PHOENIX SUNS
We are just about at the end of the NBA season and people are talking about problems that could arise next year. I mean, playoffs or not, can’t we just enjoy what the Suns have accomplished this year?
April 2014
QUESTIONS
1. Who named LeBron James “King James”? 2. Was it the same guy that named Dwight Howard “Superman”? 3. Does anyone watch “The Starters” on NBA-TV? I feel better, already.
PLAYOFFS
With the playoffs just around the corner, it is a bad time of year to have your team sideways. Sideways was a term we used in Phoenix with John MacLeod to describe a team that was not together and had some internal problems going on . If you really want to see a […]
PALMING THE BALL
The other night in the Dallas Maverick/ LA Clipper game, Darren Collison was called for a palming violation. Looked like he was in a state of shock because like most of the other high profile point guards that dominate the NBA today, they have been doing that since high school. […]
More March Madness
I forgot to publish this blog after the Wisconsin/Arizona,last week. I thought you would enjoy reading it anyway. Charles Barkley doesn’t always get it right, but he was dead-on while interviewing Frank (The Tank) Kaminsky, star of the Wisconsin win over Arizona. “You had 28 points and you could have […]
March 2014
MORE MARCH MADNESS
Oregon excepted, have you noticed how bad the free-throw shooting is on tourney teams and how so many of these kids not only don’t make the free throws — but miss them badly? ++++
MARCH MADNESS
After all is said and done, what we found out is that the so-called “elite teams” are not as good as their hype and the so-called “mid-majors” are better than people think. And that, as we all know, is because they keep their kids in a program for four years. ++++
Nash & The Point Guard Revolution
Setting Oscar Robertson & Ervin “Magic” Johnson to one side, NBA teams for three decades seldom, if ever, devoted No. 1 draft picks to point guards. Not until the Rockets grabbed John Lucas (1976) did a “small” man get the top spot. And then it was another 20 years, until 1996, before it happened […]
A Couple of Underrateds
I said it before and I will say it again: ”Mike Conley is one of the most underrated point guards in the NBA.” No one controls the game better. While I am at it, Joakim Noah is the most underrated big man. Chicago is staying competitive because of him. I’ve got to […]
Ish Smith
Bledsoe’s injury and, later, Barbosa’s mishap gave Ish Smith his chance. Because of all the pee-wee guards now in the NBA, he could become an invaluable tool for the Phoenix Suns.