No........shaq

[Irish]

I hate to say this, but I think they will go small SOMETIMES. Against some teams, D'Antoni ball was very effective. The problem was that it wasn't always effective and even less so in the playoffs.

I was curious about the combination of Stoudemire and Diaw on the inside. It wasn't as bad as it seemed. It was 3 wins, 2 losses and both losses were close. However, only in the Mavs game did the Suns score more in the fourth quarter.

Feb 6 vs NOH - lost 130-132
Feb 8 vs Sea - won 103-99
Feb 10 vs Was - won 108-109
Feb 13 @ GSW - lost 118-120
Feb 14 vs Dal - won 109-97

The loss to the Hornets was not due to size, but lack of depth. It went into double overtime. Skinner only played 14 minutes. BTW, Amare had a 26 point 20 rebound game, but Chandler didn't play.

Hill - 39
Diaw - 43
Stoudemire - 49
Bell - 47
Nash - 45
Barbosa - 40
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Losing to the Warriors at GS is hardly a shock. 118-120 (lost it in the fourth quarter)

Hill - 39
Diaw - 35
Stoudemire - 32
Bell - 38
Nash - 37
Barbosa - 34

Skinner only played 5 minutes but Strawberry played 18.

One curious element was that Barnes played 25 minutes for the Warriors at PF (Jackson played 43). Barnes went 6 of 11.

My read on it is that small ball works some of the time, but it just wears out the players when done too often.

 

[Andrew]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcHQexCFJWMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZIpgWdng-8

 

[Andrew]

Its not 100 percent set in stone that he will retire in 2 years. He said so on the latest video on www.suns.com at training camp.

 

[arwillan]

Its not 100 percent set in stone that he will retire in 2 years. He said so on the latest video on www.suns.com at training camp.

i suppose i'm wasting my time telling you this, but shaq's game will be so far gone in 2 years that there would be no point for him to continue on. His ego will leave him demanding far more than most teams will be willing to pay him, too.

 

[cly2tw]

I hate to say this, but I think they will go small SOMETIMES. Against some teams, D'Antoni ball was very effective. The problem was that it wasn't always effective and even less so in the playoffs.

I was curious about the combination of Stoudemire and Diaw on the inside. It wasn't as bad as it seemed. It was 3 wins, 2 losses and both losses were close. However, only in the Mavs game did the Suns score more in the fourth quarter.

Feb 6 vs NOH - lost 130-132
Feb 8 vs Sea - won 103-99
Feb 10 vs Was - won 108-109
Feb 13 @ GSW - lost 118-120
Feb 14 vs Dal - won 109-97

The loss to the Hornets was not due to size, but lack of depth. It went into double overtime. Skinner only played 14 minutes. BTW, Amare had a 26 point 20 rebound game, but Chandler didn't play.

Hill - 39
Diaw - 43
Stoudemire - 49
Bell - 47
Nash - 45
Barbosa - 40
-----------------------------------------
Losing to the Warriors at GS is hardly a shock. 118-120 (lost it in the fourth quarter)

Hill - 39
Diaw - 35
Stoudemire - 32
Bell - 38
Nash - 37
Barbosa - 34

Skinner only played 5 minutes but Strawberry played 18.

One curious element was that Barnes played 25 minutes for the Warriors at PF (Jackson played 43). Barnes went 6 of 11.

My read on it is that small ball works some of the time, but it just wears out the players when done too often.

I remember. All the losses could be mainly booked on Nash being brutally abused by Paul, Pargo, or Monta Ellis in the fourth.

 

[NBAFanAddict]

Dirk is out in 3 years.

 

[NBAFanAddict]

The 4th quarter will be so key this year with the age of the Suns

 

[suns1fan]

I have a feeling we will still see him on the court well into his 40's.