You're calling us Suns fans bad? From what I have read here, we pretty much don't complain (with the exception of a few people like S2S) unless we have a reason to. And this series, I believe we have plenty of reasons to. The calls were horrendous (at least in this last game. Can't really remember the other ones) and the suspensions were crap. The league ruined the only good series left. I would not be so angry with it if it wasn't so blatantly obvious that the Suns were getting the short end of the stick.
I just don't like how that big game that could've changed the whole series was taken out of the players hands. I would have rather had no suspensions and had the players play it out to actually prove which was the better team. They might not have won but I would've liked them to have a fair chance. This series would have been so much better if they didn't do that.I don't go by what the Suns players say. I go by all the replays of cheap chots by Spurs players. Bowen has a great collection. Pops and Duncan are classy and I like them.Oh and you know the Finals ratings were terrible the last time those teams played so this year with people pissed off at what happened to the Suns it may be even worse.Edit: I don't really think the officiating was bad in last night's game. Just in game 3.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (playaofthegame @ May 19 2007, 09:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>No they didn't. The Suns not being as good as the Spurs played a big role in it. Game 6 had nothing to do with the suspensions. The Suns would of had to play there in the next game no matter what so it's completely irrelevent to the suspensions. The point is the Suns could have beaten San Antonio AT San Antonio as they did before but they didn't play their A-game last night and unfortunately it was an elimination game.Suns fans needa stop making excuses.</div>How could you say that. Put Amare and Diaw in game 5. I believe they win that game. Nash doesn't play the huge minutes, and neither does Marion. They have more energy for game 6, and don't fall behind by 20. It's bullsh** if you don't agree. Nash would have never played 43 minutes in game 5 if it wasn't for the suspensions.
Once again..that's an "if" it isn't fact that they would have won with Amare and Diaw in game 5. It's opinion. How is it bullsh** if I don't agree? Because my opinions different than yours and I believe the Spurs are better than the Suns no matter what suspensions have been dealt out?The Suns had a chance to win yesterday and they failed. I think my point about their terrible system that people seem to like so much will never win a title has proven true with this though. If the Suns weren't so dependant on their running game and could play a half court offense they wouldn't of run out of gas for game 6.And how would Nash never have played that many minutes? Diaw and Amare being out has nothing to do with Nash's minutes..he had to play 100% anyway..it wasn't gonna affect anything.
Yes it does have to do with that. He rarely played that many minutes with them there. I am fine with D'Antoni's system, it has failed once which happens to a lot of systems, but I don't like the fact that he doesn't play the bench and the fact that sometimes he's too stubborn to put in guys like KT also cost us. That makes me want to make a coaching change, but the Suns have been very competitive with this system despite the unlucky breaks and D'Antoni not being that great of a coach. If he made better moves we could win as a run and gun team. It's stupid to say that the system is a failure when we've been so close. We played pretty good defense actually, did very well in rebounding and were fine in the half-court. We could use someone younger than KT who can block shots though, but this team was good enough to win if they just let the players play. Terrible system's don't get you this far against the best team the past couple of years despite being so unlucky like they've been.I'd like to see Fortson on the team next year so he can go after Duncan's knees and Spurs fans can complain about it and we can say, no he's just playing tough basketball and sometimes gets a tad bit dirty, no big deal even if he finishes his career.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ASUFan22 @ May 19 2007, 03:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I just don't like how that big game that could've changed the whole series was taken out of the players hands. I would have rather had no suspensions and had the players play it out to actually prove which was the better team. They might not have won but I would've liked them to have a fair chance. This series would have been so much better if they didn't do that.</div>Yep this Stern's no tolerance crap pisses me off. There should be some leeway in the playoffs. With that said I still think the spurs would've won this series. Duncan was almost unstoppable.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ASUFan22 @ May 19 2007, 09:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'd like to see Fortson on the team next year so he can go after Duncan's knees and Spurs fans can complain about it and we can say, no he's just playing tough basketball and sometimes gets a tad bit dirty, no big deal even if he finishes his career. </div>There is a better chance that Robert Horry signs with the Suns
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ASUFan22 @ May 19 2007, 12:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yes it does have to do with that. He rarely played that many minutes with them there. I am fine with D'Antoni's system, it has failed once which happens to a lot of systems, but I don't like the fact that he doesn't play the bench and the fact that sometimes he's too stubborn to put in guys like KT also cost us. That makes me want to make a coaching change, but the Suns have been very competitive with this system despite the unlucky breaks and D'Antoni not being that great of a coach. If he made better moves we could win as a run and gun team. It's stupid to say that the system is a failure when we've been so close. We played pretty good defense actually, did very well in rebounding and were fine in the half-court. We could use someone younger than KT who can block shots though, but this team was good enough to win if they just let the players play. Terrible system's don't get you this far against the best team the past couple of years despite being so unlucky like they've been.I'd like to see Fortson on the team next year so he can go after Duncan's knees and Spurs fans can complain about it and we can say, no he's just playing tough basketball and sometimes gets a tad bit dirty, no big deal even if he finishes his career. </div>Failed once? It's failed 5 times..once with Denver and five times with Phoenix.He has yet to win a title and that's failure.
Four times with Phoenix. You're counting that year when he came in without Marbury and an injured Stoudemire for half the year? That was a sh*tty team. And he didn't even get a chance with the Nuggets, those teams were terrible. Last year doesn't really count either. The best defensive team wouldn't get over what happened to the Suns. You seriously think the Spurs would beat Dallas or Phoenix if Tony Parker was out for a year and they lost a couple important role players too? Nope, not a chance. Even though two years ago we really weren't favored to win and had a pretty big injury and I feel this year we were screwed out of a good chance, that's only twice that the team really didn't win and had a pretty good shot. Every decade has a great team like the Spurs or Bulls that stops other great teams, no matter what style, from winning it all. It's just stupid to say it's failed five times when his teams only had a couple good shots at really winning it. You really don't know anything about the team at all from what I've seen in your posts. It's not the style that's losing it. It's his failure to use the bench properly so I do put some blame on him, but you just don't know what you are talking about sometimes.You did say you didn't like the Suns once so that's a reason why. I'm wondering why you don't like them though, were does the hate come from?And if you call D'Antoni a failure you have to call Avery Johnson a failure. Despite his style he has had better or equal chances than D'Antoni to win it, but he hasn't and lost in the first round this year. It's not the style, it's just damn hard to win a title.
