How much do the Suns want Finley?

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Originally Posted by CaptainLate

We beat them at their own game and they were freethrows away from being swept. That ain't "ALMOST".

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They were also a few offensive/defensive rebounds from making it much closer.

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Originally Posted by BillsCarnage

They were also a few offensive/defensive rebounds from making it much closer.

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Hard to do that against defensive teams. And that's my point. They proved that all "O and no "D" = No "ALMOST".

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Originally Posted by BillsCarnage

They were also a few offensive/defensive rebounds from making it much closer.

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While that's probably true, it is an awfully long way from being anything but a long way from winning a title. The Suns should probably accept the fact that they were out classed and just work harder, but they seem to think that they were good enough and the officials, random bounces of the ball and injuries are to blame. I'm not sure that's realistic.

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Originally Posted by Obstructed_View

While that's probably true, it is an awfully long way from being anything but a long way from winning a title. The Suns should probably accept the fact that they were out classed and just work harder, but they seem to think that they were good enough and the officials, random bounces of the ball and injuries are to blame. I'm not sure that's realistic.

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Um, i think they do realize that which is why they've brought in KT and Bell. Grant, as worthless as he could be, provides a big body in the middle to clog the lane. Won't know until the season plays out.

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Originally Posted by baseline bum

Man, I'm tempted to email him and say please go to Phoenix so he can be eliminated at the hands of Bruce Bowen again in the playoffs, and how he has no chance of that happening in Miami since Antoine Walker will assure they will not reach the Finals. I should ask him if his mother liked the popcorn, beer, and sodas at the Alomodome too.

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I feel you on that one Bum. No way Finley is even 1/2 the player that JJ is. I'd love for him to go to PHX and perhaps this time we'll finish them off in a sweep. Recall that we almost had them in four back in June.

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Originally Posted by BillsCarnage

Um, i think they do realize that which is why they've brought in KT and Bell. Grant, as worthless as he could be, provides a big body in the middle to clog the lane. Won't know until the season plays out.

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Not exactly a trade up from Richardson and Johnson, and the loss of Steven Hunter as a big body in the middle cannot be made up by Brian Grant IMHO. I wouldn't consider the team better than it was at the end of the season. If anything, they are just as weak on the defensive end and relatively hamstrung on offense. Their only way of winning last year, outscoring the other team, is going to be more difficult next year. That might be made up by the continued development of Stoudamire, who is an incredible talent. They will definitely be a playoff team. Typically teams don't win 60 games every year, so the Suns aren't in jeopardy of anything other than not winning the title again, which is going to be a surprise to nobody except Suns fans.

hunter could at least get up and down the court quickly. brian grant is dead on two dead legs

Hunter was up and down the court when Amare was out. Amare, Marion and Nash were the three main players in their fastbreak with Q/JoJo the follow up. Those three are still there and now Bell/JJax are the follow up.

So we agree that Raja Bell and Jimmy Jackson aren't an upgrade from Q and Johnson, and I can't imagine anyone saying that Grant is an upgrade for Hunter. It's not Hunter's fault that the Suns didn't see the need to start a young athletic 7 footer to allow the rest of their all-star front court to play in position. I don't think it'll take more than 2 seasons for them to seriously regret that loss.

Allstar chasing won't make a team better, or make a team.

I really don't care if you have the all star team against the Spurs... the spurs would end up being the better team, we are good as we are. Let them improve and change everything they had.

They lost 2 starters... let's see how the team gets along with each other now..