Houston Phoenix game thread/predictions

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Final Score:

Suns 125
H-town 137

If you're an Aaron Brooks or Von Wafer fan have fun tonight because they're both having career nights.

If you're a Phoenix fan have fun because this game edges them closer to Greg Monroe.

The Canadian Cancer might play horrible but he'll have fun which is all that matters to him.

[sribb43]

Please win PHX...please take Mavs fans out of our misery and put us at the #9 seed

[IronMexican]

I'd rather have the Lakers play the Mavs than the Suns. Go Rockets!

[IronMexican]

But I still really hate the Suns for knocking LA out twice.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

I'd rather have the Lakers play the Mavs than the Suns. Go Rockets!

That would depend IMO. If Nash were to get a season ending injury tomorrow, I'd be scared to death about the Suns if I were LA. If Nash stays healthy, LA will sweep.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

But I still really hate the Suns for knocking LA out twice.

One reason I want them to miss the playoffs is just so I can still say, "Last two times they met in the playoffs Phoenix won" :lol

[IronMexican]

One reason I want them to miss the playoffs is just so I can still say, "Last two times they met in the playoffs Phoenix won" :lol

:flipoff


I remember watching Kobe's press conference after game 5 in 2007, and I could tell at the time he was going to ask for a trade. I was right:king

[Girasuck]

Go Suns!!

[balli]

go suns!!

+1

[sribb43]

One reason I want them to miss the playoffs is just so I can still say, "Last two times they met in the playoffs Phoenix won" :lol

Thank you Suns for coming back from 3-1 in '06 vs. LA bc we probably would have lost to the Lakers in the WCF bc Kobe would have rapped us for 50+ a night

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Please win PHX...please take Mavs fans out of our misery and put us at the #9 seed

No, that 14th overall pick is Steve Kerr's to screw up. Donnie Nelson is gonna have to settle for another pick to screw up.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Thank you Suns for coming back from 3-1 in '06 vs. LA bc we probably would have lost to the Lakers in the WCF bc Kobe would have rapped us for 50+ a night

No dude, Dallas would have won that series handedly assuming the refs weren't in full blown we want a Kobe vs. Shaq finals.

You forget the bums LA had on that team. If the 2006 Suns beat them the 2006 Mavs would too.

[djohn2oo8]

Fuck UTAH!!! I hope Yao plays pissed off, it is when he is at his best.

[sribb43]

No, that 14th overall pick is Steve Kerr's to screw up. Donnie Nelson is gonna have to settle for another pick to screw up.

Donnie is gonna draft another Pavel Podkolzin.

http://i.a.cnn.net/si/2005/players/06/21/hat.lady0627/t1_hat.jpghttp://www.solobasket.com/fotos/3703_2.jpg
http://www.reebokeurocamp.com/images/gallery/pdg/Pavel%20Podkolzine.jpg

[IronMexican]

How come the Laker fans aren't gold? This purple is ugly. I hope you guys do to the rest of the forums to what you did to the CSF.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Go rockets!!!!

Eyes on the prize suns!!!

And when i say prize i don't mean a championship, i mean greg monroe!!!

[sribb43]

No dude, Dallas would have won that series handedly assuming the refs weren't in full blown we want a Kobe vs. Shaq finals.

You forget the bums LA had on that team. If the 2006 Suns beat them the 2006 Mavs would too.

Smush Parker, Kwane and Mihm:lol

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

sribb, Stevie Kerr is gonna draft Tyler Hansbrough and then give a press conference about how "NBA ready" he is.

I swear to god, if Phoenix drafts another scrub white player to cater to their lily white fan base, Ima choke a bitch.

[IronMexican]

Everybody loves the silly white guy. Slava Medvedenko and Mark Maddogg Madsen were fan favorites forever.

[sribb43]

sribb, Stevie Kerr is gonna draft Tyler Hansbrough and then give a press conference about how "NBA ready" he is.

I swear to god, if Phoenix drafts another scrub white player to cater to their lily white fan base, Ima choke a bitch.

your GM drafts scrub white players and our GM drafts super scrub Euro's...i dont know why mavs fans are so upset about the draft picks given up in the harris trade. You really believe in Donnie to draft well. He will get a Euro that still needs to play overseas then we will bring him over in 2013

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Everybody loves the silly white guy. Slava Medvedenko and Mark Maddogg Madsen were fan favorites forever.

Maybe when they're a late 2nd round pick and were drafted to keep the bench warm, when the 15th pick is used on one of them like Robin "Useless fuck" Lopez, the silly white guy pisses you the fuck off.

[IronMexican]

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[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

The silly white guy the Suns fans actually liked was Pat Burke but he actually thought he deserved PT so he left.

[Darthkiller]

the suns need to get stephen curry. that's what nbadraft.net list atm.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

the suns need to get stephen curry. that's what nbadraft.net list atm.

No they don't, they need to scrap the whole point guard dominated offense and get back to basics. First off, hire Avery Johnson. I know some Mavs fans will laugh at that but he'd be a great coach if given the right players. Next, do whatever it takes to get Greg Monroe, even if it means trading Amare, Monroe is massively undervalued because there's no hype around him.

In the off season, make sure Barnes gets a "Good Riddance" note. Unless he wants to stay (idk why he would), wish Hill the best of luck in his search for a title. Trade away basically everyone except for Richardson, he'll be a good temporary player who can slash and shoot so Monroe learns how to pass out of the post and become a complete offensive player. Give "White Magic" Dragic a full season as starter to see if he has any future at all.

It would be a tough season and they won't have their draft pick, but things are going to have to get a lot worse before they get better.

[kcplayboi_26]

The silly white guy the Suns fans actually liked was Pat Burke but he actually thought he deserved PT so he left.

haha i remember Pat Burke, everyone use to get so happy when he got in the game and touched the ball, i think he drained a couple 3s once lol

[sribb43]

What about Paul Shirly and Eric Piakowskti (sp?)? :lol

[Girasuck]

Fuck UTAH!!! I hope Yao plays pissed off, it is when he is at his best.

That's all well and good but aren't you playing the Suns tonight? You know what's funny? After the Rockets lose tonight to the Suns, you'll still be bitching about the Jazz game.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

What about Paul Shirly and Eric Piakowskti (sp?)? :lol

Idk, my favorite all time white scrub on the Suns was jake tsakalidis


http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/050L2WG52F23H/340x.jpg

[kcplayboi_26]

Idk, my favorite all time white scrub on the Suns was jake tsakalidis


http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/050L2WG52F23H/340x.jpg


hahaha Jake Tsakalidis, thats when i moved here to Phoenix and I started being a Suns fan, I think they had that skinny old guy too with the high socks, last name Perry............

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

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for some reason there's a glitch where you type in E-L-L-I-O-T and that pops up no idea why.

[kcplayboi_26]

yea that was weird

[shelshor]

Referee Assignments
Fri. Mar. 6
Phoenix @ Houston: J. Crawford, S. Corbin, E. Dalen

[Texas_Ranger]

Rockets 111 - Suns 23

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Rockets 111 - Suns 23

You are some kind of dumb for thinking the Suns will hold Houston to 111.

[sribb43]

Idk, my favorite all time white scrub on the Suns was jake tsakalidis


I think your all-time favorite Suns white scrub should be this White.....

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[sook]

i will be 2 rows away from the court, so excited!!!! :blah

[Ghazi]

It's just the law of averages for the Mavs.

When you get Dirk Nowitzki for Tractor fucking Traylor, it has to even out somewhere.


J-Ho was the last solid pick though, that's 4 years without a solid draft addition. veeeexing.

But again, they were all low 20's.

ANYWHO as for this game, I don't think it'll be 137-125 but I think the Rockets will win. Superior team, good at home, and they play defense.

[Ghazi]

Please win PHX...please take Mavs fans out of our misery and put us at the #9 seed

You and I are Mavs fans, and since Dirk is a Mav, we should want what he wants. And I believe Dirk wants to be in the playoffs, even though he is aware that this team is 1st round fodder.

I shouldn't compare it to the Olympics, since getting Germany to the Olympics apparently is more important to Dirk than even winning an NBA CHampionship, but it's kinda the same thing. He knows Germany won't do much once they get there, but he still wants to get there.

We fans of the beloved Mavs should never direct our frustration at the FO or the players. Yeahhh the FO has been incompetent, and yeahhh teams have passed us by as a result of an aging roster and depleted talent, but let's direct our frustration where it belongs: the bullshit officiating of the 2006 Finals and the heartbreak of the Warriors hitting fluke shot after fluke shot in the 2007 series.

If you think the Kidd trade doomed us? It wouldn't have happened without those two preceding events.

And the Mavs are mediocre, in part because they just don't shoot and defend as well anymore. And I promise it wouldn't have been this bad if not for the Golden State series. It's like that series sapped this team of it's energy, swagger, and confidence, and thus it reflects on the defensive end and in the shooting that went from Top 5 in the league to bottom 5 (from behind the arc).

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Directing your anger at officiating and "fluke shots" doesn't do anything. It actually sends the front office the message, "It's ok if you fuck up because we'll still feel bad for you that that happened."

If the FO feels some pressure they might be motivated to step it up a little as far as decision making goes.

Look at Phoenix, Sarver has felt no pressure to do anything to improve the team because the fans still want to bitch about Amare getting suspended and Tim Donaghy. Saying you deserve the title doesn't make it so you get the title.

[Indazone]

Defense is going to win this game and the Rockets have that in spades. On the other hand, we used to get owned by the Suns when we ran that stale JVG set offense where all the players played like robots. With Adleman's motion offense and a stout defense, we should win this one.

[Ghazi]

In fairness to the FO, this roster on paper isn't much less talented than the team that won 67 games 2 years ago.

It is older though. It's the core really. Stackhouse, Howard, Dirk, Terry aren't playing at the level they were 2 years ago. Maybe teams passed us by, maybe guys in blue just got older, or maybe their energy and motivation has been sapped by the horseshit officiating of Miami and bullshit shots of Golden State.

Maybe we just weren't that great to begin with, and were just really hot that year shootingwise. 4 guys shot 38.3% or better that year from behind the arc, even Deaven fucking George shot a passable 35.3%. Everyone's numbers are down though, maybe we just Had to cool off.

And the team just doesn't defend as well and shoot as well. Some people call our guys inblue soft or "Allas Mavericks", but it wasn't always like this you know. the team was solid defensively 2 years ago.


If we stand pat this offseason I will be very disappointed. But I would hope we don't blow it up next year, since New Jersey has the draft pick.


But enough about the guys in blue, we should focus on this game. I look forward to watching it.

[Xylus]

I miss the JVG Rockets. It was like a guaranteed victory for the Suns every time they played each other. Now, not so much. Suns are going to get raped tonight.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Defense is going to win this game and the Rockets have that in spades. On the other hand, we used to get owned by the Suns when we ran that stale JVG set offense where all the players played like robots. With Adleman's motion offense and a stout defense, we should win this one.

Motion offenses rape the Suns. Basically motion offenses are the Duke Lacrosse team and the Suns are a stripper in Durham North Carolina.

Nash Richardson Barbosa and Barnes have enough problems guarding players when they're standing still, when they are constantly moving it's really ugly.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

In fairness to the FO, this roster on paper isn't much less talented than the team that won 67 games 2 years ago.

It is older though. It's the core really. Stackhouse, Howard, Dirk, Terry aren't playing at the level they were 2 years ago. Maybe teams passed us by, maybe guys in blue just got older, or maybe their energy and motivation has been sapped by the horseshit officiating of Miami and bullshit shots of Golden State.

Maybe we just weren't that great to begin with, and were just really hot that year shootingwise. 4 guys shot 38.3% or better that year from behind the arc, even Deaven fucking George shot a passable 35.3%. Everyone's numbers are down though, maybe we just Had to cool off.

That's my view with the 2007 Suns. Incredibly fluky shooting years from Bell and Barbosa are what got them so many wins. Once Bell fell apart after the all star break they started losing more games.

[Indazone]

I miss the JVG Rockets. It was like a guaranteed victory for the Suns every time they played each other. Now, not so much. Suns are going to get raped tonight.


I used to hate those games. Everytime I saw the Suns coming up on our schedule I knew it was a guaranteed L.

[djohn2oo8]

That's all well and good but aren't you playing the Suns tonight? You know what's funny? After the Rockets lose tonight to the Suns, you'll still be bitching about the Jazz game.

It's funny to see how jazz fans think the jazz are good. I guess it's comforting to know that every home game is already decided before it starts, and that your whole team reeks of flopping bitches.

[sook]

I used to hate those games. Everytime I saw the Suns coming up on our schedule I knew it was a guaranteed L.

it was everytime for like 4 yrs straight, the only W i can rmbr is the one tmac scored 49 points in

[Rogue]

Fuck UTAH!!! I hope Yao plays pissed off, it is when he is at his best.
son that's enough, we've already known for long that you have a dick that can do both of the two works- piss and F. Is it something that deverves you to boast of time after time?

[djohn2oo8]

This thread doesn't have dallas anywhere in the title

[Rogue]

It's funny to see how jazz fans think the jazz are good. I guess it's comforting to know that every home game is already decided before it starts, and that your whole team reeks of flopping bitches.
I didn't know your mom was also on the Utah Jazz team until you gave this remarkable post, thanks a lot, it's pretty kind of you to tell us that despite the shame that you should have felt about.

[Roxsfan]

Go Suns!!

Go Denver :toast

[Roxsfan]

That's all well and good but aren't you playing the Suns tonight? You know what's funny? After the Rockets lose tonight to the Suns, you'll still be bitching about the Jazz game.

Hey dumb fuck, umm...maybe you should worry about the denver-Jizz dripping from the ass of your Utah Jizz players. Yeah, the rox won their Fri nite game, and at this point the jizz are fucked:toast

The only reason the jizz won the last game against the rox is due to the bs officiating and rox missed fts.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

I've got a question, was that Brook's career high? I wanna know if half my career night prediction was true.

[GuerillaBlack]

Yep. It was his career high.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Yep. It was his career high.

Thanks. Easiest career night prediction in NBA history.

[sook]

Holyshit that game was amazing, we were standing the entire 4th qrtr and MY GOD...


Steve Nash

Shot after Shot


After Shot. He singlehandedly kept the suns in the game

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Fuck Nash, for every basket he made he allowed to Brooks.

[Ghazi]

Fuck Nash, for every basket he made he allowed to Brooks.

Why you gotta hate :depressed

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Why you gotta hate :depressed

Because I have to watch a PG or SG have a career scoring night every time the Suns play. The Canadian Cancer is the reason why.

[Rogue]

it was really a pretty bad lose for your guys in orange to lose to the rockets which are actually an scrub team. this lose makes it tougher for suns to get a playoffs' ticket and the very chance is the suns will get a lottery pick instead of a ticket to the playoffs or even the second round of playoffs. but it's even worse to blame your franchise player for the lose...

Nash did try his best to win that game, he hit a very hard 3pt shot to tie the game with a couple of seconds to go in the whole game. it's the poor defense of suns that eventually put that game to funeral instead of celebration.

[djohn2oo8]

it was really a pretty bad lose for your guys in orange to lose to the rockets which are actually an scrub team. this lose makes it tougher for suns to get a playoffs' ticket and the very chance is the suns will get a lottery pick instead of a ticket to the playoffs or even the second round of playoffs. but it's even worse to blame your franchise player for the lose...

Nash did try his best to win that game, he hit a very hard 3pt shot to tie the game with a couple of seconds to go in the whole game. it's the poor defense of suns that eventually put that game to funeral instead of celebration.

The same scrub team that beat the mavs twice???

[Indazone]

it was really a pretty bad lose for your guys in orange to lose to the rockets which are actually an scrub team. this lose makes it tougher for suns to get a playoffs' ticket and the very chance is the suns will get a lottery pick instead of a ticket to the playoffs or even the second round of playoffs. but it's even worse to blame your franchise player for the lose...


Nash did try his best to win that game, he hit a very hard 3pt shot to tie the game with a couple of seconds to go in the whole game. it's the poor defense of suns that eventually put that game to funeral instead of celebration.

Rockets just taking care of business and beating a team they are supposed to beat. :hat

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

but it's even worse to blame your franchise player for the lose...

I'm not blaming Shaq


Nash did try his best to win that game.

ya especially on that brooks game winner.....boy was that some tough D.

[Rogue]

The same scrub team that beat the mavs twice???
my boy it's NBA where every team can be beaten by any other team, it really doesn't matter for a professional team to get one or two losses from a scrub team that they shouldn't have lost to. as halle berry's mother once summerized "if you can't be a good losser, then you can never be a winner."

but i don't think losing a game means the loser of this single game will be a loser for ever. although the rocktes were badly demolished in Game 7 of 04-05 season's playoffs, they still managed to rebuild their team soon after that and broke into the playoffs in 06-07 season, though they were demolished in the first round again and again in the two straight seasons. I think the rockets will definitely make their trip to the playoffs for the 3rd straight year, and the result won't be quite different from the past two years. :lol

[j-money24]

i got a question.
do the suns have a draft pick this upcoming draft?

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

i got a question.
do the suns have a draft pick this upcoming draft?

Yes, but not next year, so they in all likelihood gave a top 10 pick away.

[djohn2oo8]

my boy it's NBA where every team can be beaten by any other team, it really doesn't matter for a professional team to get one or two losses from a scrub team that they shouldn't have lost to. as halle berry's mother once summerized "if you can't be a good losser, then you can never be a winner."

but i don't think losing a game means the loser of this single game will be a loser for ever. although the rocktes were badly demolished in Game 7 of 04-05 season's playoffs, they still managed to rebuild their team soon after that and broke into the playoffs in 06-07 season, though they were demolished in the first round again and again in the two straight seasons. I think the rockets will definitely make their trip to the playoffs for the 3rd straight year, and the result won't be quite different from the past two years. :lol

Mavs fans seem proud of the 8th seed...I don't blame them, it's where the mavs belong


https://www.crownawards.com/StoreFront/jsp/images/products/PLR8P1X2N_TH.JPG

[Rogue]

Mavs fans seem proud of the 8th seed...I don't blame them, it's where the mavs belong


https://www.crownawards.com/StoreFront/jsp/images/products/PLR8P1X2N_TH.JPG

at least the 8th place won't push us to the Utah Jazz :lol