SB Nation User Blog: be-the-ball

ricky rubio (the silver spoon of basketball)

be-the-ball — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:08:49 -0000

ok, sorry for that nightmarish silverspoon reference, here's the link that I found a good read This guy looks to be a fantastic shooter...think nash, looks to be a great passer...think nash....looks to be a great defender...think of wade during the olympics, I mean this kid has frightening skills, OK, my thoughts, Chris Paul really owned Jason Kidd and S. Nash this past year, but this Rubio player, in my opinion, can beat them all. (Ok, early to say, etc etc, but whatever the case, I'm simply glad there's some video to watch. Side note, I still think Lebron, Kobe (hurts to say it), Amare, Wade (like the phoenix) and some others are in a league above the rest, but this style of play, the passing, the stealing, to me, it reminds me of the run and gun suns of the last 2-3 yrs, fun stuff. A lot of good teams coming this year, it'll be fun to watch portland and oden play, here's a question. With the return of the superstar Wade, and with Miami getting Beasley, and if Marion stays, with another good move or 2, that team could get back into the eastern race easily, your thoughts? (But, I don't think Marion will be there)

robin lopez to usa team!!....practice...team...:-)

be-the-ball — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:53:13 -0000

Link to article Wow, this looks really good. My favorite quote.... "he two rising stars were selected after stellar performances in the 2008 NBA Summer League". Drago looks more and more like another year away though....first he said he wanted to play for the suns...then he said he wants to play there....please don't be a flake....and here are a few more words to reach 75......go see hellboy 2 and batman, both really good..

D'Antoni talks to ESPN

be-the-ball — Wed, 14 May 2008 04:31:38 -0000

Interesting, sounds like it was all a Kerr-D'Antoni conflict and that everything was fine until that first game loss to the spurs. Here's an az republic article http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/articles/2008/05/13/20080513dantonibox0514.html I know its a small article, but the thing that I found most interesting...was everything was fine until that game... And I thought that game was hard for me to take.... I think we, as bloggers can only comment accurately on so much of this stuff, but, from what I see, I like Kerr more than D'Antoni. I honestly felt months ago that D'Antoni was too big for his own good, So hard to take, if Shaq could actually shoot free throws...(I know, it'll never happen), but if he could, we would've won that series. If Duncan hadn't made that three....If Nash didn't have such a horrible shooting night....and on and on.... But on the preparation side of it, I think the suns players have gotten away with 'LAZY' practices regarding defense and it showed. The Spurs and Celtics, and other teams knew, as a team, just what they wanted to do on defense. We had no clue and can't even rotate on pick and rolls....granted having nash, amare, and shaq hurt us on defense....and yet they still could've pulled off a victory I think. I honestly feel if popovich was the suns coach, and anyone else was the spurs coach, for the entire year, we'd have won, or amare would've demanded a trade because someone actually wasn't going to let him run his mouth and accept it just because he has so much potential.