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11-14-2007, 11:27 PM
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D’Antoni to Suns fans: "Booooo!"
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There have been times during his tenure when Suns coach Mike D’Antoni has lashed out with emotional postgame comments about his team or its opponent, only to back away or even apologize in hindsight.
After chiding the US Airways Center fans Tuesday for their demeanor in two of the first three regular-season home games in the wake of an emotionless win over the Knicks, the coach didn’t back down Wednesday, expanding on his comments to remind Suns fans that 60-win seasons and deep playoff runs aren’t inalienable rights.
D’Antoni said he also wasn’t happy when the fans booed his team in the home opener when they were blitzed 119-98 by the Lakers.
“(I vented about the fans) because the fans deserved it,” said D’Antoni, a day after describing Tuesday’s crowd as “deader than we are” when his team struggled to put away the short-handed Knicks. “If they’re going to boo us, hell, what’s the difference, I can boo them.
“(Tuesday), they didn’t come ready. You have to come every game, you have to bring it … and they didn’t bring it. There was no atmosphere. Everybody — us, them — was just kind of down and blah and there’s not reason to be.”[/b]
The Suns have won six of their first eight games — as of Wednesday, only Boston (6-0) and San Antonio (7-1) had better records in the NBA — but the team has had bouts with sluggish play and shooting as it goes through the annual adaptation to D’Antoni’s high-energy, quick-reaction style.
D’Antoni said he understands the fans won’t be satisfied until the team wins an NBA championship, and he shares those sentiments. But after 177 regular-season wins, three straight Pacific Division titles and two trips to the Western Conference finals, he feels the franchise is in the midst of a special run that should be savored as long as it lasts.
The next chance comes tonight, when the Suns host the Chicago Bulls in a nationally televised (TNT) game with an 8:30 p.m. tip-off.
“They’re going to have plenty of time to be able to go into that arena where there is nothing much happening,” said D’Antoni, who took over as Suns coach for the fired Frank Johnson in 2003-04 when the team was 21-40 — the season before Steve Nash rejoined the team.
“Right now, something is happening. So they should enjoy the ride and we should enjoy it … and worry about the championship when it’s time to worry about it.”
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11-15-2007, 01:46 AM
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Re: D’Antoni to Suns fans: "Booooo!"
D'Antoni would be 100% correct....
Sorry but Phoenix fans have the weakest passion when it comes to sports in this city and we have to get rid of that label....
When I go to a game I go to cheer on my team and get as loud as I possibly can and my voice is usually hoarse....
I never will forget a game I went to years back w[hen I was being loud and cheering my team and I was in section 227 and some jerk told me I had to be quiet because he was on the phone....
To make a long story short, the security guard took me and my ex-wife out and put us in Row 2...
If you don't want to go to the game and get loud then just stay home and watch the game on TV because I don't want to see our name get changed to the Sun City Suns...
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11-16-2007, 09:23 PM
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Re: D’Antoni to Suns fans: "Booooo!"
See, I live in VA, so I have never actually attended a Suns game in Phoenix (something I'll probably do once I finish up with school). But from what I've seen on TV, I wish the Suns arena/fans were as loud as those in Golden State and Utah. Then again, the Suns crowd is probably just waiting for the playoffs already or maybe those big games in the regular season against the top teams in the league such as San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, Boston, etc.
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11-16-2007, 10:20 PM
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Re: D’Antoni to Suns fans: "Booooo!"
That's what happens when you're the most entertaining team in the league and other teams just stink in comparison. There are like three teams that compete with the Suns well. The rest is boring because we all know the Suns would just blow them out of the arena.
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11-19-2007, 02:10 AM
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Re: D’Antoni to Suns fans: "Booooo!"
thats how it is when your team is good sometimes, i go to dallas games and its the same thing here.
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