This is EMBARASSING... Phoenix Suns get SWEPT

This is absolutely embarrassing. The Phoenix Suns just got swept by the Minnesota Timberwolves in a series that I thought was going to be very, very competitive. And there is a lot of question marks going with this team into the offseason as now that's what we're preparing for over here on Suns Digest. Welcome over here. I'm Bruce Velez with my co-host CJ Pierre. We're going to be breaking down this terrible loss in this sweep at home and going over what are going to be some of the repercussions for this Suns team. before we dive in and break down all this news we'd like to let you know that around 96 percent of our viewers are not subscribed so if you guys would be awesome and hit that subscribe button this is the place for Suns news we are a new channel here we're going to be putting out daily Suns content so make sure to hit that subscribe button as this is the place for you but CJ as we get into this game what are your kind of thoughts going on with this team obviously they go into this game they need this win to not get swept and unfortunately we see the worst outcome as we're the first team to get swept and possibly be the only team to get swept in the first yeah man it's it's just disappointing uh to say the least it's a disappointing end to what was a disappointing season um you know granted you know it's nice to see that they showed some fight this was the most entertaining game of the four in the series and the closest that the Suns came uh to winning and you thought that they really had all the elements all the ingredients to come away with a win uh Devin Booker went off he had 49 points Kevin Durant had 33 points but really when you look the rest of the box were those the only two guys that scored in double figures and that's not really what you want in a full team game uh then you look at the bench they only got 10 points off the bench four from Josh Okogie six from Eric Gordon that's just not gonna get it done when you're playing the best defensive team in the league and you know you gotta look at you know hey this is supposed to be a big three hey Bradley Beal where you at man you only got nine points you foul out of the game uh you know Anthony Edwards is cooking you on the other side of the court and you know you just no-showed in the most important game of the season and uh i really think that you know when he fouled out you know and you heard the Suns fans booing and they kind of knew that the writing was on the wall at that point and you know the Minnesota Timberwolves just kind of just imposed their will Anthony Edwards took over in the fourth quarter you know dunking on KD you know near the end of the game and you know it was just a wrap at that point so as a Suns fan you know you're just you're heartbroken because you really thought that when you brought you know Bradley Beal in and you moved DeAndre Ayton you thought you were going to get some team chemistry all the injuries that happened over the course of the season and then you find a way to skirt the play and you beat the team that you're playing three times the regular season I thought this was the perfect matchup for the Suns. I really thought that they were going to be able to execute, and it just turns out that there were a lot of things going on. They were not connected. The Grayson Allen injury was brutal. It was even more brutal when you just look at the distribution of scoring, the three-point shooting in this game, and it was just a rough one to take. We took one on the chin tonight. You're definitely right, CJ. Like you said, you brought up some great valid points. Obviously, the Suns in the couple first games, very, very lackluster on the offensive side. But tonight, we saw KD and Devin Booker come out and shine for this squad. You mentioned Kevin Durant, 33 points, 12 for 17 from the field, 7 for 9 from the free throw with 9 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4 blocks. And Devin Booker getting his career high in the playoffs, 49 career points. Yes, he did have 21 free throws, and 20 of them were from the stripe. but 13 for 21 from the field three from five from three-point range with five rebounds six assists, two steals and one block, he was a guy that I've been mentioning in the last couple videos that it's not been the greatest on the offensive side in this series and he had to step up huge in this game, but even with him stepping up like you mentioned, the bench guys did not come out and perform, we saw Okogie four points, Gordon six points, Gordon two for seven from the field Nurkic three for five and Royce O'Neal two for seven from the field two for six from three-point range, you've got to have bigger games out of those guys and Bradley Beal be like that third star, he was supposed to be the guy that was supposed to come in the rumors everybody was hyping up that the Suns were going to be the team to take the division, everybody was banking on them to have this dominant season and unfortunately this the expectations did not come through so when you're looking at this team obviously you mentioned the Grayson Allen injury, they have him locked up long term all these types of things, what are your kind of motives for the Phoenix Suns this offseason and kind of going into the next year, well i think when you're at the Phoenix Suns, you really got to look at you know what happened you know what went wrong you know where were the what were the reasons you know that we ended up getting swept the only team that got swept, you know obviously the Pelicans, they have a chance to get swept, you know by the Oklahoma City Thunder, but you know no one wants to be the first team that you know the inside guys on TNT are doing the going fishing memes of and that's what's happening to this team so we got to figure out why, um personally, um i think it starts you know at the top, you know Matt Ishbia, James Jones the owner and the GM, they're the ones who wanted to make a big move and bring in Bradley Beal, they're the ones who decided to move on from DeAndre Ayton and really when you look at the team that was left you had a team that did not have a true point guard and i really feel like that's what bogged down the offense it would have been great you know for the Phoenix Suns to have you know i don't know maybe uh Mike Conley on their team um to really settle things down even even though if you look at the stats Mike Conley didn't have a great game but you never felt the Timberwolves feel like they were out of control like never felt like you know there was always someone that was going to be there to settle things down whenever the Suns made a run or whenever they you know they got out to their biggest lead which was six points Mike you know Mike Conley got the ball slowed it down ran a little pick and roll with Rudy ran a little pick and roll with Towns and they got into something that worked for them and the Suns just don't have that Devin Booker is a natural scorer he's not a point guard he can try to be a facilitator he can try to set his teammates up but at the end of the day that's just not where he's at his best that's not where Kevin Durant or Bradley Beal are at their best that this team needed a point guard a true point guard of some sort now finding that point guard that's going to be a challenge it's going to be really difficult for them to do uh given that they're a second apron team way above the luxury tax they're you know they're one of the top five in terms of highest uh salary cap and it's all tied up within 11 players that are on the team so you it's really going to be hard for them to make additions and uh we're it's really going to be on uh general manager James Jones to figure out exactly how they're going to do that and i really think they need to start with finding a true point guard i totally agree like you mentioned CJ the roster construction here in the offseason kind of left me confused like bamboozled I didn't really understand the Bradley Beal acquisition maybe if you were going to run Devin Booker and Bradley Beal at the two and three but you needed that point guard to run the offense and we saw that with this series multiple times even tonight the team just having some bad passes some bad turnovers and that's been one of the main issues with this series that and the rebounding but obviously the Timberwolves have like one of the best big man depth so we can dive into that a little bit but the point guard is the main issue the main solution that they need to go after and like you mentioned being a second apron team limits them so much off one to start off they don't have that draft capital they don't have a first round pick to 2031 second off being that second apron you have to trade one contract for another contract you can't trade one contract for multiple contracts so if they even want even to look to move off of a guy like Bradley Beal possibly even if anybody wanted him or even a guy like Kevin Durant or possibly Devin Booker which I definitely disagree on you're going to have to possibly add some draft capital to that for a guy like Bradley Beal and you're not going to be able to do that with this squad you don't have it obviously there could be some guys like Booker and KD that could be moved but those are the guys that stood out tonight those are your key two players so realistically I don't think those are the two guys that should be moved now I think Tyus Jones would be a nice point guard that the Suns could go after I don't know if you think about him I think he could set up the offense really well he's a pretty good defensive point guard as well his assist to turnover ratio is one of the best in the NBA so what do you kind of think on that do you think he would be a good acquisition i know that the wizards don't they're kind of weird with their kind of salary cap do you think that would be a possibility that we could go after him i think Tyus Jones would have been a perfect fit for this team the problem is the opportunity to try and go and get him was at the trade deadline but instead they brought in Royce O'Neale now i like Royce O'Neale i think he's a great defensive player and a decent shooter but you know this was the time to get him now as far as his availability in free agency, I'd have to take a look and see what Tyus Jones' contract is looking like. But in terms of trying to make a trade, trying to do a one-for-one trade with some draft capital, I don't really know if you're thinking that you're going to trade Eric Gordon for Tyus Jones and some draft capital. I don't think that that's something that's going to happen. You really need to look at if the Suns are going to make a trade at their assets and their best two assets are Devin Booker and Kevin Durant Bradley Beal might be an asset but he has a no trade clause so if he doesn't approve your trade or if he doesn't if you know you're trying to ship him you know to the Spurs because you're trying to get Devin Vassell or something it's not going to work out because he's not going to want to go to the team that's rebuilding uh so yeah again I like Tyus Jones I think he would be a perfect fit for the Suns he's a decent shooter uh and he's a true point guard uh and he showed that you know when he learned you know under uh coach K at Duke but i just i don't see if if he's a viable option i think the Suns would be better off maybe looking in the direction of maybe a TJ McConnell um maybe an Emmanuel Quickley if he if he's available um someone like that uh maybe if they're able to to to dump off someone maybe get a second round pick that maybe they can develop a point guard maybe there's someone in the G League that we're not thinking about um you know is Mac McClung available you know i think that's kind of the the realm that the the Suns are going to go into but they're going to need to find uh someone with some experience someone that knows how to run an offense um and i think you know guys like Tyus Jones guys like a TJ McConnell are you know in the neighborhood the ballpark that they're going to want to look for in the offseason all right so you're saying maybe a younger guy to kind of build through up the draft because they're in the second apron or maybe a guy that's on like a little bit of an older veteran contract maybe a guy like TJ McConnell a guy who kind of fit in and be a nice role player for them i think those are great acquisitions one last question before we head out here i just have one last thing going into next season we obviously know that this big three is here Kevin Durant Devin Booker Bradley Beal in your honest opinion do you think that one of them will be gone and there'll be a big two or do you think that the big three core will be here next season in my honest honest opinion i think all three will be back uh i i don't really see think that you've got the best out of this team based on the way the roster was constructed uh i think that if you make some tweaks make some changes find a true point guard add some depth in the front court find another big guy another guy who can you know clog you know clog the paint get some rebounds and you know so that you're not forced to play small you know especially against when you're playing a team like the Minnesota Timberwolves or the Denver Nuggets who have so much size the Los Angeles Lakers you know even though you know they have size you know with AD and LeBron and i feel like your only opportunity is to is to really like beef up your depth and find a true point guard and that would allow Beal Booker and KD to really thrive you know in the roles that they're supposed to be in and uh so i i think the Suns know that i think the Suns recognize that you know this necessarily wasn't their best shot um and i i think that you know if they make some tweaks with the roster uh and i think that they'll have an opportunity i think the biggest question mark beyond the big three is whether or not head coach Frank Vogel will stick around you know this is his first year with the team and uh there were a lot of rumors swirling that he could be on the hot seat especially after getting swept you never want to get swept um and you know fans don't necessarily have a lot of patience um but i i would really like to see Frank Vogel return i think he's a good coach i think he's a solid coach i just don't think he had the right roster uh to pair with these with this big three i think if the Suns are able to make some tweaks in the offseason try and you know redo the books look at their assets you know maybe have to say goodbye to some guys maybe like a Drew Eubanks who didn't even see the floor tonight you know that that's that's the kind of thing that'll happen so I I believe the big three will be back um I I think they'll they'll at least try and give it another go at the beginning of the season see how it goes and that they have to pivot you know around the trade deadline next season I think that's when um we may see uh someone moved um it would probably most likely be uh Durant if if they came to that I don't see them moving off of Booker and Beal has that no trade clause i'm glad we're on the same page cj i think that they're gonna bring back this big three like you mentioned i think the front office kind of screwed them i think they have to retool retool this roster get that point guard like tj mcconnell maybe find some wing depth to help out like you were talking about some front court depth maybe a guy like andre drummond a nice little rebounding veteran could be a nice addition yeah yeah that's a good i think he'd be a nice addition so maybe some of those tweaks around the rotation and this team could be back and be hunting for another deep playoff run you also mentioned frank vogel i'm on your side with that as well I think that he didn't get the best roster let's see how he can do with this new roster like you mentioned he's on the hot seat after possibly getting swept we broke down a video from Adrian Wojnarowski with reports that we saw him saying that Magic Johnson says his guaranteed job is secured so we'll have a bunch of news breaking that down here for myself from CJ together we'll have it all here on Suns Digest like you mentioned unfortunately the Suns did get swept the first team to go out losing 122 to 116 on their home court but we'll have all the news all the drama breaking down the Phoenix Suns here on Suns Digest so make sure to hit that subscribe button make sure to hit that like button and we'll catch you in future videos from me for my co-host CJ we'll catch you guys in the next video have a great one everybody peace out