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RIP defense.
Mar 23, 2021, 7:46 PM
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Now someone shoots and they all just turn the other way.
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Oculus Spirit [82981]
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^^^hasn't watched lately^^^***
Mar 23, 2021, 8:27 PM
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Just because the guys can't shoot anymore
Mar 24, 2021, 8:15 AM
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Doesn't mean that the defense is any better.
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CU Medallion [64837]
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I don't watch it much (or at all) but I would say that the
Mar 24, 2021, 8:32 AM
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shooting has gotten much better... right?
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Having watched 0 minutes of NBA basketball since 1998
Mar 24, 2021, 10:41 AM
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I can honestly say I do not know or care.
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Oculus Spirit [82981]
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Go Hawks***
Mar 23, 2021, 7:49 PM
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Go Hornets and Pistons!!***
Mar 23, 2021, 7:55 PM
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Both behind Hawks in standins lutz***
Mar 23, 2021, 8:00 PM
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CU Medallion [59974]
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No one likes a braggart
Mar 23, 2021, 8:04 PM
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??
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Lot o points [180869]
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When do you look in a mirror?
Mar 23, 2021, 8:15 PM
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lutz
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God bless Dennis Rodman
Mar 23, 2021, 7:57 PM
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God bless Charles Barkley
Two of the greatest sports characters in my life!
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You can have them back as long as you let me have
Mar 23, 2021, 8:04 PM
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The 92-93 Phoenix Suns for perpetuity.
Majerle
Barkley
KJ
Ainge
And my personal favorite, the perpetually underrated Tom Chambers.
90’s Suns were the last NBA team to achieve any success via unselfish team play.
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Are you open to feedback?
Mar 23, 2021, 8:06 PM
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Too much perp in this post.
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Lot o points [155625]
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That hit me as I reread it.
Mar 23, 2021, 8:08 PM
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I was hoping no one would notice. Now it’s awkward.
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All good, innernetFam
Mar 23, 2021, 8:11 PM
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Do a WATN on @osf or grayson marshall and call it even.
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Wrong, but enlighten me
Mar 23, 2021, 8:54 PM
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Show me a team since the 90's who finished 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in their division for most of a decade and had a more even scoring distribution. Wasn't unusual at all for Suns to have 7 players averaging double digits over a season.
Might be a team here and a team there doing the same these days (the Heat from last season come to mind) but no one's doing that for long.....2 stars and some highly paid scrubs who won't embarrass you is the formula these days.
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Oculus Spirit [82981]
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Scoring distribution isn't always indicative of unselfish
Mar 23, 2021, 9:14 PM
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team play. There were many great teams in the mid-90s through today that had unselfish team play. Any team that has ever won the NBA has had unselfish team play for the most part. On the Celts 2008 championship team, check out the numbers below. They didn't have 7 players in double figures, but each player played great team ball having several elite passers.
There are many examples. Even last year's Champion Lakers who I hate, had a team of unbelievable passers led by Lebron one of the best passers in the game.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/BOS/2008.html#all_team_and_opponent
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Spitballing here, but what about the Pistons?
Mar 24, 2021, 11:19 AM
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IIRC none of them ever scored in double digits.
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Lot o points [155625]
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Pistons in the aughts?
Mar 24, 2021, 11:48 AM
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Seems reasonable now that I think about it and check record books to refresh rusty memories.
Once Stackhouse left, they were starless, and finishing first in your division for a decade with Rip Hamilton as your leading scorer does speak highly to team play.
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Tree Rollins bit Ainge.***
Mar 23, 2021, 9:20 PM
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Re: You can have them back as long as you let me have
Mar 24, 2021, 8:37 AM
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let me see how I can do with this roster:
back row: cedric ceballos, adam keef, ???, tom chambers, doug west, oliver miller, richard dumas, dan marle
front row: ??? coach paul wesphaul, frank johnson, charles barkely, danny ainge, kevin johnson, and bob ross on the end
not even a suns fan, just an avid collector of basketball cards from 1992-1995.
somebody fact checkme, I bet I did remarkably good.
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Pretty solid! I think it’s Mark West.***
Mar 24, 2021, 10:48 AM
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You're right. I thought Mark and typed Doug.
Mar 24, 2021, 11:24 AM
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Doug west was a SG for the Twolves around that time period. He sorta looks like one of the guys that I couldn't identify in the Suns pic. I think that may be why my brain got a confuse.
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Cedric Ceballos too yeah?
Mar 24, 2021, 11:56 AM
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We lived in Phoenix from 90-93, I was young and have very few memories of going to games, but for some reason remember having astronaut ice cream at them?
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You mean DipinDots?***
Mar 24, 2021, 12:07 PM
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Re: You mean DipinDots?***
Mar 24, 2021, 12:16 PM
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No, something else entirely. Came in this like... slightly metallicky plastic package, a huge hunk of freeze dried something
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Today's players couldn't have made .....
Mar 23, 2021, 8:14 PM
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it back in the day! That's why I seldom watch anymore.
https://youtu.be/qmIA61zEcfg
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Gosh I love the old days as much as any fan, but ...
Mar 23, 2021, 8:45 PM
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respectfully disagree. Today’s skill & shooting amaze me.
7 footers shoot better than I ever could ____ not even close and I wasn’t trash.
Team offense is also amazing with player positioning and ball movement. Defensively any team has to guard the perimeter out past the three point line.
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Re: Gosh I love the old days as much as any fan, but ...
Mar 24, 2021, 12:20 PM
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All the romanticizing of past eons of the NBA cracks me up. The talent in the NBA now is just ridiculous, those guys are bigger, faster, stronger, and better than any prior era.
It's like trying to claim the leather helmet era of college football when the team was all 5 foot 9 180lb white dudes all named like Scooter McDavenport could compete against the 2019 LSU team.
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Rodman on of the best garbagemen ever.***
Mar 23, 2021, 8:31 PM
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Today’s NBA is pretty awesome. Mav’s Doncic has a game
Mar 23, 2021, 8:36 PM
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that I could only dream about.
There’s another 25 NBA players that are freaky good ....
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Re: Today’s NBA is pretty awesome. Mav’s Doncic has a game
Mar 24, 2021, 10:45 AM
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It's still good, but it used to almost be wild like hockey. They went at it. Could Steph Curry even make it back then?
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Limitless energy and desire. Nine foot arms.***
Mar 23, 2021, 8:38 PM
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Re: I miss THIS NBA
Mar 24, 2021, 10:44 AM
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We finally agree on something. No doubt. It was so much better. It was wild.
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Interesting. Boxing and the NBA
Mar 24, 2021, 11:33 AM
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seem to mirror each other.
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