The Name of the Game is Depth & Other News

by Mike Lisboa on Jul 24, 2008 7:06 PM MDT Comment 10 comments

Depth Charge?: What a difference a year (and a coach) makes. With the addition of Matt Barnes, the Suns are suddenly 10 (I'm lookin' at you, Alando) deep with a PG - who will log minutes - yet to be signed. That's 3-4 extra bodies the team hasn't had the last few seasons. I'm not looking forward to it. It means more nuanced analysis of line-up efficacy, a diffusion of responsibility and less time with the stars on the floor. In other words, more work for us and less work for individual players. Oh, wait. That's a good thing. Sorry, I still haven't quite put the D'Antoni Era behind me (see below).

Here are some other Suns-related tidbits...

Mike D'Antoni l oves you. I love you, too, but they don't print articles in the local dailies about it so bask in the gratitude of Coach Pornstache one last time before he unleashes hell on the Atlantic Division.
Josh Childress left the Atlanta Hawks for a max offer from the Los Angeles Lakers to play in Greece. How does this affect the Suns? Not much, unless you're still into enjoying Joe Johnson schadenfreude (Let. It. Go.). But for some interesting analysis, check out this post at True Hoop featuring a cameo appearance by Leandro Barbosa.
Looking for some sweet kicks to go with that hot new Robin Lopez jersey? They're probably not underground enough for Turtle, but for the rest of us, next month Nike will be releasing the Phoenix Suns-themed edition of its NBA Dunk Pack.
One blogger's All-Time Suns Roster. What? No Armon Armen Gilliam? Weak.
Hey, I know it's early, but if you're looking for something special for your fellow Suns fans, you could do a lot worse than a Phoenix Suns Mr. Potato Head.
And, finally, the Suns ownership took a hit when Sid Craig, husband of Jenny of weight loss fame, passed away on Monday. By all accounts he was a well-liked man. And he had lots of cool toys to impress the players with.

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I'm annoyed that Josh Childress going.

Basically, I blame Bush and the economy’s weak dollar making NBA players cheap in Europe, but the net result is this:

The Hawks probably got into the playoffs just this once in the next decade simply to screw the suns out of the 11th pick after somehow getting the 3rd pick the year before (instead of giving the suns the 4th pick).

Where’s Jerrod Mustaf, power forward of the future?

Wondering what the skip-2-my-loo to do next with my empty summer

by ZonaFlash on Jul 24, 2008 9:09 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Now wait a minute

ZF, you can’t blame a president for the economy. That is an animal that has been mismanaged for decades. Now if you have centrally planned economies like the former Soviet Union, then yes, you can blame political leaders. The president doesn’t tell business leaders what to do, and he has no real influence on what comes to his desk to sign or veto.

Sorry about introducing distasteful political discussion into our wonderful Suns blog, but I can’t tolerate that kind of ignorance. Bush is no more responsible for this economy than Al Gore is responsible for the Internet. All GWB has done is to defend this country, which is one of the few jobs the Constitution explicity gives the president. Whether he has done it correctly is a matter for a political blog. There is nothing in the Constitution about managing the economy. Perhaps you are one of the 8% who approve of the job that Congress is doing. They directly affect economic conditions, and all proposals that come to the President come from that wonderful body. As they say, the opposite of progress is congress.

As far as Josh Childress goes, what’s not cool about that? He gets to play in Greece. More power to him. If a Euro team wants to pay a bench player that kind of money, let them. Would you pay Josh Smith 3 years, 20 mil? I didn’t think so. We NBA fans are quite arrogant when we think the best players somehow HAVE to come here.

April 29, 2008 Total Eclipse of the Sun. Is the sky falling?

by Hawk42 on Jul 25, 2008 9:48 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Politics of Ignorance

Anyone who can make an ignorant statement such as “Bush is [not] responsible for the economy” (removing the analogy, which I also don’t buy into) is simply ignorant. A president can have PLENTY of effect on an economy—and this has been proven time and time again through history.

Some examples: Carter brought down an economy that was already in poor shape in the 1970s. And Hoover and Coolidge through their policies helped to bring on the great depression. On the other side of the equation, Clinton’s balancing the budget was a big help to the economy during the 1990s . And this very lack of balance - both in terms of budgetary balance and in terms of foreign trade and investment - is one of the (but not the only) factors bringing the economy down. And both of these are a direct result of GWB’s policies. And don’t even get me started about how deregulation helped to spur on the foreclosure crisis and GWB’s pitiful response to it.

Please don’t make any inferences about my opinion of Congress from this—what I’ve said is pure fact and we as Americans need to realize this.

by blazar on Jul 25, 2008 10:53 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nice joke

the opposite of progress is congress. I’ll remember that one.

by RealTangiblesGuy on Jul 26, 2008 5:36 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

I was being facetious... =)

I wouldn’t bother to start a serious political discussion here. At least not in an election year! =)

Wondering what the skip-2-my-loo to do next with my empty summer

by ZonaFlash on Jul 27, 2008 11:34 AM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Haha. Jerrod MOOOOOOOOOO-STAF

Ol’ Number Zero. Remember this? But hey, he is the sports ambassador for The Republic of Gambia!

And great point about Atlanta. Except it may have actually worked out all right. Outside of the big 3 this year, I think the only players taken ahead of Robin that would have made an impact on this team right away were his brother, Jerryd Bayless, and Brandon Rush. It could have been worse. Atlanta picked the right year to bone the Suns in terms of depth of the draft.

by Mike Lisboa on Jul 25, 2008 9:15 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Potato Head

We got one as a free hand-out at a game a year or two ago. I love that guy.

Mmmmm ... Guinness

by JSun on Jul 25, 2008 9:48 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Depth

Depth is a shell game for teams and coaches to play to distract fans when they are losing.

“Oh look at rotation player 9!”
“Wow, not so good…”
“Oh look at new rotation player 11”
“Looks good. In garbage time and playing only 23 seconds. Look!!”
“Wow, not so good.”

Don’t look at the score! Look at this substitution! And this one! And this one! =)

Wondering what the skip-2-my-loo to do next with my empty summer

by ZonaFlash on Jul 27, 2008 11:37 AM MDT reply actions 0 recs