phoenix purposely losing to face lakers?

magicfan4life05 · Post #21 » by **magicfan4life05** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 12:48 pm

lol yes cuz everything is the same as those years....

J-Mezzy · Post #22 » by **J-Mezzy** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 2:54 pm

This is the most absurd and ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Nobody loses on purpose. There is such parity in the West, I think any team could beat or lose to any other team maybe with the exception of the Spurs.

Suns could beat the Lakers, they could beat the jazz. Hornets, Rockets, Mavs as well or lose to any of them. Why would they lose on purpose to move down and lose homecourt advantage and risk missing the playoffs overall?

JusBus32 · Post #23 » by **JusBus32** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 3:17 pm

They aren't tanking, they simply can't defend anyone. It all starts with perimeter defense.

Who's the PG again?

Post #24 » by **tkb** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 3:18 pm

All they have to do to face us in the playoffs is advance far enough...

Kobay · Post #25 » by **Kobay** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 3:23 pm

<------ el sweepo

MalReyn · Post #26 » by **MalReyn** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 4:08 pm

If this is Phoenix's goal, then I have this to say to them:

LakersSquad · Post #27 » by **LakersSquad** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 4:18 pm

bjebaz wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

I don't know, maybe because we've beaten you the last two years?

Yea I forgot Pau and Bynum was starting on those teams on those teams you beat. :roll:

bjebaz · Post #28 » by **bjebaz** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 5:09 pm

LakersSquad wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Yea I forgot Pau and Bynum was starting on those teams on those teams you beat.

The fact that Bynum wasn't good enough to start in front of Kwame just last year isn't something to brag about.

hermes · Post #29 » by **hermes** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 5:13 pm

why would they want to play the lakers, i'd think they want to avoid them, maybe their losing because the shaq trade made them worse

LakersSquad · Post #30 » by **LakersSquad** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 5:14 pm

bjebaz wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

The fact that Bynum wasn't good enough to start in front of Kwame just last year isn't something to brag about.

Yall got yall asses whipped by the Lakers this year. Who cares if Bynum was ready last year or not? The fact still remains he owns Amare in their matchups. The fact still remains an injured Lakers team have beaten yall 3 out of 4 times this year. the fact still remains you have the worst defensive front court.

hermes · Post #31 » by **hermes** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 5:19 pm

MalReyn wrote:If this is Phoenix's goal, then I have this to say to them:

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NetsForce · Post #32 » by **NetsForce** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 5:21 pm

So let me get this straight... Phoenix is losing on purpose so that they can face the Lakers, get swept in the first round, have an early vacation and hopefully use their extended period of rest to get Shaq in shape and let Nash's back heal?

Why don't they just save themselves the embarrassment of Sasha Vujacic styling all over their perimeter "defense" and just miss the playoffs?

BooRadley · Post #33 » by **BooRadley** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 5:30 pm

We should sticky a thread. "Phoenix Suns collapse out of the playoff race watch". They're only 3 or 4 games up on Denver.

Post #34 » by **rsavaj** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 5:54 pm

BooRadley wrote:We should sticky a thread. "Phoenix Suns collapse out of the playoff race watch". They're only 3 or 4 games up on Denver.

That'd be a fun thread.

Magz50 · Post #35 » by **Magz50** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 5:57 pm

They'll need 7th seed not 8th, the SPurs are the best in the west and will be no.1.

LAKESHOW · Post #36 » by **LAKESHOW** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 7:31 pm

oh pleeeeeze.

if they keep on losing on purpose, they will lose themselves right out of the playoffs into the 9th seed.

Ballings7 · Post #37 » by **Ballings7** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 8:15 pm

No, you're off, tmacformvp07...

Have to realize the Lakers have been the better team and are the more balanced team, the deeper team, the the more versatile team, since December/January. That has been established more and more as the season went on.

Now, with Gasol I think the Suns lose in 5 games. Maybe take it to 6. But with a decent-form Bynum, a sweep is realistic, and don't think they'd win more than a game.

I'd go 5 games in either scenario.

Trifecta7 · Post #38 » by **Trifecta7** » Thu Mar 6, 2008 8:47 pm

magicfan4life05 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

lol no way how quickly things change...didnt he yell at phil jackson "dont worry we're still gonna kick ur azz in the playoffs" cuz he took a timeout

It was: "He might want to try and do it in playoff time when we bust them every time. We get them three more times. That's fine."

After the final game: "I don't know if it can be any more (intense)," D'Antoni said. "It's pretty good. ... Hopefully, we don't meet them in the playoffs."

I'm glad the Lakers were able to change his tone. That was pretty arrogant of a thing to say in the beginning of the season.

bjebaz wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

The fact that Bynum wasn't good enough to start in front of Kwame just last year isn't something to brag about.

He started 53 games last season out of 82. He was still 19 so when he hit the wall, Kwame became the starter again.

Anyway, if the Suns are tanking, are the Mavs tanking too?