Postgame Video Suns vs. Warriors feat. Steve Nash, Channing Frye, Marcin Gortat And Alvin Gentry

EJ McCoy and Tom C are coolio with the flow. the rest…well let’s just say it may be time to start another coalition.

I really don’t like Robin and Marcin on the floor together. In theory you could see it against a couple of really big team — it will be interesting to see if Gentry tries that against the Lakers – but overall, someone ends up covering a four who is much quicker and offensively, the floor spacing is off which messes up the pick and roll and neither is good enough in the post to run the offense that way.

Last night was a bad matchup for Robin. The Warriors didn’t have Beidrins (ankle) went very small. Gortat had a great game last night. He was highly motivated w/ the big crowd of Poles on hand and it was a great team for him to play against.

As for the bench, I don’t know what else Gentry can do. He has the roster he has and the main issue I think is Warrick’s inconsistency (which isn’t new, he’s been his way his entire career) and Childress not being a good fit b/c he’s too small to play the four but plays like a four and not a wing player b/c he loves to be near the paint.

They traded Dragic for Brooks to try and solve this b/c last year Brooks was aggressive and scored a ton of points. They want Brooks to play that way and be that aggressive, shot-making guy but he’s just not done it. Maybe it’s his ankle or maybe he’s just not that guy when coming off the bench. Whatever the reason, it’s not worked and now it’s probably too late.

Yes, his D is worse . But his ability to score is pretty nice. Would you see Lopez in this position near Gortat?. Today Frye and Gortat play pretty nice basket. Problem is bench. Lopez could help a lot. Maybe he played good basket last year cause Amare ? Hard for me to say. But is it really Frye PF, the Suns need?

you see it against bigger, longer guys when he gives up offensive rebounds and like Amare, has a harder time on the pick and roll against big guys who can recover and change his shot. Unlike Amare, he can’t face up and take those guys off the dribble. So yeah, he’s not Amare. Shocking….In general, he’s not going to play as well against those bigger guys which is fine, they aren’t that many of them.

He is who he is, which is a very solid role player who will be much better (like most role players) when surrounded by better players. Look at a guy like Kenrick Perkins. Obviously, they are different players but I think they can have similar impact on their teams. You don’t build around those guys but you want them on your team.

The mid-range game is improving but I wouldn’t call him Kurt Thomas either. I think he’s more like a Marcus Camby who will hit some shots if you leave him open but at this point doesn’t have full confidence in it either. He passes up a lot of those shots he could be taking — that’s a good thing btw. Like most players, he’s going to have good nights but he’s still very much a work in progress.

It is something he can certainly improve and I hope he does.

that’s the problem….

They made the trade to help get to the playoffs and that’s all but failed. Not he’s a restricted free agent and they gave up a pick to get him. That’s the standard for the trade…the only saving grace with Brooks is if they can keep him on a reasonable deal (which to me is in the 3 yrs / $15m range) and he comes back and plays well next year.

I hope he does

I’m sure my love of Scottie is unique in these parts, but I really do believe he has what it takes. I thought he was so much better than Dowdell during summer league, and now seeing how well Dowdell is playing for us, it makes me wonder if Scottie would’ve been our back-up by now earning 10-15 minutes a game.

I was pretty much neutral regarding the Dragic/Brooks trade, but that is beginning to look like a mistake (if for no other reason than losing a mid to late 1st rounder which could’ve been packaged to move up in the draft). I really wonder if we would’ve been better served by signing Reynolds for free and just keeping Dragic until the offseason if we couldn’t get a better deal.

except that Brooks didn’t trade himself for Dragic and a 1st. All he did was jump on a plane with, apparently, a bum ankle.

I haven’t changed my position on Brooks, it’s mainly the deal or the trade itself I don’t agree with anymore. I’m not going to stand by and say it’s a good trade and just wait it out because it’s not. The FO made the trade in order to push us into the playoffs and it hasn’t worked out.

Now Brooks is a proven player who needs time just like Dragic did only Goran is not a proven leader and player like Brooks. Aaron I believe has already reached his potential which is a lot to ask for from a player. That’s a good accomplishment on his part. Dragic hasn’t yet and as far as his ceiling goes I don’t know. He’s got the making to be a combo guard, but he also always had confidence problems. I think that will affect him for his entire career and keep him from reaching his potential. Goran has the potential to be the better player, however I doubt he’ll ever reach it. I could be wrong and when it comes to the trade I would have been willing to give him a shot. I hope Brooks can get well soon and be a good player next year.

a lid is a unit of measure of marijuana

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=lid

when they say a lid a is on the basket they are making a metaphor to a lid on a jar. It is used in hoops to describe situations where even the easiest of shots don’t go in or rattle around and go out.

Last night they said it on that ugly series of plays for the Suns when they missed a dunk, three, layups, and two free throws all in a row.

In summary, almost all of American English is comprised of metaphors.

Is a metaphor that describes actions that are done mostly to boost one’s ego and self worth in relation to their competition. It is mostly used for males who are in positions of power (management, politicians)

Imagine drunk guys at a bar trying prove how masculine they are and so drunk that the only thing they can come up with is whipping out their dicks and see who is bigger.

the defense and rebounding were MUCH better when Robin was playing…I will have to dig up those numbers we did last year

The team did play well without him in large part b/c Amare was a STUD and JRich played great as well. That was a much, much better team overall w/ or w/o Robin.

He played well and really, really made a big difference with the team. However, I’m thinking it was a fluke because he had Amar’e next to him and this year has only played like he did in those 31 games twice and that was against Utah and LA.

You bring up a good point about Gortat. He has been impressive. I think he is indeed the better center and had we him last year instead of Lopez we probably beat the Lakers or at least come a bit closer.

the numbers don’t bear that out….Robin went down in late March so you are talking about 10 games and then a series against the Blazers with no Roy and the Spurs who had no front line size beyond Duncan (and they still don’t).

I don’t mean to say that those guys are an issue. (whether they are or not is beside the point) I was simply trying to say that its not always a bad thing when your star leaves. If Nash left we would be strapped offensively but our defense might improve not necessarily because Nash, Warrick, Carter are bad defenders but because teams that lose their stars step up in interesting ways sometimes. In Denver’s case (and I think in ours too) they focused on defense and became better.

Admittedly it would take longer for us to do so since its not really the culture here, but I think we would get much better defensively. Now whether we would win game or not is a different matter!

I’d agree about Jimmer being more talented, but it seems like he’ll have a harder time adjusting to the NBA.

they suspended him….

Vince is normal, I didn’t expect him to come in and turn into Grant or Steve so I am not disappointed.