Reebok Still Talkin’ Quote of the Day - 10.26
Earlier today, we asked who will be better between the Suns or the Clippers. While most people agreed that the Suns will edge out the Clippers, it’s interesting to note how far the Suns have fallen since the days of Mike D’Antoni. With the big Shaqtus now focused on getting a “Ring for the King,” the Suns will return to running and racking up the points. (A run-and-gun system that led the Suns to the Western Conference finals twice (’05 and ’06), and in 2007 many felt were one Robert Horry body check away from at least an NBA Finals berth.) For today’s Reebok Still Talkin’ Quote of the Day, we look at the opinions of two members of the Suns.
“We will be NBA Champions”- Leonardo Barbosa
“The Nash-and-Stoudemire era is not over yet … We’re still here. We’re bringing the Phoenix Suns team with us.” – Amar’e Stoudemire
To be fair, Barbosa was asked for his fearless prediction on the 2009-2010 NBA season, but his response caught our attention. (Tyreke Evans‘ fearless prediction for the 2009-10 season was, “We will win more than 17 games.”)
Barbosa’s response shows the mentality of the team and that they believe they can win. The Nash-Stoudemire era did bring the Suns some success (though no rings) and Coach Gentry is bringing the old Suns back to life. This team will go as far as Amar’e and Nash can carry them, but is that an NBA championship? No. Even with Amar’e playing out of his mind (it is a contract year) and Nash finding the fountain of youth, this team is still a five-seed at best (and that might be a stretch) in the new look Western Conference. Sorry Barbosa.
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October 26th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
Celts Fan says:
While this is clearly wrong and borderline racist (don’t think it was meant to be though,) Zeke’s, “If Bird was white, he’d be just another player” comment is exactly what you’re looking for if you really wanna get in someone’s head and p*ss them off.
I also saw Kenyon Martin back in ‘05 (I think, the year after they’d swept us out of the Eastern Conference semis) at the Summer League (then being played in Boston,) and as he got mercilessly booed, he held up 4 fingers on one hand and a closed fist w/ the other one. It shut us up… for a second.
October 26th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
POPPI GEE says:
This is when Obama went to that NBA game last season (Wiz and Bulls) and he talkin a lil trash with Miles Rawls.
Rawls - “You can tell them to warm up the limo, Sir, because this is a wrap here.”
Obama - (When the Bulls were coming back) “Now I think you need to sit down.”