Posted by playa2:
How can you say phoenix was stupid? They knew with marbury ,marion and amare they weren't gonna supplant the favorites in the west. What they are really doing is dropping some salary at sg(penny) and getting a team together who will be in their prime when Kings and Dallas will have to break up because of salary cap and free agent contracts and the Shaqs and Duncans either get older or have no more supporting cast that can handle playoff pressure. I see that as being "BRILLIANT MOVE". Getting the Suns ready to make a run as soon as the favorites lose a their edge. When milos learns to play in the NBA game along with Lampe Phoenix will be better they have 2pg's Milos and Barbosa to grow with. Joe Johnson is a STUD and so is Stoudemire along with Marion and all will still be young. You have to be blind not to see their future is BRIGHT!
[Edited by - playa2 on 02/07/2004 21:39:43]
You think it was a "BRILLIANT MOVE" because you're are making unwarranted assumptions:
1) That they will use their draft choices well.
2) That Duncan will show signs of age any time soon, which considering he is only 27 years old, is unlikely.
3) That Amare, with his potential emotional problems, won't implode.
4) That the Nuggets and the Clippers, with abundant talent, won't replace Dallas and the Kings, if in fact they eventually face cap problems.
5) That a gutless player like Vujanic, who was too scared to play in NY, will ever be anything more than a marginal talent.
6) That slow footed, unathletic Lampe, with a questionable work ethic, will ever be a good player.
A "BRILLIANT MOVE" would have been to make it work with Amare, Marion, Johnson and Steph, and then add to that core with a player acquired with the MLE, or through a trade.
You continue to show your bias with every new post.
[Edited by - Rich on 02/08/2004 05:55:36]
2/7/2004 10:40 PM
