I hate posting topics on message boards and getting no replies
I'll chime in with some long sappy prose to help out. It's a fine question to me.
I was lurking on this and another Suns board since the Marbury trade. After the initial anger of fans by the trade, there was a steady rise in excitement.
Due to the talent that we suddenly noticed we had when Marbury wasn't dominating the ball
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I was certainly more excited than most, because I'm really just a Razorback fan and only have one favorite pro team, the Suns. And that's just because my brother and I are Army brats who were born in San Antonio and Yuma, respectively. I followed the Suns because my older brother grew up a Spurs fan. But aside from the Suns I just followed teams with Razorback players. I was the lone Cowboy fan that defected due to the treatment of one hell of a great man and coach. I didn't return just because they were winning, even if they were all a bunch of Arkies like me.
When Oliver Miller Joined my favorite pro team with my favorite player (Barkley) that was it for me. The Suns since then have been the only pro sports team I followed regardless of the roster. And then we trade two people I really didn't care for Joe Johnson. Oh man.
I remember how far my Razorbacks were falling before he became a Hog. And I remember the whole state waiting for him to arrive mid-year due to academics. We had such a bad record that we upset everyone in the SEC tourney for Nolan Richardson's 1st SEC Championship-which was huge for us here. I may be the only Sun's fan that was downright blissful when Marbs left.
When JJ showed what he could do with the ball in is hand and a whole bunch of minutes...he had scoring streaks that were only bested by McGrady and AI at one point (I think it was those two), a mpg streak that ranked up there with all but a handful of HOF'ers...I was pumped from then till now.
And I was glad we didn't sign Kobe or McGrady. I get a lot of Mav's games here and loved Nash's game as it had developed. I was glad we signed him and, like everyone else I was thinking first round and hope after that. But this team was something different from Day One. The buzz was already pretty intense from showing off this new look in the pre-season.
But now we aren't just being mentioned as the suprising team with the best record in the NBA. There is growing sentiment that we are a team that may change how the game is played. If we get to the Finals, the ratings and the media hype will be even greater than in '93. We have a unique team at the right time. I just can't imagine the adulation such a feat will bring to each and every player we have. Due to our image of a team with 5 stars, they will all be household names. People will wonder how anyone else will ever be able to assemble a team with so many stars.
So as to if I'm ready? Not one bit.
