An Unbiased Analysis of the Spurs/Suns Rivalry

The Suns always lose! No, seriously if you go to this season-by-season listing, you’ll see that the Suns have a remarkable ability to lose within the first two rounds of the playoffs. That kind of consistency is hard to come by these days…

Okay so then you ask, how is it in this modern day when the media is all over their basketballs and the Great White Hope (read: Steve Nash) is given all the love do the Suns not accomplish more (and won’t this season either). It’s an interesting question. Well let me take it upon myself to break it down for you, it pretty much amounts to a couple of major points:

Mike D’Antoni may be the stupidest coach in the history of the NBA. Any coach who bases his offense around the need to shoot within 7 seconds is an idiot. What happened to the idea of taking a shot because it’s a high percentage shot? Call me crazy but I think high-percentage shots are a good thing.

Mike D’Antoni may be the whiniest coach in the history of the NBA. He sures likes to talk big though, just look at these quotes

• In regards to a Phil Jackson timeout late in a Laker blowout
  “I thought he disrespected our players. But he likes to play the mind games and that’s fine. He might want to try to do it in playoff time when we bust them every year.”
• In regards to Finley choosing the Spurs over the Suns
  “You know, I’m sure it was a hard decision for him. He has a couple friends on our team that I’m sure he disappointed, but again, it’s just an opportunity for other guys to play a little bit more minutes and we have a slew of guys on the roster that are capable. Really I hate it for him that he’s going to miss a championship.”
• On last seasons playoff loss to the Spurs
  “If we played well we would have beaten San Antonio last year,” D’Antoni said. “If we stayed on the bench, if LB (Leandro Barbosa) would have had a great series, if Boris would have had a great series, if they don’t hit bigshots and if they’re not as damn good as they are.”

Although I do have to say, that last quote may be the closest thing to the truth that he’s ever said.

Steve Nash is getting older. And Larry’s getting largerrrr…. They’re the two basic truths of the universe. And the 7 seconds doctrine is speeding up time. So basically if he’s going to do it, he has to do it now. Which brings me to…

Amare Stoudemire is dumb. Don’t get me wrong, he’s a great athlete. But as an example, let’s analyze the part of the game he worked on this summer. Three-point shooting. Yes, you read that right. The big tall guy who has incredible hops and whose main role on the team is to jump really high once Nash gets him an open look wants to hang out on the perimeter now. He could have worked on his atrocious defense which accounts for him being in foul trouble most games or perhaps his ability to stay seated during a meaningless altercation. But no, he chose to work on three-point shooting…

Good luck on being the main defender on Timmy this year. Ha.

Shawn Marion just wants to be loved. By everyone. All the time. Not much more to say on this except that it’s not a champion’s attitude.

Grant Hill may disintegrate before the seasons over. And it’s really a shame because he’s a class act. Although he could of chosen to join a Spurs rotation that would have kept him from seeing heavy minutes and perhaps finish a season without injury. No chance that happens in 7 seconds land. Oh well, live and learn I guess.

The Phoenix Attitude is for crybabies. You see in Phoenix they believe they are the only team to have ever been on the receiving end of a bad call. Or to have some unfortunate injury happen to one of their stars. They also believe they are owed a ring for being entertaining. Bullocks to that.

Championships are earned through blood, sweat, and tears. As a Spurs fan I’m cursed with the memories of Lakers series that were unfairly called, the Mailman elbowing DRob unconscious and picking up the foul, 0.4, and Manu’s stupid foul. But the Spurs don’t complain, they just go back at it and they overcome. And as many bad memories as there are, that attitude has also given me many more good memories.

Oh and the Suns don’t play defense either. Did I forget to mention that?

Category: Other NBA TeamsPosted November 6th, 2007 by Mooquache