They should put a donut on the back of Nash’s jersey and you’ll see how fast Snaq gets up and down the court.

LMAO!!

I find it funny how Steve Nash & Amare ENDORSED the trade for Shaq (damn near campaigning for it) and fans as well (EXPLODING when he flashed his championship ring) and now players wanna take suttle shots at him and fans are blaming him for the Suns switching to a half-court offense. Shaq is NOT to blame for the Suns slow start. If anybody is to blame it’s a) Terry Porter changing the offense to suit Shaq when he said and I quote “Don’t adjust to me, I’ll adjust to you”, b) the team’s lack of solid defense, c) Nash and Amare’s (still) lack of defense (I call them out in particular bc they are the team’s 2 best players), and d) the fact that the Suns just aren’t that good. Pretty much all of their best players (or at least the ones they play) with the exception of Amare, Barbosa, and Diaw are old and not quite as effective as they used to be. Amare talks about wanting to be THE SIGNATURE GUY but has yet to really show that he can be effective for the team in that role (again his lack of defense for a guy of his talent and athleticism is, to put it nicely, just shameful). I think another facet about the Suns that gets overlooked is how AWFUL their bench is. Diaw is probably their most talented and well-rounded plauer (Amare really is but he is a close second) and his contributions to the team are basically nonexistent. He is and should be playing WAY better than what he brings to the table. He suffers from the same thing that guys like Vince Carter and Rasheed Wallace are so often criticized for: boatloads of talent physically but mentally incapable of putting it all together (i am fan of both of those guys by the way and no I’m not a North Carolina fan I’m a Hawks diehard). However the biggest difference between Diaw and Carter/Wallace is the latter two are more looked upon in the public as guys he should lead and dominate for their respective teams while the former doesn’t have to feel or deal with the pressure of being that guy for his team, which is all the more reason for him to do so. And it should also be noted that the team’s lack of a bench rests in the hands of upper management. This team would could/should/would have been the DEEPEST TEAM IN THE LEAGUE what with all the picks and players that they traded away (guys like Rajon Rondo, Luol Deng, Rudy Fernandez come to mind and some other good players that escape my mental). Like another poster on here said “stick a fork in them, they’re done”