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Phoenix Suns (Official Thread)

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Suns are starting to find their groove with Jason Richardson in the lineup. I believe they are a 6 seed in the West at this point. Their defense still sucks, but the good news is they are outscoring their opponents.

Shaq is still a beast!
 
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reagdog;1383110; said:
Wish Shaq would have played tonight. I think this game turns out a lot different.
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Don't know about that night, but this night he's playing and the Suns were done early in Boston. :biggrin:
 
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watching them play the Bobcats....

Steve Kerr destroyed this team. No continuity, and the players they have aren't a good fit for eachother.

Shaq is playing well, but Nash, Amare, Barnes, Richardson are all bult for running. And Porter doesn't run, and they gave away two good players in Diaw and Bell that they'll regret giving up in a few years.

I just don't get why they ever needed wholesale changes in the first place....
 
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billmac91;1389344; said:
watching them play the Bobcats....

Steve Kerr destroyed this team. No continuity, and the players they have aren't a good fit for eachother.

Shaq is playing well, but Nash, Amare, Barnes, Richardson are all bult for running. And Porter doesn't run, and they gave away two good players in Diaw and Bell that they'll regret giving up in a few years.

I just don't get why they ever needed wholesale changes in the first place....
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Defense wins championships so they pretty much had no chance to be anything more than 7 second shot clock team. It's funny that I read something this week that one of the biggest factors against Lebron going to the Knicks is his belief that you need defense if you are going to win and Mike D's coaching won't get them there.
I wish Kerr had never gone to be the GM. He was much better as a tv guy and writer with Yahoo. They might not have had a chance to win a title with the old makeup, but they were better than they are now.
 
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exhawg;1389362; said:
Defense wins championships so they pretty much had no chance to be anything more than 7 second shot clock team. It's funny that I read something this week that one of the biggest factors against Lebron going to the Knicks is his belief that you need defense if you are going to win and Mike D's coaching won't get them there.
I wish Kerr had never gone to be the GM. He was much better as a tv guy and writer with Yahoo. They might not have had a chance to win a title with the old makeup, but they were better than they are now.
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I still go back to the series they were screwed out of game 6 against San Antonio. They were an awfully officated game 6 away from winning the Western Conference.

Instead they get screwed out of game 6, and Amare is lost for Game 7. They win that series, and they take Cleveland fairly easily. They were the best team in the NBA that season. They didn't get the title even though they proved they were in the leagues elite, and then they start making wholesale changes. Their window is closed now and they still play no defense, and their offense isn't nearly as good.

Just a bad move. And to compound the problem, they've now traded two, young proven players (Diaw/Bell) and a decent rookie (Singleton) for Jason Richardson. Making the rebuild that is coming even more difficult.

I think Steve Kerr jacked this franchise up....he saw a potential championship last year by getting Shaq, even though plenty of NBA Insiders knew the styles wouldn't mesh, and this year he tried to work a miracle again by trading away the future for J-Rich.

It certainly doesn't help when Nash plays the way he did tonight either.....he honestly didn't look like he cared as he continually turned the ball over and made ridiculous passes.
 
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billmac, I totally agree. Kerr has ruined this franchise and team. What a shame. He said after the Shaq trade that he would look like a genius or an idiot. I think we know the answer to that.

I understand his reasonings for getting Shaq, and I think it might have worked this year if D'antoni would have stuck around. I also think getting Jason Richardson was a good pick-up, but I don't think it's working because of the coach.

I think Terry Porter is the reason why this team is now going downhill fast. He isn't coaching to these guys strengths. He's coaching to their weaknesses and it's obviously not working.

The players and fans are not happy and I think Phoenix might officially be a Cardinals town now. It only took two years for Kerr to ruin it.

What else would I expect from a Uofeh Wildcat? Idiots.
 
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