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Steve Nash and Manu Ginobili are the same age (33).
Raja Bell is the same age as Tim Duncan.
Tony Parker is the same age as Barbosa.
I forgot. What was your point?
I think the Spurs are too old and don't have the firepower to compete with the Suns. They might be able to take away the Suns' transitions points for a game or two, but over the course of a seven game series, guys like Bowen, Horry, Finley etc. won't have a chance at stopping the likes of Barbosa, Diaw, Marion...
I do admit, that the Spurs take the Suns out of their game more than anyone else in the league. I would give second place to the Lakers.
The Suns have been able to get any shot they want against the mavs for over three years now (including last years playoffs that the Mavs won).
Steve Nash and Manu Ginobili are the same age (33).
Raja Bell is the same age as Tim Duncan.
Tony Parker is the same age as Barbosa.
I forgot. What was your point?
He's right - keep going down the roster.
Bowen - Marion
Elson - Stoudemire
Oberto - Diaw
Finley - Jones
The age, of course, isn't the only thing to look at and the Spurs have their trumps as well, but it would be silly to argue that the Suns aren't younger.
However, Ginobili is younger (b 1977) than Nash (b 1974).
Are you really that dumb?
I say Horry, Finley and Bowen won't be able to stop Barbosa, Diaw and Marion.
And you counter with age comparisons between Bell and Duncan, Ginobili and Nash, and Parker and Barbosa.
MY POINT, was that Horry, Finley and Bowen won't be able to stop Barbosa, Diaw and Marion.
Do you understand now, or do I need to spell it out again?
Our guys will be getting wide open shots cuz not a sole on phx can guard timmy. wheras fastbreak pts will be the only thing keepin phx in this contest. if they are not able to do so then amare will not be able to keep them in the series by himself.(as history has shown) and the "big 3" mins per game will go up and the phx will become manus number 1 fans again.
and since have the spurs not been able to stop Marion, hes been bowens his whole career except for 1 game. BET THAT
Spell it out for me. Why does finley have to stop some1 when manu will be on the court? and marion is a joke. hes an all star player xcept for when bowens on the other side he disappears quicker than the suns in the playoffs.
barbosa will be tough but i startin to think jvaughn might be able to take him some.
Last edited by jaespur21; 04-03-2007 at 02:05 PM.
This is the way I see the series.
The Spurs have a player who can guard Marion.
The Spurs have a player(s) who can guard Amare, at least to a point.
The Spurs have a player who can guard anyone not named Nash, and to a lesser extent Amare. Nash is unguardable, however:
The Suns have ZERO players to guard Tony Parker.
The Suns have absolutely ZERO players who can even hope of guarding Tim Duncan.
The Suns have zero players outside of Marion that will step out to put a hand in the face of our 3 point shooters.
Heck, it's doubtful the Suns can guard Elson in the post.
It's not that the Suns match up unfavorably on offense with the Spurs. They will probably score quite a bit.
However, they are hopelessly outmatched on the other end of the floor. They play some of the worst defense from a consistency standpoint of any team in the league. 45 points in a quarter, anyone?
The fact that you're attempting to assert that Horry would guard Barbosa says a lot about you as a Suns fan.
The Suns don't match up favorably with the Spurs, I agree. But your argument is inherently flawed.
Spurs have no one to guard Nash, Suns don't have anyone to guard Parker, but the Spurs have the edge?
Spurs have someone who can guard Amare, but Suns don't have anyone to guard Duncan, even though Amare averaged 38 points and 13 rebounds against the Spurs in the '05 WCF?
When our two teams do match up, I imagine D'Antoni will be giving Kurt Thomas a lot of minutes to match up defensively against Duncan. Add Raja Bell to the mix to keep Ginobili from scoring 48 on us. Frankly, this is a different Suns team than the one you guys saw in '05. We are much better equipped to play San Antonio, that's why we got Bell and Thomas in the first place.
The most important facet of the series, the one factor that decides which team wins, will be the play of Shawn Marion. If Bowen shuts him down again like he did two years ago, the Suns will lose the series. If not, then the Suns have a great chance of winning. Of course, Boris Diaw could be a decisive factor, as well.
Suns don't have anyone to guard "Timmy"??
Do i really need to bring up a youtube of Duncan's feeble attempt to dunk on Amare back in 2005?!!!!
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Last edited by td4mvp21; 04-03-2007 at 06:34 PM.
Suns don't have anyone to guard "Timmy"??
Do i really need to bring up a youtube of Duncan's feeble attempt to dunk on Amare back in 2005?!!!!
your intelligence level and IQ probably matches that of Amare's.
If that statement is a compliment or not, it depends on how you view Amare's intelligence.
As for me I have my personal opinion of Amare's IQ.
Word!!
I wonder if Spurs fans will spontaneously combust if Amare drops a game winner on Duncan and follows it up by doing some push-ups.
Tried that b4 and by the end of game i was celebrating. yup
This forum would go nuts, although Amare isn't typically who you want going for game-winners when you have Nash on the team.
Should be a hectic, 6 game series.
It looks like my manhood is safe.
So much for all that "see... it doesn't matter if you can play defense if you're this good offensively" stuff the announcers were saying during the last Dallas/Phoenix game. The Mavs are a good defensive team nowadays, but they ain't the Spurs.
C'mere Kent...
*snip snip*
Hey now... you said "in a 7 game series"
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