you are 100% correct regarding the discrepancy in treatment…

ja is in about a million times more dangerous a situation than the tannehills…because of those discrepancies…

who knows how it may come to pass, hopefully he gains some clarity on his situation…whatever his vices are, besides dumb “friends”, he needs to address those demons…

hopefully the nba is able to interdict strongly on his behalf…

having your situation put out world wide…that’s gotta be weird…hard to deny though…

okay, just realized Malta doesn’t have any trees…

yeah, I don’t like that, long island and upstate both had a lot of trees…

okay, any one ever visit/stay in eureka, ca?

Obviously if teams are offering Tobias Harris or Dwight Powell, you don’t trade him.

It hurts the NBA’s brand if Ja is showing his guns off due to his previous actions, not specifically this video in isolation. If his previous actions were shooting a gun at a gun range, then nobody would or should care.

If you hired OJ Simpson at a job you probably include a clause that doesn’t let him own a white Ford Bronco. Him driving one isn’t even remotely illegal, but you sure as hell don’t want him doing it.

Ayton could be a head case anyway, but I don’t think the Suns did well in their interactions with them. And Bruno, I’m not sure what you mean about not grabbing ten rebounds a game. If you look at Basketball reference he has averaged 10.5 rebounds a game in the playoffs and 10.4 a game in his career.

It is an open question how good he actually is and whether less defense and more scoring at the center position will make us a better team But if you believe we need more offense at the center position, I think he will be cheap to acquire. He is basically overpaid, so the Suns should not expect to get many assets for him. According to the trade machine, Fournier and either Mitch or iHart for him works. I don’t see why we’d have to give up anything else.

The truth is, when I wrote down this trade, I didn’t like it. Emotionally, I’d rather stick with what we have and run it back. And I’m not a guy who thinks we have to make changes. But if we do decide we need more scoring out of the center position, this is a way to do it that the team should consider.

It’s not about him showing that he has a gun: there’s a difference between showing IG your armory at a rifle range and flashing a gun at a party/club. Context matters.

From what I read, my impression is that he and his family are having some struggles with adjusting to his ascending levels of fame. I hope that they all do some reflecting and decide to make some lifestyle changes to better protect themselves from negative attention. Maybe even learn how to take the high road when certain people try to come at them sideways – bc you know there are those out there that will try to bait him. Also, i think they’d do good to learn that money doesn’t change you – allows to be more of who you are and spread said influence.

If you guys don’t want KAT because you don’t think he’s a winning player, what the hell does that make Ayton then? The guy who would rather be putting up numbers with the Indiana Pacers in the lottery instead of the Suns in the playoffs? He’s Hassan Whiteside 2.0.

I’d rather keep Mitch, or even just Hartenstein, as our starting Center.

the head case part is probably at least partially due to Phoenix’s behavior showing Ayton they didn’t value him.

Whoa, hold on: anybody who was made into a headcase from not getting a $133,000,000 contract was probably a headcase to begin with; however, that said, the Suns DID value him, they just didn’t value him at a max extension, which was smart of them because he’s not a max player; moreover, if he was offended, as it seems he was, that Mikal Bridges was offered $90,000,000 while he, himself, was not offered $133,000,000, he is simply being offended by the intelligence of his own team’s management; therefore, he is damned if he searches for more money elsewhere, as he will be marrying himself to his own demise; in conclusion, I have written a very long sentence that is grammatically correct proving that D’Andre Ayton is not as smart as me.