How to Stop an Exploding Team

Categorized as: Author: Nels, Diatribes, NBA Playoffs, Phoenix Suns
Posted on: May 16th, 2007

or: Save the Phoenix Suns, Save the Playoffs

“Every hero must learn his purpose. Then he’ll be tested and called to greatness.”

I must admit, I’m more than a little surprised that SLAM Sam didn’t pull out any Heroes references in this post about how the suspensions handed down from on high by the NBA Rulebook. But then, maybe it’s one of SLAM’s other authors who is talking about Heroes all the time. I don’t know. I have a hard time keeping them straight. (As a side note, I do applaud AOL for giving each author their own RSS feed, even if their commenting system is close to being fatally flawed)

I’m going to go out on a limb here and agree with everyone whose already said the Suns are the ones being punished when it really should be the Spurs receiving the harder sentence. I’d also like to wax poetic about how any team could just trot out their 12th man to take other players out. Even if players don’t leave the bench, if you foul someone hard enough, there’s a chance he won’t be back for the next game. But that’s all I’m going to say about that.

Because, as Sam says, now is the time for the Suns to step up and show that their are Heroes. They may be facing a predetermined destiny and a more powerful opponent, but they must realize they have the power to change that destiny and destroy that villian.

“If I’m too scared to use my powers, then I don’t deserve them. I have to try.”

Or to throw in another analogy, Steve Nash and Shawn Marion (or perchance Barbosa, since he’s smaller) need to step up like Frodo and Sam and cast the One Ring into Mount Doom. (I haven’t actually seen the 3rd one yet, so I hope I’m not spoiling it for anyone else who hasn’t seen it either)

I can’t recall the taste of food… nor the sound of water… nor the touch of grass. I’m… naked in the dark, with nothing, no veil… between me… and the wheel of fire! I can see him… with my waking eyes!

And finally: Nash should take charge like Master Chief with D’Antoni whispering in his ear like Cortana, and though he is just one against and army of almost incalculable power, we know that he is prepared to finish the fight.

- Mind telling me what you’re doing on that ship?
- Sir. Finishing this fight.

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