RisingSun wrote:First of all its time to get rid of all those crappy "hello i need attention" threads, seriously guys stick a pipe up your asses and smoke it

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chefy wrote:larry brown would improve your team's D
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Seriously guys, I know our play sucks at the moment, but is putting all the blame on our coach and one or two of our players really fair?! I know Nash doesn't look too good on the court at the moment, but for Christ's sake - he's the heart and soul of this team! Where would we be without Steve this season? I can tell you where we'd be: NOT in the playoff race, and thanks to Sarver & Kerr we wouldn't even have the lottery pick enabling us to make the best out of that situation. It really pisses me off to read rants about our captain, since, no matter whether he has a great game our a bad game, you can never question his will and passion for the game.
I'm not a huge fan of Raja either, but even if his defense is overrated - which is something I read on this board all the time these days - he's still one of our best defenders, sad but true. I'm not totally against trading him, but only if we could manage to get a better defender in return, which isn't too likely.
Now, looking at all the hate for coach Mike D - who would be a good alternative? I'm not even pretending that he's the best coach in the league, but he's definitely not the worst, either. So, who should we replace him with? Larry Brown, seriously?! Don't make me laugh! He's about the only dude who actually managed to look even more stupid than Isiah during the past few years.
Face it, people: there aren't really any better alternatives available! Iavaroni might have been worth a try, but you can't blame him for leaving our team for a head coach opportunity.
I'll admit that I tend to blame Sarver and Kerr for most part of our problems, since I still think that the KT trade in combination with the Shaq deal looks completely ridiculous. IMO Kerr does whatever Sarver says, he's an unexpirienced manager who wants to be successful in this league and, since he's new to the job, believes that doing everything the boss tells him is the right way. Wouldn't have happened with Bryan still around.
On the other hand - signing both Hill and Skinner for close to nothing were brilliant moves, especially Grant has been a huge factor for us allseason long.
To me, this season is pretty much over. Play it till the bitter end, at least reach the playoffs and try to give your best there - that's what I expect from the team. Doubt we'll make it far in the post season. But there's still always next year, right? And as bad as we may be looking at the moment, I'm still not willing to give up on this franchise - they'll bounce back next season, with Shaq being used to the other guys and (hopefully) some good free agent signings.
One last point I'm absolutely convinced of: this trade sucks, I don't like it and I'm sure it will hurt us for the next couple of years. But Marion, as much as I love the guy, wouldn't have lead us to a championship this year, either. Some people keep mentioning that with Marion walking we would have had the money to sign a guy like Brand, but that's just bull since we're close to the lux tax, meaning we wouldn't have had much cap space even with Trix gone. And a sign & trade most likely wouldn't have brought us a great contributer, either.
Seriously guys, stop the whining & complaining AND, especially, STOP TELLING ME THAT LARRY BROWN WOULD BE A GOOD COACH FOR US!!!
