7 Responses to “Love Supreme”

1. DeWitz wrote this on Apr 30th, 2008:
   

   Nevermind the other 2 reasons why they lost(Marion’s trash btw), they should of never let Joe joe go, they need a go to wing player. The regular season role players don’t cut it come play off time, Raja, Boris, Barbosa-come on Jack??..

   They also need to make use of that bench, this isnt college. 82+ games is a grind.

   But, how long will D’antoni last?

   
   
2. Matt wrote this on Apr 30th, 2008:
   

   There’s also the Sun’s unwillingness to develop players through the draft. DJ Strawberry is the second best defender on the team but got little if any post season playing time. Alando Tucker balled out in the d-league and was no where to be found. I guess all this goes along with what DeWitz said about the bench but something needs to change.

   My dude’s right about Marion too; he was a cancer in the locker room.

   
   
3. mike mora wrote this on Apr 30th, 2008:
   

   i don’t think it was really the suns “letting” joe johnson go. i’m sure it was joe forcing their hand. he wanted to be a leader and he couldn’t be on on a team that insisted on revolving around amare and nash. same with marion… well that and marion is just trash.

   i still think that the shaq trade (like the kidd trade for dallas) ruined them. marion was a cancer and in the playoffs regresses to infantile status, but shaq was not the solution. but i don’t think there’s one player they could have gotten that would have let the suns beat the spurs in a series. the spurs simply soul control those guys.

   d’antoni will be fired or will quit. either that or steve kerr is going to force defense or defensive minded players.

   d’antoni insistence on allowing diaw to be an integral part of the offense is baffling. raja bell plays within his limitations and does what he does, but this belief in diaw is mind boggling. he had one decent year and it went to shit after that lol. and barbosa… once people figured out his game, he was done. he’s going to need to develop a jumper b/c he’s basically been exposed.

   
   
4. DeWitz wrote this on May 1st, 2008:
   

   It had everything to do with the suns “letting” Joe go, and letting go means not matching the Hawks 70 million. They should of got rid of Marion back then, he was the highest paid Suns player at 17mill per year, for a guy who cant hit a jumper to save his life.

   Shaq had a good playoff run, he did what they needed him to do. Its the other players who tucked their nuts up..

   THEY NEED A WING PLAYER.

   question, how do you sign a high risk player like Grant Hill? You know damn well hes gonna get hurt, its just a matter of when is it gonna happen…

   R.I.P. D’antoni

   
   
5. mike mora wrote this on May 1st, 2008:
   

   yeah, shaq did what he needed to do (for the most part). he couldn’t help that he was forced to take 20 free throws. that was just bananas. i do know steve kerr was literally forced to make that trade happen. there’s just no way that getting shaq was going to take them to a championship let alone past the spurs. that was a horrible line of thinking by d’antoni and then by kerr to “accept” it.

   but the suns would have been paying $70 mil for somebody who is supposed to be a role player on this team. i think that’s what was the difference. johnson was never groomed to be a superstar with the suns. he was just a shooter on a team that revolved around an aging, but adept point and an athletic superstar forward. had the suns kept johnson, i don’t think the team would have worked. too many people who need the ball in their hands. too many egos. they even entertained sending amare to atlanta prior to the season b/c he was bitching.

   
   
6. menage wrote this on May 1st, 2008:
   

   beat them chumps 6 of the last 7 playoff series. and 4 of the last 6 postseasons on the road to riches and diamond rings. (03, 05,07,08).. Amare is so weak, cant count on him. talk about limitations! either way Spurs up! all day.

   
   
7. Matt wrote this on May 1st, 2008:
   

   Defensively Shaq was a presence but offensively he was nowhere to be found. The man shoots 58% from the field over his career and was shooting near 60% this season in 61 games. Come the playoffs, a paltry 44%. That’s not stepping it up. Duncan and Thomas clogged the middle and Amare, Shaq and D’antoni had no answer.

   
   

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7 Responses to “Love Supreme”

1. DeWitz wrote this on Apr 30th, 2008:
   

   Nevermind the other 2 reasons why they lost(Marion’s trash btw), they should of never let Joe joe go, they need a go to wing player. The regular season role players don’t cut it come play off time, Raja, Boris, Barbosa-come on Jack??..

   They also need to make use of that bench, this isnt college. 82+ games is a grind.

   But, how long will D’antoni last?

   
   
2. Matt wrote this on Apr 30th, 2008:
   

   There’s also the Sun’s unwillingness to develop players through the draft. DJ Strawberry is the second best defender on the team but got little if any post season playing time. Alando Tucker balled out in the d-league and was no where to be found. I guess all this goes along with what DeWitz said about the bench but something needs to change.

   My dude’s right about Marion too; he was a cancer in the locker room.

   
   
3. mike mora wrote this on Apr 30th, 2008:
   

   i don’t think it was really the suns “letting” joe johnson go. i’m sure it was joe forcing their hand. he wanted to be a leader and he couldn’t be on on a team that insisted on revolving around amare and nash. same with marion… well that and marion is just trash.

   i still think that the shaq trade (like the kidd trade for dallas) ruined them. marion was a cancer and in the playoffs regresses to infantile status, but shaq was not the solution. but i don’t think there’s one player they could have gotten that would have let the suns beat the spurs in a series. the spurs simply soul control those guys.

   d’antoni will be fired or will quit. either that or steve kerr is going to force defense or defensive minded players.

   d’antoni insistence on allowing diaw to be an integral part of the offense is baffling. raja bell plays within his limitations and does what he does, but this belief in diaw is mind boggling. he had one decent year and it went to shit after that lol. and barbosa… once people figured out his game, he was done. he’s going to need to develop a jumper b/c he’s basically been exposed.

   
   
4. DeWitz wrote this on May 1st, 2008:
   

   It had everything to do with the suns “letting” Joe go, and letting go means not matching the Hawks 70 million. They should of got rid of Marion back then, he was the highest paid Suns player at 17mill per year, for a guy who cant hit a jumper to save his life.

   Shaq had a good playoff run, he did what they needed him to do. Its the other players who tucked their nuts up..

   THEY NEED A WING PLAYER.

   question, how do you sign a high risk player like Grant Hill? You know damn well hes gonna get hurt, its just a matter of when is it gonna happen…

   R.I.P. D’antoni

   
   
5. mike mora wrote this on May 1st, 2008:
   

   yeah, shaq did what he needed to do (for the most part). he couldn’t help that he was forced to take 20 free throws. that was just bananas. i do know steve kerr was literally forced to make that trade happen. there’s just no way that getting shaq was going to take them to a championship let alone past the spurs. that was a horrible line of thinking by d’antoni and then by kerr to “accept” it.

   but the suns would have been paying $70 mil for somebody who is supposed to be a role player on this team. i think that’s what was the difference. johnson was never groomed to be a superstar with the suns. he was just a shooter on a team that revolved around an aging, but adept point and an athletic superstar forward. had the suns kept johnson, i don’t think the team would have worked. too many people who need the ball in their hands. too many egos. they even entertained sending amare to atlanta prior to the season b/c he was bitching.

   
   
6. menage wrote this on May 1st, 2008:
   

   beat them chumps 6 of the last 7 playoff series. and 4 of the last 6 postseasons on the road to riches and diamond rings. (03, 05,07,08).. Amare is so weak, cant count on him. talk about limitations! either way Spurs up! all day.

   
   
7. Matt wrote this on May 1st, 2008:
   

   Defensively Shaq was a presence but offensively he was nowhere to be found. The man shoots 58% from the field over his career and was shooting near 60% this season in 61 games. Come the playoffs, a paltry 44%. That’s not stepping it up. Duncan and Thomas clogged the middle and Amare, Shaq and D’antoni had no answer.

   
   

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