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I don't have a problem with Oliver Miller.
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I don't have a problem with Oliver Miller.
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Well, he said he was rooting for the Suns. He predicted Bucks will win, but he will be pulling for the Suns.
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I haven't seen a lot of rooting from Charles for the Suns other than a video clip.
Finally! Bucks, Suns set for the NBA Finals after long waits
Chris Paul walked up the stairs and took a seat in front of the NBA Finals logo, a climb that took him 16 years to complete. The Phoenix Suns and Milwaukee Bucks are used to enduring long waits. “Walking into here, seeing Mr. Larry on every poster," Suns center Deandre Ayton said, referring to...
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He's called them "my Suns" over and again and he claims to be a Suns fan but he's also picked us to lose every round and he's gone through at least 3 or 4 different "will win it all" picks and it's never us. Not that it's a problem, he has a right to his opinion but his "love for the Suns" doesn't ring true to me.
Giannis Antetokounmpo knee injury: Bucks star cleared to play in Game 1 of NBA Finals vs. Suns
Antetokounmpo, who was upgraded to questionable, will return after hyperextending his left knee in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals
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Or he's doing it as an inner reverse jinx kinda thing since his picks are so bad...he simply doesn't want to jinx us. Hey, whatever, It's worked out so far. Keep it up Chuck!
i was thinking that also.. maybe bring out Greta, Suns in 4 guy and some of the iconic fans there also.
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good for him I knew he had his struggles with alcohol and depression
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No, my comment is based on his comments over the past 20 plus years. He always claims to be an ardent Suns fan but some of the things he's said through the years make it clear that he follows the Suns about as closely as my cats do.Or he's doing it as an inner reverse jinx kinda thing since his picks are so bad...he simply doesn't want to jinx us. Hey, whatever, It's worked out so far. Keep it up Chuck!
As for the reverse jinx. I don't believe in such silly things but if I did I would point out that it's common knowledge that you negate an inner reverse jinx by identifying it as such. So, way to go, we're jinxed again.
I think Suns win this one in 6. Won't be easy by any means. I really hope the team wasn't too focused only on getting CP3 to the finals and forgot the job isn't done yet.
The Clippers exposed a few things the Bucks can use against them. Booker can be rattled by a physical defender. This is something he needs to learn to control if he's going to take the next step and be great. The box out rebounding against Ayton. They used one guy to box him out and the other guy rebounded. The zone defense for some reason really confused the suns. This can be fixed by coaching, but you hope they adapt quickly.
Still think the entire Suns roster is more talented, but Bucks won't go down easy.
The Clippers exposed a few things the Bucks can use against them. Booker can be rattled by a physical defender. This is something he needs to learn to control if he's going to take the next step and be great. The box out rebounding against Ayton. They used one guy to box him out and the other guy rebounded. The zone defense for some reason really confused the suns. This can be fixed by coaching, but you hope they adapt quickly.
Still think the entire Suns roster is more talented, but Bucks won't go down easy.
I see it as more as an anti-jinx prediction. Every time he picks, they loose.
nevermind someone else already said it….
I believe Barkley is a fan but he's not a die hard fan or a homer. He roots for us but that doesn't mean he believes we'll win. How many fans here didn't think we would be the Lakers or the Clippers? They may not have been as open admitting that but I'm sure there were some. That doesn't make anyone less of a fan.
We've been awful for a long time and I know it sucked starting each year knowing we'd end up counting pingpong bàlls by seasons end but that doesn't mean we weren't fans because we knew we'd lose more often than not.
We've been awful for a long time and I know it sucked starting each year knowing we'd end up counting pingpong bàlls by seasons end but that doesn't mean we weren't fans because we knew we'd lose more often than not.
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It’s not Chuck’s job to be a cheerleader. If someone here picked the Bucks we wouldn’t be calling them a hater (or maybe we around idk).
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It's just speculation on my part but I think he'll always be a Philadelphia fan first and a Suns fan a distant second. His feud with JC ended years ago but I don't know that he ever forgave the franchise.
I suspect he's conflicted too given that he's still held in high regard by local fans but a championship would probably re-start the conversation about him failing to win it all here. But more than anything, I doubt he's much of a Suns fan because he's shown even greater levels of ignorance about the team and players than he does about the NBA in general.
And with you mentioning the Lakers and Clippers I just want to make the point that most of us were worried about the healthy Lakers team that was never seen again since early in the season.
Personally, by the time we started our first game I never had any doubts we'd win against the Lakers or the Clippers. At least not until I saw how the refs were allowing LAC to play against us. Then I had flashbacks of Derek Fisher getting rewarded for the same kind of blind refereeing that was supposed to be cleaned up in the modern postseason.
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You're right it isn't but I'm curious, did you just skim the thread? I don't care who he cheers for. My point (and I'm not alone on this) is that he claims to be a Suns fan but all evidence through the years points to the contrary. Not a big deal but his ignorance about the team shows up regularly and it shines brighter than his overall NBA ignorance.
I don't really think it's a big deal though. I don't watch that show to hear his expertise, I'm there because I find the show entertaining. And that's all because of Chuck.
Anyway, I've known a lot of locals that considered themselves to be huge fans of the Suns that have never watched a game on TV and couldn't name more than a couple players on the team. But on a site like this, when we talk fandom we usually mean someone that does more than just live within driving distance of the arena.
For someone who doesn't believe in such silly things... You sure have that one figured out quite well. Like I said though, it's his inner reverse jinx. Not mine. Don't you put that evil on me, Ricky bobby!
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Monty Williams in an ESPN article discussing the Bucks consistent effort to attack the paint
Dave McMenamin ESPN Staff Writer:
"The pressure they put on the paint has been pretty consistent, even with Giannis [out], but you see a different way of doing it now with Jrue [Holiday] attacking and [Brook] Lopez diving," Suns coach Monty Williams said. "That's been something that we have to respect. You have to respect them anyway with Giannis getting into the paint -- in transition, in isolation, when he dives in the pick-and-roll, especially with [Khris] Middleton. So, without Giannis, there seems to be a different way of attacking the paint. And then all of their guys that crash the boards.
"So, they haven't stopped playing the way they want to play. The pressure on the paint has been pretty consistent in the playoffs."
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Dave McMenamin ESPN Staff Writer:
"The pressure they put on the paint has been pretty consistent, even with Giannis [out], but you see a different way of doing it now with Jrue [Holiday] attacking and [Brook] Lopez diving," Suns coach Monty Williams said. "That's been something that we have to respect. You have to respect them anyway with Giannis getting into the paint -- in transition, in isolation, when he dives in the pick-and-roll, especially with [Khris] Middleton. So, without Giannis, there seems to be a different way of attacking the paint. And then all of their guys that crash the boards.
"So, they haven't stopped playing the way they want to play. The pressure on the paint has been pretty consistent in the playoffs."
CP3 addresses criticism of compact schedule
Paul said that while injuries are "always unfortunate," the condensed schedule was a discussion that included all players before the season.
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Also in the above article Chris Paul discusses the critics of shortened season.
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THANK YOU CP3 for finally saying that.
