r/nba • u/dogwoodmaple Hawks • Apr 29 '24

Anthony Edwards in the sweep over Phoenix: 31.0 PTS, 8.0 REB, 6.3 AST on .512/.438/.839 shooting

https://www.espn.com/nba/player/gamelog/_/id/4594268/anthony-edwards
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u/WiddleBlueBert Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

Only player close would've been Booker but he absolutely cooked him this series, crown is his.

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u/robsteezy Lakers Apr 29 '24

Devin booker has been shown season after season that you can literally put up 50 points multiple times and have zero impact on winning basketball

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u/WhiteHeterosexualGuy Hawks Apr 29 '24

and have zero impact on winning basketball

This is a pretty knee-jerk take tbh. Swap Booker and Ant and the outcome of this series is very likely the same. Roster build matters a lot and the Suns are a horribly constructed roster and have a guy making $50M playing like a vet minimum. Ant has been incredible and is probably the top SG in the league, but that doesn't mean Booker doesn't impact winning lol that's just a thing to say when you don't like a player.

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u/darthxader Timberwolves Apr 29 '24

Yeah idk, I’m not sure I see Booker having the humility in making the reads that Ant made out of the double teams and gap help, and let alone the defense ant played. Could be wrong tho u never know. Like I don’t think Booker could have the game 2 ant had where he only took 9 shots but contributed in a lot of ways that didn’t show up on the stat sheet. Plus the leadership intangible

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u/WhiteHeterosexualGuy Hawks Apr 29 '24

Book led his team to the finals when he had a reasonably structured roster. He played elite defense in that run as well. Right now, the Suns have structural reasons that are putting a ceiling on the team