Can the Suns beat LA this year?

[SoundGarden]

as a laker fan and being from turkey makes me think two sided when it comes to suns.

first i remember 06-07 seasons and i want to beat suns in WCF every year to come

but as a turkish i know hedo is going to be just great in Suns,i know a lot of people have their doubts but i think he can pull a orlando days in suns.

but here is the thing why i know for sure why suns isnt gonna beat la;any team with the hedo on the roster cant beat the lakers

he was in the sacramento when they had their chances,and saw that 14-0 run in 50 seconds,
he was in the spurs when fish hit the 0,4 shot,
and he was in the orlando when derek change the series.

and he have great plays in all of this games,he just cant be the recap guy no matter how good he play when he face lakers just watch game 2 and 4 of the finals,hell dont watch it all just watch the last quarters u ll know what im saying

i dont think there s a reason for me to bring up the kobe&size as well

but hope to see u guys in US Airways Center in this years WCF

[Frank Lee]

any team with the hedo on the roster cant beat the lakers

Go away... we already have enough hexes on this team

We dont need a 'TurkeyCurse' added to the mix.

[joe.linnen]

We could have beaten them this past year if we knew when to stop doubling Kobe. We lost because people like Artest, Farmar, Fisher, and Vujacic went off.

please let it go. The Lakers were and is the better team you guys didn't have a chance and you mos def do have a chance now. BTW don't double Kobe and see how your team does against the Lakers. Kobe will always have a field day when playing the Suns and if you do double Kobe Gasol will have his way as well as Odom. Bottom line the Lakers will alwayz be the better team.

[grumpysaddle]

^^^^^^
"The Lakers is" ---- really?

Also, who is Kobe Gasol? Learn to use commas. They're on your keyboard for a reason. Now please go back to your board, troll.

[Miklo]

Bottom line the Lakers will alwayz be the better team.

This is the kind of stuff that gives Laker fans a bad reputation (among those who don't spend much time on the Lakers board, which has a TON of great posters (seriously, I'm not being facetious)). It's funny, I actually love the Laker fans on this site but it's posts like this that make some people assume it's what all Laker fans are like. This really isn't a constructive contribution to the Suns board, especially for a fan base that really does add a lot to our board when the right people come over.

I only say this because I know Laker fans are just as frustrated by the people who act like they represent the fan base with trolling comments like this. And because I want to convey to Suns fans that I think we and the Laker fans can and should have a very mutually respectful relationship. We're archrivals, but we each have such quality posters that our interactions can always be friendly and even joking with each other as long as both fan bases avoid trolling.

Same can obviously be said about Suns fans. I'd hope we can minimize those of us going to the Lakers and other boards and making it look like we're a bunch of war mongers

[RaisingArizona]

Spelling always with a "z". How creative.

[LApwnd]

Barnes coming off the bench is nowhere near Barnes starting. Last year he scored 10.1 starting and 5.8 off the bench. Plus his three point shooting went from 35.8% starting to a 18.8% off the bench.

Although he did play up to his averages against us.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/pla ... lits/2010/

And Blake dropped as a reserve as well. Not as big of a drop as Barnes, but both are going to be coming off the bench, and we have guys that excelled coming off the bench.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/pla ... lits/2010/

And Theo off the bench had a huge 1.7 points 2.2 rebounds /game.

LA is losing a huge spark plug off the bench in Farmar, who was extremely fast. And if they lose Brown, that would make two huge spark plugs they lost. Blake is much smarter than Farmar, but nowhere near as quick. I actually think losing Josh Powell will hurt the Lakers more than many think.

Please... Farmar wasn't crap, that's why we didn't try to match anything to keep him.

That's cool man. So you subbed in a 7.3 point/game for a 7.2. Doesn't seem like much of a big deal to me. Plus when you look at how Blake needed 38 starts to get that point difference, it seems like Farmar was a better bench player. I think Farmar was tougher and would do things that a young guy would do, such as hustle more. But I am glad he isn't on the Lakers anymore.

you certainly dont watch much Laker games if you think Farmar was an asset and that losing Powell is gona hurt LA chances lol...although Powell might have been a great fit for your team, a PF who likes to shoot 3's instead of playing in the paint where they are suppose to. You're idea of Farmars worth to us is how we look at how we value Barbosa, we dont see him all the time but when he plays us he lights us up but apparently you guys are glad he's gone now thanks to his no defense and chucking ways, well just apply that to Farmar for us.

[Calvin Klein]

Lakers 2010 squad: Fisher, Bryant, Artest, Gasol, Bynum, Odom, nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody, nobody.

Those are the ones who really mattered.

Now might have added 2 proper role players. Who knows.