Teaser Pleaser wrote:bigfoot wrote:BurningHeart wrote:Like I care what the casual basketball fan observes. There's a reason basketball fans are known, by and large, to be the most unintelligent of all professional sports fans.
There was a myth that the Mike D'Antoni Suns were awful on defense.
That myth was perpetuated by a crappy sports media, parroted by talking heads who didn't have anything real to say about the team.
That myth carried over to the fans who took this simpleton, trite, wholly inaccurate analysis as gospel and who bought into the BS meme that there had to be a change.
That myth forced Kerr and management to force D'Antoni out the door, a door D'Antoni wanted out of by then.
That myth forced Kerr to hire Terry Porter, who was the complete antithesis of everything the Suns stood for and had on the roster, and who eventually became an unmitigated disaster.
That myth forced the team to fire Porter within months, going back to a running and gunning style which, surprise surprise, led us to a 2010 Western Finals berth.
**** that myth. That myth destroyed everything.
Thank goodness you pointed out the casual fan nonsense, who do nothing but worship media loudmouths like Skip Bayless and Jason Whitlock. I would +100 your post if I could.
Also, the casual fan doesn't take time to do any research or formulate any thoughts. Instead we see crap like "I'm lazy or else I would go look up those stats for you and put it out here." What's really sad is our voting population will do the same fricking thing and not research the issues but only listen to and regurgitate crap from their favorite talking head.
Yea I'm sorry but I had better things to do than look up defensive stats for a team played 6-9 years ago. Rsvaj was the one arguing the point that D'Antoni teams weren't awful and he, responsibly, did his hw and went and found the stats to support his claim. Good for him since, again, he was the one arguing my point.
And your really gonna compare me not wanting to look up defensive stats of the Suns teams from 5-9 years ago to politics and people not researching the issues this nation is having? Are you serious? That's not nearly the same thing.
If your gonna try to take a shot at me, you better damn keep it in context.
And as for the matter, I could care less what Bayless or Skip or whoever said. As you should know by now, I don't care what analysts or what anyone says, I make my judgements based on what I see not based on what others see or tell me.
Sorry that was harsh on my part and certainly didn't mean to accuse you of not following important political issues. I just saw Rsavaj formulate a well thought out response to the Suns defense during the SSOL era and it was being summarily squashed by the notion that casual fans know better. Hopefully no hard feelings ... well except for Kate.
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