Denver Nuggets @ Phoenix Suns [Game 34]

[Black Jesus 1]

WHEN: Monday, January 7th, 2007
WHERE: US Airways Center; Phoenix, Arizona
TIME: 7 PM AZ
TV: FSNAZHD




Starting 5:


Bench:

G:Leandro Barbosa
F:Boris Diaw
F/C:Brian Skinner




Starting 5:


Bench:

F:Nene Hilario
F:Linas Kleiza
F:Eduardo Najera
F:Yakhouba Diawara
G:Chucky Atkins

THE SKY IS NOT FALLING..SH*T!

GO SUNS!!

[Never Fear 33 Is Here]

What is with Denvers' new logo? It reminds of a certain black and red logo.

Errrrrrrrr the sky is looking rather blue and close.

GET SOME NUTS!!!

[BringinDaRuckus]

What is with Denvers' new logo? It reminds of a certain black and red logo.

Errrrrrrrr the sky is looking rather blue and close.

GET SOME NUTS!!!

Well it would be a hell of a lot closer if we played in Denver!


Hahah get it? I made a funny!

[@ndrew]

What about STAT for this game?

[Black Jesus 1]

^No idea. They've only said he didn't make practice today.

[-SDU-]

i GENUINELY think we will lose this by 15+

[Black Jesus 1]

^Why is that?

[ma_falaa_50]

Well, Amare being frustrated shows he is a passionate player. I dont see why the name him co captain and discipline him for saying the truth. He may not be as PC as Nash. Who cares. Amare worked on his game to elevate this team and he cant do that if brick players like Raja, Lb, and Shawn gets shots Amare should be taking because Last time I checked Amare was averaging 30 points and 13 rebounds heading into last night.

The truth only hurts if it should and I challenge anyone on this board to prve that what amare said after the game was not true. MD playing Boris 32 minutes and Skinner 7 and 0 in the 2nd half just adds for fuel to fire.

I am disappionted in Nash. He may hand a lot of assits but he has to stop turning the ball over or at least stay in front of his man. He gets outplayed by CP3 and Deron and its not even close. If he wants to insinuate that Amare is being greedy he should talk to amare first and check was the real reason he missed practice.

Fact is AMare poses the best option on offense, not LB, or Raja, or Marion. Championship teams have a go to guy and Nash not willing to accept that and force feed this we win as a team in the 4th quarter bullcrap is total BS.

Nash is a great offensive player but there times when the opposing team is making him beat them but he doesnt accpet that responsibility and yet a guy like Amare wants that responsibililty and "we win as a team" bullcrap comes up.

fact is 4 game winning streak- AMare 30 points per game. Nash needs to stop denying It and do everything he can to help the team win and If amare is the guy then concede to him. Tell him its bad to call teammates out but give him the rock in the fourth.

dantoni has wasted 3 good years here. Its time to move on!!! If Nash doesnt like it **** him too because Dantoni is going to cause this franchise a championship. Only Dantoni can **** up a team that is as dominating as this current phx suns ballclub.

[mkot]

What are you talking about? How is it Mike's fault for Amare not showing up for practice? You just bash the guy for no reason, every chance you get. *sigh* If he was upset over the loss and just didn't feel like practicing, then that's not cool. If he was a no-show because he was frustrated about the loss, it does NOT excuse him. No matter how he feels about it, as a professional he needs to show up for WORK. If there are problems in the locker room, he is not going to solve them by not showing up for practice. Not showing up for practice after a loss is childish, he's 25 now, no longer a kid who just entered the NBA from high school. So should everyone just skip practice after a frustrating loss to show he is passionate? Last season when the team met after the season was over, Amare did not show up as well. And he had no excuse for his absence. Are you cool with it?

If it's a health/family issue, yes, it is excusable.

Is this a really big deal, well, maybe not. I'm just saying, ma_falaa, I know we all love Amare, but his absence is inexcusable if it's because he is upset about the loss last night.

[fuhgidabowdit]

yea im tired of dantoni to tell you the truth, he has major flaws that will block this team from winning a championship:

flaws:

-does not use timeouts correctly
-does not discipline bad defense
-does not use the bench when needed, and when he uses the bench, uses it at the wrong freakin time (beginning of 4th quarters)
-during the other teams bad mismatches, does not exploit them
-makes his players rely on 3 point shooting way to much

there are alot more, but my point is name 1 flaw that popovich has or phil jackson?

[ma_falaa_50]

hey mkot. I didnt mean to blame dantoni for amare missing practice. Personally I dont think amare is going to miss practice because he didnt get enough shots but you have to admit that establishing amare down low and force the opposing team to stop him is the best match up phx currently has and for that oversight I blame Mike. I dont se why he diverted from what was working the last 4 games prior to last night. I think Mike is juggling egos here and he has to face the facts that the chemistry issue exists because of egos.

At times I dont blame Dantoni for the suns playing like crap because the onus is on the players to put the effort. I think dantoni needs to get serious and discipline these guys. they are not playing like a team so he should sit those players who arent doing there jobs. As far as I see Nash is doing his evey night. Amare is beggining to understand it. LB and Diaw needs to understand it. I think Md has to be smart and realize giving skinner more minutes will only make the team better.

We shall see how the suns play vs the nuggets. I predict another lose due to lack of effort and bad coaching. Great coaches find a ways to adapt and improve MD hasnt done that. He doesnt even admit when he is wrong.

Lack of accountability from the coach is one of the reasons why Diaw, LB, Shawn, and Amare always take plays off and for diaw's sake takes games off.

[mkot]

hey mkot. I didnt mean to blame dantoni for amare missing practice. Personally I dont think amare is going to miss practice because he didnt get enough shots but you have to admit that establishing amare down low and force the opposing team to stop him is the best match up phx currently has and for that oversight I blame Mike.

I never said we shouldn't give Amare the ball but it isn't solely on Mike, sometimes it's on his teammates, and sometimes is on Amare himself.

And what does this have to do with Amare skipping practice and the fact that you were blaming Mike and even Nash for it? Again, unless it's for health or family issues, he has no excuse to skip practice. He is a grown man, a professional, he should be better than that.

Let's say that we have yet to know the real reason behind it so let's just not blame ANY one yet shall we

[-SDU-]

i highly doubt amare skipped practice for anything other than a genuine family reason

[-SDU-]

Stoudemire is expected back Monday from what the team called an absence for "personal reasons." Word around practice was that he could not make it to the 45-minute practice because his two kids were sick.

[@ndrew]

Is Raja Bell playing tommorow?

[TASTIC]

^He probably will...I don't know why they don't just do what the Spurs did with Manu and REST HIM for 7-10 days or something more than 1 game. I know he had flu, but wouldn't hurt him to get some rest and just hit the excercycle between games and practice his bloody shooting stroke

[-SDU-]

KTAR said bell has been told to stay at home and only to come in if he is 100% because they dont want him passing it to the rest of the team

[KJ7]

^^^ Thank god. I'm with TASTIC, why take the risk!

[@ndrew]

I was hoping to take a bet for Suns -7. I'm afraid now. Hope I'm wrong - you guys need to beat'em!

from Russia with love!
Jazz fan.

[-SDU-]

the odds are that even if the suns win it will be a close one, so thats probably not a bad bet chief

we dont blow good teams out

i still think we are losing by 15+