Phoenix Suns Crumble in 4th, Lose to Hawks, 101-99
by Wil Cantrell on Feb 15, 2012 10:01 PM MST
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You can't blame the Phoenix Suns for the lack of creativity when deciding how to lose games. At first it was the lack of scoring. Then it was the dreaded second quarter. Then it was the lack of defense. Then it was the lack of rebounding. Tonight was an oldy but goody. The dreaded 4th quarter collapse, and the Suns execution of it was nearly flawless.
The Suns started the game hot, using a 14-0 run en route to a 31 point quarter off of 59% shooting. Steve Nash dished 5 assists in 8 minutes of play while Grant Hill scored 9 and Michael Redd came off the bench to score 5 in his first three minutes of action. The Hawks shot 39% off of 9-23 shooting.
In the second, the Suns left the right side wide open for the likes of Willie Green and Joe Johnson, who combined for 3 3-pointers and Josh Smith kicked in 6 to reduce the lead to 2. But Nash and Frye responded with 3's of their own, and the Suns held the lead 57-46 at the half.
Josh Smith and the Pachulia guy teamed for 19 points in the third quarter, as the Suns began to run out of gas, shooting 6-17, losing the quarter to the Hawks, 26-21.
AND THEN THERE was the 4th quarter. I'll save you all the time and energy of reading the blow by blow. here's a short summary:
Suns: 2 technicals (one on Nash?), didn't score a point in 4+ minutes, 5 turnovers.
Hawks: 12-0 run, lots of Josh Smith, defended, rebounded, played like they wanted to win the game.
Commentary
I'm truly embarrassed by this performance. Especially at home. I don't care about 3 games in 3 nights. These are world class athletes getting paid great money. No excuse there. Age? No. Nash went for 22 and 16, Hill went for 18 and 6 and played insane defense on Joe Johnson nearly all night.
- The Suns played well for 2.5 quarters and then mailed it in. I blame Alvin Gentry for that. Love the man as a coach, but he needs to remind his team they are playing a game. He cannot allow them to lose focus. Period. How, I don't care how.
- Next, Frye needs to play some defense or sit down. Josh Smith is not easy to defend, but he absolutely ate Frye alive tonight.
- Defense. Willie Green? 20 points? 2 wide open 3's. A career 32% shooter goes off for 4-6 3's. Heck man, there are a 100 players in the league that can drain a wide open 3.
- Marcin Gortat goes for 13 and 6. Why? What's wrong, Marcin? We're used to seeing better numbers and more aggressive play from you.
- Backup point guards. Seriously guys? Price commits 3 turnovers then gets T'd up. Thanks for that contribution. When Telfair comes in, everything stops. While Steve Nash moves the ball around and penetrates, works the pick n roll, sets his teammates up, Telfair dribbles. And dribbles, and dances around and dribbles more until the shot clock is at 2, then he tries to make something happen.
There's my rant. And after listening to Alvin Gentry, I feel, I don't know, irrational? Here he is, speaking calmly:
"I thought we played really good basketball for a stretch then struggled...We couldn't seem to get anything against their zone...Too many turnovers, that really hurt us. I thought we did good a job limiting the offensive rebounds. I think we played really well for stretches, but it's a 48 minute game...We tried to take their best player Joe Johnson out of the game, and we did a really good job of taking him out of the game. But they had other guys that stepped up."
He sounds tired and he looked tired. I am tired too.
Next up, 2 versus the Lakers.
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the first 42 minutes of a game teams see who is hot and then cave to them because its a long hard season…if the game is close in the last 8 minutes teams give their maximum effort..our maximum vs. the others maximum usually means a loss for us…if we arent up by 20 with 8 minutes to go the odds are very good we will lose..we dont have a real nba team…most of the time we are the washington colonels
by good like a-1 beer on Feb 15, 2012 10:22 PM MST reply actions
No way...
They’re at least as good as the Washington Generals.
by oLLiE Boombayay on Feb 15, 2012 10:50 PM MST up reply actions
That was totally on purpose.
The Wizards are playing so badly they got demoted from a General past a Lieutenant Colonel down to a basic Colonel.
Sorry, but a Colonel is a 'full bird', above a 'light bird' Lieutenant Colonel.
At least in the Marines it’s this way.
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by sidepart on Feb 15, 2012 10:23 PM MST reply actions 5 recs
Nash, Telfair, Price, Lopez, and 1st round pick.
For him and Shumpert….yeah right.
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by modernage13 on Feb 15, 2012 10:35 PM MST up reply actions
Gahhhhhh
That was a tough loss. We had a lead for a majority of the game but we just caved. We went on that huge scoring drought and then couldn’t pull back ahead. The backup PG play this season has been painful to watch. I don’t know what Alvin can do about that.
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Maybe Alvin can do nothing about PG, but
listening to his excuses on the post game is like watching my dog take a dump every morning, same o’l shit
Haha yeah
We just need Brooks back…. Damn him going to China.
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Mark my words." Piotr Szczesniak 12/12/11 2:12 PM
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amen brother
that is why I can’t be to upset with the FO on signing the two d-league guards we have. But they could have done more in other areas.
Plus
We needed to keep our cap flexibility, so another reason why the 1 year deals got shelled out so much.
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Mark my words." Piotr Szczesniak 12/12/11 2:12 PM
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I wish we'd give some D-League guards a shot.
We’re only carrying 13 right now and 10-day contracts are cheap.
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blow it up
We need a few good drafts.period.
by theokiedoke on Feb 15, 2012 10:41 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Look at the Bright Side...
At least nobody here was as dumb as me and bet money on the Warriors tonight.
by oLLiE Boombayay on Feb 15, 2012 10:52 PM MST reply actions
Par for the course.
This course sucks.
No longer trying to light Vince Carter on fire.
by Scott Howard on Feb 15, 2012 11:10 PM MST via mobile reply actions
Let's light Shannon Brown on fire.
"I don't lift weights because they are heavy, and I don't run because it makes me tired." - Charles Barkley
He doesnt play enough for me to care
No longer trying to light Vince Carter on fire.
by Scott Howard on Feb 15, 2012 11:17 PM MST via mobile up reply actions
Then light Price on fire.
"I don't lift weights because they are heavy, and I don't run because it makes me tired." - Charles Barkley
Or Sarver.
"I don't lift weights because they are heavy, and I don't run because it makes me tired." - Charles Barkley
LIGHT EVERYONE ON FIRE
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Here's a fun fact about Willie Green...
He averages 9.1 ppg in his career and against the Suns that shoots up to 13.9 (by far the most against any individual team)
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by Scott Howard on Feb 15, 2012 11:28 PM MST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Is there actually a player
whose average don’t go up when playing against the Suns?
Anyway I am glad I missed this loss. Got a good night of sleep and ready for work.
Alea iacta est!
by PolishHammer on Feb 15, 2012 11:43 PM MST up reply actions
Anyone
Grant Hill defends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"If Gortat pulls off a real Dream Shake in-game this year I will shave my head.
Mark my words." Piotr Szczesniak 12/12/11 2:12 PM
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Amen
How could I forget one of our few bright spots…
Alea iacta est!
by PolishHammer on Feb 15, 2012 11:51 PM MST up reply actions
It's okay
BAMF can forgive you.
"If Gortat pulls off a real Dream Shake in-game this year I will shave my head.
Mark my words." Piotr Szczesniak 12/12/11 2:12 PM
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let's give the coaching job to Hill
If I am a player, I am looking at Hill’s defence and thinking, how can I do that, teach me please. Or Gentry, telling everyone to play defence like Hill with a video on the screen, saying, do this
It really is amazing
He just moves his feet so well to stay in front of people.
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Mark my words." Piotr Szczesniak 12/12/11 2:12 PM
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“BAMFin’ on the run” = right-handed fast break lay-up on the left side of the basket.
“You got BAMFed!” = applicable anytime you are held far below your season averages in FG%.
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by Omaha Sun on Feb 16, 2012 5:18 PM MST up reply actions 1 recs
However, for every BAMF-defended player...
there is a Frye-defended player.
"I'm a nobody." - Steve Nash in 1997
by PHXSunsRunNGun on Feb 16, 2012 12:10 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs
I'm cutting Frye a break
he’s out there – a PF/C tweener – trying to guard a SF/PF tweener. When 5’s guard 3’s, we usually call that a mismatch.
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Understandable
That loss was pretty deflating for me. We got all the way back in it and fell short again….
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Mark my words." Piotr Szczesniak 12/12/11 2:12 PM
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i just remember him
Obliterating the Suns with NOH last year. Popped off for 31.
No longer trying to light Vince Carter on fire.
by Scott Howard on Feb 16, 2012 12:22 AM MST via mobile up reply actions
Oh yeah Willie Green kills the Suns
He did it in Philly too.
I’ve determined it’s more then crappy Suns defense. It’s mental confidence that a player gets when playing a team he thinks isn’t going to guard him. The confidence transfers over to the player trying harder.
by oLLiE Boombayay on Feb 16, 2012 1:31 PM MST up reply actions
Completely agree
Everyone knows the Suns don’t play the best defense, so it gives them that added confidence from the get-go.
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Mark my words." Piotr Szczesniak 12/12/11 2:12 PM
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Blah.
Tough loss. Our bench is absolutely pathetic behind Redd and Morris.
Combined stat line for Telfair and Price: 8:48 minutes, 0-0 FG, 1 assists, 4 TO, 1 steal
Yuck.
We really, really need to do something about back-up PG. Brooks is obviously my first choice but if not him then we should get Johnny Flynn from Houston. He’s nothing special but at least we know that he can score a basket and shoot the 3-pt shot.
I’m not upset with Frye’s defensive effort tonight. I mean, was it good? No, but Smith should not have been Frye’s primary defensive assignment. Channing’s defense get’s weaker the further away he is from the basket…just like every other 7 footer in the league. Should have put Hill on Smith, Dudley on JJ, then Frye on Williams.
I’m also not upset with Gortat. His shooting performance was a little disappointing but that’s about it. The only 6 rebounds was a result of Channing’s 11 rebounds and the fact that both Hill and Nash combined for 10 rebounds tonight which is four more than usual. Another factor for The Hammer’s sluggish play tonight is that since the start of February the Suns have played 10 games in 15 days with Gortat averaging over 35 minutes a contest. We’re going to run Gortat into the ground if we keep playing him like this.
I hate to say this but Childress pretty much sucks, I’d rather play Shannon Brown. Over the last six games he has averaged around 13 minutes a game and has scored a TOTAL of 8 points on 4 of 17 shooting. He’s had three games of zero points. I love J-Chill but our bench is already lacking firepower as it is. Tonight, in 10:52 Childress had 1 steal, and 1 block…That’s it. He’s basically just a warm body out there. At least with Shannon Brown we have someone who will at least try to score and has the ability to get hot.
I don’t understand the point of playing Lopez against teams who don’t have any significant big men. The guy is a personal foul machine who could care less about rebounds and is shooting below 40% from the floor. Morris is only averaging 20 MPG, we should toss more minutes his way. I also like playing Morris/Frye together. If not Morris then give Hak the minutes. At least Hak can do one thing right which is score points as opposed to Lopez who does nothing right.
Redd needs to start. Either Hill or Dudley will provide more value off of the bench. Hill because he can play the 1-4 effectively as well as being able to create his own shot and set other guys up. Dudley because he was the heart and soul of the bench. He got the other guys fired up with his energy and hustle play. I suppose Hill would be better since we could better limit his minutes and keep him fresh for the whole season. I know the guy had a night off last night but 37 minutes? We can’t have both our 38 year old (Nash), and 39 year old (Hill) playing 39 and 37 minutes and expect them to hold up. Plus, the better we limit their minutes the less we have to sit them altogether.
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Good post
Couple things stick out. Number 1 is that Redd does need to start. He has put together a string of decent-good games for us that I believe he should start with how terrible our bench has been. Plus, we all know how much Gentry likes starting old players so they can stay warm. I think with how much Dudley wants to start we should throw Hill on the pine so we can monitor him a lot easier on the minutes. The only thing that slowed me on Redd entering the lineup was his endurance, but he seems to be much improved from when he first arived.
Also, I think Chilly is suffering somewhat from our backup PG syndrome. He has not provided scoring, but our PGs are just doing a terrible job running the offense, whether that be making terrible passes or just taking forever to get into plays. I like the fact that he can actually freaking rebound.
I agree we are playing Gortat way too much and instead of giving Lopez minutes I would like to (as you sugggest) give Morris some more minutes and also play him and Frye together more.
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Mark my words." Piotr Szczesniak 12/12/11 2:12 PM
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Only problem is
Morris tends to pick up a lot of fouls…
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Morris on fouls
more time will improve his fouling problem
The only problem with that is they don't let you keep playing after you pick up 6 of them.
He couldn’t play much more than 20 minutes anyway.
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I think half the time
Morris is playing good defense and he just gets called for the foul anyways…. He does make some mistakes but I see a lot of fouls called where he is straight up and they whistle him.
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I agree with that a little bit.
He never gets the benefit of the doubt. But then again, he puts himself in those situations too much.
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We’re having this “bench Grant” discussion again? A) He doesn’t like coming off the bench because B) he’s not as good off the bench and C) we need him in the starting five to take on opponents’ scorers.
I was originally in favor of Redd starting over Dudz, but I’ve changed my mind. Redd basically is our bench offense. Redd is better at creating shots for himself and others than Dudz is, so I’d prefer to have him play a little with the starters but mostly with the bench like he has been.
I disagree with Rza and agree with you about Chill. He may not be scoring a ton, but he still has an impact on the game. His offensive rebounding has really been a nice spark and he’s finished around the basket a few times on nice cuts. Better PG play might serve him well.
Lopez actually did pretty well when he came in and played with Steve. He scored a couple baskets, pulled down a couple rebounds and got to the line a few times. He didn’t kill us here. Although more Frye-Kieff might be good.
Gortat has to finish those plays. He just has to.
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Well
Really just trying to think of a way to get Redd more minutes while making sure we don’t run Grant into the ground. And I know how much Dudley wants to start this season. I would prefer to keep Grant in the starting lineup as well. I guess it really doesn’t matter when Redd comes in as long as he is getting a fair amount of minutes (as much as he can handle). He needs to be our 6th man. We need that kind of offensive spark who doesn’t require someone setting up his shots.
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Mark my words." Piotr Szczesniak 12/12/11 2:12 PM
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We can't do much worse
Than what we are currently getting from our backup PG spot.
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We're alread starting to see that.
He’s been playing more and more recently. Like I mentioned, in the last few games he’s come in later in the first quarter when the starters are still out there, then stays when the rest of the bench comes in. The only problem with cutting Grants minutes and giving more to Dudz and Redd is that gives us the slowest perimeter group in the league. The lack lateral quickness in a Steve-Redd-Dudz lineup is not good.
Also, we’ve also seen the bench offense run more and more through Redd recently. Hopefully he continues to get better.
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I'm getting so tired of these LeBron-in-the-NBA-finals-esqe meltdowns....
Can’t handle all this stress.
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So I only got to catch the end of this game
But from the recap and comments in general, I can assume this was definitely Suns basketball a la 08-09. Good to see we’re getting back into form.
Well
Not when our backup PGs come in the game. We are hideous to look at when Nash goes out of the game.
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So, the biggest thing I take away from this game is...
Steve Nash: 22 & 16.
He is not human.
I lurk.
by SuperSteve on Feb 16, 2012 1:09 AM MST reply actions 1 recs
No, he's a Super Saiyan as your name suggests.
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steve nash still has value
TRADE HIM NOW WHILE HE STILL HAS VALUE STOP FUCKING AROUND. management is so stupid
my sports life is so dipressing right now
one of my teams has an old Nash that needs to be traded for a future of the team, and my other team has a young Nash that prob will be traded even though he prob shouldnt be ={ blue jackets
Terrible trade.
Steve can actually play hockey. Not so sure about the other guy’s basketball abilities.
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Nobody offer jack squat for Nash
Which is really weird because the coaches marvel at him, but management scoffs at even giving up a first round pick that might be a lottery pick.
by oLLiE Boombayay on Feb 16, 2012 1:35 PM MST up reply actions
We are what we are.
It’s a horrible season so far. We are not good enough to make the playoffs and we are not bad enough to get a high lotto pick. We are in basketball purgatory and stuck with Sarver.
there is still time to be that bad
we’ve lost three in a row, and our schedule is not getting any easier
Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it."
~Jack Burton, "Big Trouble in Little China"
by u_must_chill on Feb 16, 2012 7:49 AM MST up reply actions
I believe we are about to witness a FO desperation move
what, who, and will it help our team, is scary. Hopefully, and this is a big hope, we can get rid of some dead weight (any bench player not named Morris or Redd). Some of the ‘untouchables’ are not so much anymore. Like Gortat, Dudley, Frye. Only Gortat if a trade involves a big that can score without Nash assisting him. Any PF that can defend and doesn’t shoot three’s. Dudley is a fav player, but, the last few games he has missed several shots down the stretch when we were in collapse mode. What do I know. I just hope the FO is smart with whatever they do.
here's a plan:
convince steve to take a “soccer sabbatical” for the remainder of the season (like jordan did with baseball back in 1994). become the unquestioned worst team in the league. get a baller draft pick. get a stud free agent. re-sign steve at the end of the season, then start kicking ass.
Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it."
~Jack Burton, "Big Trouble in Little China"
So....
Can we just get Josh Smith already??
His line came out of a video game tonight. 30 pts, 17 rebs, 7 asts, 4 stls, 3 blks, 2 threes…. yikes. Reminds me of a better passing Marion in his heyday.
"The Knicks with the swiss cheese defense.
...Vince Carter likes cheese." -Walt Frazier
in the first half i was watching smith toss up outside shots and missing…i was all ready to criticize him for not taking it to the rack and then…..the 2nd half happened.
i dont have any numbers to support this yet, and maybe its obvious, but Gortat is not a good defender, or not as good as I assumed he was.
He can block some shots, but he is not a good one on one guy.
Another thing about Gortat that’s bothering me is that he is not consistently taking it hard to the rack. It could be his thumb, but I haven’t heard of that bothering him in a long time.
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by Wil Cantrell on Feb 16, 2012 8:14 AM MST up reply actions
Sacrilege.
Gortat is inviolable. His defense is tenacious. He exudes truculence. Players on opposing teams live in fear. He should be an all-star.
Steve should be the MVP. He is nashing along at a legendary clip.
Grant is totally a BAMF to the ninth order of the great BAMF council.
Redd and Frye are rounding into form, JD brings unparalleled effort, Special K should be rookie of the year, and even Chilly loves the bench has been a sparkplug lately.
It is absolutely bizarre how a team bursting at the seams with such an exceptional collection of talent is 12-18 and trending towards 14th place. I’m befuddled.
It was only called the mildly irritated house on McDowell until I showed up.
by Jim Coughenour on Feb 16, 2012 9:05 AM MST up reply actions
The way Gortat takes the ball to the basket has bothered me since we acquired him.
Sometimes it appears he actively refuses to dunk.
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by Scott Howard on Feb 16, 2012 9:58 AM MST up reply actions
He needs to ditch the fade away layup
Why don’t the coaches teach him this? Maybe because they are Elston Turner and Bill Cartwright.
You have no chance to follow up a miss when you fade away. A fade away is for shorter people shooting over taller defenders. Not seven footers in the paint going against desperate defenders.
by oLLiE Boombayay on Feb 16, 2012 1:40 PM MST up reply actions
Very strange...
When I post lately it posts the title twice and not the body.
by oLLiE Boombayay on Feb 16, 2012 1:41 PM MST up reply actions
That happens every now and then. Try refreshing the page to see if it's really like that.
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Always LOVED Josh Smith
Have wanted him on our team for a few years now.
"If Gortat pulls off a real Dream Shake in-game this year I will shave my head.
Mark my words." Piotr Szczesniak 12/12/11 2:12 PM
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Every time we play the Hawks I half root for them
I don’t want them to win but I want Smith and Johnson to do well. I like them.
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Mark my words." Piotr Szczesniak 12/12/11 2:12 PM
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Dudley provided the humor post-game
Dudz talked about everything ‘we’ need to do to win, none of which he ever does himself, and then, if any Lakers were listening they must have gotten a laugh, dudz talked about what the SUNS had to do to beat the Lakers.
Bolvin in the Az Republic touts the fact that the SUNS don’t have 20 losses yet, and Sarver isn’t going to ‘blow up’ the team. He ‘has a plan to get back to elite status’. On the losses, wait til Sunday, on the ‘blow-up’, that’s pretty much what he has already done since 2007, On the ‘elite status’? Not a chance for years.
There's always the New Jersey plan
Trade a lot of assets and picks for Dwight Howard, without any guarantee that he’ll stay.
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Must say we need Brooks back asap. Not the best PG in the world but he’s much better than Bassy and Price.
Tough loss tho, we really should have won that game.
This
I completely over-valued what he brought to the table last season. I didn’t like his attitude but at least he can score and run an offense.
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I just realized Wil excluded me in the roll call at the start of the 2nd thread. What’s up with that?
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For those that wanted to see Steve's circus shot
by modernage13 on Feb 16, 2012 2:14 PM MST reply actions 2 recs
Thanks
I missed it cause my feed cut out right before that all happened and didn’t come back til Nash had finished his free throw.
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Mark my words." Piotr Szczesniak 12/12/11 2:12 PM
Cardinals, Suns, D-backs for life!
I relaunched mine just in time to see the replay.
Go Suns, Packers, Jays, and Huskers!
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