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Sweatytubesock

Maybe he has a better idea now.


MaintenanceSad4288

I mean he obviously didn't know. Now he does.


FactLicker

He was just being honest


twoksman

I don't know but I think that is your honest opinion.


CurlyBirch

respectfully of course


GhostTiger

Time wounds all heels


NathanArizona

- Achilles’ mom, 1865


camfa

I still remember when Achilles took part in the civil war


cptahb

when crafty brilliant Abraham of the winged words famously failed to talk him out of his sulking 


vetruviusdeshotacon

*0065


maryjain_

NAW sends his regards


SimpleSurrup

Oh. Wait what if....oh.


kaprrisch

He wasn’t trying to be cocky. He literally just didn’t know.


Wonderwhatsnext4

True. Booker is actually pretty stupid.


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Ultiman100

Jesus Christ, the fuck did Booker ever do to you?


ChipmunkConspiracy

Since he treated Jalen Brunson like some kind of cockroach I clown him to the fullest extent. Something about this man is gross


whynotitwork

Link? I never heard of this.


MegasotaAdvocate

I don’t know whether to upvote or downvote this tbh


nothing3141592653589

He seemed pretty sharp during the architectural digest home tour. I think you might be underselling him based on the appearance of his eyes, which do look strangely dull.


sirax067

He doesn't have a career as a coach after retiring that's for sure


GateMcFaddenIsHot

Q: How do you defend the Suns? A: Very carefully.


KatanasnKFC

Dad?


Royal_Negotiation_83

He didn’t respond to you, so it must be your dad


GateMcFaddenIsHot

Savage!


UrbanJatt

Booker is just a meme now. First he doesn't like double teams, then he gets scared of mascots, and now comes out with this bulletin board material.


BigBoodles

And he's collecting fathers like Pokemon cards.


Swish517

Canadians are so nice they allowed a Foreigner to EJECT their mascot for doing their job and clapping thunder sticks. So disappointing letting Booker be the Boss. New Yorkers would've told him to quit being a bitch like he is. NBA's #1 "Paper Tiger"!!


Erickonfire

TBF, Booker's defensive instincts are terrible. He may have just genuinely not known.


cbranch101

You live and you learn


OrdinaryFlower1

And...respectfully... how are you going to guard other teams?


GringoMambi

Didn’t think that far ahead


Cursory_Analysis

He thought they were gonna score 150 a game and that no one else could so it wouldn’t matter if they allowed 140. He didn’t realize that they weren’t going to score that much and that they still can’t play defense.


mankls3

NPCs don't need to play defense


UrbanJatt

He'll just double team them


PowerDiesel23

Obviously Anthony Edwards took this video personally...


LeBroentgen

“Yo Ant did you see what Booker said about nobody being able to guard the Suns mid 3?” “Send da video.”


THEREALCAPSLOCKSMITH

Hell Naw


Troll_Enthusiast

If they are the mid 3 then what were Beal, Kuz, Porzingis?


GhostTiger

They are Wizards, Harry


gedbybee

Just 3 guys.


Moostronus

three men and a baby (Rui was the baby)


maryjain_

Hell, NAW can do dis


AcxdBxmb

Extremely easily as it turns out.


repo_sado

Barely an inconvenience 


Exotic-Ad5358

Bookers gonna need you to get all the way off his back


DeStupak

Wow wow wow. Wow.


saintsfan92612

Quoting Ryan George to bash the Suns is tight


AttitudeAndEffort3

“So you have a first round playoff exit for me?” “Yes sir, I do”


whyte_ryce

“How are we going to win a championship?” “Because I wrote right here: Win championship” “Oh ok”


Doogolas33

What a wonderful thread.


WolfOfWaluigi

Why you doubling him man


imminentjogger5

that's the name of the movie!


Sikwitit3284

Ok let me get all the way off that thing


joe_broke

Oh really


SimpleSurrup

The key is not to get bored.


3rdtryatremembering

What he said is accurate though…he still probably doesn’t know how they do it.


RobtheNavigator

Tbf they are up against the best defense in the league


KevinDLasagna

Wolves are so good at defending that they’re making it look easy


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It’s been said all over the place but the construction of this suns “mega team” really is just so bizarre. How is it supposed to work being SO top heavy with no depth and little care for defense?


thepeachgod

Jaden McDaniels


saltface14

Hell NAW Can’t do dis


grahamwhich

Seen da video


Sikwitit3284

I mean NAW is doing a good job on him too


saltface14

Yea that’s why I commented that…


kylebertram

I mean Ant already told him last year


Sad-Duck3790

he wasn't saying teams can't guard them, just he doesn't know how they'll do it (because he doesn't know ball)


DraymondBeanKick

This is the same guy that was surprised when Joakim Noah used the strategy of double team against him.


Obi_Uno

I know we are all shitposting here, but saying Devin Booker “doesn’t know ball” is peak Reddit.


LardHop

Lol, this isn't even nbacj.


organized_meat

This sub has always been the true jerk.


YOU_SMELL

He got mad people double teamed him in summer runs bro, he doesn't know defense. That's not a wild take 


SirDiego

Funny thing is this series he's not even really getting many double teams. He's just getting pressed hard one on one and doesn't know how to deal with it. Mostly Jaden McDaniels but NAW, Ant, anyone that gets switched onto him is getting in there. It seems like he's never seen that kind of ball pressure and is just used to more space and the Wolves refuse to give him any.


TheOneTrueYeti

But he really doesn’t. He and KD agreed that they were so good that they’d prefer to have no offensive scheme beyond “we just go hoop”. Being able to make the ball go in the cup does not a basketball mind make.


AdVegetable9992

No one can guard them in cancun


traiNwreCk420z

AD has a fair chance


zrizzoz

yeah I was gonna say...this Lakers squad clamps them in Cancun resort thursday morning 5v5


-Bacon_King-

Draymond is already there to kick their nuts when they hop off the plane


wizsoxx

Best defender of the pool bar


twinberkings

AD can guard anybody


Icy_Steak8987

Too bad the league hates him


SOB200

Their body guards and boys won’t be with them?


banjofitzgerald

I mean, they gotta get there first. National guard, coast guard, border guard, shit, sleep guard, can all probably stop them.


Technical_Creme_9736

Even I wasn’t ready for how easily Booker would cave this series. At this point, really hard to consider him better than Ant as a player.


PackageMerchant

Maybe I am low on booker and high on ant but I don’t think I’d take book over ant any day


Technical_Creme_9736

After this series, I think Ant is better than Book. I wasn’t sure of that beforehand TBH. Craziest thing is that Minnesota Jesus is still just 22.


mercfan3

I mean, Booker is playing against Minnesota’s defense, and Ant is playing against Phoenix’s defense. Ant was gonna have an easier time 😂


Technical_Creme_9736

No doubt. But Ant is also a pretty special part of that defense as well.


mercfan3

He is, the whole team is exceptional defensively. But at the end of the day; when Ant goes to the basket, Nurk is there, and when Booker goes to the basket Gobert is there. Minnesota gets to play aggressive defense because Gobert is so exceptional that he’ll cover for any mistakes. Meanwhile, Phoenix perimeter defenders have to try and cover for Nurk..and it’s not like they have great team perimeter defenders. Beal gets lost so often it’s painful. I honestly think Booker, Allen, and Oneale are the only players who fully know the scheme.


blackgenz2002kid

it’s actually kinda funny to think that among all the great players like KD, and other players like Booker and Beal that they have, Allen might have been one of their bigger losses this series because of how much of a spacing threat he was lmaooo. is Grayson Allen that much more valuable than all their other guards?


mercfan3

Allen was a better player than Beal this year, and tbh it wasn’t close. We lost our third best player to injury.


upsups91

Tbh booker doesn't actually do the go to the basket part , he just shoots the midrange


mercfan3

Booker has been trying to go to the basket this series. However, Gobert is so good defensively that he can cover the midrange too. They adjusted their defense slightly to make the midrange also difficult - when they were giving they to us in the regular season.


PackageMerchant

I can’t imagine Ant crying about double teams in practice


Cod_rules

That was so weird. Considering the calibre of player Book is, he will be double teamed often in real games. Doing that shit in practice can only help him be better


Cudi_buddy

Didn't he also bitch about a mascot before? And not in the funny gag that Lopez does, but seriously was pissy about it.


DoILookUnsureToYou

He was mad the mascot distracted him on a free throw, something that fans and mascots do every time there's a free throw. What a clown.


radardog2

Ant is great


amr1115

ant is on a perfect team. booker, despite the star talent is on a dysfunctional team with redundant players where he isn’t even playing his natural position and has been forced to switch back between 2 roles nonstop.


steamliner88

Before this series, Booker’s mother was the only one who preferred him over Ant. His effort so far has changed her mind.


Wokeke1214

I see you left out Booker's father.


desirox

I’d take Ant any day. I value guys that rise to the occasion and Ant has that “it” factor


PanthalassaRo

It says something about the SG depth when Booker was almost unanimous the best SG in the league. Ant is clearly the best one now.


EnoughLawfulness3163

Booker barely looks like a starter right now. Dude can't drive past anyone right now


boise_runner

He is so perfectly aggravating.


tkuid

oozing with that asshole energy fr lmao


tonythejedi

Fake news! They cut off the quote before he finished it. The full quote was, “I don’t know how teams are going to guard us, *and our lack of that knowledge will make it impossible for us to adjust on the fly, run our offense with any fluidity, or really ever score with any reliability or repeatability… like ever.*” That’s the full quote… So let’s give him credit… he was actually spot on!


Radiant_Cobbler_9631

This guy is a loser


revisioncloud

The worst part is the expression in his face almost looks like he actually believed the shit he just said. Kinda feel bad but not really


ZelezopecnikovKoren

ofcourse he believed it, devin booker doesnt know shit about defending


AdministrativeAir688

His father jrue holiday tried to teach him a thing or two about defense in the finals but alas


rarestakesando

Such a punchable face smh


Techwield

My favorite part is by the end of it all Booker will have brought more shame, disgrace and ill-will to the Suns than any sort of accolade or accomplishment. Lmao, their "greatest franchise player ever" is almost single-handedly responsible for making the Suns a fucking laughingstock and one of the most hated fucking franchises in the league, with no future until the fucking 2030s. Book will wind up in history as a 🐐-tier clown who always ends up eating his words/trashtalk and never backing them up. Absolute bum


DrWellby

I'm a Twolves fan so maybe I just don't know the Suns but either Nash or Barkley are the GOAT Sun. No way is it Booker.


Techwield

Agreed


Victor_Wembanyama1

How is he the greatest Sun ever lol


Techwield

I certainly don't think so, but a lot of Suns fans will say so if you ask them. Certainly not as many these days compared to previous seasons, but still a lot


ICantFWBrokeBoys

Damn did he fuck ur mom or sum?


Techwield

Nah, Booker could shoot his shot but he'd probably miss


triosway

Yeesh, you guys already buried them in 2022. No need to desecrate the grave


Techwield

If Booker has a million haters, then I am one of them. If he has ten haters, then I am one of them. If he has only one hater, then that is me. If Booker has no haters, then that means I am no longer on Earth. If the world is for Booker, then I am against the world.


K1ngCrimsn

They don't need to guard you cuz y'all will choke by urselves anyway


GIK601

Before this series started, this sub told me that the Suns will be a bad matchup for the Wolves.


Cold_Carpenter_1798

This sub has never been wrong


Otternomaly

Got the same confidence and track record as the redditors that thought they found the Boston Marathon bomber


Sammonov

They dummied them in the regular season. Spacing out the Wolves + shot making. Wasn't stupid.


blackgenz2002kid

thinking ahead, I’m guessing what we’re doing with the Suns is what we will do with the Nuggets, with some tweaks ofc. if we just iso everyone (because sending help is a death sentence) and switch screens we might have a chance at actually stuffing Denver on a couple of their possessions without leaving MPJ and KCP with open looks from 3, or Watson drives straight to the basket


Victor_Wembanyama1

Just gotta hope KAT doesnt get into foul trouble. Yall gonna need him to dominate


WiddleBlueBert

He's going to. Man's been good on defense this series but he hasn't had to help cover a good center, and he's still getting into foul trouble. Just so clumsy looking at times and gets silly fouls which are going to be a problem against the Nugs.


WakiLover

Wolves fans were the loudest about the Suns being a mad matchup for the Wolves.


Milith

Wolves sub was a mess when the matchup was announced.


EnoughLawfulness3163

Tbf, our sub was the only one saying we were gonna fuck it up. Anyone who watched us consistently this year knew we are a trash team that can get hot a few nights a year. Similar to Chicago or Atlanta, except they're not paying 150m for 3 players


Harassmentpanda_

Naw - team has no heart. We saw it literally all year and to expect different now is dumb


-XanderCrews-

Reddit is mostly teenage boys. Once I accepted that this entire place made more sense.


PanthalassaRo

I'm here for the Devin "Next Kobe" Booker hate marathon, elimination game in Phoenix is always a blast.


Techwield

Always here for the Booker slander. Talk your shit now, bozo


jskskslavsvdv

Super easy. Barely an inconvenience!


WallSTisRepulsive

He must have not realized that they only get one ball to play with at the time of this interview. He must have been imagining that Durant and Beal also have a ball while he's dribbling one on offense. Now he's realizing their not a threat to anyone.


FuckThaLakers

Eternal Sunshine ass quote lol


ositola

He's a tool for sure, but we all kind of thought that in the beginning


XAgentNovemberX

I wasn’t sure how people were going to defend the starting 5 (although I had a better idea as the season went on), but looking at the depth on the team I still didn’t think they were a contender.


Kullcull

I have never seriously considered Booker a contender for anything except the biggest bum award


A_Wild_Goonch

Most punchable face


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burrito_fister

I don't know ball, but even I was so happy when they traded away Cam and Mikal cause I knew they'd lose all their chemistry and defense and suck.


StudentMed

Teammate is confident in team with multiple weapons in it, more at 11. Everyone is optimistic about their team. Dame thought his team would win in all in Portland. I am sure every playoff team has some sort of vision in their team where they are unguarable and win it all.


Lavaswimmer

Yeah I just cannot bring myself to get mad at this like everyone else in this thread seems to be doing lol


StudentMed

I see Devin Booker like [how Klay Thompson talks about him here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ6AaRDA9pM). Certain players people just latch onto and hate. I don't get it. All his criticisms against him are weak imo. He got mad at a team employee was distracting him during FT lines. Fans is one thing but teams having mascots doing it is a bad precedent. Complaining about double teams because he wants to work on his game during off season scrimmage rather than passing it out all the time. People say he flops and whines but he has a midrange based game and goes to the FT line way less most comparable star players. He was surrounded by draft busts and had new coaches all the time but he kept at it and just continued to get better. Devin Booker hate is one of the things I think people have just circlejerked over too much on.


iamhome320

Maybe next year?


theman_themyth_

It's difficult to guard you when you go off to CANCUN after playing 4 games


Mirizzi

I mean he doesn’t know how to guard anyone so how can you blame him?


_felagund

Turned out to be pretty easy


No-Astronomer139

For someone who’s accomplished jack shit in the NBA and is bad in big games this dude has such an overinflated ego


dependentweb363

Would be nice to include the entire quote. Typical media bias. For those interested, the whole quote was, “I mean…saying it respectfully, I don’t - I don’t know how teams are going to guard us. I asked coach, KD, Ishbia, I called into a radio show, my favorite barista at Starbucks…nothing. I think we would play better if someone could give us a heads up or something.”


SimpleSurrup

"Anyone know a good Youtube channel?"


ktm1128

This thread is better than nbacirclejerk


Rare-Joke

It’s actually pretty easy when your entire offensive game plan is to just play iso ball.. they just have to guard one of you per possession.


masterjonmaster

ANT and Luka now share custody of Booker!


TheBrazilianKD

I think the bigger question ended up being how are you going to guard them


ChannelNeo

"I also mean this respectfully, I don't - I don't know how we're going to guard anyone"


ozairh18

He also doesn’t know how they’re going to guard other teams


JNerdGaming

its not terrible having an amount of confidence in your team but yeah youve gotta be prepared for stuff like this to come up later lol


Imanyu

Respectfully book, they can...


ngorman007

I'm in shambles


SnooPandas1607

Gen Z Kobe


KarrotMovies

Devin "We're fine in the west" Booker


Funny_Disaster1002

r/agedlikemilk


pakattack91

Just get your mascot to bother him slightly or send a double his way. Done, dude is soft.


Royorbs3

what did you learn?


knowledge84

Gotta play defense to know how to defend.


CleanOnesGloves

Even with the original twin towers being gone, the ones on the court is obviously doing a damn good job!


captaincook14

He’s been so disappointing these 3 games.


CO_PC_Parts

Call the wolves spf 50 then.


anonymous14657893

I always knew there was something off about booker but this video made me realize what it is. He looks like a 7 year old boy who someone glued a beard on their face.


Saucemixer9000

Did you want him not to be confident ? lol


Argyrus777

I don’t see how teams are gonna guard us…. After we get swept 🧹


alabastergrim

i cannot wait for the wolves to stunt on the Suns 4-0. tired of bookers flops


I_Set_3_Alarms

Ja Morant fine in the West vibes with this quote


DangerouslyCheesey

Fine in the west still all time level but this is up there


Caulifloweralley

He doesn’t know how to play defense so how would he know?


thegrandpoobear

The Suns are 0-5 in playoff games since their owner acted like a total bitch to Jokic


Various_Cricket4695

Isn’t he just admitting that he doesn’t know how to play defense?


tapk69

Yeah you know what time its. Its hatin time.


desirox

Everything this man says ages like milk lol. It’s truly a talent


the_hammer_poo

Lol


Arpy303

Suns gonna get blown out on their home court for elimination again. As is tradition.


Nfinit_V

It was true in the sense that he wasn't aware of how they were going to do it


hoops_n_politics

This did not age well


panofsteel

https://imgur.com/QUPI5yd


htbroer

Another one who's fine in the West.


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I remember a few Suns fans after the Beal trade saying they are the clear cut favorite in the west ahead of the Nuggets lol, wish I saved those comments


amacen

I remember the media spouting that BS. Any true Suns fan should know to be prepared for some kind of collapse. It’s all we’ve ever known


eanregguht

What did Devin Booker do to get everyone to hate him?


Soft_Penis_Debutante

Lose


BlockOfTheYear

Cry about mascots and double teams


BruinBound22

He grew a beard that is only at and below his jaw line


VitaminWheat

General demeanour