Stoudemire out for playoffs: To Tank or Not to Tank

by ryansunsfan on Mar 6, 2009 2:38 AM MST

Yahoo: Stoudemire is out for the Playoffs

so basically, even if we do make the playoffs, we wont have amare. this really sucks. we should seriously think about whether we want this team to make the playoffs, or just finish with 40+ wins and get a good, solid first round pick (not that we can control that - but still). at least now, if we dont make the playoffs, we wont feel so bad.

ZF: Pic & Poll Added. Remember the Benjamins...

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Tank or Try?

Tank - it's already in the deep freeze. D-backs anyone?

44 votes

Try - Amare is overrated and these vets deserve one more shot.

71 votes

Que Sera, Sera

34 votes

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Fully expected this

after the way o5-06 went.

Question now is, do you really want to wait for amare next year or the year after?

I’ll miss him, but I’ve accepted that his career as a sun needs to close.

In Nash we trust - for better and for worse...

by ZonaFlash on Mar 6, 2009 3:29 AM MST reply actions

+1

Me too. We need to go somewhere else. If he stays we’ll be building the team around him, but not because he’s awesome, but to hide his deficiancies.

Take care of the little things, and the big things will take care of themselves.

by SunDolphin on Mar 6, 2009 6:09 AM MST up reply actions

i'll miss him too

good times. but yeah, if we really want to be more defensive-oriented, let the rebuilding process begin ASAP. this includes young talent – talent acquirable through the draft. top 14 may seem low, but their is quality at that position. we may even pull of a miracle and win the lottery (i doubt, but still). what makes this ironic is if we do make the playoffs as the 8th seed in the west, we will probably wind up with the 20th pick in the draft (factoring in team record) and most likely will be swept in the first round by the lakers (which would kinda be embarassing, with the way d’ antoni arrogantly declared last year “lets see how they do in the playoffs where we constantly knock them out” (paraphrased). by the way zona, thanks for pimping up the post. :) am not really good with webpages. :|

by ryansunsfan on Mar 6, 2009 7:15 AM MST up reply actions

Do we have a choice to tank or not to tank?

I mean, come on, we’re losing games like they’re pennies out of a torn pocket.

Take care of the little things, and the big things will take care of themselves.

by SunDolphin on Mar 6, 2009 6:11 AM MST reply actions

haha, this is the Bright Side =)

We presume we have a choice!! I’m am laughing…. =)

In Nash we trust - for better and for worse...

by ZonaFlash on Mar 6, 2009 6:34 AM MST up reply actions

Sun spots, Zona, sun spots.

Take care of the little things, and the big things will take care of themselves.

by SunDolphin on Mar 6, 2009 7:15 AM MST up reply actions

Pennies

Is that a retirees-in-Miami joke?

Mmmmm ... Guinness

by JSun on Mar 6, 2009 10:53 AM MST up reply actions

haha! =)

In Nash we trust - for better and for worse...

by ZonaFlash on Mar 6, 2009 2:02 PM MST up reply actions

They won't tank.

The problem is this team is not a playoff team. This just leaves another confusing chapter in the book of the Phoenix Suns. What to do with Amare?
What a year.

"Have You heard of the Boom on Mizar 5?"

by Grockcubs on Mar 6, 2009 7:15 AM MST reply actions

Don't tank

Go down swinging. Man up and play.

"Basketball doesn't build character. It reveals it"

by PanamaSun on Mar 6, 2009 7:23 AM MST reply actions

go down in a blaze of glory!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upenR6n7xWY

In Nash we trust - for better and for worse...

by ZonaFlash on Mar 6, 2009 7:32 AM MST up reply actions

and insult as many nba players as we can along the way! =)

In Nash we trust - for better and for worse...

by ZonaFlash on Mar 6, 2009 7:34 AM MST up reply actions

that song isn't nearly as good as I remember it =)

In Nash we trust - for better and for worse...

by ZonaFlash on Mar 6, 2009 7:42 AM MST up reply actions

check out bosh's comments on shaq

‘I didn’t laugh or anything, it wasn’t funny,’ Bosh said yesterday at the Air Canada Centre. ‘I was kind of upset with that. He has been around the league for awhile and I expected a lot more professionalism out of him. I thought we were cool. Whatever.’

by ryansunsfan on Mar 6, 2009 8:31 AM MST up reply actions

I'm not sure what it is about Shaq's conduct the past few years

that would give Bosh this expectation of “professionalism,” but whatever works for him, I guess.

by Azreous on Mar 6, 2009 11:59 AM MST up reply actions

What has Bosh done in the League?

Hey Chris go win a playoff game.

"Have You heard of the Boom on Mizar 5?"

by Grockcubs on Mar 6, 2009 5:43 PM MST up reply actions

Can't vote

I think the Suns should try to win, but not because Amare is overrated.

Four small guys and Shaq should be interesting to watch.

Mmmmm ... Guinness

by JSun on Mar 6, 2009 10:54 AM MST reply actions

carnival

In Nash we trust - for better and for worse...

by ZonaFlash on Mar 6, 2009 2:01 PM MST up reply actions

I agree.... no choice

The schedule is brutal. We may lose 15 of 21 trying to win. I was going to make this point after the Miami game. The three 140 point games were fools gold. We are simply invisible on defense, and if we run up and down, most teams will simply match us. Look at what happened at Miami and Orlando. Even before the change, we couldn’t win in Charlotte. Indiana and New York can run with us. Toronto didn’t have the horses, but they are the one team out there that is a bigger 2008-2009 disappointment than us.

The Laker game was a mirage. It showed 2 things – 1) we have some pride left, and 2) the strategy of lulling Kobe into being a scoring machine so his teammates stand around and watch still works.

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

by Hawk42 on Mar 6, 2009 12:11 PM MST reply actions

Excellent points

Bottom line the Suns need new players.

"Have You heard of the Boom on Mizar 5?"

by Grockcubs on Mar 6, 2009 5:44 PM MST up reply actions

im praying for a miracle

im hoping we can somehow get the 3rd pick in the lottery and get ricky rubio..

by ryansunsfan on Mar 6, 2009 11:01 PM MST up reply actions

My trade idea

was to trade Amare to the Wiz for Jamison and the #1 pick. That was about the only way you prayers would have been answered.

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

by Hawk42 on Mar 7, 2009 7:30 PM MST up reply actions

no way the wiz would do that

maybe if amare had like 4 years left in his contract, but with a chance to opt out in ’10? not gonna happen :(

by ryansunsfan on Mar 7, 2009 10:20 PM MST up reply actions

You know this because

Washington is such a well run franchise? They’ve never gone anywhere with Jamison. Why should they think they will in the next four years? Here we are talking about whether Phoenix, a 45 win team, should blow things up and prepare for the future, and you are intimating that Washington, a 20 win team, should stay the course?

Help me out here

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

by Hawk42 on Mar 9, 2009 4:02 PM MDT up reply actions

???

So you guys want to get into the playoffs after all?? I thought the idea was ‘just to have fun’?

Human thought is so primitive, it's looked upon as an infectious disease in some of the better galaxies. That kind of makes you proud, doesn't it?

by unnamedDBacksfan on Mar 7, 2009 11:48 AM MST reply actions

All I want...

Is a fast playing, slow down, high scoring, grind it out team that plays a fun style of basketball while winning everything. And I get paid for watching.

Is that too much to ask?

PSN ID- presbot

by presbot on Mar 7, 2009 5:27 PM MST up reply actions