From the Horses Mouth
by Seth Pollack on Apr 28, 2008 4:05 PM MDT
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PrintFor those who aren't sure if the win on Sunday was a result of effort or X's and O's, I would highly recommend watching Nash and D'Antoni in their post game interviews.
You will also notice Coach D admit coming too late to the decision not to play Grant Hill and to being "snookered" (his word) after game 1 into believing he didn't need to adjust anything. I am not sure what his excuse was for not making any adjustments before game 3.
In the playoff's, even if you win you have to make adjustments because the other team will. You can't give a team like the Spurs 3 days to prepare for you to do the same thing again. Even if it was successful.
Today, Coach Mike said that he's not making any adjustments for game 5 since everything worked so well in game 4. Nice coaching G.W. D'Antoni.
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Nice to know
that Popovich can assume that Mike D will keep things the same so the Spurs can plan accordingly.
Comforting isn't it
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by Seth Pollack on Apr 28, 2008 5:15 PM MDT up reply actions
Maybe
he’s being extra double smart and just saying that to trick Pop into thinking PHX will have no changes so Pop extensively prepares for the same game plan. Chess thinking runs deeper than the next move and maybe so does D’Antoni’s current thinking. Of course, I’m just hoping.
by RealTangiblesGuy on Apr 28, 2008 5:35 PM MDT reply actions
tic tac toe
we should send in dan hilton and have him play d’antoni in 10 games of tic tac toe. If they’re all ties, or if d’antoni wins a few but never loses, I’d feel a little better….
I’m a chess player and would love to take on anyone
I would just like to add...
If the NBA did a “There can only be one” commercial for a Cavaliers and Celtics series and used Ben Wallace and Sam Cassell… that would be a very ugly face.
Go Suns.
That is all
by whatisboxhappening on Apr 28, 2008 8:36 PM MDT reply actions
Mike
Do you guys really believe he’d say “This is the plan, its not changing” and stick to it? No coach would do that.
by MichiganSunsFan on Apr 28, 2008 9:52 PM MDT reply actions
Oddly...
...you’d think that, but I wouldn’t put it past him. Game 5: Where “Who the hell knows what he’s thinking?” happens.
by Mike Lisboa on Apr 28, 2008 10:25 PM MDT up reply actions
There is a class of people that believe
“If your plan depends on secrecy, you have no plan.”
A lot depends on the abilities of the players and their will to execute. Pop has pulled a few surprises and been successful, but I think we can all look to Avery Johnson as the guy that made too many mistakes by over-adjusting and scheming.
Where doubting Thomases believe
unfortunately, we can't even feel good about the possibility of Larry Brown
Looks like he’s going to Charlotte.
We only need him for two years
That’s what’s left on Shaq’s contract.
Larry Brown would be the worst
If you think Shaq slowed this offense down, you ain’t seen nothing yet. LB would completely change our fun offense. Keep him as far away from the Suns as possible. One more thing, how bad do you thing the relationship between Aware and Larry Brown would be?
by davidvangorp on Apr 29, 2008 9:31 AM MDT up reply actions
give me a boring championship any day
Seriously. The Mike D’Antoni era HAS been fun, I will admit. But also terribly disappointing. If the Suns win a championship, I don’t care how boring they are doing it. I’ll still be elated.
There's room on the Spurs and Lakers bandwagon!
You can join my girlfriend. I didn’t want to tell anyone, but she defected before the start of the playoffs.
She said, “Can we cheer for a team that will win? Which team will win? I don’t want to give my heart to a loser.”
She’s a pretty smart girl.
Where doubting Thomases believe
Giving Her Heart to a Loser?
You’d better close that deal with her before she comes to the same conclusion about you. Ouch feel the sting.
Don’t over-think yourself, physicist.
Mmmmm ... Guinness
same experience with a friend
I tried to get her interested in Suns’ basketball this year…during the first round of the playoffs. She texted me in the middle of the Game 3 blowout and said, “Tell me again why this is supposed to be enjoyable?” I texted her back, “Just be a Spurs fan, and you’ll enjoy it plenty.” When Game 3 was over I got another text from her: “We won!”
Bandwagon fans
Its going to be interesting come next year to see how many bandwagon fans we lose. People that loved watching the run and gun Suns or feel in love w/ Nash.
Its the age old players vs laundry debate I guess.
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by Seth Pollack on Apr 29, 2008 5:32 PM MDT up reply actions
I have a bad feeling
Grant Hill will be part of the plan. Not to rag on the guy (I really do like him) but I wonder if he feels personally guilty for this being like the 4323028747832947932 time a team might not advanced past the first round due in part to his being injured. I hope he doesn’t, but that has to be mentally taxing.
by RealTangiblesGuy on Apr 29, 2008 1:16 AM MDT reply actions
without Hill
we may have been in Golden State’s position as the #9 seed. Amare got the points but Hill was the motor once we traded for Shaq
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