charliexmurphey

nawww its just we cant hold a lead to save our lives

we cant have diaw or bell taking dumb shots when they have people in there face

we need the other placers doing it

afobisme

i thought diaw was playing well? and bell was hitting some shots too. it's barbosa who is underperforming. at least that's what i thought.

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Tiz

Well the folks over at ESPN obviously think so.

In looking at the upcoming schedule of games, you will see that the game 5's set for this next Tuesday, all the games are listed as TBD with the exception of the Suns/Spurs G5.

604flat_line

Diaw is playing okay, but not good enough. Its irrelevant though as the team is playing up or down together.

Seuss

Tiz, they put an asterisk by game 5 for the Suns and Mavs because we're both down 2-0.

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The Best Damn Babe Thread

IntelligentlyDesigned

You guys can go ahead and ignore this thread, just let it sink.

Aylwin

Well, we CAN still beat San Antonio in game 4. No chance of winning the series though. Personally though, I hope we're beaten really badly in the next game. If we're going to lose the series, it might as well be as embarassing as possible. Hopefully, that'll force upper management to seriously look at making some drastic changes.

Next year, I want to see at least 2 sophomores and a rookie in the regular rotation.

bircan

Thats what I'm kinda hoping as well Aylwin. I mean, sure I want us to win games, AND the series, win the Championship even. If we get by the Spurs, then we will be the favourite to win the West. We've dug a very deep hole. This is not the Kwame/Parker Lakers either. This is a brutal Spurs team who have got us by the throat.

If we fail to win 1 game, then this will force us to take a much deeper look at ourselves than we have ever before in the past. I don't expect a complete upheaval. But i expect something that will change our culture. It may not be a coaching change, or then again it might be if Kerr/ Sarver decide D'antoni had his go. I'm interested to see what management will do in the offseaon. I'm also interested in how this team challenges to avoid the sweep.

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ray_allen_20

What changes do you have in mind? Because I have a feeling management will want to hold on to Nash and Amare for dear life. I guess Bell will probably have to go.

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Aylwin

For starters, we need a new coach. No doubt about that. Even if we keep the exact same players, a new coach would bring a significant change in the way we play. To me, that alone is already a drastic change.

As for individual players, that discussion might be better continued in the offseason thread.

Vivaldi

That's the price you pay for bringing in fatass

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IceMan23and3

Like what? So far Sarver has maneuvered his way to get rid of Joe Johnson for Diaw, Marion for Shaq, Kurt Thomas and a few unprotected draft picks for nothing. James Jones for nothing. However, he did get rid of our terrible GM named Colangelo and let the rising star assistant coach just up and leave. Let's face it Suns fans. This was the end of an era. The end of the Suns being really good era. Might as well change their name to Los Cardinals Two. The Suns haven't looked good all season because for some reason no one else noticed that the Suns' 3pt shooting has dropped precipitously this year but they decided to go even bigger rather than get more shooters, what we really need, on the court.

The comedy in this is that Shaq will have been swept out of the first round for two consecutive years on two different teams! That has to be SOME sort of record.

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Silent Lamb

If we can win this series I will eat a hat and post it on youtube.

604flat_line

Marion was never and will never be a shooter or even a scorer. He can jump high and run fast but offensively he has no skills. Grant Hill is twice the offensive weapon that Marion is and at this point about as good a defender.

Also, remember when we played the Spurs when we had Marion? DO you remember anything he did? If you do, you'd be the only one, because no one remembers Marion playing in any of our runs. Why? Because he never showed up. He's a cash and stats guy, not possessing a drive for personal or team success. He doesn't care about winning and its crystal clear.

Shaq also is the best C we've had on this core, he brings a badly needed emotional impact, and he hasn't been even close to the worst player this series. If you want to look at stats, look at Nash's -26 rating in game 3. That there will tell you the problem is D'Antoni. He can have Nash and Stat on the floor pretty much the whole game and he still can't get it done.