“He obviously thought that San Antonio had the best chance to win a le,” Suns Head Coach Mike D’Antoni told Suns.com shortly after the club received a call from Finley’s agent Wednesday afternoon. “We’re here to make that a bad decision. But best of luck to him.”
Coach "Diarrhea Mouth" did not deserve coach of the year - he won what 3 more wins than Pop with only losing Nash for a few games and then could not adapt in the playoffs when Bowen abused the Matrix and others. Only a heroic performance by Amare even kept it close.
He will be humbled this year as his over-hyped team regresses big time.
D'Antoni is a ing idiot.
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hahaha!! Your profile says you live in Tucson....so how do you know Phoenix people aren't talkin trash!
Did you miss the game where your dumb owner was doing the chicken dance to CIA Pops?? Trash talking my foot!
You guys were lucky to get into the playoffs....go to your own board...it's useless...we are the champions my friend!
Small wonder Pop said he thought Finley was headed to Phoenix the other day...
We don't like your coach when he acts like a . If Popovich said that, there would be a lot of fans all over him for it.wow. you people really don't like our coach much. Trust me people in PHX don't think yours but we would never say mean things about him. Coach D was coach of the year and were all proud of him for what he did with the suns.Everyone keeps saying the suns will be bad ,how about you let the suns chose that for themselfs.i think you all remember what happened last year when people said we would be lucky to get into the playoffs.
Go Suns!
What is he supposed to say?
"Eh, we might as well pack it in for next season, no way we're beating the Spurs..."
No but he could have worded it better....things like "compete for a championship" or "a championship contender" just my .02
FWIW I would have not been please with Pop saying that either.
It'd be different if the Suns had won the Championship last year, or made the Finals even.
But as it is, it just comes off as sounding dumb. It'd be like Amare guaranteeing 72 wins or something.... if there's a good chance it won't happen, you shouldn't be talking smack.
Yea I agree.^^
I feel that Phil has confidence , and why shouldn't he, he has 9 damn rings. He earned the right to say things like that,and most people tend to take him seriously when he does say those things.
But D' Antonio is an idiot for saying something like that. Even Phil would have never said, well it is to bad he is going to miss out on a championship.
Pop says tongue-in-cheek things all the time....I have no idea why what he said is an issue.
Show me a quote where Pop said to Jason Kidd, "Well, it's his loss, not ours."
Whenever Pop says something tongue in cheek, it's usually at his own expense. Like when he won the Championship in 2003, and there were no more questions. He was like, "Is that it? I'm not Phil Jackson, this is a rare event for me, ask me some more!"
THAT's classic Pop. And fans love it. I would NOT like Pop guaranteeing 72 wins, or dissing players like Jason Kidd or Karl Malone because they chose not to play for us...
It's about respect. And being smart. What do you think the chances are that Finley will EVER consider joining the Suns now, if things in SA don't work out? ZERO. It's shooting yourself in the foot, esp. in this league where players change teams more often than they change their sneakers.
D'ientoni is funny
That would be the logical response.What is he supposed to say?
"Eh, we might as well pack it in for next season, no way we're beating the Spurs..."
That would be the logical response.
Don't get the hate for D'Antoni. The guy has been quick to give props to the Spurs all year long, and admitted that the Spurs were the better team (read George Karl). He has been nothing but a class act.
I doubt what he said wasn't tongue in cheek. It was a joke guys, have a sense of humour about these things.
Besides, what was he supposed to say? That the Suns have zero chance of competing, and that they should just hand the Spurs the trophy?
I love the fact you hate our coach, our team, because two years ago, no body here probably even knew who D'Antoni was. I feel like were the Jefferson's, hit my theme song...
Oh and by the way, congrats on your guys run last year. Every sportswriter is saying that Shaq is the best big man to ever play the game, I think its Timmy D. He makes everyone around him better, Shaq doesn't really do that. And if Finley didn't sign with the suns, I'm glad he did with the Spurs, so he can Rip Cuban's head off and down his throat for four games this year, thats the kicker.
The only thing better than D'Antoni's quotes is some of you guys over-reacting to them.
Coach D has been an NBA coach for 3 years and has already got his team to the conference finals..Pop is what 60 or something and he has 3 rings.Don't get me wrong Pop is an amazing coach but try to give Coach D some credit for what he did last year..
wow good point..Why do spurs fans even care about our coach and what he says?The only thing better than D'Antoni's quotes is some of you guys over-reacting to them.
umm.. lets see if i'm right in 03' and 04' the SPURS team was very good that same year the SUNS were horrible he made the 3rd biggest turnaround in NBA history...your right that deserves no credit at all.
um i just moved from Phoenix this Summer i went to every playoff game and a bunch of homegames.. I happened to see the game where our owner danced and it was quite funny..Oh and how do you get lucky by winning 62 games and getting into the 3rd round.You wanna talk about luck?? How about game seven of the NBA finals
That would be the logical response.
Well, you and I know that...as well as all of the English and Spanish and Slovanian and French speaking countries, but it just wouldn't be right some how for another team's coach to actually say it...out loud.
You probably got your panties in a wad when you read that Mark Cuban quote about how he hopes the Spurs lose 82 games, too, didn't you?
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