showtimesam wrote:I view Kerr as more of a problem in Phoenix than D'Antoni.
Exactly I think D'Antoni is just the scape goat for Kerr's bad moves.
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adamcz wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
So are you saying that if I say you need a top 5 player to win, all 5 top 5 players have to win it each year for that statement to be true?
MickeyDavis wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
That's not what he was saying. You said:
The only really important factor in playoff success is whether or not you have an elite top-5 player. Either you've got Garnett/Lebron/Duncan/Kobe/Paul, or you don't.
Nash was definitely an elite top 5 player in his two MVP seasons.
The success of the Suns the last 4 seasons had more to do with the arrival of Nash than it did the arrival of D'Antoni.
MickeyDavis wrote:-= original quote snipped =-
That's not what he was saying. You said:
The only really important factor in playoff success is whether or not you have an elite top-5 player. Either you've got Garnett/Lebron/Duncan/Kobe/Paul, or you don't.
Nash was definitely an elite top 5 player in his two MVP seasons.
The success of the Suns the last 4 seasons had more to do with the arrival of Nash than it did the arrival of D'Antoni.
Profound23 wrote:The Heat were looking to trade Shaq for a bag of peanuts as long as the contracts matched up.
The Suns could have traded for Shaq and kept Marion, Nash,Amare.
Trade Diaw/Banks/Barbosa or something like that.
You have Shaq/Amare/Marion/Bell/Nash and I bet you any money they win the West if they do that. The Heat would have accepted just to get rid of Shaq's contract.