Suns trying to climb Mt. San Antonio

[clubalien]

the word on the street is that the spurs will repeat

[Extra Stout]

Climbing Mt. San Antonio is pretty straightforward:

Mt. San Antonio:

Mt. San Antonio or better known as Mt. Baldy is the "crown jewel" of the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California. Although it is not the highest mountain in Southern California it is the highest in the San Gabriel Mt. Range. Mt. Baldy is visible from much of Southern California and much of Southern California can be seen from it's summit on a clear day. It is one of the most photographed objects of the Southern California landscape It's snow covered peak has appeared on post cards and tourist literature for many years. There are four popular routes to the summit. All are considered moderate hikes of 8.5 to 13 miles round trip and anywhere from 3,600 feet to 6,000 feet of elevation gain. All routes can be hiked year round but you'll need snowshoes and/or crampons and ice axe during winter months.

They can do this on vacation after the Spurs knock them out of the playoffs again next year.

[DDS4]

Funny how years ago we were geared to beat the Lakers and now the Suns are gearing up to beat the Spurs.

Their whole philosophy to play defense has to change in order to compete.

[clubalien]

BTW i heard that manu was talking to agent about bell on KABB 29 newes @ 9 too

[gospursgojas]

Funny how years ago we were geared to beat the Lakers and now the Suns are gearing up to beat the Spurs.

Their whole philosophy to play defense has to change in order to compete.

Aint it cool when your team is good enough only to worry about 2 or 3 teams and you can build your roster accordenly

[Vashner]

We are in there heads! hahah suns!
Tell your greaseball player to wash his hair once a year ... (nash)

[Spursdaone]

Since everyone is so worried about Nash's health, the same concern involve Duncan. Injuries can happen to anyone and without any happening I would give the suns at 100% a good chance to beat the spurs. Ginobili will see different defenders like Marion, Johnson, and Bell. He will not go off like before.

[Mixability]

Since everyone is so worried about Nash's health, the same concern involve Duncan. Injuries can happen to anyone and without any happening I would give the suns at 100% a good chance to beat the spurs. Ginobili will see different defenders like Marion, Johnson, and Bell. He will not go off like before.

With their Run and Gun offense, they're more prone to injuries. Especially Nash, since his teams play goes south once he sits, his rest during games is rare. I don't see the Suns getting any closer than this last time. That is if you call 4-1 close!

[SpursFanInAustin]

Since everyone is so worried about Nash's health, the same concern involve Duncan. Injuries can happen to anyone and without any happening I would give the suns at 100% a good chance to beat the spurs. Ginobili will see different defenders like Marion, Johnson, and Bell. He will not go off like before.

Then who guards Parker?

[Spursdaone]

Duncan is 7'0. The way he attacks the rim I'm not surprised that he gets ankle injuries. I'm surprised there aren't more injuries coming from the 7'0 and above players. Duncan, Garnett, and Nowitzki seem like prime time candidates for ankle injuries because of being athletic and being tall. Nash has perfect balance and it would take someone to knock into him for an injury to occur. Ginobili is more reckless than Nash anyway.

[Spursdaone]

Then who guards Parker?

Bell or Johnson

[SpursFanInAustin]

Bell or Johnson

Then who will guard Duncan? and who does Nash take, especially if the Spurs resign Devin Brown and the Spurs use Parker, Manu, and Brown on the perimeter?

[Spursdaone]

Then who will guard Duncan? and who does Nash take, especially if the Spurs resign Devin Brown and the Spurs use Parker, Manu, and Brown on the perimeter?

The same question would be ask back. Who is gonna guard Joe Johnson or Marion if Bowen is out of the game? I think Bowen will be playing alot and Joe Johnson would play the point guard for most of the time Bowen is out with Bell and Jim Jackson. Thomas and Stoudemire will take turns guarding Duncan. There aren't too many weaknesses with this Suns defense now.

[SpursFanInAustin]

The same question would be ask back. Who is gonna guard Joe Johnson or Marion if Bowen is out of the game? I think Bowen will be playing alot and Joe Johnson would play the point guard for most of the time Bowen is out with Bell and Jim Jackson. Thomas and Stoudemire will take turns guarding Duncan. There aren't too many weaknesses with this Suns defense now.

Stoudemire and Thomas guarding Duncan is especially Amare.

so Joe Johnson is gonna play 48 minutes a game? He'll have no legs in the 4th

Devin Brown guarded Marion in that 4th qtr of that 2nd regular season game, and I'd say he did an excellent job, considering the Spurs cameback from 16 down. That meant that the Suns, including Marion weren't scoring.

[Spursdaone]

Bell and Jim Jackson will come in for Nash and Joe Johnson. Joe Johnson won't have to play the shooting guard as much now due to extra depth in the back court. Marion is starting at small forward so that alone makes the depth better .

[SenorSpur]

Whatever the Suns' combination of players, they'll have another "run-n-fun" season. However this year, they won't have the luxury of "sneaking up" on anybody. They'll be lauded for this entertaining style and will probably be the supposed team that "no one wants to play". Yet, the Spurs will still KICK THEIR ASS when the chips are down.

[kskonn]

The same question would be ask back. Who is gonna guard Joe Johnson or Marion if Bowen is out of the game? I think Bowen will be playing alot and Joe Johnson would play the point guard for most of the time Bowen is out with Bell and Jim Jackson. Thomas and Stoudemire will take turns guarding Duncan. There aren't too many weaknesses with this Suns defense now.

Except that the guys you mentioned have not proved that they can play team defense. Maybe they can play a liitle one on one but to have team defense you have to have a system. They don't. I believe if they did that their talent and athleticsm would allow them to have a very good defense.

[Spursdaone]

Except that the guys you mentioned have not proved that they can play team defense. Maybe they can play a liitle one on one but to have team defense you have to have a system. They don't. I believe if they did that their talent and athleticsm would allow them to have a very good defense.

Why do you need a system for man on man defense? If you have good defenders you can be a great defensive team and the suns are much closer now than before.

[strangeweather]

Why do you need a system for man on man defense? If you have good defenders you can be a great defensive team and the suns are much closer now than before.

Yes, and if you go get 5 guys who can score a lot of points, you automatically have a great offense, right? You don't need to worry about silly things like ball movement or setting screens or positioning, you just show up and shoot the ball. Is that it?

I have to say, I think you don't know anything at all about basketball.

[tophy7]

He didn't get the worst poster of all time tag for nothing

[Mr. Body]

Anytime a "reporter" has the phrase "word on the street" in his "article", the reporter should be fired.

The sort of "sources say" reportage that helped us buy into another war in Iraq.

[mavsfan1000]

I think this is not a good matchup for Phoenix. Parker is one of the few that make Nash work hard to penetrate. Parker is not overpowered which is the key to the matchup. Detroit will always have a better chance in my opinion over Phoenix because San Antonio likes to run because that is where Parker and Ginobili are at their best.

[jackiel1219]

Detroit will always have a better chance in my opinion over Phoenix because San Antonio likes to run because that is where Parker and Ginobili are at their best.

Yes, but Detriot's offense is not as good as the Spurs' and the best way to beat Phoenix it to run with them

[mavsfan1000]

But Detroit can really exploit the Parker/Billups matchup. They were very close to beating San Antonio in this series. Who knows if Rasheed didn't leave Horry what would've happened. Parker did as good of job on Nash as anyone and Nash isn't getting any younger. This is a matchup nightmare for Phoenix. Phoenix might actually beat Detroit in a close series but the matchups make all the difference.

[mavsfan1000]

San Antonio's weaknesses
Turnover prone
Undersized point guard
half court offense
Detroit's strengths
On the ball pressure
Strong point guard
Half court defense
Phoenix doesn't have these strengths and are unable to exploit San Antonio's weaknesses. They don't put pressure on defense that forces turnovers. They don't have a strong point guard to give Parker trouble. They give up alot of fastbreak points.