Next 7 games should kill the Phoenix Suns

I think Phoenix has a chance to beat Dallas and Miami. Maybe, maybe Cleveland at home with big Ben out and if they feed it to Shaq all game like against the Raptors.

 

Losing to Heat.

More losses on the way.

We're gonna make the fucking playoffs.

 

Old news!

 

Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Cleveland? Wow.. brutal stretch.. Miami was their only winnable game, and they lost. Tough for the Suns.

 

I do believe the primary focus of this season is gaining experience for future deep title runs.

However, we still need to cherish any opportunity! NBA seasons are too precious, you never know when you'll get another shot. The current season has a lot of parity from team to team, especially in the west. If we're healthy at playoff time and catch a couple lucky breaks we could easily make some noise this year.

I love our future, but every season has uncertainty. Will Roy and Aldridge be this healthy in future years? Will Joel and Blake repeat their career years? Will the rest of the league have so many good but not quite elite teams in future years? Probably not.

 

That's a good thing, for winning future titles. The current NBA and West is extremely tough in that the West has a ton of very good teams and the NBA still has three elite teams (Celtics, Lakers and Cavs). I don't think there are fewer elite teams than normal, but there sure are more good teams than normal, especially in the West.

 

Well depends on how you want to look at it. Besides the Lakers nobody in the west looks dominant, so we'd only have to upset 1 team to get to the finals.

But this year is much harder than most to get in the playoffs or get 1st round HCA.

 

The Suns clearly have the biggest hill to climb, but they also have some very talented vets. When you get a new coach everyone is on board, after a few weeks the coach either has them or he doesn't. Add in the fact that there is no contract beyond the end of the season for him, so if they get in a hole a few guys might just mail it in. In addition if they don't like the coach, helping him get an extended contract by winning is probably not what they want.

 

Right, but to win a title, the Blazers would have to go through two elite teams...the Lakers in the WCF and the Celtics or Cavs in the Finals. That doesn't sound any easier than any other year...two rounds of dominant teams to beat.

And then the depth in the West makes favourable seeding harder. I think this will actually be one of the harder leagues the Blazers will face (in terms of winning a championship).

 

Plus, no Amare Stoudemire.

I think the Suns are going to continue to set.

 

With the West teams playing one another more and more down the stretch, no one has an easy task. But the Suns are on the outside, so they need to both win and have someone else lose. They've shown they can drop a ton of points on the Clippers. That's not enough.

It just sucks IMO that Terry Porter could end up taking blame.

 

Phoenix is done.

 

Yep. Phoenix is too far out at this stage to make it.

 

Phoenix is 4 games back of Dallas in the loss column. Dallas' next 4 games are @Phoenix, @Portland, @ GS, @ The Lakers. In the mean time Phoenix plays at home. They could be back in it this time next week.

 

Yup

 

the slide continues...

 

Time is running out for Phoenix. Can't play the Clippers everyday.

 

SEVEN games behind us in the loss column.

Mixum, if you're out there, do you still think we won't make the playoffs?

 

Poor Suns. I always rooted for them in the playoffs. They have just continued to shoot themselves in the foot IMO, trading Marion, selling draft picks, not keeping Mike D'Antoni....they are done, and on the cusp of re-building. When they lose Nash and Shaq, there core is going to be Barbarosa, Stoudemire and Richardson. Respectable, but not good enough to make the playoffs in the West.