Comments on: Suns 116, Celtics 98 — No stars, no letdown

By: Phoenix Suns season in review| Valley of the Suns

Phoenix Suns season in review| Valley of the Suns — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:13:27 +0000

[...] finally saved themselves a bit at the end of the month with back-to-back wins over the Lakers and Celtics. But the struggles continued into January and the blown leads continued, but to an even greater [...]

By: Grizzlies 128, Suns 103 -- Old-fashion butt-whoopin| Valley of the Suns

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By: New Year's resolutions, Phoenix Suns edition| Valley of the Suns

New Year's resolutions, Phoenix Suns edition| Valley of the Suns — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:18:06 +0000

[...] The 2009 portion of the NBA season is in the books and the Phoenix Suns currently sit in third place of the Western Conference at 21-12. After starting off December with a 5-9 record, the Suns bounced back by capturing a pair of convincing wins against the league-best Los Angeles Lakers and the injury-riddled Boston Celtics. [...]

By: The Z. Man

The Z. Man — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:19:33 +0000

Mike – love the LB stats.

Sure LB scores, but he does so much more. His energy (and that of Nash, J-Dud, and Louis) is contageous and even our other bigs are playing with more confidence and fire.

Although LB came off the bench, he led the Suns team in steals in last night’s game. He had four!!!! He also passed the ball when his shot wasn’t falling (led the reserves with 4 assists) and drove to the hoop and went to the foul line.

MUST start and ALSO finish with LB. Let’s go SUNS!!!!

By: the maven

the maven — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:42:25 +0000

Sorry Michael, but the NBA champs are NOT world champs. It takes a national team to win a world championship, not a club team.

Cheers,

the maven

By: Asani

Asani — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:46:23 +0000

If the suns are to trade anybody it has to be J Rich. I like him and all but he is very inconsistent and falls in love with the jump shot and refuses to go inside. He jumps out the gym yet he never goes to the basket. I do think he may need to come off the bench if he keeps this lack luster performances up. I just want him to attack more and stop only shooting jumpers

By: Roadster sl

Roadster sl — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:39:24 +0000

We got rid of Tucker – good for him and for us, he needs a chance to play on a regular basis….he's not pretty enough to dress up the bench!! JRich continues to struggle and it's obvious that LB deserves the starting position. Dragic playing together with Nash in the backcourt brings better perimeter defense, LB creates the penetration that often is so dearly missing in Suns offense (JRich??) and get's them great outside shots. I saw JRich slashing to the basket just once last nite and although he missed the layup it put him on the line for 2. Move Hill to the bench, he's a great defender and can come in as a role player, start JDud and get him used to a starter's role. Start using Earl in 2nd and 3rd quarters, he brings a new dimension to the F position as he has great atlethic capabilities. Frye has to continue to work to overcome his shyness and develop a strong move to the basket, consistent rebounding numbers will increase his value. Lopez's performance was very positive apart from the statistics he made his presence be felt defensively as opponents worried about the shotblockand Neverteless you need to start worrying about playoff time and the Suns' abysmal defensive efficiency. Suns have too much scoring ability (almost 7 players in double figures) and not enough defense. Trade JRich and get some serious rebounding power and a tough defensive guard in return…Suns need to shave 4 or 5 points off the opponents average score, ideally bring it under 100 during the rest of the season.

By: KJ Loyalist

KJ Loyalist — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:42:45 +0000

Was good to chat with you live on the DD chatterbox Mike.

We ambushed a defenseless Celtics team without it’s weapons the way we should have. That part of it needs no discussion.

There was a lot of chatter about J Rich being moved, (for T-Mac and / or other things), and I’m thinking we’d be fine without him with Dragon progressing the way he has been.

I just don’t see anything out there that would work. There are teams out there set to blow up their roster, (Talking to you, inhabitants of the Washington Wizards), but I don’t think any of those players fit.

Also, has Grant Hill finally allowed 37 to catch up with him? His production has taken a major hit since the opening of the season.