What Happened To Our Beloved Suns?
AmareAre we seeing the same Suns’ team that the basketball world has been in love with for the last five years? Thanks to the folks over at Ben’s Phoenix Suns’ Blog, we came across the stat that the Suns are basically producing at the same level that they did during the D’Antoni era on offense while also being significantly better defensively.
But seriously, does this feel like the same, exciting Suns team? In a word, no. With Shaq getting nine touches about six minutes into the first quarter, there’d be no way for them to feel like the same team. (That’s not meant to continue the under-appreciation of the Diesel.)
These guys still get out and run when they can, but it’s not the same. Even if this group continues to have one of the best win/loss records in the League, they’re just not as much fun.
Are you bored by the new-look Suns?
Source: Ben’s Phoenix Suns’ blog
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November 12th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Brandon says:
Still fun to watch Nash get into the paint then looking for a foul when he turns the ball over. The Warriors are the new Suns..they are fun to watch no matter how many losses they have. Their lineups are fun to see
November 12th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
heartbreaker85 says:
about damn time they played D. mike d antoni’s coaching style is fun to watch and it had the whole league following suit, but ‘defense wins championships bitches.’
i have a feeling that kerr wants them to play ala san antonio- can run or play halfcourt, but plays D all the time.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:25 pm
dagwaller says:
Meh. The Warriors won’t be like the Suns, because they don’t have a PG like Nash. Hell, they don’t have a PG at all.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
ThisGuy says:
Winning is always fun to watch.
I dont remember people in San Antonio complaining every time the nocked the Suns out of the playoffs about how boring the games were.
And there is nothing boring about Amare dropping 51 points on his opponents.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Dagomar says:
Still fun to watch Nash and Amare play together, and it’s still fun to see what Shaq’s still got when he plays a good game. But it’s true: much of the excitement is gone. I remember watching a game with a friend who doesn’t like basketball and her saying at the end, “they are a perfect team.” Nobody would feel that way after watching them now . . . but I’ll still watch.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
Max says:
I still watch them and enjoy their better moments, but it was exhilarating to watch them at Nash and D’Antoni’s peak. Even when they lost in the playoffs in previous years, it was entertaining. Getting Shaq was the beginning of the end, and the magic is gone this year.
If they keep winning, I’m sure Suns diehards could care less.
November 12th, 2008 at 11:49 pm
ed says:
the suns team that was the most fun team to watch but the most likely to get bounced in the first round is gone. d’antoni took his show to the big apple.
November 13th, 2008 at 12:08 am
E$ says:
I use to hate the Rockets/Suns & Mavs matchups, but now we feed Ming & slow the game to the Rockets tempo…..
November 13th, 2008 at 12:24 am
Max says:
holy crap, Barnes and Alston and T-Mac and Nash going apes**t after Barnes laid into Alston…
November 13th, 2008 at 12:27 am
Artattack says:
the longest 27.6 seconds ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
November 13th, 2008 at 12:28 am
Artattack says:
lol at nash’s half court – shove that up skips @ss
November 13th, 2008 at 12:32 am
Artattack says:
Crap – they wiped the three – nothing can go right for the Suns – Barnes out too. Big ups on seeing Thunder Dan on court
November 13th, 2008 at 12:33 am
nola says:
nash should’ve been kicked out. he escalated it to another level.
November 13th, 2008 at 12:36 am
dagwaller says:
Ha, Nash didn’t do anything that anyone else wasn’t already doing. T-Mac’s the one that randomly decided it was time to hit someone.
November 13th, 2008 at 12:38 am
Max says:
@nola: you’re joking right? Nash should have been T’ed up for jawing at Alston (and he did), but T-Mac did the big time pussy push to the face and took Nash down to the ground. Nice to see him having a great game, but he should have been ejected.
November 13th, 2008 at 12:40 am
E$ says:
Tmac giving Grant Hill buckets…Matt Barnes is a broad for that move on Alston, what was Shaq doing??
November 13th, 2008 at 12:44 am
mdd says:
who woulda thought a fight WITHOUT Ron Artest
November 13th, 2008 at 12:50 am
E$ says:
Artest had just came out the game a play or 2 before that…too funny
November 13th, 2008 at 12:57 am
E$ says:
Aaron Brooks….Aaron Brooks….Aaron Brooks….
November 13th, 2008 at 1:00 am
parinaz suns says:
even though i dont live in az anymore i’ll always love the suns. i did when they won 29 games and i loved em when they won 62.
funniest thing t-mac trying shoving nash down and then shaq shoving all the rockets down . that was one shitty game for the suns .
November 13th, 2008 at 1:05 am
nick says:
one word: marion
November 13th, 2008 at 1:06 am
RENO says:
Fuck that… Skip was pussy for sneaking those kangaroo uppercuts in on Nash. (check the replays, I can’t believe no one’s calling it out). He didn’t do shit to Matt Barnes… The dude that had just lit’em up like Maurice Jones-Drew did Shawn Merriman. Skips a SUCKA for that shit. I see Mardy Collins giving Nash a call tonight. HA!
November 13th, 2008 at 2:51 am
BMW says:
D Wade is backkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
November 13th, 2008 at 3:13 am
Bruce says:
You know there is something wrong with Ron-ron is the peacemaker.
November 13th, 2008 at 6:37 am
Peter Robert Casey says:
Not as fun, but they’re still effective right now.
November 13th, 2008 at 8:16 am
QQ says:
A big lump of shit named Shaq ruined the Suns fast paced play.
But I dunno, they never won anything in the playoffs with D’Antoni, I guess if boring translates to winning, that’s alright with me.
November 13th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
doc says:
New coach new style.But to me no NBA ball is boring.
November 13th, 2008 at 10:00 pm
Dave says:
I don’t think the team is making the best use of their talents right now. I don’t like seeing Amare having stretches where he’s hardly touching the ball. Nash is being limited too.
Coaching is an issue right now in Phoenix. It’s early and a new system, maybe it picks up, maybe it doesn’t. Worrying though.