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Originally Posted by Azyiu
I am not a Mavs fan and I can care less about what they do, but I still think letting AJ go is their BIGGEST mistake since trading for Kidd!!! That team is no way going to find a better coach than AJ this summer, nor will they be as good as they were record-wise this year. That said, AJ is now a free man, and I think he would be an awesome candidate for the Bulls' job. Your thoughts, Mr. Blackcock?
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Dude Avery is great! He is now my top choice. He knows defense and offense. Not to mention he won't let anyone walk over him like boylan did. If pax doesn't lock him up I seriously will kill the son of a bitch myself.
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Originally Posted by Azyiu
Also, what is up with the "fire D'Antoni" non-sense? Regardless of whether the Suns actually play D or not, I truly think MD'A is the perfect coach for the Suns, and there is no way whatsoever anyone else can do a better job in Phoenix. Seriously, IMHO, before you fire your coach, you better have all the right reasons and a GOOD replacement waiting in the wing. I say give MD'A another year and a full training camp and go from there.
Seriously, I thought part of the Suns' problems is their players, namely Diaw, Barbosa and maybe Raja Bell. They seriously need to find a way to get rid of either or both of Diaw and Barbosa for a hard nose SF or PF. They should never have traded away Kurt Thomas... I think if somehow they can add a guy like Battier, or perhaps Najera (he is a FA this summer); that would be good start. Of course, MD'A have made some bad coaching decisions along the way, like going with Skinner instead of Sean Marks. I mean, neither really play D or is going to get you any rebounds, but I'd rather go down with a guy who can frigging shoot a jumper!!!
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I think your wrong there Azyiu. Kenny Smith said it best. he said that the suns are a great regular season team. But they lack good decision making and defensive skills to win hard playoff games. They turned the ball over 7 times in the 4th quarter of game 5 alone. Granted- this can't all be blamed on the coach. But blowing 16-20 point leads? Where the fuck is the defense? There are great defenders on that team- why can't they all play d together? Mike D is an offense genius. But he sucks with d and it shows. Defense is what wins championships. Just take a look at recent champs. bulls,rockets, spurs, lakers, heat, pistons, ect. Those teams played good hard d. that is why they got there. You can't expect to outscore your opponents every game. Eventually your going to run into a club that can stop you and in that case you need good decision making and the ability to defend and grind it out. If the suns want a tittle the need someone who can get the team on the same page and do those things. That is where the improvements need to be made. And I agree- If mike d'a can't do it- them get someone who can. Because 4 years in a row he has been knocked out of the playoffs for the same fucking reason- his team can not defend for shit.