And I would buy the argument for that.
A recent history of Suns franchise players
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And I would buy the argument for that.
mojorizen7
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That is a pretty weak list of franchise rebounders. Not surprised...just saying.
It is! What shocks me is how far the disparity between Adams/Marion and the next 3. Poor rebounding is like ingrained in this franchise.
BC867
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The Curse of JCSB -- Jerry Colangelo's small-ball.
Once we lost the coin toss for Lou Alcindor (Kareem Abdul Jabbar) and dealt away Neal Walk, and brought in as coach the king of small-ball, John MacLeod (and then drafted his 212 lb. center Alvan Adams) both from Oklahoma University, the Suns legacy was established.
You are right! It has been ingrained in the Suns persona for a long, long time. We were the skinny kid on the block. And if ever we tried or pretended to play like the big boys, the refs wouldn't let us get away with it. As in all human nature, the aggressors get rewarded while those on the defensive get caught and punished.
Bringing in Shaq as an over-the-hill Center was a half-a$$ed approach. Bringing in Marcin Gortat was a necessary bridge-the-gap step to adjusting the thinking of the league and the fans throughout the country. The longer we keep him, the less what you mentioned will be ingrained.
Someday we will look back and realized that it will have been the major benefit in obtaining the Polish Hammer.
mojorizen7
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The Shaq experiment was ultimately a failure but i don't blame Shaq. He came in and played very well for an over the hill stud at center. He put forth a ton of effort and made a difference immediately inside on both ends. Amare looked like a freed up PF next to him too. Alot of Suns fans like to poke fun at the Shaq experiment,he was an easy target and it was definately too little too late...but i still applaud the move. Nash and Shaq wasn't a fit......don't get too caught up in the whole "Terry Porter sucked" story....he did suck but Nash and Shaq was the killer.
Steve Kerr bailed on the Nashball reclamation project. If you think otherwise you're stoned.
I can't emphasize how interested i am in coach Gentry's approach this season with a new younger roster.
BC867
Long time Phoenician!
I didn't blame Shaq. I said that he played a part in the Suns beginning to shed their decades-long image as a weak (they were called a "finesse") team. And that Gortat's presence is continuing it. It was long overdue.
That, more than anything, will have been the legacy of the Suns no longer fielding teams with Power Forwards playing Center and Small Forwards playing Power Forward. And that is a good thing!
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