Raptors @ Suns Game Thread

[dodie53]

Suns are rushing their shots

 

[Proteus]

Come on guys...time to put the Raptors away.

 

[Lynx280]

the rap's uniforms are horrible

 

[SactownSunsFan]

LMAO@ The Better Basketball commercial calling JJ Redick "perhaps the best shooter in basketball history".

 

[Proteus]

Some defensive rebounding would be nice.

 

[dodie53]

Nash benched early than expected.
nice coaching by DA.

 

[Proteus]

Sigh..it would be nice if these guys would focus and allow the deep bench guys like Tucker to play.

 

[Treesquid PhD]

for all the good things marion does he is one of the worst passers in Suns history.

 

[mjb21aztd]

bout time tucker came in

 

[mjb21aztd]

Wow barbosa huge nice seeing him hit these 3's

 

[dodie53]

nice win.

 

[mjb21aztd]

Yup nice win for the suns great to see Barbosa get going

 

[dodie53]

Wow barbosa huge nice seeing him hit these 3's

i'll still include him in a trade to get Iggy

 

[Proteus]

Good game from the Suns aside from the 4th quarter.

It's good to see LB finding his shot. So was it a coincidence that it occurred when he started?

It'd be nice to see Tucker and other deep bench guys get a few more minutes.

Most impressive stat of the night : Nash 16 assists, 0 turnovers

 

[bigfoot]

Most impressive stat of the night : Nash 16 assists, 0 turnovers

Awesome.

 

[cly2tw]

LB should start. But he is still not good as a PG. Banks was better at that in this game. LB just can't seem to make cutting/entry passes. He is only swinging it on the perimeter if ever.

Nash didn't have a turnover because Amare bailed him out a couple of times when the passes bounced awkwardly.

Amare's energy went down considerably against the end of the game. He had some bad forced plays down there.

The game was competitive for 2 1/2 quarters only, in which time we really saw why we should go to Amare often and early. He got double team attention often even without the ball, which made it easier for the shooters. And his passes were mostly timely and precise.

 

[Cheesebeef]

solid win. now let's really start taking care of business against the West starting with Christmas Day against LA.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

for all the good things marion does he is one of the worst passers in Suns history.

He had 5 assists and 1 turnover????

 

[hsandhu]

Hopefully amare puts up 30/15 against the lakers, so we can showcase him for a straightup kobe trade.

Kobe saying suns are one of 4 teams on his list:
http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/basketball/nba/blog/2007/12/kobe_knicks_on_short_list_for.html


I wouldn't have done it in the summer, but now I'll do it in a heartbeat. We need Amare to play decent for a while though to raise his stock.

 

[slinslin]

We need to trade Bell and Diaw, not Amare, no way we can win anything with Diaw and Skinner being our only players above 6'7.

 

[WuRaider]

We need to trade Bell and Diaw, not Amare, no way we can win anything with Diaw and Skinner being our only players above 6'7.

You have to pair Amare with Kobe, not trade them for each other.

 

[mribnik]

He had 5 assists and 1 turnover????

Agreed. Out of all the players on this team, including Amare, Bell strikes me as the worst passer, not that it's his primary role or anything. He seems so limited offensively that if he's not wide open and ready to shoot, he'll force a pass through two defenders just to get the ball back to Nash. He's made some pretty poor passes this year.

 

[LV-Suns]

Amare is not a bad passer
whenever he passes, it looks decent.

 

[Cheesebeef]

We need to trade Bell and Diaw, not Amare, no way we can win anything with Diaw and Skinner being our only players above 6'7.

and what exactly are we going to get trading an aging, seemingly breaking down spot up three point shooter and a 9 million dollar a year salary albatross with motivational issues?

 

[Treesquid PhD]

Hopefully amare puts up 30/15 against the lakers, so we can showcase him for a straightup kobe trade.

Kobe saying suns are one of 4 teams on his list:
http://weblogs.newsday.com/sports/basketball/nba/blog/2007/12/kobe_knicks_on_short_list_for.html


I wouldn't have done it in the summer, but now I'll do it in a heartbeat. We need Amare to play decent for a while though to raise his stock.

Players like Amare don't need to be showcased, GM's know full well what he is and what he isn't.

In fact, the hotter Amare gets the less likely he will be traded. that's because the Suns usually domninate teams when Amare is going well.