Posted by BlueSeats:

Shaq was brilliant in his press conference. It's easy for someone to say they just want to fit in, but he called it the Amare project. He sees his job as making other players better and he's determined to make Amare's numbers go up, not his own. That's pretty rare from anyone but a PG.

I think the Suns reg season record will suffer, but this is all about the playoffs when things slow down anyway. It's a huge gamble for the Suns but A) doing nothing would have been a huge gamble too, with lower odds of success (if a championship is the ultimate barometer of success) and B) when you need to gamble, gambling on one of the best ever might not be the worst idea in the world.

I've been pretty disinterested this year, but with the recent trades the season is becoming very interesting now.

Posted by BlueSeats:

Posted by djsunyc:

Posted by BlueSeats:

Shaq was brilliant in his press conference. It's easy for someone to say they just want to fit in, but he called it the Amare project. He sees his job as making other players better and he's determined to make Amare's numbers go up, not his own. That's pretty rare from anyone but a PG.

I think the Suns reg season record will suffer, but this is all about the playoffs when things slow down anyway. It's a huge gamble for the Suns but A) doing nothing would have been a huge gamble too, with lower odds of success (if a championship is the ultimate barometer of success) and B) when you need to gamble, gambling on one of the best ever might not be the worst idea in the world.

I've been pretty disinterested this year, but with the recent trades the season is becoming very interesting now.

the playoffs in the west have a chance to be epic and one for the ages.

Right, and Detroit and Boston will be no pushovers either.

I'd like to see Cleveland do something to get into the mix.

Posted by tkf:

Posted by BlueSeats:

Posted by djsunyc:

Posted by BlueSeats:

Shaq was brilliant in his press conference. It's easy for someone to say they just want to fit in, but he called it the Amare project. He sees his job as making other players better and he's determined to make Amare's numbers go up, not his own. That's pretty rare from anyone but a PG.

I think the Suns reg season record will suffer, but this is all about the playoffs when things slow down anyway. It's a huge gamble for the Suns but A) doing nothing would have been a huge gamble too, with lower odds of success (if a championship is the ultimate barometer of success) and B) when you need to gamble, gambling on one of the best ever might not be the worst idea in the world.

I've been pretty disinterested this year, but with the recent trades the season is becoming very interesting now.

the playoffs in the west have a chance to be epic and one for the ages.

Right, and Detroit and Boston will be no pushovers either.

I'd like to see Cleveland do something to get into the mix.

cleveland, pheonix, detroit have great GM's and great management. Ours in comparison is in the stone age.....It is a shame that the knicks just don't matter, I mean historic shyt is happenning, shaq with the suns, the celtics big 3, lebron's greatness, the lakers matter again, the spurs still a threat, I mean this is shaping up to be one hell of a playoff run, and the knicks just don't matter, it goes beyond being bad, we are just irrelevant!!!


[Edited by - tkf on 07-02-2008 10:36 PM]

Posted by playa2:

Like I said before, Isiah was sent on a mission to destroy NYC basketball, he's from chicago for crying out loud!