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    A Lost Year

    We kept waiting . . . First, for "all three of our bigs to get healthy." Then Beale came back. Then, for the team to gel. They did, kinda, but what they "gelled" into is completely inconsistent, defensively challenged, and uncoordinated. Then it's, "Well, they'll make a push for the playoffs."...
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    Formula for success

    After four games, all of which the Suns should have won, it seems that there is a solid formula here for beating anyone save the Bucks for a particular reason. 1) KD and Booker look pretty solid to score 60-70 a game between them, even if one is a little off. 2) CP3 and Ayton look capable of...
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    Going back to last year

    I get that we still have key personnel injured. I get that we've scarcely had the "starters" on the court together at all this year. But it seemed that with about 20 games to go last season---and I can't tell you the exact game it started---the Suns drifted well down from their commanding first...
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    Ayton is making me a believer

    I have been highly critical of Ayton. I thought we actually would have been better off saving the money, keeping McGee and Bizzy, and using the money elsewhere. But over the last two weeks Ayton is starting to play at the level required of a #1 pick. His rebounding has become reliable. He is...
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    Did I hear this right?

    On the Minny broadcast I thought they said/ran a stat that the Suns were about 2.5 points per game better without Ayton? Just watching, there is literally no time I say, "Gee, if only Ayton were there, we would have gotten that bucket" or "blocked that shot." The offense is different without...
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    NINE WINS AWAY

    After last night the Suns are nine wins from a Championship. Ayton has been both impressive and frustrating. He appears to be able to get position at will on offense. But even Miller mentioned he still far too often goes for a layup instead of a power dunk. I am wondering if he doesn't have the...
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    Recent games have exposed the Suns' Achilles Heel

    Despite some wins, the loss to the Raptors and close games on the road trip have exposed the serious deficiencies in Suns' rebounding. The Raptors in one sequence got four shots (three rebounds---two from taps---and a foul). McGee is a great shot blocker, but no one is blocking off his man when...
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    Suns Are Markedly Better Than in the Playoffs

    During the recent win streak, including the game with the Bucks (yes, Lopez was absent), the Suns look like a supercharged version of last year's playoff team. This is even true when, as in several of the last few games, Booker has not particularly been hitting his outside shot. Indeed, the Suns...
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    The "Jordan Rules" are in Effect!

    In 1989-1990, the Detroit Pistons annually faced the Chicago Bulls with Michael Jordan as their usual finals opponent. After losing to him on several occasions, Coach Bill Daley came up with what he called the "Jordan Rules:" Jordan was to be hit, or placed in physical contact, every single time...
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    76 Suns vs 21 Suns

    Just for giggles I watched the last two games of the 1976 Western Conference Championships vs the Golden State Warriors with Rick Barry, Phil Smith, Gus Williams, and Jamaal Wilkes. This was a year AFTER GS beat the Bullets to win the NBA championship. What was instantly stunning was how much...
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    If I were other teams, two things would greatly concern me

    Despite rattling off win after win, usually by decent margins, I would argue the Suns have yet to play their best basketball. If I were UT, LAC, or the Eastern Conf guys, these things would concern me: *Booker, despite his points, has not been in the zone for the past two games. He missed very...
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    Now the story can be told . . . (kinda long)

    Enough time has now passed, with all of the principals either dead or long retired, that I can tell this. I am a professional historian, now retired. For many years while I lived in Phoenix, I was a devout Suns fan, often with season tickets right in the middle of the Madhouse on McDowell. I...

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