargain shopping contenders going forward.
  7. Beal (to be) traded to Suns with Chris Paul going to the Wizards https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/37873714/sources-suns-finalizing-trade-wizards-bradley-beal Goodwin is under contract with the Wizards. Would be nice for him to get to play a season w/ Chris Paul.
  8. Memo to the AD Your job is to help us...not to FUOK US UP https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/2f865031-3b99-4ce3-bb5c-762cdbf3c9dd
  9. Something's gone wrong https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/d88f7972-a3e4-4bf3-ae8e-dd89094b97be
  10. Yuri needs to work on the outside shooting but after seeing Goodwin's improvement post SLU, I see no reason why Yuri can't do it too if he puts in the work.
  11. I feel like everyone knows Ford is Grawer 2.0 and we're just conflicted on when to pull the plug...
  12. I'm a fan of Dennis Gates and am envious of the rival program that was able to move past their underachieving nice guy coach and hire someone who could produce results.
  13. SLU has not swept Dayton since 2010 when it was Majerus vs Gregory and we had Kwam and future NBA player Willie Reed. SLU has not won in Dayton since 2014 when we had Jett and McCall. SLU has never won at VCU. We have a better chance of winning the A10 tournament than running the table in the regular season.
  14. Granted the games against Paul Quinn, Harris Stowe (last season), and Maryville (his 1st year) all count for the Billikens records, but in terms of chasing the Hurley 1076 mark, are the 32 assists he racked up against non D1 teams going to count?
  15. I fell into some extras today. Check your DMs. edit: extra tickets have been claimed
  16. I think let's wait until the end of the season to make any formal declaration but something would have to go wrong for Yuri not to own this designation when all is said and done. That was a baller performance today.
  17. He posted a plus 12, played in the closing minutes of a win, and to really put things in perspective look at what Wizards fans are saying on Twitter...
  18. Limited sample but JGood's PER (player efficiency rating) in 5 games this year is 26.4 That's outstanding. He went from making a cameo to getting garbage time minutes to cracking the rotation to really impacting the outcome an NBA game in his 7th game. Just keep it up and stay healthy and who knows how long this could go...
  19. If you've gone to a Cardinals game, Blues game, or big venue concert in 2022, this is par for the course. Just go to am.ticketmaster.com/slu and login well in advance and make sure your tickets are there. Then be on that site when you go to the game but wait until you're in line to load your tickets and you'll be fine.
  20. Fun Facts about SLU's former MCC counterparts who advanced beyond SLU and ended up in the Big East... Marquette: Haven't won an NCAA tournament game since 2013 Xavier: Haven't made the NCAA tournament since 2018 Butler: Haven't made the NCAA tournament since 2018 Getting into the Big East would not make SLU's path to the NCAA tournament any easier.
  21. One guy married a Walton broad and then got richer by f-ing people over with impunity like a strip mall Daniel Plainview. The other is a ~21 year old struggling to find his place in this world. As much as Yuri might disappoint us, he's not Stan Kroenke.
  22. https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/craig-upchurch-1.html Season School Conf G GS MP FG FGA FG% 2P 2PA 2P% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS SOS Career Houston 126 31 31.0 6.0 10.8 .556 6.0 10.5 .566 0.0 0.2 .074 3.0 4.7 .635 6.3 1.6 1.3 0.3 2.7 0.6 14.9 3.20 1987-88 Houston SWC 31 4.8 8.5 .565 4.7 8.1 .586 0.0 0.4 .091 2.5 4.0 .632 5.3 1.0 0.7 0.3 12.1 2.60 1988-89 Houston SWC 31 7.5 12.8 .583 7.5 12.6 .592 0.0 0.2 .000 3.8 5.9 .647 6.5 1.5 1.4 0.4 18.8 1.37 1989-90 Houston SWC 33 5.5 10.2 .538 5.5 10.2 .542 0.0 0.1 .000 2.1 3.4 .611 7.0 2.3 1.8 0.4 13.1 4.48 1991-92 Houston SWC 31 31 31.0 6.2 11.5 .535 6.1 11.3 .544 0.0 0.3 .125 3.4 5.3 .640 6.5 1.7 1.2 0.1 2.7 2.6 15.7 4.35
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