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As Steve "The Black Knight" Nash would say, "I'll see you in the Conference Finals! Losing in the playoffs to you guys is merely flesh wounds."
These two teams are headed towards another WCF showdown if the standings continue the way the've gone.
This Suns team with Amare and Bobo against a healthy Spurs team could go down as a classic series. It won't be a cake walk like it was last year.
As Steve "The Black Knight" Nash would say, "I'll see you in the Conference Finals! Losing in the playoffs to you guys is merely flesh wounds."
You gotta admit. Consider how dominant Amare was against the Spurs in the playoffs, and considering how well they're playing without him and Barbosa... They're going to be Scary come playoff time. Diaw, Bell, Jones, and Thomas were HUGE additions for them. Plus they've got some high picks coming up here in the next few years from ATL.
Come back and I'll bite off you knee caps.
The Suns need @ 20 games to adjust with Amare, or one month. I'm guessing he comes back at the beginning of March. Boris needs to develop a 15-18ft'er and learn how to finish around the basket.
Phx fans have been antsy to get Amare, KT and Marion on the front line together.
It was a regular season game with Spurs shooting like crap. Do I have to use the image from your sig for what I think about the Suns winning (hint: not the one with Barkley)?
i'll take the spurs in 6
phoenix is gettin there no doubt
but i'm still puttin dallas ahead oh phoenix in terms of teams to watch out for in the western conference. and that includes PHX with amare and barbosa
Dallas will get the 4 seed and the Spurs will beat them in 6, just like the Suns did last year.
Spurs would beat both in 5.
Again.
Point?
yeah the playoff seeding is TERRIBLE. having said that HUGE props to the suns. everyone and their mother left them dead in the water when amare went down. and the forced johnson for diaw trade looked incredibly one sided at first but it's def. looked a lot better for the suns by the week.
Who the is Bobo???
BOBO!?!?!?!
Barbosa.. I started calling him Bobo because he looked like a clown his first few years on the court.
uhhh ok.
Phoenix has a bye to the WCF. Timberwolves vs Clippers would be the worst playoff series in NBA history.
The Sun's defense with Amare is going to take a huge hit.
Interesting to see how they adjust to that, but they are definatly a very good team capable of beating anyone else out there.
Underestimating the mavs. I hope the spurs do the same in the second round.
neither team has any guarantees about getting to the wcf's. i hope there is a rematch but i wouldn't plan on it.
A bit of an unfortunate choice, as the French refer to Boris as Bobo. Mass confusion ..... now how often would that happen, you start to call a player Bobo and the team trades for another Bobo.
"I'm not a ...I'm a BOBO!" -- Howie Mandel, Walk Like A Man
If Phoenix can sit Amare for this long...mebbe we could sit Duncan for a month, or 2.
I respect the Suns highly and it more to do with Steve Nash then Amare, Marion and the rest of a talented squad put together.
He has raised his already pretty good game as much at the mid point to later parts of a career to simply greatness, as much as anyone I can remember. Simply a fabulous player period.
Suns would be a test and a good one. Spurs have to be healthy and motivated to win over them.
Last edited by Rummpd; 01-09-2006 at 09:45 AM.
I think the notion that Amare will just go nuts with another performance like he had in the 2005 WCF is short-sighted. The Suns have changed offensively, even with Amare, which means that the Spurs would defend them differently in a series this season. Last year, the Spurs couldn't afford to send doubles at Amare at all, because doing so would leave open shooters and play into the Phoenix offensive scheme. With the Suns employing slightly less offensive firepower in an effort to get defensive, I suspect that Pop would take a different tack and would be more willing to double Amare and trust rotations on the perimeter to cover for the doubling man.
If Amare can average 37 through lots of doubles, he's hall-of-fame material immediately and the Suns will win. I don't think that would happen, though.
Really? I think that they have just as many shooters this year after watching them put 47 against Miami in the 1st quarter. They still have Jim Jackson, Raja Bell can light it up from the outside, Nash can hit from out there, Shawn Marion can hit them as well if he gets a good look. I think the same defensive scheme will work even better this year if Amare's leg isn't fully recovered by the playoffs (and everything I've read about his injury and surgery leads me to believe that he'll be far from 100%). Without his explosiveness Stoudemire's game will be rather limited, making it that much easier to stay at home on the shooters.
Funny who when the Suns were like 31-4 last year we heard how they were unbeatable. This year they do have a better all around team than last year and I respect very them highly (as I do the Mavs).
That being said the road to the championship goes through the Spurs period. This team has another gear and has proven it before.
i am glad amare is confident about them dominating when he returns, but he has not even tried running yet. i'm sure him even attempting to hop is still more than a week off. i highly doubt he will have the same explosiveness even after a year from the surgery. luckily for the suns, even a limited amare can still do some damage. i just don't believe he would average 37 ppg vs the spurs again this year. this is a career threatening injury and i really hope he and the suns will be as careful as possible with his return.
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