Comments on: Bobcats 114, Suns 109 OT — More of the same

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

Phoenix Suns season in review| Valley of the Suns — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:12:20 +0000

[...] buzzer beater. Phoenix once again blew a 17-point-lead in a loss to the Jazz on Jan 25 and fell in OT to the Bobcats the next [...]

By: Suns 112, Mavericks 106 --TNT streak ends at 18| Valley of the Suns

Suns 112, Mavericks 106 --TNT streak ends at 18| Valley of the Suns — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:51:17 +0000

[...] win over the Mavs is simply puzzling. The Suns blow a 17-point lead to the Jazz, then lose at home in overtime to the Bobcats, and they follow it up with a win over a top five [...]

By: Roadster sl

Roadster sl — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:39:16 +0000

Repeat my observations of the last two months: no defense, no rebounding….no playoffs. This is not just a mental problem, it’s a personnel problem. Except for Hill the Suns have no real tough defender and he’s getting too old to keep up with the younger guys…still the tougest defender on the team. That tells you something of the rest. The truth is you have too many defensive “soft” spots: Nash, Amare, JRich, Frye….which is by the way 80% of the your starters!!!! No wonder that the 2nd unit has been stealing the limelight especially on defense. The bottom line is that Phoenix is on it’s way to another miss of the playoffs. They may get to the allstar break just 1 game or so over .500 but out of real playoff contention. For me if Gentry and Kerr don’t take action quickly the season will be over by allstar break. Trade JRich and however you have to to get some tough defensive guards, real pitbulls, and also get a calibre rebounder. By the way I do not believe Gentry can teach this team to play defense…he just does not have a system…if you see how JRich defends Jackson of the Bobcats against the 3pointer (4 feet away from him!!) you want to cry. If you see him shoot 2 of 12 from the field you want to cry, that’s worse than 20% and he is paid 13 bigs ones per year. If you see Amare’s timid play yday and today you want to cry, his 5 TO’s matched his 5 rebounds….are you kidding me…5 rebounds in 31 minutes!! Oh yeah, he had 5 rebounds yday too…in 37 minutes. Look guys: a bad defensive team, a bad defensive coach and an erratic front office…do the math = no playoffs. JRich has to go aND I wouldn't be sad if they traded Amare and get some real good players in exchange – youg talent or draft picks. Get Brook, Humphries, Douglas Roberts and their 1st round draft choice and give them Amare and JRich – I wouldn’t hesitate a split second.

By: Jake

Jake — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:12:05 +0000

First of all, trade Jason Richardson for any swing man who can defend. He has talent and skills but he is nothing more than a catch and shoot guy in suns offense system. I hate to see that suns offense always starts with Nash. If they have that many offensive options, sometimes they need to let Amare or Jason play post up and either play one on one or pass the ball when got doubled. But if it’s suns offense, we don’t need Jason that much.

And Channing shouldn’t be the starter or finisher. He’s the role player who has offensive threat, but he’s foul prone and no defense. Why didn’t suns put Lou or Robin in the final quarter? They are better defenders than Channing, although they cannot shoot behind the line. They can score in the paint when Nash feeds.

Amare looked unable to focus on the play because of the rumors. But I still think suns shoule keep him if they want to be a good team. There are plenty of rumors even spurs wants him. But unless suns get chris Bosh for Amare, any trade won’t give the talented young player like him.

By: PJ

PJ — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:40:34 +0000

armare for brooke + bobby simmons expiring contract

reunite the brothers!

By: Asani

Asani — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:44:17 +0000

While I agree with you guys that something must be done especially with J Rich for Mike Miller but not stevenson, he sucks balls. I think the biggest change that has to happen that everybody is missing is Gentry. He is a flat out idiot. He doesn’t run the ball through Amare and wonders why they lose all the damn time. At no point in time should a last second shot go to Dudley over Amare. When the suns have a lead he needs to put the best defenders in so they can help maintain that lead. Best defenders are Dragic, Barbosa, Hill, Amundson and Lopez or Clark. These guys can help maintain a 20 point lead if he plays them together. He always wants offense in the game instead of defense in the clutch. The zone is ineffective with 85 percent of teams in the nba so why in the hell does this idiot not see this? He has done a horrible coaching job at best and he along with Kerr and J rich can kick rocks

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:22:45 +0000

Any chance that the suns have mercy on Steve and grant as they fall out of the playoff and move them to a contender? It’s not fair to them to keep them on this team if they aren’t even going to make the playoffs. I know it wouldn’t be popular, but it would probably be the right thing to do by them at the ends of their careers when they were loyal enough to resign with us this summer.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:02:57 +0000

With all the coaches available we should make a move at head coach. I think Amare might play with less inspiration when the coach has lost him and he's not in a system that's working. Easy to pit it on him, and he's played very poorly but it starts at the top.

Fact is they aren't running any plays and they shouldn't stick themselves in zone if they are trying to maintain a lead or come back because it gives up offensive rebounds and threes — both areas where they have sucked on defense.

If they don't have a fourth quarter plan or go-to play to get back on track, that's a sign of a failed system. If they stick to defensive strategies that continue to fail over 8-10 minutes, that's a sign of a failed system.

By: KeZ

KeZ — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:26:07 +0000

My fellow suns fans…..As much as i hate to say this! Amaré will be traded in a couple off days It really hurts to be a suns fan these days…..

By: Assane Drame

Assane Drame — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:21:40 +0000

ok in my opinion (i hope kerr sees this) i think we should not trade amare i mean hes bin on our team for years hes one of my favorites. and he plays great basketball. his defense is a little bad but at least try to keep him until the season ends and free agency starts. Now its 40-50% chance hes gone so im being hopeful, but i think we should trade j-rich. j-rich felt like a good trade a year ago but we have to get a better swingman who can defend there are alot of options like golden state, new jersey, maybe new york. sorry but i think j-rich is the only one thats gotta go. but again if they trade stoudermire idk…