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Lifelong Warriors fan, I'm sure.
I'm a Warriors fan so i don't really have a dog in this fight but I gotta say, if anyone can beat the Spurs this year it's the Suns. This should be a great series. I've been watching Nash since he entered the league, at first mildly impressed but now literally astonished. This guy is the best point guard since Stockton. At the end of his career he may well be regarded as the best of all time, next to Magic of course. I have seen significant improvement in his game since the last playoff matchup between the Suns and Spurs. He would have broken the record for assists against the Lakers the other day if the Suns weren't shooting poorly. He can take apart any defense on any team in the league. For all the talk about Barbosa and Amare, I think Nash will be the key. If he plays with the intensity and focus he did in game four against the Lakers, you guys are in serious trouble. The key will be whether or not he maintains that level of play. If he doesn't, the Spurs should win it all.
Lifelong Warriors fan, I'm sure.
I'm a realist. I think we'll take the Mavs but I don't expect us to get out of round two. Admittedly, I do prefer the Suns to the Spurs in terms of entertainment value, however.
difference between a sweep and losing 4-1?...i agree, Nash gets them a game.
Nash you say? Never heard of him. There was a Kevin Nash, played college ball for Tennessee some years ago, but he was a center. He wound up as a professional wrestler instead of going into the NBA, though.
The Spurs have the edge, I agree, but I think 4-1 is incredibly optimistic. Like I said, if Nash brings his A game every game Spurs fans may be in a rude awakening. My hope is to see a finals between Warriors and Suns (unlikely I realize), so I AM rooting for the Suns, but I also think they have a legitimate chance of taking you guys out. Should be interesting.
for a team that got knocked out of the playoffs last year you guys seem pretty overly confident. youre always quick to point out how tim and manu were injured yet in 2005 when we would point out that marions wrist was bad, or the fact that JJ was just comming off a a serious injury you really wanted nothing to do with the excuses.
im glad both teams are healthy because really, there arent any excuses after this series. you guys have dominated us for the past few years but i think youre giving us a lot less credit than we deserve. esp since weve virtually had to retool how we play with amare comming back...
I have a lot of respect for the Suns' offensive abilities. I have next to no respect for the defensive performance of the leaders of the Suns, namely Nash and Amare. Nash will get some points and assists, but not as much as against other teams. The difference is, he will get ABUSED by Parker or whoever he guards. The Nuggets had Camby and Nene to clog the middle, and still couldn't contain the Spurs shooting. The Suns are going to have to pack the middle completely because they don't have anyone near Camby ability and their guards outside of Bell are defensive liabilites. I see wide open shots for the Spurs, and if they continue to make them they will win. When will people learn, team defense wins.
If the Suns win, it won't be Nash but Stoudemire that will be the difference in the series.
If the Suns get the same treatment from the refs that the Mavs got in the 4th quarters of games 3 and 4 last year, they could win. But if that's the case, did they really beat the Spurs? The Mavs posed complete matchup nightmares for the Spurs centers last year and still needed ref intervention to take the series. The Spurs pose matchup nightmares for the Suns. It would take fluke occurences, or divine or serious ref intervention to balance the scales in this one.
I hate when fans blame refs. That is old and lame. Players win championships.
I think the bench will be a major contributing factor. The suns bench is still not very deep. The Spurs bench is. If one of Phoenix's starters gets in foul trouble, then what? and also the lack of defense Phoenix plays is also going to be a detriment.
We shall see..........
Wow. Like I said, you guys could be in for a very rude awakening. Are we talking about the same guy here? 23 assists? I wouldn't dream of talking about Tim Duncan or any other superstar in the league in such a dismissive tone. Ok maybe Dirk, but he deserves it. Dirk is overrated. Nash is not. I love my Baron but neither him nor any other point guard in the league can approach Nash's skill level. I've been watching him all season and I can't see him buckling under any defensive strategy you throw at him. He's taken his game to a whole new level and will find a way to get the ball in the right guy's hands no matter what. Tim Duncan is also one of my favorite players, i consider him runner up to Nash in the MVP debate, but I found the Spurs mind-numbilngly boring to watch. So I"m hoping you'll lose. At least then when (if) my team gets knocked out I'll get to enjoy the playoffs. THe Suns are the second most exciting team in the leauge to watch, next to the warriors.
Anyway, in sum, I think you guys are extremely overconfident. You're about to go up against the arguably the best player in the game in Steve Nash, and he's surrounded by some amazing talent. I can only hope that by some miracle the warriors get out of round two and we get to meet the Suns in the finals. If it's the Spurs, the excitement level will drop by about 10,000 points.
ummm the 6th man of the year? how bout the most improved player (boris diaw in case you forgot) last year?
call boris what you will but he avg 30ppg vs the mavs in last years playoffs.
kurt fracking thomas?
I think most b-ball fans realize Nash is the difference for the Suns, not exactly news breaking. Should I start a thread saying Duncan will be the key? Nash doesnt play that well against the Spurs, so Im really not to worried about him. If anyone could beat the Spurs its the Mavs. Parker cant be guarded by Nash, and runs him ragged on d. Amare cant guard Tim, Bowen always shuts down Marion, and the Spurs bench is far superior. I really dont think the Suns have have a chance. They have lost like 14 out of the last 18 in the series, and I really think the Spurs are in their heads
I remember kevin nash!!! He is the first nash I ever heared of.
just to clear the air on the bowen owns marion thing, i think is a bunch of garbage..in 2005 marion sat out on the 3pt line waiting for the ball to come to him in effect taking himself out of the game... the guy lives off put backs and garbage points and theres no one that can stop him from doing that...id be happy if they put bowen on marion again.
WHO??? kurt thomasoh I forgot this years "Joe Johnson" the savior of 2005 for ya'll
boris diaw averaged 30ppg against the mavs NOT the Spurs. The sixth man of the year, why not give him the MVP?
Thats exactly why Pop put Bowen on him.
Nash is sensational. A lot of Lakers fans are trying to tear down his game since his team handed us our asses two years in a row, but anyone who knows anything about basketball realizes that what this guy is doing is historic.
He is a deadeye shooter, the best PG in the league by far and a clutch player. Tony Parker is excellent, but he is going to have his hands full.
That is a great matchup on the point, look for the Spurs to really attack Nash when he is on defense by sending Parker at him over and over in isolations.
Nash WILL be the difference. Tony locking him up, running him and making him play D, team defense taking away the passing lanes... it will render the Suns ineffective.
Bowen owns Marion and anyone that has ever watched him guard marion could tell you that
D'Antoni will put Marion on Nash, cause Parker rapes Nash on the offensive end.
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