The Curse

[bigfoot]

Feeling sorry for myself and other Suns fans after tonight's beatdown by the McNuggets. Just to make everyone feel better I'm sure most of us know about the Suns curse. Here's some reminders of what I remember and I'm sure there are more (feel free to add yours).

Year 68-69
Suns lose coin toss for Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul Jabbar)

Year 92-93
Record 62-20
Cedric Ceballos breaks foot in WCF and is lost for the season
Suns lose at home in game 6 of the NBA finals to the Bulls on "The Shot" by John Paxson

Year 93-94
Record 56-26
Super rookie Richard Dumas starting his second year is suspended for drugs (15.8p 4.6r 27.5min)
Barkley hobbled as he pulls groin in WC semi-finals against Houston
Suns lose to Houston Rockets (eventual NBA champs) in seven games

Year 94-95
Record 59-23
A young 300# Shaq falls on Kevin Johnson costing 35 missed games
A bonehead Joe Klein tears Danny Mannings' ACL in practice
Suns lose to Houston Rockets (eventual NBA champs) in seven games

Year 95-96
Record 41-41
Suns start dismantling team by trading Dan Majerle for John "Hot Rod" Williams

Year 96-97
Record 40-42
Suns finish dismantling team by trading Charles Barkley for Robert Horry and Sam Cassel
Suns start a dismal 0-13
Coach Ainge takes a towel to the face from Horry on national TV

Year 97-98
Record 56-26
Three weeks before the playoff two major players injured
Danny Manning tear his other ACL and is out for the season
Leading scorer Rex Chapman pulls his hamstring and misses two of the Suns four playoff games

Year 99-00
Record 53-29
Suns players miss 269 games due to injury
Jason Kidd breaks ankle in Mid-March
Tom Gugliotta nearly dies from a seizure in mid-December
Tom Gugliotta in blows out knee in Mid-March requiring surgery
Rookie Shawn Marion injures knee requiring surgery
Lose to Lakers in playoffs (the eventual NBA champs)

Year 04-05
Record 62-20
Sarver buys the Suns
Joe Johnson breaks face on a flagrant foul by Jerry Stackhouse.
Joe misses 6 playoff games
Suns lose to Spurs the eventual NBA champs in the WCF

Year 05-06
Record 54-28
Sarver fails to give contract to Joe Johnson
Amare has microfracture surgery
Late Feb, defensive anchor Kurt Thomas has stress fracture in ankle and misses playoffs
Raja Bell injured in game one of WCF against Dallas
Suns lose to Mavs in six

Year 06-07
Record 61-21
Nash's nose gashed in waning minutes of WCF game 1
Horry hipchecks Nash in game 4
Stoudemire and Diaw suspended for pivotal WCF game 5 (at home) with the series tied 2-2
Suns lose to Spurs eventual NBA champs in six

Year 07-08
Record 55-27
Marion traded for Shaq
Grant Hill injuries groin just before Spurs playoff series
Game 1 in 1st round Tim Duncan hits a prayer 3 pointer to send game into double overtime
Suns let D'Antoni leave

Year 08-09
Record 46-36
Sarver/Kerr hire Terry Porter
Post all-star game Suns begin destroying teams under Gentry
Amare has detached retina
Suns miss playoffs

Year 10-11
Record: Bad right now
Suns fail to resign Amare
Sarver pretends to be a GM

Year 06-08
All the quality rookies that Sarver gave up for chump change including Rondo, Deng, Nate Robinson, and Rudy.

[lilfishi22]

2010-2011 isn't a curse. It's a mistake.

[ma_falaa_50]

its not a curse. its an owner trying to find use short cuts to win a championship!

[JasonDaPsycho]

2010-2011 isn't a curse. It's a mistake.

[DirtyDez]

Losing a top 3 GOAT on a coinflip? Yeah that one.

/thread

[MaryvalesFinest]

Could be worse...could be Cleveland

[BurningHeart]

Should add "Game 3 of 2007 Western Semis corruptly officiated by convicted criminal Tim Donaghy in what was the worst officiated game since 2002 WCF Game 6"

[sunshoopjunky]

Nick Vanos - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kysiXhCznr8

[DRK]

Could be worse...could be Cleveland

At least Cleveland have some quality young talent. Ryan Hollins is going to be an all star center.

[Calvin Klein]

Can we stop with this Rondo thing already? We had MVP Nash. He would have never seen the court.

[YFZblu]

Rajon Rondo? Seriously? The Suns didn't want Rajon Rondo---they didn't have interest in him. The Suns didn't draft him because they wanted him on the team, they drafted him for Boston so the Celtics would take on Brian Grant's contract. People need to quit acting like the Suns drafted Rondo expecting to play him and develop him, and simply changed their minds...That isn't what happened.

I'm sort of with BH on this one--2007 still bothers me the most...I completely forgot about Raja tearing his calf in the WCF in 2006

[Frank Lee]

DJ for Rick Robey

'76 finals.... 3OT game where Paul Silas BLATANTLY calls a timeout, when they had none... the ref pushes him aside instead of a technical foul and possible victory. (cheap win but so much less painful). Later the ref said he did not want such an important game to end that way. Which really meant Damn the rules, we're in Boston and I'd like to live through the night.


No doubts we can build quite a list of 'What If's that would have had a positive outcome.










Did I mention DJ for Rick Robey..... still ranking in the top 3 all time lopsided trades, JC's assrump still throbs when he sees a Red Auerbach-ish Cigar.

[bigfoot]

Nick Vanos - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kysiXhCznr8

86-87
Thanks for the reminder. I forgot Van Arsdale took over as coach late that season and inserted Vanos (7-2 260#) into the starting line-up with 10 games remaining. The Suns ending up winning the final nine out of the ten. They finally had a promising big man who died in that Northwest Airlines tragedy. Also, the major drug scandal with many Suns players (including Walter Davis) popped up on the second to the last game of that season.

[bigfoot]

DJ for Rick Robey

Did I mention DJ for Rick Robey..... still ranking in the top 3 all time lopsided trades, JC's assrump still throbs when he sees a Red Auerbach-ish Cigar.

OMG how could I forget. In a few years, I wonder how this Orlando/ Phoenix trade is going to rank.

[Sundamental]

DJ for Rick Robey

Did I mention DJ for Rick Robey..... still ranking in the top 3 all time lopsided trades, JC's assrump still throbs when he sees a Red Auerbach-ish Cigar.

OMG how could I forget. In a few years, I wonder how this Orlando/ Phoenix trade is going to rank.

Once the Nash trade is completed it will be recognized as the start of Minnesota Timberwolves version 2.0

[RaisingArizona]

The KG for Marion deal would have put us over the top if completed....

[YFZblu]

The KG for Marion deal would have put us over the top if completed....

The Wolves ended up wanting Amar'e, and KG was reported as saying he'd rather play with Amar'e than Marion...Honestly though, even as an "Amar'e hater", that was a tough choice to make at the time. Looking back, it's a slam-dunk decision to trade STAT for even an aging KG....

[gino_giode]

Wow...the number of injuries during key stretches is baffling.

[mikefly3113]

Its tough to be a Suns fan, it really takes it toll on you. I imagine this is how Cubs fans feel