it’s funny though…its the classic thing…do I say that our team failed and beat itself, or do I say the other team was great. It’s obviously a mix, but, I have to say honestly, until we fix some things (big things) and become a more balanced team that can play consistently through a game, not just in small parts, we’ll not win a championship…not with so many other strong teams….It’s a shame we can’t get Pop as a coach for 3 years, just to see what would happen. I’m not saying it’s all pop or anything, but, I think he clearly out coached d’antoni again and again. So sad, you take away shaq’s free throw shooting, and I’d say he was really helping the suns. Granted his lack of athleticism hurt him a lot also. Any predictions anyone…Lakers vs Spurs. Should be a good series.

good points….I also was really ticked off that many were saying we need to get a coach specifically that can reach Amare, that really bothered me. I’m a fan, I can not back D’Antoni and it’s not a big deal. But to have Amare openly not support him, like he’s openly not supported so many others, I don’t care how good amare is, I want someone who you can build a team around, not a player who pushes others out….joe johnson….marion….etc

On Spurs, as you said…they play big when it matters, consistently, and with less skill as a team of players than other groups, but…there big 3 are pretty big..TD obviously one of the top 2-3 players at that position …possibly of all time (I think so). Parker and Ginobili are easily all stars also, its funny when I looked at the suns the last few years and you see all the stacked players (all stars) on this team. Makes me really impressed with the cav’s pushing as far as they could with really only 1 all star. If New York or Dallas gets Lebron, I consider that team a real threat….especially after 2010 for NY and they flip out their roster. Dallas would be very interesting with Lebron….but….it’s a tossup, I tend to think Lebron might not leave Cleveland….I know he has deep ties with Akron (close by), but I think he’s hungry to win a title. My guess, unless the cavs get a major player to play with him, and I mean Gasol level major, I bet he’ll be gone within 2 yrs or less….just my guess….

It’s like me walking up in front of a group of kids and saying its nice to see your not acting like idiots….I bet your good with people :-)

How ignorant. I have been on this site for quite some time, and I have never seen blind anger. Frustration, perhaps. but blind anger? however, and the Spurs blogs, I see it all the time.

We let you troll here just for the fun of it, but as a guest you have to be extra extra polite. Be a bit cooler with the back-handed compliments, please.

It’s nice to be the fan of a winning team while wallowing in the misery of others on their own blog, so don’t even question the fucking class of any BTosS poster here or I will fucking ban your ass, nbafa08.

Just about every Suns fan here has class (as demonstrated by us still being here in the off-season) and for a variety of reasons, we’re allowed to show blind anger (its our blog, our team has disappointed, we’re fans, which is short for fanatics, we’ve hit a brick wall 3 of the last four seasons and your team is dirty =) ).

We’d see similar postings on PTR.

I give a lot of credit and leeway to our homer trolls, cmoney, kalone and ldeep who showed up BEFORE the series was decided and not after.

What Bullshit, nbafan08.

I really think the spurs have our number, and were able to beat the hornets, I don’t think they’ll be able to slow Kobe down….He’s got too much strength, and experience, and he has gasol….as long as neither gets seriously hurt, I predict lakers in 5

And I’ll be honest…I didn’t think we were going to beat the spurs after game 2, I always hoped, but it became clear quickly we weren’t going to win

And on the hornets, obviously I hoped they’d win, but I didn’t predict anything, I haven’t watched enough of the hornets to say…

but the lakers…I know them well….and I know they’ve been the best team in the league since gasol came onto their team. Add a healthy bynum and things get ugly. But even without Bynum….there’s one thing though…the spurs are smart…etc etc, the question now is….are the lakers?

I’m all about fan miscegenation, as long as visiting fans aren’t douches. I troll over at PTR all the time and have never been made to feel unwelcome.

i hope it’s the pistons they play, because I think they’d beat the celtics in 5-6.

never mind your talking from the spurs point of view.

for other teams to honestly know, sounds like you have….celtics huh…

Unlike most recent years though, the celtics or the pistons could win it. The imbalance in the west and east is as a whole, but for the top 2 teams in the east, I could see either one winning it.

If the spurs do win it all, I’ll call them a dynasty, because clearly the path has never been this hard..
an ugly dynasty..but a dynasty….

come on LAKERS!!

I just think Kobe is too strong, quick, and experienced to be handled by the spurs. I think the Lakers have a better shot of beating this spurs team than anyone.

Wow – sodom versus gomorrah.

I will watch these games and feel so conflicted.

He could say, “No I don’t want to play anymore.”

Besides, I loved KT b/c he was, hands-down, our dirtiest player, as measured by a SI poll of 268 current NBA players.

No wonder he found a home on the Spurs. D.I.R.T.Y.

if the President is a good leader. What’s the Secretary of Defense supposed to say?

And yeah, sure, he means it. Like I said, KT is a great person and a dirty player. Perfect for the Spurs. I wish he was still on my team.

No one disputes that Pop is a great coach, and very team-family focused. But that doesn’t mean he isn’t the nexus of Dirty.

And sorry, I could have been more polite – I was a bit cranky at nbafan08.

but all your role players are dirty. Dirty by Design. The SI NBA poll of players backs it up.

If they we’re my players I wouldn’t care, I would giggle. Like I do when Raja clotheslines someone, or Shaq levels Tony Parker. I miss KT, he used to set the sickest, dirtiest screens ever.

Listen, your team is a bunch of choir boys OFF THE COURT. On it, they thugs. Many people have written about how such a dichotomy is possible, and the Spurs are Exhibit A.