Posted by Allanfan20:
Well, Amare is young and kind of dumb. It's like that with most of the young players. He's not perfect and a lot of these players will say controversial things. I mean, who doesn't want more touches though? You have all that talent, of course you are gonna want to touch the ball all the time. Wouldn't you? Heck, I even remember Allan Houston saying way back, that he felt like he wasn't getting enough touches. I really can't complain when I hear a guy saying he wants more touches.
About the Suns winning a championship. You're right that it will be very difficult for them, and they are far from being guaranteed the ring. However, it's not as impossible for them as it seems. I mean, if they play the Heat in the finals, if they run run and run some more and hit their shots, then they are gonna WEAR SHAQ TO THE GROUND. He's old and pretty out of shape. If he gets tired and becomes even ineffective in this transition game the Suns will be playing, the Heat could very well crumble. They most certainly would have a shot against the Heat. It's the Pistons and a team like the Sonics that should scare a lot of Suns fans. The Spurs will not make it far in the playoffs w/o Duncan. Maybe 2nd round, but that's it.
Agreed about Amare. I agree with Bonn too, Nash is just a better fit for a team that wants to run. Marbs is better in the half court (which should mean, EVENTUALLY, when we get some talent around him, he'll be better in the playoffs).
About the playoffs, I see a team like Denver giving the Suns a LOT of problems in the first round, with Denver's size. I see Seattle and Houston being able to give them problems, Seattle with their shooting and rebounding and Houston with Yao and Tmac. Even Dallas' scoring. I wish San Antonio was healthy, because they would be so great.
I don't know what to think about Shaq. Will the Suns be able to run in the playoffs? Will they be exhausted by basically the 100th game of the past six months? Can they stop Shaq? Can anyone stop Wade? Wade gave Nash MAJOR problems. It'd be a great matchup. For some reason, I really don't see the Suns coming out of the West though. Nash strains his back or a hammie and it's over for Phoenix.