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I think if the clippers and lakers could get the WCF gametape and take it back in time with them, they would easily win. Mavericks showed all you have to do is penetrate the paint and their defense opens up.
I think a lot of people will get on me for bagging on the feel-good Suns right after their elimination, but I sincerely am not that impressed with their playoff run this year. Let me explain.
Although this seems ridiculous when someone says "hey they were two wins away from the Finals and perhaps a favorable matchup with Miami" lets take a closer look at how they got so close.
For one thing, these Suns finished the playoffs with a record of 10-10 (.500). (compare that with, for instance Dallas at 12-5 or Miami at 12-5)
Than consider who they played: I believe there are about 8 other teams in the NBA who could have qualified for this years WCFs if they had the Sun's path of playing the 2 LA franchises. This includes:
Miami
Dallas
SA
Detroit
NJ
CLE
SAC
Memphis (I like them to beat the Clippers, but its debatable)
Taking an objective step back, I believe, suggests that this year's Suns squad was largely a mirage.
Last edited by pussyface; 06-06-2006 at 01:19 AM.
I think if the clippers and lakers could get the WCF gametape and take it back in time with them, they would easily win. Mavericks showed all you have to do is penetrate the paint and their defense opens up.
No Amare.
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what does that have to do with it?
this is the suns team as it is presently constructed.
last year they had amare and that wasnt enough either playing dantoni ball.
I for one am not counting on Amare ever coming back and being the player that he was.
Just because a team didnt have their real best player, can we not evaluate how close our league mvp really is to leading his team to the finals?
it is not difficult to argue that the Suns are the 7th or 8th best team in the league despite their third place finish.
This is probably the stupidest post of an incredible number of stupid posts by Mavs' trolls. Amazing, simply amazing. I swear most of these idiots must have started watching basketball for the first time this playoffs.
They had Amare last year and still didn't get any further than G6 of the WCF.
It wasn't the lack of Amare, it was the lack of an effective bench that ailed the Suns.
Everything.what does that have to do with it?They had a much more formidable opponent.last year they had amare and that wasnt enough either playing dantoni ball.I'm sure you never played the what if game when Dirk went down either.Just because a team didnt have their real best player, can we not evaluate how close our league mvp really is to leading his team to the finals?
Get real.
PICNROLL: How about you tell me where im going wrong?
this is rational analysis here you ing baby. i know you dont like me and all, but that doesnt mean you dont have to support what you are saying with some sort of reasoned argument.
the injury thing is weak.
mike dantoni has no appreciation for just how difficult it is to win an NBA le, but i excpect him to develop it through years and years of coming up short.
it really comes across with statements like "thats why we will win a le here soon" last night ("because our guys have charachter" (?)).
when you get to rarified air like the WCF you can't take it for granted that you will be back. thats why the injury excuse goes out the window, just as it did or should have for dallas when Dirk went down in 03 WCF. i look for fine regular season records and future second round exits from you guys in future years a la Nellie's Mavs.
Dumb you and your fellow morons just went through a thread saying how injuries were insignificant. Try the fact that Amare and Kurt Thomas weren't available and Bell was playing on one leg after game one. Pray you get a le this year because you window is opening and closing in 2006.
Cut-and-pasting your own posts in multiple threads is weaker.the injury thing is weak.
"They had a much more formidable opponent."
Although it doesnt really matter what your opinion is on this and your a little biased, I agree with you that that the Spurs are kryptonite to the Suns in terms of matchups and the Suns will not be beating the Spurs in any 7 game series in the near future.
See how Dallas gets all the calls in this playoffs, Phoenix having Amare would have the Suns in the Finals.
Now, who wants to talk about an asterisk championship?
dude, you brought up counterarguments that i already adressed.
chumpdumper is a spurs apologist
So then, neither does yours.Although it doesnt really matter what your opinion is on this
Shut down the boards!
ok lets see Dirk go down next season and see the Mavs make it to the WCF
and yes i am comparing Amare to Dirk.........both are dominant big men in different ways
haha yeah..asterisk.
*Amare Stoudamire, a guy whose never won a le, did not play in this whole season.
thatll be just like the * by that 99 trophy you guys won in a shortened season (oh wait, thats kind of legitimate!)
Was a full playoffs wasnt it? Yep.
Try not to make yourself look stupid, that's everyone elses job.
I think the Mavericks would not be a legit. le contender without Dirk, just as Suns were not without Amare.
I think that our team without Dirk would really have a great chance to beat the Lakers and the Clippers.
You simply won't ever convince me that the Suns' injuries to Amare, Bell and Thomas had no effect on them.
sorry, he played in about 2 games. thats an important distinction. stop crying you ing baby.
I never said anything of the sort.
Mavs go nowhere without Dirk. Just like the Spurs go nowhere without Duncan.
of course they affected them. no one is arguing that you ing baby
Face facts, then there's no problem.
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