Tonight's Epic-ness
So I went to Jon's to watch the Red Sox game and the Suns/Nuggets "outdoor" game. Tfunk was there, and the three of us did what all trios of men do on Saturday nights: sit around and watch sports. Bleh... The Red Sox lost in the bottom of the eleventh inning; the game went over five hours. The Suns lost to the Nuggets and it was awful.
The Suns starting five looked terrible. I realize Diaw was in for Stoudemire, but still, those six guys should be able to run the floor pretty well and do the things they did last year. Somehow, though, the Nuggets bench beat them up. They looked like a group of players who had never played together before. I suppose the problem is really that Terry Porter instituted a new style of offense, and it's taking time to work it out, but still, five good ball players vs. Nuggets bench: I wanna see some production, here. The good news is that their poor play is helping vindicate my prediction that the Suns aren't going to make the playoffs. I WANT them to make the playoffs, but I'm skerrred. We'll know, I think, after the first 35 games or so, whether or not the Suns will be in the top 8 in the West; after that chunk of games, it should be obvious. But who knows. Maybe I'm horribly wrong. I hope.
In other news, the Lakers look so-so in preseason. If they can figure out just what to do with Bynum, Odom, Gasol, Kobe, Fisher, Farmer, Vujabitch, Vlad the Rad, Ariza, and Walton (that's a lot of talent), they should win the West again and make it the finals, where, hopefully, they win. But we'll see. Injuries might kill us (Gasol, Bynum, Odom, Kobe, Fisher, Walton...they all are prone to injuries. At least Kobe can play through his.)
The Suns starting five looked terrible. I realize Diaw was in for Stoudemire, but still, those six guys should be able to run the floor pretty well and do the things they did last year. Somehow, though, the Nuggets bench beat them up. They looked like a group of players who had never played together before. I suppose the problem is really that Terry Porter instituted a new style of offense, and it's taking time to work it out, but still, five good ball players vs. Nuggets bench: I wanna see some production, here. The good news is that their poor play is helping vindicate my prediction that the Suns aren't going to make the playoffs. I WANT them to make the playoffs, but I'm skerrred. We'll know, I think, after the first 35 games or so, whether or not the Suns will be in the top 8 in the West; after that chunk of games, it should be obvious. But who knows. Maybe I'm horribly wrong. I hope.
In other news, the Lakers look so-so in preseason. If they can figure out just what to do with Bynum, Odom, Gasol, Kobe, Fisher, Farmer, Vujabitch, Vlad the Rad, Ariza, and Walton (that's a lot of talent), they should win the West again and make it the finals, where, hopefully, they win. But we'll see. Injuries might kill us (Gasol, Bynum, Odom, Kobe, Fisher, Walton...they all are prone to injuries. At least Kobe can play through his.)
3 erotic poetry prompts:
Don't be a-skerrrd. If you'd been outside like me last night, workin f' that dolla, you'd've known how the weather went from pleasantly autumnal to uncomfortably wintry-like for those of us wearing T-shirts and shorts, i.e. myself at the track or anyone playing basketball outdoors. (Our weather in Phx was apparently just like the weather over in Palm Springs.)
Terry Porter said the conditions were so unfavorable, the game was "unassessable." So, strike 1: it's preseason, and strike 2: it was played in goofball conditions. Yeah, I know the conditions were the same for both teams, but the point I'm making is that you can't assume that's what would have happened were the game in a controlled atmosphere. One player said it was a great idea, just the "wrong time of day," and of course they happened to catch the one freak unseasonably cold night so far this fall. It was 104ยบ like, what, six days ago?
And above all else, IT'S PRESEASON. Their starters v. our starters, blah blah, honestly it doesn't really matter, and guys aren't giving 110% in the preseason, guaranteed.
So, don't sweat it. The Suns are still undefeated in the regular season in the Porter Era.
Do they make the playoffs? What seed? I'm thinking 8th, 7th at best.
So, let's try again Jeffrey:
http://fullofepicfail.blogspot.com/
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