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Originally Posted by Onlydo2days
CP had a way worse series than Book, he was basically useless after gm 2 as far as creating offense. I think it is fair to wonder if he was hurt, although he probably just got owned.
But I agree Book is the real 1 that takes the hit, as CP fades how good is a team of him/Ayton/Bridges really? Might just be another 6 seed in the west every year.
We may look back at these last 2 years as Phoenix window
He probably was hurt to some degree but that comes with the territory of having a 37 yo short injury prone PG as your best player. Booker likely wasn’t 100% either. But CP3 also saved the Suns ass in round 1 after Booker got hurt and probably saved the season with one of the best performances of all time in Game 6 while Booker did nothing on one leg.
I wouldn’t want Ayton over Maxi Kleber in the playoffs let alone on a max contract. Suns should let him walk and let some other team pay him but prob won’t. I know he’s young but think he’s pretty limited in terms of upside, probably just got made by CP and caps out at a DAJ value player.
Also think Monty did a piss poor job of adjusting after Game 2 and should be questioned a bit. That said they’re still quite a good team and if they run it back and get a few breaks I think they can contend again next year.