Fun in the Sun: A Suns Dynasty

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What's up everyone with the new trifecta association file here I'm finally ready to start my new association after issues with my Magic Dynasty plan on keeping it going long term.

File: Eaglesrock's Trifecta Association File(might edit a few players who have had major breakouts since it is a opening night file)
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30 team control: Yes and I will be managing things making fair trades and such.
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Reserved for Season Results

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Suns Preview: Depth Chart and Questions Heading Into Season

2014 Phoenix Suns Depth Chart - 2014
	STARTER	2ND	3RD	4TH
PG	Goran Dragic	Eric Bledsoe	Ish Smith
SG	Eric Bledsoe	Gerald Green	Archie Goodwin	Dionte Christmas
SF	PJ Tucker	Gerald Green	Marcus Morris
PF	Channing Frye	Markieff Morris	Marcus Morris
C	Miles Plumlee	Alex Len	Viacheslav Kravtsov	Emeka Okafor(out for season)

The Suns made a splash in the offseason acquiring dynamic guard Eric Bledsoe to add to an already athletic team. Young players Gerald Green and Miles Plumlee were also bought in to play major roles. The Suns have a new feeling of excitement thanks to young players and a new coach. There are major questions to be answered to see how far this team can go.

1. Can Bledsoe and Dragic mesh? Bledsoe learned from and played alongside with one of the best in Chris Paul last year. Dragic is dynamic and also learned from one of the best in Steve Nash. These two point guards will start together in the backcourt. While both will get their team as the only PG they will play together a lot. They are the team's best two players and if they can mesh it will be a great thing for the Suns and create a dynamic offense.
2. Center- The Suns will go with 2^nd year player Miles Plumlee as the starter and rookie Alex Len at the center position. These kids were both first round picks and have a lot of talent. They should have strong futures. The question is how well can they lock down the paint this year for the Suns.
3. Scoring- Bledsoe and Dragic will run much of the offense and also are likely to be the two leading guys? Who will chip in with them. Tucker, Fyre, and the Morrises are good three point shooters and Green can be a dynamic player? It appears on the surface there is no secondary option in there. Will someone step up or will this be a lingering issue? Will the Suns dip into their 4 first rounders and young players mid-season and get a scorer at the 3 or the 4?
4. Who Plays?- The Suns have options. Bledsoe and Dragic both will play both 1 and 2. Green can play the 2 or the 3. Marcus Morris can play the 3 or the 4. Frye or Markieff can slide over to the 5 if necessary(not ideal though). There is flexibility. There will be a chance to look at some different combinations due to the one game for Markieff to start the season. Will a rookie coach in Jeff Hornacek be able to mix and match and find the right combinations in a talented, but unproven roster?
5. Playoffs?- The Suns do have some talent. The west is very strong and deep. Most people would not bet on the Suns to make the playoffs. Can this team come together and prove everyone wrong? If not can they at least develop their young players coupled with picks and capspace lay the foundation for a 2015 contender?

There is a lot of potential here for the Suns. This could be a fun season or it can be a long season. Nobody knows how it will go. There will be heroes and there will be zeros. There will be bumps in the road for the young guys and great flashes of what could be in the future. What will we get this year? Only time can tell. Stay tuned Sun's Fans!

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Balanced Suns outlast Blazers for Opening Win

Portland Trailblazers at Phoenix Suns
Oct 30, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Portland (0-0)	24	23	31	28	106
Phoenix (0-0)	28	21	25	39	113

Portland Trailblazers
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Damian Lillard	32	6-13	2-3	2-2	2(1 off)	9	1	0	2	16
Wesley Matthews	41	4-9	1-3	4-4	9(2 off)	2	1	0	0	13
Nicholas Batum	42	6-15	1-3	0-0	3(1 off)	2	2	2	0	12
Lamarcus Alridge	35	4-9	0-0	5-5	7(2 off)	3	2	1	1	13
Robin Lopez	29	10-22	0-0	2-2	9(5 off)	2	2	0	1	22
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Mo Williams	23	7-18	3-7	0-0	2(1 off)	1	2	0	3	17
Thomas Robinson	20	3-4	0-0	1-2	7(2 off)	2	0	1	2	7
Allen Crabbe	8	2-6	1-3	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	5
Dorell Wright	14	0-1	0-0	0-0	3	2	1	0	0	0
Joel Freeland	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Myers Leonard	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Will Barton	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		42-97(43%)	9-19(42%)	14-15(93%)	42(14 of)	23	12	4	10	106

Phoenix Suns
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Goran Dragic	32	7-14	1-3	8-8	2	8	2	1	5	23
Eric Bledsoe	30	3-10	0-4	6-6	3	6	1	0	4	12
PJ Tucker	32	5-7	4-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	14
Chaning Frye	28	6-11	4-8	6-6	7(1 off)	1	0	3	2	22
Miles Plumlee	32	5-6	0-1	2-3	12(6 off)	3	0	4	1	12
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Gerald Green	31	7-13	2-5	0-0	1	4	3	0	1	16
Markieff Morris- DNP susp.	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Marcus Morris	24	4-14	0-4	0-0	8(3 off)	2	0	0	1	8
Alex Len	18	2-5	0-0	2-2	10(3 off)	0	0	1	2	6
Archie Goodwin	16	0-3	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Ish Smith	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dionte Christmas	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Viacheslav Kravtsov	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		39-83(47%)	11-30(37%)	24-25(96%)	51(13 off)	24	6	9	18	113

Player of the Game: Channing Frye 22 points 7 rebounds 3 blocks 6-11 FG, 4-8 threes, 6-6 Free throws



This game started off with both team struggling from the field. With almost 5 minutes left in the first quarter we only had 11 team points, 9 on Frye threes. Frye came out confident on his first game after missing last year due to his heart issues. Bledsoe got 2 very quick fouls and had to sit out after 2 minutes. Dragic and Lillard rallied the offenses and the score got up to 28-24 at the end of the first. Green hit a buzzer beater when he picked up a loose ball and had to throw up a turnaround jumper which he swished. We played basically even throughout the second quarter. Mo Williams got red hot and finished the first half with 13 points. Dragic, Fyre and Green lead our first half offense. Bledsoe got a third foul in the second quarter and only got 9 minutes in the first half scoring 0 points. The Blazers came out hot in the third quarter thanks to good ball movement and finding a open Robin Lopez for easy dunks multiple ties. They opened up a 4 point lead heading into the 4th quarter. Both teams played back and forth ball throughout the forth quarter. It was tied at 98 with 3 minutes left. We went on a 11-2 run thanks to a Plumlee three point play over Alridge and two clutch threes by PJ Tucker. That run opened up the lead and we hit all of our free throws to get the win. Frye left the game with 4 minutes left with back spasms but is expected to play vs the Jazz.


Around the League:
76ers lose Thad Young for 6 to 8 weeks
Bucks lose Ersan Illyasova for 4 to 6 weeks.
The Bulls are 2-0 after beating the Heat and Knicks.
The Heat are 0-2 after losing to the Bulls and 76ers.
The Clippers are 2-0 after beating the Lakers and Warriors.

Next up: Vs Jazz

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Bench Leads Suns to Wire to Wire win vs Jazz

Utah Jazz at Phoenix Suns
Nov 1, 2013	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Utah (1-0)	18	25	19	18	80
Phoenix (1-0)	30	23	25	19	97

Utah Jazz
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
John Lucas III	32	5-11	1-4	1-1	0	5	3	0	3	12
Alec Burks	33	5-20	2-6	4-6	1	5	1	0	2	16
Gordon Hayward	39	4-16	2-5	0-0	2	3	2	0	1	10
Derrick Favors	34	7-13	0-0	0-1	15(5 off)	0	2	0	0	14
Enes Kanter	29	3-9	0-0	0-0	9(5 off)	2	1	1	0	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Marvin Williams	20	5-7	1-2	1-1	9(1 off)	0	0	0	0	12
Rudy Gobert	18	0-1	0-0	0-0	3(1 off)	0	0	0	1	0
Jamaal Tinsley	17	1-5	0-2	0-0	2	1	0	0	1	2
Richard Jefferson	17	3-6	0-1	2-2	1	1	1	0	1	8
Mike Harris	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ian Clark	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Brandon Rush	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		33-88(38%)	6-20(30%)	8-11(73%)	42(12 off)	17	10	1	9	80

Phoenix Suns
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Goran Dragic	34	4-8	1-1	2-2	7	11	0	0	4	11
Eric Bledsoe	31	4-10	0-1	2-2	2	6	0	0	4	10
PJ Tucker	30	2-8	0-5	0-0	3	1	0	1	1	4
Chaning Frye	24	4-10	0-3	0-0	8(2 off)	0	2	3	1	8
Miles Plumlee	29	2-2	0-0	1-3	7(2 off)	1	1	1	0	5
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Gerald Green	26	10-18	3-9	3-3	5(1 off)	6	2	0	1	26
Markieff Morris	25	4-10	3-6	3-3	6(1 off)	0	0	5	0	14
Marcus Morris	22	3-4	2-2	2-2	3	1	0	0	0	10
Alex Len	20	3-4	0-0	1-2	10(3 off)	0	0	0	0	7
Archie Goodwin	1	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Ish Smith	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	0	0	0
Dionte Christmas	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Viacheslav Kravtsov	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		37-76(49%)	9-27(33%)	14-18(78%)	52(9 off)	28	5	10	11	97

Player of the game: Gerald Green 26 points 5 rebounds 6 assists 2 steals 10-18 FG, 3-9 threes, 3-3 free throws





The Jazz had a dramatic 102-100 win vs the Thunder on opening night. The Suns were expecting a Jazz team off of likely will be their high point of the entire season to come out hard. That did not happen. We got off to a quick start and lead by 12 after one. Coming off his suspension Markieff got off to a quick start with 8 first quarter points. Plumlee added his only 5 of the game and Dragic stuffed the stat sheet with 4 points 4 rebounds and 5 assists. Lucas and Hayward both had 5 while Favors pulled down 9 first quarter rebounds. From that point on the Jazz never got within single digits. Our defense was great only allowing 80 points. We did not get much scoring from our starters as Dragic lead them with 11, but we had 3 double digit scorers off the bench lead by Green's 26. Both Morris brothers got double digits and Alex Len chipped in 7 and had his second straight 10 rebound game to start his career. We got a tough game next vs the talented and hungry 0-2 Thunder.

Around the League:
Spurs lose Boris Diaw for 1 to 2 weeks
Grizzlies lose Prince for 2 to 4 weeks
Heat lose birdman for 2 to 4 weeks
Bulls lose Derrick Rose again, but only for 2 to 4 week
The Grizzlies, Bulls, Cavs Clippers, and Pelicans all start 3-0
The Heat bounce back to win 2 in a row after 0-2 start.

Next up: @ Thunder(0-2)

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Suns kept Durant Cool, Edge Thunder in Final Minute

Phoenix Suns at Oklahoma City Thunder
Nov 3, 2014	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Phoenix (2-0)	25	24	24	22	95
Oklahoma City (0-2)	21	20	30	21	92

Phoenix Suns
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Goran Dragic	35	3-12	1-5	5-5	0	10	1	0	3	12
Eric Bledsoe	36	6-15	1-5	6-7	2	7	2	2	4	19
PJ Tucker	31	4-9	2-5	0-0	5	1	0	0	0	10
Channing Frye	31	2-5	1-4	3-4	10	0	0	1	3	8
Miles Plumlee	31	3-5	0-0	0-0	10(4off)	1	0	1	0	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Gerald Green	25	5-9	2-4	0-0	2	1	1	0	1	12
Markieff Morris	18	3-9	1-2	2-2	8	0	0	0	0	9
Marcus Morris	20	4-8	1-4	3-3	3(2off)	0	0	1	1	12
Alex Len	18	3-3	0-0	1-2	4	0	1	1	1	7
Archie Goodwin	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Ish Smith	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Dionte Christmas	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Viacheslav Kravtsov	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		33-75(44%)	9-29(31%)	20-23	44(7 off)	20	5	6	13	95

Oklahoma City Thunder
STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Reggie Jackson	33	6-24	1-6	4-4	4(1 off)	4	2	0	2	17
Thabo Sefolosha	31	3-6	0-1	4-4	5	2	1	0	1	10
Kevin Durant	38	6-16	1-3	0-0	3	2	1	1	0	13
Serge Ibaka	33	7-11	0-0	5-5	10(4 off)	1	1	1	0	19
Kendrick Perkins	32	9-13	0-0	2-7	14(8 off)	1	0	0	0	20
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PTS
Derek Fisher	16	2-9	0-2	1-1	2	3	0	0	6	5
Steve Adams	17	2-4	0-0	0-0	4(2 off)	0	0	0	0	4
Jeremy Lamb	18	0-3	0-1	0-0	4	1	1	0	1	0
Perry Jones III	11	1-2	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	2
Nick Collison	16	1-4	0-0	0-0	2(2 off)	0	1	0	0	2
Andre Roberson	-- DID NOT PLAY --
Ryan Gomes	-- DID NOT PLAY --
TEAM TOTALS		37-92(40%)	2-13(15%)	16-21(76%)	51(17 off)	15	7	2	10	92

Player of the Game: Eric Bledsoe 19 points 2 rebounds 7 assists 2 steals 2 blocks 6-15 FG, 1-5 threes, 6-7 threes



We came out cold to start the game, but bounced back behind 9 first quarter points for Markieff. For the second game in a row he was red hot in the first and didn't do anything afterwards. Dragic added 5 points and 5 assists. Perkins had a big first quarter with 10 points and 7 rebounds. Jackson added 7, but shot just 2-10. Durant was just 0-1 in 9 minutes.
We played a strong second quarter, the defense was the key to us opening up 8 point halftime lead. We shoot 46% and limit the Thunder to just 38%. Durant just 2 points on 1-5. Perkins and Jackson lead Thunder with 12. Bledsoe leads up with 12 points 3 assists, 2 steals. Green had 7, Dragic had 7 and 6 assists. The Thunder open on 13-4 run to get back into the game. We go back and forth for the entire third thanks to Durant starting to get hot and Marcus Morris scoring 12 third quarter points. We go into the forth quarter with a 2 point lead.
The back and forth nature of this game continued in the 4^th. Dragic and Green hit big threes for us early in the quarter. Durant drilled a three to tie it at 88 with 4 mins left. Fyre scored 4 straight for us while Ibaka and Durant it shots to tie it at 92 with 3 minutes left. We went back and forth for a while with noone scoring despite some solid looks. With 40 seconds left we rebound a Thunder miss. Bledsoe gets out in transition. He had a lane to the rim and went up for a layup. At the last second a defender jumped up and Bledsoe passed it back to the wide open Plumlee for a easy dunk, that he MISSED! The Thunder got the rebound and were running. Durant got the wide open three for the lead, but he missed. We got the rebond and carried it down with 30 seconds left. We slowed it down. Bledsoe got a pick and drove to the rim and got fouled by Ibaka with 14 seconds left. Bledsoe hit both free throws to put us up 2. Thunder take the time out. Jackson has it off the inbounce top of the key. He has Durant ready to take on Tucker 1 on 1 on the wing. Bledsoe is leaning toward Durant expecting the pass so Jackson drives toward the rim. Bledsoe recovered and cut his lane off, but Jackson was able to get a good look at a floater a few feet inside the free throw line, it looked like it was going to go down, but it rimmed out. Plumlee got the rebound and passed it to Bledsoe who was fouled with 2 seconds left. Bledsoe spilt the free throws. The Thunder called a timeout and inbounded it to Jackson who had to throw up a long three, which fell short at the buzzer and the Suns are now 3-0!!!

Around the League:
Spurs lose Tim Duncan for 2 to 4 weeks and based off this news Boris Diaw has decided to play through his injury to prevent the Spurs from becoming too think in the front court.
Bobcats lose Josh Mcroberts for 6 to 8 weeks

Next up: @ Pelicans 3-0

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Clippers Lose Crawford for Year



The 4-0 Clippers came into the year hoping to contend for a title. Their "3rd gun" and 6th man Jamal Crawford hit the floor hard in a win vs the Kings and had to be helped off the floor. You could tell by the look on his face that it was not good. The results of tests are in and Crawford tore his MCL and will be out for the season. The Clippers will miss his scoring and leadership. They have the guns to overcome the injury as Daren Collison, Reggie Bullock, JJ Reddick, and Jared Dudley will all see increased minutes. Nevertheless this is a major blow for the Clippers and it adds further intrigue to an already interesting Western Conference.

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High Flying Suns Cool Off, Drop 3 straight

Simmed Games November 5th- November 9^th


November 5^th- Suns 98 Pelicans 101

Suns' Notable Performances:
PJ Tucker 23 points 8 rebounds 3 assists 3 steals, 9-17 FG, 5-7 3PT
Miles Plumlee 20 points 8 rebounds 2 blocks 10-15 FG
Eric Bledsoe 12 points 9 rebounds 3 assists 2 steals 2 blocks 5-17 FG, 0-5 3PT

Pelicans' Notable Performances:
Eric Gordon 23 points 5 rebounds 6 assists 1 steal 8-21 FG, 4-9 3PT
Anthony Davis 21 points 14 rebounds 1 steal 3 blocks 8-21 FG


November 6th- Suns 99 Spurs 116

Spurs' Notable Performances:
Tony Parker 28 points 5 rebounds 8 assists 1 steal, 12-18 FG, 1-3 3PT
Boris Diaw 26 points 7 rebounds 3 assists 1 steal, 8-13 FG, 1-2 3PT


Suns' Notable Performances:
Goran Dragic 33 points 6 assists 2 steals, 13-21 FG, 5-7 3PT
Gerald Green 15 points 1 steal, 6-8 FG, 1-2 3PT
Eric Bledsoe 15 points 9 assists 2 steals 3-11 FG, 2-4 3PT, 7-9 FT



November 8th- Nuggets 107 Suns 106

Nuggets' Notable Performances:
Ty Lawson 27 points 5 rebounds 6 assists 11-20 FG, 1-3 3PT
Kenneth Faried 18 points 10 rebounds 2 steals 8-14 FG


Suns' Notable Performances:
Eric Bledsoe 23 points 5 rebounds 10 assists 2 blocks 9-20 FG, 2-4 3PT
Goran Dragic 21 points 4 assists 4 steals 1 block 6-10 FG, 4-6 3PT
Miles Plumlee 11 points 10 rebounds 4 blocks 5-11 FG

Around the League:
Wizards lose Nene for 1 to 2 weeks
Lakers lose Shawne Williams for 2 to 4 weeks
Nets lose Paul Pierce for 2 to 4 weeks
The shockingly 6-1 Utah Jazz suffer a major blow as they lose Alec Burks for the season.
The Clippers, Jazz, Cavs, Pelicans, Grizzlies, Nuggets, and Bulls all only have 1 loss thus far.
The Heat have won 5 in a row after their 0-2 start
John Wall and Kevin Durant got players of the week for week one.
Larry Sanders and Gordon Hayward got them for week two.
Gordon Hayward leads the NBA in scoring with 24 points per game.
Anthony Davis is pulling down 14.8 rebounds per game to go with his 19.5 points and 3.2 blocks per game.
John Wall is also stuffing the stat sheets averaging 22.8 points 5 rebounds, 10.2 assists, 2.3 steals and 2.7 blocks per game


Next up: vs Pelicans(5-1)