Don't forget that Joe Johnson was hurt during most of the '05 conference semis and finals.
By the time the Spurs played them, their 6th man was Steven Hunter.
2005 phx suns:
nash
joejohnson
Qrich
Marion
Stoudemaire
bench: barbosa (early years), crappy jimjackson,
2007 suns:
nash
bell
marion
stoudamire
Diaw
bench: 6th man of year barbosa, jones, Thomas
Both teams averaged about the same ppg and opg's.
Don't forget that Joe Johnson was hurt during most of the '05 conference semis and finals.
By the time the Spurs played them, their 6th man was Steven Hunter.
.. and Duncan was playing on two badly sprained ankles.
To get back to the original question, 2007 Suns easily.
yeah...2007 suns...
just like the question what team is better....2005 Denver or 2007 Denver
2005 Denver.
2007 Suns
2007 mavs
07 Suns by a mile
Nash '07 = Nash '05
Johnson > Bell
Diaw >>> QRich (useless)
Marion = Marion
Stoudemire '07 < Stoudemire '05 (barely)
Barbosa '07 >> Barbosa '05
Thomas > Hunter
Jones > Jackson
'07 Suns are better.
No big disagreement with the rest of it, but have you watched Diaw this year? Just because Richardson was shut down against the Spurs (at least from the perimeter) shouldn't lessen his contribution in '05.
I agree with this.
I doesn't matter.
Let's see....eany meany miney moe...
Ok, I pick 2007.
Next.
I'd say Diaw is much more useless than Richardson was, if only because Richardson could at least spread the defense. Diaw 2007 reminds me of Philly Chris Webber 2007.
07 suns are waaaaaay better
'03, '05, '07...doesn't matter...the Spurs win. Next.
i'll go minority and pick 2005. the key is stoudamire. he's weighted much more heavily than most of his teammates. he's lost lateral movement. everything else is just as good, but that lateral movement makes him so much more vulnerable on offense and defense.
as for some of the other suns players that have changed teams, they looked like great players until they faced the spurs. you sort of have to wait until the 2007 plays the spurs in this series.
oh yeah, you forgot joe johnson too, he didn't get to play much in 2005, but he's way better than raja bell.
Sir Charles
Kevin Johnson
Dan Majerle
Cedric Ceballos
Danny Ainge
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'07 Suns no doubt. This is going to be a very very hard series. I hope we can win it.
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