As Paul Coro of the Arizona Republic have written in his column last March 8, “The Suns awful defense was covered when Phoenix made 66 points in the first half and while leading by nine markers going through the final canto versus the Jazz on Friday night. However, as Phoenix yet again losing to a different potential playoff opponent, and yields more than 120 points for a second consecutive game and permits an adversary to let off better than 50 percent for the fourth time in five games, the mask comes off, and hideous defense is exposed”. Phoenix franchise is caught in a bind, they have had expressed their trust in Kerr, D’antoni and his coaching staff, unfortunately for them the whole Suns community is up in arms against those persons and even the much liked Steve Nash have been vilified publicly. Here are some cases in point of how the Sun crowd feels:
“Stick a fork in this team. They've been sticking it up for weeks now, and they obviously do not care about winning. D'Antoni needs to go... he plays only 8 guys, AGAIN! You need to play at least 10 consistently to succeed in the playoffs, and he has not figured that out in almost 4 seasons.”
"The entire Suns team needs to spend time in the D-league"
“every move this #### kerr made backfired on the suns. thomas to sonic now the spurs have him, james jones to portland made them better. shaq trade ruined the season and the suns will not make the playoffs.”
“I say trade Dantoni, Kerr and Sarver. For Popovich, Popovich and....Popovich.”
“Deron Williams OWNed Steve Nash!!! Sorry Suns fanzz but our reign is over! The suns will be luck to even make the payoffs this year!”
“We can probably lay most of the blame on D'antoni's mustache.”
“Kerr should fire THE COACH, and trade Nash for Marbury and sign Issah Thomas as head coach. The Suns then would have every #### in the league plus the old folk’s home and still play no defense. This team has turned 3 bags ugly and old at the same time.”
At this point in time the Sun organization must do somewhat severe actions to stay away from this developing fans uprising in the midst. It is a pity that this great franchise is in these circumstances; they have started in the right foot at the beginning of the regular season. The brewing ember must be put out to avoid a raging fire. They must mollify the fans and patrons to demonstrate to them that they mean business before it will be too late.
Phoenix is a good team and i feel that their run and gun offense is so much fun to watch. The competition that they bring to the West and in the NBA as a whole is so important to keep competetive teams in their toes. I feel sorry for them.
I agree that fans should show concerns on the status of the team but they should also know that there sometimes moves that you can't predict to be good or bad, unfortunately the transaction involving Shaq is but a terrible one.
I think that D'antoni should also be held liable for this Shaq trade fiasco since b4 acquiring a player of that caliber and the amount it involves, GMs are bound to consult their Headcoaches if the proposed transaction can be beneficial to the team or not (management SOPs). I am in no position to know if D'antoni was consulted about this or not.
I heard that it was the owner who initiated the trade talks, and that Steve Kerr was at first relunctant and had to be convinced by the owner and by the coach. I read that in a Phoenix newspaper. Not sure if it is true, but I have seen it several places.
If that was the case, the owner must take full responsibility for drafting the Big Diesel, and not let Kerr be crucified on a fiasco that he himself was responsible. When owners dip their hands on basketball matters, it usually ends up in chaos.
I am a die hard Lakers fan. I am Filipino basketball enthusiast and love the game so much.
I am 28 years old male, studied and finish architecture at Mapua University here in the Philippines and presently practising my profession.
Go Lakers!!!!
