because I think… Shaq clogging up the lane + Amare not getting enough touches + Nash not passing enough + Terry Porter = Steve Kerr

it that both “Too Old” and “Too Young” are both on here? The team’s average age will not change that much during the season.

FWIW, I’m solidly in the turnover camp/

But they are more of a symptom not the actual problem. The process is called perturbation, If you persevere under pressure and heat coal becomes a diamond. If the teams context and core values are solid they will be successful.

There aren’t nearly enough options on this poll, Stan. Clearly, it is the fault of the economy and those bums in Washington.

those should be check boxes….and I hate to sound like a broken record, but clearly, and I mean clearly 2 things have brought this about.

1. Poor contracts….diaw…shaq…banks..and not signing joe johnson ahead of time
(D’Antoni and Sarver to blame here, D’Antoni loves his players too much and was the worst g.m. in history…which is sad because he is a great coach)
2. Poor decisions with money and draft choices for years, this is the first season in years we actually didn’t throw our picks away…

It’d be one thing if this team wasn’t playing up to the level they should, but this isn’t the case. This team is going to be figuring out who they are until shaq is gone…

Look at the bright side, we killed detroit, and after the beatings on national tv over the last 2 years vs detroit, it was nice to win one.

This needs to be said, I love the Suns, but this team is not just around the corner from being a champion, could they sneak in a championship like Miami did, not in this conference. I like shaq, he’s fun. I’ve even hoped it would work, for moments it did. But, in hindsight (which is not a fair way of judging…but it is accurate) the moment we took shaq, the old, fun, fast suns fell into a coma…and when d’antoni left (the xxxx g.m. but great coach) the plug was pulled. The most tragic thing of this, is, even after the joe johnson loss, the suns of last year before shaq could’ve won with the run n gun style. If only d’antoni wasn’t so sensitive and realized for all his greatness in offense, he was as poor in other areas….

I’m a suns fan, have been for 20+ years, but this team is wounded and simply lacks the talent (I should say young talent) that it used to have. And Amare, for all his greatness, has 2 issues facing him.

1. He simply isn’t very smart….I like him, but he simply isn’t smart, at least not compared to Tim Duncan or K.G.
2. He isn’t the ball handler, and unlike jordan, kobe, lebron, etc….amare won’t succeed until the offense runs religiously through him, or he becomes the ball handler….
and let’s face it, our turnovers couldn’t get worse…I’d give him a shot, he can dribble, he’s quick, he’s young, ….oh…wait….he’s not smart….nevermind…dam!

Sorry for the down post, but, it fits….sadly

All of the above. Even the conflicting ones.