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04-30-2008, 01:25 AM
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The Suns just aren't as clutch as the Spurs...Down the stretch the Spurs make the plays, and the Suns don't...
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04-30-2008, 01:32 AM
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Originally Posted by crazybuckfan40
The Suns just aren't as clutch as the Spurs...Down the stretch the Spurs make the plays, and the Suns don't...
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Well, hrm... I don't really know how to respond to this other than point out one detail. See, when the Suns got Shaq I knew one thing was coming, we had Shaq as a Laker for a long time and I watched teams do the Hack-A-Shaq so many times, suddenly we go from being up by 20 to up by 6 with 4 minutes left to go in the game.
The Spurs know that tactic well, hell, in the three year run of the Lakers how often did they meet in the playoffs?
The reality of the NBA is this, you have a small window of opportunity in which to utilize your talent and win a championship. We saw it with the Kings, we saw it with the 76ers, and so many other teams in the past. What you have working this year, may work next year, it may not. Look at the 2004 season when the Lakers got Malone and Payton, that team had everything it took to win, but that window was only opened for a year and then it closed with no success.
[censored] happens, the Suns will do some off season changes and probably have a couple years of downtime, we had to deal with it, but afterwards they will try another formula and keep trying til they win. |
04-30-2008, 01:36 AM
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Originally Posted by starBUCKS
Why trade for Shaq? Leadership and rings on his fingers.
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Shaq doesn't just instantly fit on any team.
Teams Shaq would make sense for:
Cavs, Rockets, Jazz, Spurs, Heat, Celtics, Pistons, etc.
Teams not suited for Shaq:
Suns, Warriors, Hornets, Hawks, Lakers, Nuggets, etc.
A good half court, defensive minded team makes sense for Shaq.
An open court, offensive minded team doesn't fit well for Shaq.
The decesion makers should have recognized that when acquiring Shaq. That's why I stated a guy like Gasol would have made sense. He brings an inside presence on both ends without changing the philosophy on the offensive end.
Shaq brings a presensce defensively and offensively, but he changes your philosophy on the offensive end in a major way. That change hurt the Suns from the day he came on. The Suns are capable of being a good team with Shaq, but nowhere near as good as what they were at the end of 06-07. |
04-30-2008, 01:43 AM
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Angels Done.... Tampa Next
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Players I miss
Oh, Joe why did bring your nasty game to Atlanta? Can we give Boris and this year's first rounder back?
Oh Tim why did you have to bring your clutch 3's to LAC?
Sorry Kurt...Guess you got the last laugh. Brian Skinner, you're no Kurt Thomas
Sorry we paid the Blazers to take your contract James. Could have used your 3 pointers,
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04-30-2008, 08:23 AM
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Report: D'Antoni out as Suns coach
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Originally Posted by starBUCKS
Bottom line is you don't put together that kind of talent and don't win. Shaq, Nash, Stat, Hill, Barbosa, Diaw, Giricek, Bell...somethings wrong, cause they all can ball. So what's wrong? The system? That will get the blame... not Steve Kerr, who doesn't win in his first year. D'Antoni who has yet to win. He even speaks defeated. I am like 95% gut instinct sure...that if they lose to the Spurs...4-0 or 4-1... he's gone. And you're right, they're crumbling...they need to pull their heads out of their a$.
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SAN ANTONIO - Nothing but the playoff losses has intensified the talk about Suns coach Mike D'Antoni's job.
There has been no recent discord between him and the front office, other than the lack of a full vote of confidence from management.
But a late report by Jack McCallum at sportsillustrated.com says Mike D'Antoni will not return as coach.  
With two years and $8.5 million left on his contract, D'Antoni is unlikely to be fired. If he returns, it could be with concessions to change. But there is also the possibility that he leaves of his own accord, especially with a perceived lack of support - and interest from New York and Chicago, both of which have vacancies. There is also the chance Toronto President Bryan Colangelo fired Sam Mitchell to hire the coach he brought to Phoenix from Italy.
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04-30-2008, 04:19 PM
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Stupid IMO...
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04-30-2008, 04:22 PM
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