I am taking that point off you because you have no proof that you were “for” the trade before 1 day ago when you wrote this post.

No proof, no pudding.

(i’m sure you can tell by now that the last line of your post was a mistake)

Jared Dudley is much better than I anticipated this trade has been working out for us…Sidenote I really hope we get John Wall next yr hes the truth

Totally agree with everything said in this post. When the trade happened, I was so ecstatic. Doris Diaw is overrated and Bell is DONE. We clearly got not only the best player in the trade, but the best two players, both of whom are younger and will have longer careers ahead. It is by far the best move Steve Kerr made (I’ve never been upset with Kerr, though). I knew it at the time and i know it now. Like you, I read forum post after post from fans upset with the trade, and I thought, “man, you guys are total idiots”. It’s about time people give Kerr some credit. We are 10-2 and kicking ass. Bout time for our fans to stop being a bunch of pathetic whiny losers.

Watching about 60-70 Suns regular season games per season, and every game in the playoffs, I have never ever thought highly of Bell. He had his nights limiting his man’s scoring, and he had nights where he was completely schooled.

If you check the archives you will see my disdain for Bell as a “lockdown defender”. He’s an above-average to good defender who can shoot the 3, but fans overrate him like crazy because of his “attitude” and “tenacity”, which don’t translate well into on-court effectiveness. You can’t really argue with that because it simply didn’t happen. I didn’t see him holding the Kobes and Wades to low FG% and high turnovers. His contests are inadequate because he doesn’t get enough lift and he doesn’t have great length, and they’re often too late to affect the scorer’s shooting rhythm anyway. He’s not athletic enough to deny the ball actively, doesn’t deny the drive all that well either. He was good in his prime, and decent afterwards, but the way fans hype him up it’s like anyone who went against him would shoot 3 of 20 and have 8 turnovers.

Doris is a downright enigma. He would miss/waste the easiest opportunities in the post, and throw the ball away on weird angles and ill-advised passes, only to frustrate you further with flashes of his offensive talent by passing well and scoring efficiently. Then he’d display his versatility by being an excellent perimeter defender AND an excellent defender in the post. Following which he’d kick you in the face by watching opponents drive past him and let small guards get offensive rebounds against him.

He was a roller-coaster ride, I enjoyed it some of the way, but after his fat contract he became far too content to get fat and enjoy life. In my opinion, his inconsistency was pretty damaging to the team given that his teammates would never know whether Boris or Doris would show up. How could your teammates trust you when you turn the ball over at whim, fail to score on post-ups against PGs, and rebound/defend like Amare on a lazy day, especially when they know you are capable of so much more?