how you all thinking of a Genius Point for Kerr for 3 140pt wins?

As much as I wanted to back my rose-colored 50-game prediction from the podcast, that was with Amare in the line-up. I do not think this pace is sustainable. I think it’s injuries and fatigue to the old guys waiting to happen.

Nash can’t play 35 minutes a game at this pace. Frighteningly, Barbosa probably CAN play 42 minutes a night at this pace. That guy is straight thoroughbred. Point being, we’re going to need a lot of strong bench play to materialize out of thin air for the Suns to keep this up.

I have read a lot of posts and have been thinking on this. First of all, Kerr has nothing to do with the 3 140 point games, unless he is channeling Matt Barnes or something. As far as the fortunes of our season go, it depends heavily on these factors:

1) The play of Barbosa. Specifically, can he keep up the pace without getting injured? Can the team avoid more injuries at this pace? I say no.

2) The play of Shaq. What I mean here, is now we have no backup center. So Shaq is more important. Can he play more at a faster pace and be effective AND avoid injury? Can Lopez and Sims provide anything in the way of backup center minutes (where are you, Steven Hunter?)

3) Jason Richardson – he needs to be spectacular and play some good defense. Opposing teams need to be thinking, what are we going to do about JRich?. Otherwise, the rade has turned into a nightmare, since Diaw would have been able to step in for
Amare.

4) Grant Hill – can he step it up, or is this foot problem more bad news?

There are some teams the Suns are going to get destroyed by without Amare. Orlando comes to mind. I also think they have a lot of trouble with Dallas now. Of course, Gasol will probably score 30 on Barnes.

But with the new focus, we should beat the bad teams. I see 15 below 500 teams on the schedule. I also see a horrific road trip with Orlando-Miami-HJouston-San Antonio that looks like an ofer. This follows a home game against the Lakers, and I don’t see us surprising them on national TV.

How does this suddenly Barbosa-Richardson-Barnes driven team handle a six game losing streak?

Other than the injury risk, I think this team has the potential to surprise some, since the pace will out-quick most opponents. 05-06 is the blueprint, but no Diaw, Bwll, or Shawn. But the attitude can get us some postseason fun IF we avoid the Lakers in the first round.