No, this is not a thread about what changes we should make. I don't think it's the right time to discuss that just yet.
But already there has been a lot of talk prior to the playoffs about what the Suns should do in the off-season if they don't win a championship. There was talk about what should be considered a successful season, and generally that involved at least a trip to the finals. Anything short of that and a lot of people would be calling for some major personnel changes. But given what has happened in this series, does that change now? I mean, even if we lose to the Spurs again, it's no longer because they were the better team. Sure we can still improve, but can we say that we still don't have what it takes to win it all? Can we still say that major (or even any) changes need to be made in order to get over that proverbial hump?
Personally I think the way this series had gone, the way the Spurs were handed tonight's win and probably the series win, it's going to be difficult to evaluate what changes we need to make. We could very well have a championship team right now, just not the opportunity to prove it. it's not like Dallas who fell apart in the first round. We did not fall apart, we were literally taken apart by the league office. If we come back and win this series despite all the adversity we had to overcome, that would be a great testament to how good this team really is. But if we don't, should we still consider making major moves in the off-season, the kind of moves we would have to make had we lost to the Spurs fair-and-square?
But already there has been a lot of talk prior to the playoffs about what the Suns should do in the off-season if they don't win a championship. There was talk about what should be considered a successful season, and generally that involved at least a trip to the finals. Anything short of that and a lot of people would be calling for some major personnel changes. But given what has happened in this series, does that change now? I mean, even if we lose to the Spurs again, it's no longer because they were the better team. Sure we can still improve, but can we say that we still don't have what it takes to win it all? Can we still say that major (or even any) changes need to be made in order to get over that proverbial hump?
Personally I think the way this series had gone, the way the Spurs were handed tonight's win and probably the series win, it's going to be difficult to evaluate what changes we need to make. We could very well have a championship team right now, just not the opportunity to prove it. it's not like Dallas who fell apart in the first round. We did not fall apart, we were literally taken apart by the league office. If we come back and win this series despite all the adversity we had to overcome, that would be a great testament to how good this team really is. But if we don't, should we still consider making major moves in the off-season, the kind of moves we would have to make had we lost to the Spurs fair-and-square?
