With a heavy loss to the Clippers on the road, the Suns' locker room fell silent. It's the same squad with the Big Three, it's all back-to-back, it's the same state that lost a day ago and gritted its teeth to win it back, but the process and result are shocking. This game can be regarded as a mirror, the Suns can take a good look at the Clippers in front of them, the same strategy of piling up stars, the Clippers as a team that has played the first record in the West in the past month and a half, they have a balanced offense and defense, excellent chemistry, stars perform their own duties, complementary functions, and role players also have more room to play. On the other hand, the Suns have single and overlapping star functions, top-heavy, offensive and defensive imbalances, and the gap between the two teams is very obvious.
However, to really give the Suns rout and find the culprit, Frank Vogel (Suns coach) is clearly the one most responsible. In the first half, the Suns were able to maneuver with the Clippers for a while, and although they were suppressed, at least they didn't collapse. It looks like Vogel's four-guard lineup is not tall enough, but the Suns have stabilized the game. It wasn't until the second half that Vogel frantically discharged the "Suicide Five", and the Suns completely collapsed. Durant, Booker, Beal, Gordon, Allen, these 5 people played at the same time, who would have thought that Vogel was really talented. Did Durant play center? During his time with the Warriors, he did have moments when he was the tallest player on the court.
But at that time, Durant was surrounded by Dream Green, Iguodala, and even Klay was a tall guard with a height of nearly 2 meters. Now, Vogel directly arranges a bunch of small guards for Durant to play center. The collapse of the sun began to collapse at this stage, and many people complained that Vogel was fighting in advance, and after the collapse, Durant Booker and others left work early. In fact, this is Vogel's performance, his cards have been played, and all the strategies that can be used have been used, just like when he was in the Lakers, Vogel arranged for James to play center, this strategy was the last way Vogel had no choice, and after that, he quit class.
Now, the call for Vogel to leave class is also very high, and Suns fans can't stand him anymore. But the truth is, at least next season, we'll see Vogel in the Suns head coaching position. The reason is simple, in the offseason, in order to get Vogel out of the mountain, the Suns management offered him a five-year, $31 million contract. This contract, if it takes 5 years to coach, is a very cost-effective contract. But if the Suns default in advance, or coach for less than half a year, or dismiss Vogel at the end of this season, and let Vogel earn a total of 31 million in one year, then the Suns management is definitely wronged, from the perspective of capitalists, no one will do this, and there is almost no similar thing in the NBA. It can only be said that Vogel made Suns fans feel sick, and fans could only endure it any longer, just like the Lakers and Wei Shao did at the beginning.
However, to be honest, Vogel and the Suns are indeed incompatible, after all, they are the champion coaches, and they have led the Pacers to push the Big Three Heat into a desperate situation many times, but this Suns are really not suitable for Vogel. What Vogel needs is defensive resources, using defense to lead the offense, and playing more counter-attacks. The idea of the Suns management is good, the team's offense does not need Vogel to worry about, and it is handed over to the Big Three, and he can adjust the defense. Without defensive resources, the Vogel system could not be established, and the Suns' gang could not even meet Vogel's requirements for defense. The defense can't be defended, which means there is no counterattack.
Again and again in positional battles, Vogel doesn't have enough dry goods, and Paul doesn't have it, he can only count on the Big Three to fight one by one, no matter how tired he is, the scene will make up for himself. There are many injuries to the Suns, and here's the problem. To be honest, with offensive coaches like Stotts and Atkinson in charge, the Suns' offense and defense won't be as bad as they are now. It seems that the Suns are destined to fail this season, their roster has huge flaws, obviously compared to the Clippers, the Suns' Big Three functions are too overlapping, all three do the same thing, and leave other things to the base salary players, obviously not doing well. And all the Suns' chips have been traded, and if the lineup wants to change, there are no chips.
The head coach is another coach who can't bring this lineup, and it is not realistic to change the coach at this time. Two fatal problems that stuck the sun to death. And once the Suns fail, Durant is destined to become a laughing stock, and he switched from the Nets to the Suns, which is infamous. Abandoning the Nets, who are so benevolent to him, and coming to the Finals team Suns, Durant's choice is difficult to accept, everyone is waiting to see his jokes, and he and the Suns are also moving in this direction.