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"Sent: Thu Jul 17, 2014 1:25 pm
From: TASTIC
To: JohnVancouver

Hey buddy how goes it?

you've created a bit of a discussion in the Suns Community thread, when did you jump ship to those damn dirty Lakers?

cheers
Mace / TASTIC"


So - yeah, I've been absent on the Suns board most of the year and over on the Lakers one, intermittently. Since I was so active on this one I feel I owe you all an explanation, given the level of ... non-love for L.A.
Heh.

I grew up a Lakers fan in the Jerry. Gail, and Wilt years, then into Showtime and it was really only when the Suns drafted my homeboy Nash that I started following the Suns ( although I was a fan during the Connie era. Still love the Hawk.) I was the kid who got **** for dribbling a ball in class, is how much I loved the game, but in those days a West Coast Canadian had zero chance of getting anywhere, even if he wasn't 5'10" and very white. Seeing a guy who played the game the same way i had was just so exhilarating .... I made the NBA through osmosis with Steve. I think a lot of Canadians did.)

The five or so years I was around here all the time were about the happiest I've had in basketball. Great people, some brilliantly funny and insightful posts. But I have to say as they broke up the SSOL teams and finally moved Steve, I felt kind of deflated.

But I followed Steve to LA and hoped he'd get a ring to finish his career. I even got to admire Kobe in a lot of ways ... blasphemy, I know. But I did get to root for EClark, and then KMarshall along with Steve, though I've never been able to stomach Dwight. That was a weird year, that first one, and I found the L.A. board not anywhere near as much fun as the Suns gang, so I didn't post very much and even less this season.

I have kept tabs on the Suns and McD has done a masterful job of rebuilding - looking forward to seeing an all-PG lineup at some point, joke joke. You guys are poised, with a few more moves. I still mistrust the Len pick, though.

So the truth is I'm kin of going through a lull in my NBA-watching career. Thise D'Antoni/Amare/Shawn/Nash years were so special, I think I have a hangover and a post-high depression at them being over. We were so lucky to have that team to enjoy. Once in a generation there's one that perfectly assembled and the thrill of watching them is always tinged with knowing it can't last forever, unless your'e San Antonio, Hell, I even rooted for them this year against Miami.

Now I have to pull for the Cavs, because they have three Canadian kids on the roster. The idea that two Canucks would go first in the NBA draft, in consecutive years, is boggling.

So they're you have it. I hope I;'m still welcome to check in here from time to time. I've been concentrating on writing - three books in three years, out at the agents looking for good homes currently - and less on the league, but I can't shake it. It's in the blood.

....just kidding.

You're a countryman before a teamfan, it seems. Too bad we lost a good poster.

Johnny Van - a simple "i'm a Lakers fan now" PM would have sufficed mate! haha

I think you and Frank are the oldest dogs in this kennel, so when you guys bark I'll listen.

Sound's like the writing's going well mate and feel free to stink this year (but not too much, pick 6-8 would be ideal thanks).

HE MUST BE PUNISHED

not because we despise him. but because we love him.

Good to hear from you JohnVC, definitely keep stopping by from time to time!

ginobiliflops wrote:

HE FOUND CAPTAIN WINKIE!

Still difficult to reconcile the fact that one of the vets have traded in a Suns jersey for a Laker one (or more like brought it back out it seems). If BurningHeart, our resident old man on the porch when it comes to anything Laker related can stomach it, I should try to as well.

The diehard Suns fanatic in me however is questioning whether there is any hint of bandwagonism though. With the Suns during the good times, followed Nash to what may have been indomitable 3-headed monster in Kobe/Nash/Dwight and then over to the Cavs now that Lebron is back home... Perhaps I am bitter that we lost a great poster

lilfishi22 wrote:Still difficult to reconcile the fact that one of the vets have traded in a Suns jersey for a Laker one (or more like brought it back out it seems). If BurningHeart, our resident old man on the porch when it comes to anything Laker related can stomach it, I should try to as well.

The diehard Suns fanatic in me however is questioning whether there is any hint of bandwagonism though. With the Suns during the good times, followed Nash to what may have been indomitable 3-headed monster in Kobe/Nash/Dwight and then over to the Cavs now that Lebron is back home... Perhaps I am bitter that we lost a great poster

Who said I could stomach it? It's **** disgusting is what it is.

BurningHeart wrote:

lilfishi22 wrote:Still difficult to reconcile the fact that one of the vets have traded in a Suns jersey for a Laker one (or more like brought it back out it seems). If BurningHeart, our resident old man on the porch when it comes to anything Laker related can stomach it, I should try to as well.

The diehard Suns fanatic in me however is questioning whether there is any hint of bandwagonism though. With the Suns during the good times, followed Nash to what may have been indomitable 3-headed monster in Kobe/Nash/Dwight and then over to the Cavs now that Lebron is back home... Perhaps I am bitter that we lost a great poster

Who said I could stomach it? It's **** disgusting is what it is.

I take that back then

lilfishi22 wrote:

BurningHeart wrote:

lilfishi22 wrote:Still difficult to reconcile the fact that one of the vets have traded in a Suns jersey for a Laker one (or more like brought it back out it seems). If BurningHeart, our resident old man on the porch when it comes to anything Laker related can stomach it, I should try to as well.

The diehard Suns fanatic in me however is questioning whether there is any hint of bandwagonism though. With the Suns during the good times, followed Nash to what may have been indomitable 3-headed monster in Kobe/Nash/Dwight and then over to the Cavs now that Lebron is back home... Perhaps I am bitter that we lost a great poster

Who said I could stomach it? It's **** disgusting is what it is.

I take that back then

For a minute ya got me worried for Burningheart there... Glad to know he's actually still doing fine

It hurts man. We shared some great times on this board. I thought we had each other's backs over the years. It seemed we always seemed to agree with each other, and have the same view on things - me, you and RDG. You will be missed.

I can totally understand where you're coming from, so no hard feelings at all. All the best with your stop at Laker-land. I hope youll keep posting here often. You're welcome back any time.

Tyler Ennis>Steve Nash.

Just sayin' John...

lilfishi22 wrote:Still difficult to reconcile the fact that one of the vets have traded in a Suns jersey for a Laker one (or more like brought it back out it seems). If BurningHeart, our resident old man on the porch when it comes to anything Laker related can stomach it, I should try to as well.

The diehard Suns fanatic in me however is questioning whether there is any hint of bandwagonism though. With the Suns during the good times, followed Nash to what may have been indomitable 3-headed monster in Kobe/Nash/Dwight and then over to the Cavs now that Lebron is back home... Perhaps I am bitter that we lost a great poster

well, truth is I was diehard through the dismantling of SSOL and the crap years that followed. That was tough - seeing Diaw, Raja. Even back when I saw Trix go ... though he kind of made it necessary himself. I never did like Shaq
The Goran trade killed me. Babby/Blanks killed me. That #$%^&! coach killed me, then they got Alvin and things turned around. Why they didn't keep Sweet Lou, I can't figure.

I didn't bail until the team was on the upswing though. Kind of mystified now with Bledsoe, Goran, IThomas and teh others in the scum. Looks like the amassing of trade value and they may be wary of EB's knees, and they surely know more than we do.

Good luck to you all and I'll stip in when i can. Still rooting for a championship in the Valley

Awwwww — I said I wasn't going to cry