SB Nation User Blog: stampchez

An exceprt from Tim Donaghy's book.

stampchez — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:27:42 -0000

My favorite Tommy Nunez story is from the 2007 playoffs when the San Antonio Spurs were able to get past the Phoenix Suns in the second round. Of course, what many fans didn't know was that Phoenix had someone working against them behind the scenes. Nunez was the group supervisor for that playoff series, and he definitely had a rooting interest.

Nunez loved the Hispanic community in San Antonio and had a lot of friends there. He had been a referee for 30 years and loved being on the road; in fact, he said that the whole reason he had become a group supervisor was to keep getting out of the house. So Nunez wanted to come back to San Antonio for the conference finals. Plus, he, like many other referees, disliked Suns owner Robert Sarver for the way he treated officials. Both of these things came into play when he prepared the referees for the games in the staff meetings. I remember laughing with him and saying, "You would love to keep coming back here." He was pointing out everything that Phoenix was able to get away with and never once told us to look for anything in regard to San Antonio. Nunez should have a championship ring on his finger.

http://deadspin.com/5392067/excerpts-from-the-book-the-nba-doesnt-want-you-to-read

Porter says he hasn’t heard anything from Suns

stampchez — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:30:22 -0000

Porter says he hasn’t heard anything from Suns

It's a joke how poorly the Suns have handled this situation.

'Q' tells it like it was for Suns

stampchez — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:04:55 -0000

Bob Young - Dec. 14, 2008 04:44 PM
The Arizona Republic

After all these years, Quentin Richardson is expected to play Monday against the Suns in Phoenix for the first time since he was traded for Kurt Thomas after the 2004-05 season.

You may recall that team started the season 31-4 en route to an NBA-best 62-20 record - despite having the youngest roster in the league.

Almost immediately, the Suns began tinkering with that club, trading Richardson and then sending Joe Johnson to Atlanta in a sign-and-trade.

Some deals made sense at the time. Some didn't.

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/heatindex/articles/2008/12/14/20081214spt-p2young.html

Coaches' Poll

stampchez — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:03:46 -0000

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/usatpoll.htm

Rank	Team (first-place votes)	Record	Points	Last week
1.	Oklahoma (31)	12-1	1,482	2
2.	Florida (26)	12-1	1,481	4
3.	Texas (4)	11-1	1,408	3
4. (tie)	Southern California	11-1	1,309	5
4. (tie)	Alabama	12-1	1,309	1
6.	Penn State	11-1	1,193	6
7.	Utah	12-0	1,134	7
8.	Texas Tech	11-1	1,132	8
9.	Boise State	12-0	1,034	9
10.	Ohio State	10-2	1,004	10
11.	TCU	10-2	877	11
12.	Cincinnati	11-2	830	12
13.	Oregon	9-3	747	14
14.	Oklahoma State	9-3	722	15
15.	Georgia Tech	9-3	690	16
16.	Brigham Young	10-2	541	18
17.	Georgia	9-3	537	19
18.	Michigan State	9-3	466	21
19.	Virginia Tech	9-4	337	NR
20.	Northwestern	9-3	334	22
21.	Pittsburgh	9-3	316	23
22.	Ball State	12-1	219	13
23.	Missouri	9-4	218	17
24.	Mississippi	8-4	160	25
25.	Oregon State	8-4	131	24