Suns Offseason Thread 2: The Hunt for a Blazer Continues!

Sunsdeuce · Post #1601 » by **Sunsdeuce** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 4:06 am

AtheJ415 wrote:
Sunsdeuce wrote:
AtheJ415 wrote:

It's literally ridiculous. He's never stated a positive thing about them from what I've seen. Even when they nearly made the playoffs 2 years ago when expectations were to finish dead last. His past employment at the Suns clearly has left a giant chip on his shoulder.

Well to be fair, sarver, blanks, Lindsey Hunter, etc have put a bad taste in a lot of people minds. It's gonna take a great signing (LMA) to remove the negative sigma around the Suns.

Right, but he has a personal issue with the FO because he worked for the Suns and then no longer worked there and that wasn't his decision. And now he uses his new platform to bash them without ever disclosing his bias or history. I have a problem with that.

And I agree he totally has a personal issue with the Suns. It's VERY true and what's worse is it's obvious.

Sunsdeuce · Post #1602 » by **Sunsdeuce** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 4:12 am

As and you shall receive!

[tweet]https://twitter.com/larryfitzgerald/status/617183861693370368[/tweet]

Post #1603 » by **bwgood77** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 4:12 am

DirtyDez wrote:
bwgood77 wrote:
DirtyDez wrote:
I was just thinking of all the killer **** he's done throughout his career.

(off the top of my head)
MI series
Collateral
Rain Man
War of the Worlds
A Few Good Men
The Last Samurai
The Firm
The Color of Money
Valkyrie
Interview With A Vampire
Eyes Wide Shut
Cocktail
Top Gun
Risky Buisness
Vanilla Sky
Magnolia
Jerry McGuire
Days of Thunder
Born on the 4th of July

I've done the same, and thought, "no matter what I think of this guy, almost every movie he is in , is top notch" A Few Good Men, Collateral, Rain Man, The Last Samurai and Jerry McQuire are all extremely too notch movies in my book, and most of the others are up there too.

Have you seen the Color of Money? Scorsese, Newman and Cruise >>>

I think the only one on that list I didn't see was Interview With A Vampire.

sunsfever68 · Post #1604 » by **sunsfever68** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 4:17 am

Sunsdeuce wrote:
AtheJ415 wrote:
Sunsdeuce wrote:
Well to be fair, sarver, blanks, Lindsey Hunter, etc have put a bad taste in a lot of people minds. It's gonna take a great signing (LMA) to remove the negative sigma around the Suns.

Right, but he has a personal issue with the FO because he worked for the Suns and then no longer worked there and that wasn't his decision. And now he uses his new platform to bash them without ever disclosing his bias or history. I have a problem with that.

And I agree he totally has a personal issue with the Suns. It's VERY true and what's worse is it's obvious.

I despise el Hassan I called him out on Twitter for that said none of your Espn colleagues respect you. Watch when he's on tv they treat him like he's a joke which he is

Stix · Post #1605 » by **Stix** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 4:18 am

I think a tweet from Stat or Nash would really help here.

sunsfever68 · Post #1606 » by **sunsfever68** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 4:19 am

Gambo tweeted we're in a holding pattern waiting for another meeting with Aldridge

In Len We Trust · Post #1607 » by **In Len We Trust** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 4:20 am

Before it was reported that he was very engaged in the meeting I had no hopes in getting him and fully expected him to go elsewhere.

Now, we need him. I will actually be extremely disappointed if we don't get him now because there are only 2 big name free agents next year that would fit. Durant and Westbrook. We have no chance in getting either of them. The year after that the only good free agents are Blake Griffin and Serge Ibaka. I doubt Blake leaves LA and Serge Ibaka is extremely overrated. Nowhere near as good as LMA and won't make us contenders.

We need this now. I know a lot can happen in the next 2 years but i don't see how we can become contenders. I don't want to wait 5 years to be contenders. If we aren't legit in 3 years I will be very unhappy.

Sunsdeuce · Post #1608 » by **Sunsdeuce** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 4:20 am

@Gambo987: Suns "in a holding pattern at the moment"

Stix · Post #1609 » by **Stix** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 4:21 am

Sunsdeuce wrote:@Gambo987: Suns "in a holding pattern at the moment"

What does that even mean?

SunsFanSSOL · Post #1610 » by **SunsFanSSOL** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 4:22 am

Gambo says the Suns don't know if they're going to get another meeting.

matt131 · Post #1611 » by **matt131** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 4:23 am

Sunsdeuce wrote:As and you shall receive!

[tweet]https://twitter.com/larryfitzgerald/status/617183861693370368[/tweet]

good to see. hopefully lma sees it too.

PassWarden · Post #1612 » by **PassWarden** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 4:25 am

Yikes, I don't like our odds if we do indeed get turned down for another meeting. However, if we manage to get him out to Phoenix over the holiday weekend we absolutely must close. Do what Denver did to us with McDyess.

AtheJ415 · Post #1613 » by **AtheJ415** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 4:26 am

SunsFanSSOL wrote:Gambo says the Suns don't know if they're going to get another meeting.

Where are you seeing this? I follow him on twitter and see nothing about this.

TeamTragic · Post #1614 » by **TeamTragic** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 4:27 am

AtheJ415 wrote:
SunsFanSSOL wrote:Gambo says the Suns don't know if they're going to get another meeting.

Where are you seeing this? I follow him on twitter and see nothing about this.

https://twitter.com/Gambo987/status/617184674062823427

Post #1615 » by **bwgood77** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 4:28 am

In Len We Trust wrote:Before it was reported that he was very engaged in the meeting I had no hopes in getting him and fully expected him to go elsewhere.

Now, we need him. I will actually be extremely disappointed if we don't get him now because there are only 2 big name free agents next year that would fit. Durant and Westbrook. We have no chance in getting either of them. The year after that the only good free agents are Blake Griffin and Serge Ibaka. I doubt Blake leaves LA and Serge Ibaka is extremely overrated. Nowhere near as good as LMA and won't make us contenders.

We need this now. I know a lot can happen in the next 2 years but i don't see how we can become contenders. I don't want to wait 5 years to be contenders. If we aren't legit in 3 years I will be very unhappy.

I'm pretty sure Westbrook isn't until 2017 but i don't think either one of them are going anywhere.

Post #1616 » by **rsavaj** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 4:29 am

There's a reason Pop asked for the second meeting. Somebody upthread asked why we need a second meeting:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz246_Pjjkc[/youtube]

In Len We Trust · Post #1617 » by **In Len We Trust** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 4:29 am

****. I think that 2nd meeting with Pop may have sealed the deal.

DRK · Post #1618 » by **DRK** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 4:30 am

bwgood77 wrote:
WeekapaugGroove wrote:If you want to be trolls just hammer amin ellhassin. His hate for the suns is getting a little over the top. Dude is a tool

It is unbelievable. I'm sure you've seen my tweets to him. I almost responded to his last one listing three teams but I decided to stop. He simply sucks and I can't believe he is a writer on a big place like ESPN.

Dude is a tool and a half. Plus it's pretty obvious he cant read properly either.. Either that or hes just blinded by pure sodium chloride.

TeamTragic · Post #1619 » by **TeamTragic** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 4:30 am

rsavaj wrote:There's a reason Pop asked for the second meeting. Somebody upthread asked why we need a second meeting:

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz246_Pjjkc[/youtube]

PassWarden · Post #1620 » by **PassWarden** » Sat Jul 4, 2015 4:37 am

Ray Ray, any status update here?