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I loved how Amare got his 30 points this time.
Stoudemire: "We're not concerned about Dallas at all."
O'Neal: "Once I master the offense like everyone else, we're going to be a dangerous team."
http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns...sunsnotes.html
Paul Coro
The Arizona Republic
Feb. 24, 2008 08:11 PM
Suns center Shaquille O'Neal said the Suns were flat Sunday and included himself.
The lift on his shots was flat, and so were his free throws. He has not made half of his free throws in a season since 2002-03, but Sunday's 1-for-8 performance was a flat line.
O'Neal grabbed 11 rebounds on a day that no other Suns player crashed the boards. Guard Leandro Barbosa was next with four.
Phoenix is 1-2 with O'Neal, but patience is being preached because of his transition and consideration of its opponents (Lakers, Celtics, Pistons).
"We still have to be realistic about things," O'Neal said. "We've still got a lot of figuring out to do. If everybody just sticks to their role, we should be fine."
Steve Nash lamented the lack of confidence and cohesion but repeatedly mentioned that the process will take time. Coach Mike D'Antoni talked about adjusting to new roles, specifically Amaré Stoudemire playing more on the perimeter instead of mostly diving on pick-and-rolls.
"Once I master the offense like everyone else, we're going to be a dangerous team," O'Neal said. "I don't see any problems."
His issue might be his new city.
"I got a lot of rest (Saturday) night," O'Neal said. "Too much rest, possibly. This is a real laid-back town. (Saturday) I took it easy. Everyone was a little lethargic, including myself."
Defense?
The Suns were proud when they ranked ninth in defensive field-goal percentage, but Sunday was the third time in the past five games that an opponent shot at least 50 percent.
The Suns barely had been blown out this season, losing by 15 just twice. Its previous-worst loss was by 22 points, and Nash and Shawn Marion missed that game.
"We'll rally, and we'll get this team going," D'Antoni said.
Attention, Dallas
Stoudemire was told that the impression from Dallas was that O'Neal is too old and beat up to make a difference.
"We're not concerned about Dallas at all," Stoudemire said.
"What they think or them as a team?" a reporter asked.
"Both," Stoudemire said. "(Dallas point guard) Jason Kidd and Shaq are about the same age."
Hill goes scoreless
Grant Hill had the fourth scoreless game of his career Sunday, but he played 14 minutes or less in the others.
Hill shot 0 for 6, missing three close shots in the first quarter and three jump shots in the second. He did not take a shot in the second half.
"I was just off," he said. "No excuses. We'll do better, I'm sure, come Tuesday (at Memphis)."
Free throws
• It was the Suns' first loss to an East team since O'Neal and Miami beat them Dec. 10.
• Stoudemire's eighth 30-point game this season was his fourth since the O'Neal trade.
• The Phoenix-Denver outdoor preseason game, set for Oct. 11 in Indian Wells, Calif., nearly sold out this weekend.
• Linton Johnson, who signed a 10-day contract Friday, made his Suns debut.
I loved how Amare got his 30 points this time.
Ah, Duhmare. To quote SpursDynasty:
I like how he was screaming his head off after a dunk when his team was down by 30 points yesterday. What an assclown. And nobody on Dallas said a in' thing about the Shaq trade."You think you're some badass don't you? You look like a clown trying to hang with the champion Spurs, or any other team for that matter. Idiot."
I saw that. What a joke he is.
That's all he is, a y bas . You think he would show more respect to the two teams that have eliminated his team the past 4 playoffs he's been in.
You know what I'm not concerned about at all?
1) Suns transition defense when Shaq is in the game.
2) Suns pick and roll defense when Shaq is in the game.
3) Amare trying to guard Dirk.
4) Steve Nash after the second round of the playoffs.
My favorite part of yesterday's game was the miked-up portion. They showed Rasheed hitting a turnaround jumper on the baseline with Amare on him. Then Alvin Gentry says to him during a timeout "Nobody in the world can guard that shot."
Maybe so, Alvin, but Amare didn't do a ing thing to contest it. Didn't get his hands up in Sheed's face, didn't bump him, didn't do anything.
Seriously, I cannot stand Amare. Okay, fool, you can run the floor and dunk, and little else. Shut the up please.
Don't forget he can scowl too after he dunks.
I'd be offended if Amare hadn't already pretty much shown everybody many times already that he's mentally re ed. And I mean actually re ed. I am serious when I say that I believe Amare Stoudemire is mentally handicapped.
He can also do pushups as his team gets their asses kicked out of the playoffs.
He's Black Jesus!
Forget STAT, he should change his nickname to STAR - Standing Tall and Re ed
Chill out guys... didn't your mothers taught you that it's in poor taste to make fun of re ed kids?
Who's re ed?
It's hilarious how worked up you guys get over comments like this.You knew Amare was y, does this come as any surprise to you?
It's the middle of the day, nothing else is going onIt's hilarious how worked up you guys get over comments like this.
I think the funniest part is that he said this after his team got beat down by 30 points on national television.
D'Antoni is gonna lose all his hair watching Shaq shoot FT's lol
It's not even iness, it's just a really embarrassing display of what little intelligence that numbnuts has.
The thought of that is quite amusing.
And the thought of Dirk guarding Amare is equally as amusing. The two of them will have no problem scoring at will on the other.
The thought of that is quite amusing.
remind me of the last time Dirk said "We're not concerned about Phoenix at all."
Who cares? I'm not talking about Amare's obtuse comments, I'm talking about the actual game... you know, basketball.
I'll put my money on Dirk guarding Amare better than Amare guarding Dirk.
Dirk is lazy on defense.
Amare is both lazy and ing stupid on defense.
So you fully admit that Amare is a classless re ed piece of that can dunk a ball real good? Awesome.
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