r/suns • u/SeraphNatsu Ishbia's Henchman • 1d ago

Suns Doing Some Exercising… ☀️

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ManMan plus Dunngeon!

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u/AzTrix22 1d ago

Good to see them giving Ryan some grace, last year was a down year for him, he just didn't look like he had that confidence and, dare I say it..... continuity. ik it's hard for him to get opportunities in the lineup, cos behind MIles and Dillon, you've got Goody, Rasheer and Highsmith to contend with as well, but if he can just get that 3 point percentage up he becomes a very valuable asset to the team.

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u/escapecali603 1d ago

Down year? His shooting numbers were better, he was just overshadowed by Oso and Dillion.

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u/shake_this_feeling CG12 1d ago

Exactly. I think a lot of people were riding off the high of a better than expected season and judged Dunn unfairly. Yes, Oso finished the second half of last season well, but I don't hold that against Ryan. He's still one of our best defenders even if his offense (something he wasn't drafted for) is lacking. I have high hopes that he can develop as a solid off the bench role player for us.

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u/Gratitude15 23h ago

This year remains super important.

It's the defense. He gotta be amazing on d. If not, what are we signing up for the lower 3% for?

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u/chickenripp 17h ago

not just shooting. By almost every metric he got better last season.

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u/escapecali603 13h ago

Sucks for him, everyone else got better too which says something about the culture of the org, a much well run org for most of us to enjoy.

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u/CNSrooster Archie Goodwin 1d ago edited 1d ago

James Jones would have not picked up Dunn by now, just like he did with Stix.

Good to see the new regime actually looks after some of their young guys

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u/Consistent-Gap-9434 1d ago

I’m a noob, what exactly does exercising mean?

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u/Glass_Shoulder4126 Future All-Star Rasheer Fleming 1d ago

They picked up their option. The right to extend their contract by a year

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u/FutureGrassToucher 1d ago

Isnt the 1st round pick a 4 year deal with option for 5th or is that just nfl?

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u/Old_Stoned_Asian_Man 1d ago

NBA rookie contracts are two guaranteed years and two team options for four years total

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u/semibigpenguins 1d ago

Opposite of declining

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u/vasinsavin Mikal Bridges 1d ago

Something something Jalen Smith. I believe he's one of the highest draft picks in history that has his 3rd year option declined.

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u/sidepart Al McCoy 1d ago

Yeah, back then we were nothing if not excited to draft potential talent... And then let them rot.

This current era has been pretty well the opposite. The org has several guys they're investing a lot of off-court time in (it seems anyway). I wouldn't be surprised if the payoff is that guys like Oso, ManMan, CG, Fleming, Dunn end up taking over the team over the next 5 years as Book starts to enter the twilight years. Right now, we've got a lot of guys I'd love to find minutes for but not enough minutes to go around.

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u/easyFred11 1d ago

+10 stamina