TucsonDevil
Good to be back!
Normally after a loss like last night, I do my usual “avoid the paper, ESPN, and the Radio”. However, as I lay in bed last night, something dawned on me – THIS Suns team is amazing.
We play with 8 guys, 6 of which did very little to nothing before this year. Tim Thomas was released from his team after he seemingly wasn’t going to fit into their system. Boris Diaw was a ‘nobody’ that was thrown into a trade that featured two 1st round draft picks. Leandro Barbosa was just a quick guard that couldn’t make good decisions, so poor were his decisions that he didn’t even sniff the floor during last year’s playoff run. James Jones was just another guy off the bench for Indiana that could occasionally shoot well – but not well enough to get into the starting lineup. Raja Bell was a guard that could play some good defense and shoot a decent 3-pointer, but was never a leader on a team. Eddie House was a good college player, but lacked any size or defensive prowess to garner any respect in the league.
Enter Steve Nash and Mike D’Antoni. With their system and style, each of these unknowns would be given a chance to score and prove themselves worthy to remain on the floor. Now for the glue, Shawn Marion – your role is to make all the plays/moves that we have not accounted for, including offensive rebounding, blocked shots, and shutdown defense.
What a fun team to watch. What a fun year it has been. I do expect the Nash rambler and the Matrix to lead this team to another Victory on Saturday Night. Will they win another in Dallas? Possibly, they have done it before. But regardless, this has probably been my favorite team to watch in the 25+ years I have followed the Suns. Too small, too hurt, too unorthodox has been translated into, too fast, too resilient, and too amazing.
Heads up Dallas/Miami/San Antonio/Detroit/Clippers/Cleveland… enjoy the run while you can. Next year our best player comes back. You think we are tough now…
I LOVE THE SUNS
We play with 8 guys, 6 of which did very little to nothing before this year. Tim Thomas was released from his team after he seemingly wasn’t going to fit into their system. Boris Diaw was a ‘nobody’ that was thrown into a trade that featured two 1st round draft picks. Leandro Barbosa was just a quick guard that couldn’t make good decisions, so poor were his decisions that he didn’t even sniff the floor during last year’s playoff run. James Jones was just another guy off the bench for Indiana that could occasionally shoot well – but not well enough to get into the starting lineup. Raja Bell was a guard that could play some good defense and shoot a decent 3-pointer, but was never a leader on a team. Eddie House was a good college player, but lacked any size or defensive prowess to garner any respect in the league.
Enter Steve Nash and Mike D’Antoni. With their system and style, each of these unknowns would be given a chance to score and prove themselves worthy to remain on the floor. Now for the glue, Shawn Marion – your role is to make all the plays/moves that we have not accounted for, including offensive rebounding, blocked shots, and shutdown defense.
What a fun team to watch. What a fun year it has been. I do expect the Nash rambler and the Matrix to lead this team to another Victory on Saturday Night. Will they win another in Dallas? Possibly, they have done it before. But regardless, this has probably been my favorite team to watch in the 25+ years I have followed the Suns. Too small, too hurt, too unorthodox has been translated into, too fast, too resilient, and too amazing.
Heads up Dallas/Miami/San Antonio/Detroit/Clippers/Cleveland… enjoy the run while you can. Next year our best player comes back. You think we are tough now…
I LOVE THE SUNS