05' vs 15'

[coachmac87]

Not even that their bench was awful, it was that they didn't play. Mike D'Antoni ran six- or eight-man rotations through the regular season and played them even more minutes in the playoffs.

I don't think you're correct about Q Richardson. He found lightning in a bottle in the only team that perfectly fit his skillset. He wasn't worth a anywhere other than Phoenix. I don't think he was a better three point shooter than Klay Thompson and I doubt you'd ever find a stat to make a case that he was. He was pretty clutch and helped the team a lot that one year, but I don't think he was all that great.

Jim Jackson was a complete non-factor basically everywhere. He produced some stats in Dallas, but he had cemented his legacy as a team killer before he even reported to the Mavs. Byt the time he was in Phoenix he was just drawing a paycheck and putting in a few minutes.

Amare was really really ing good back then, and he's the main reason the team was so good. They had a down year because Amare got hurt his second season, and the turnaround in 2005 that Nash was credited with was mostly because Amare was healthy and nearly unguardable. If he'd taken some time to develop his game rather than relying on his freakish athletic ability he'd have managed to be relevant after his body began to break down.

Yeah Suns offense is arguably best ever in regular season

[100%duncan]

Offensively they were. And you can argue that they were better offensively

[Obstructed_View]

Yeah Suns offense is arguably best ever in regular season

I don't agree with that. It was a coach playing his five best players 40 minutes a night and sacrificing defense and clock management for raw points. Paul Westhead did the same thing in Denver and it scored more points. Both offenses were unsuccessful because, in addition to scoring the most points, they allowed the most points.

The best offense so far in NBA history was the inside out offense by Rudy T and the Rockets, converting Robert Horry to power forward, surrounding their post player with shooters and punishing double teamers. Nobody had ever hit three pointers at that kind of clip before. Nobody even thought it was possible. Everybody does it now and everybody knows how to play it, but when it came out it was devastating and didn't sacrifice defense or pace of the game to be successful. That offense has won at least ten championships since the Rockets went back to back.