The Phoenix Suns will never win an NBA Championship.

That sentence alone is enough to depress any NBA fan. No team is more exciting to watch than Phoenix. They embrace the team concept, always looking for the open man, always moving.

I defy you to find a more entertaining team. Unfortunately their run and gun mentality and lack of a low post defender will once again kill them once the playoffs start where half court offence is king and every possession takes on a higher level of intensity.

Watching Phoenix crumble to the Spurs last night reiterated this grim reality. There is no way the Suns should have lost to a team that was playing their third straight road game in four nights and without their starting point guard in the line-up. But Amare Stoudamire proved he can’t be trusted to hit free throws late in the game and the entire Suns team just plain wilted to the physical Spurs.

Speaking of Amare, the Suns should have traded him ages ago. He is a great offensive player but part of that is due to having Steve Nash feeding him easy dunk and lay-up opportunities all the time. Defensively the guy is a dream to opposing teams big men, especially those with performance bonus’s in their contracts.

So enjoy watching them in the regular season because once they run into Duncan and Co. in the playoffs their shooting % will drop below .400 and the team will lose in five.

Of course all NBA fans will be the real losers. Having to watch Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker flop around like they are on a soccer pitch is just too much too take. Throw in Tim Duncan bitching to the refs every time he doesn’t get a call or has a foul called on him is nauseating. No one talks about it, but Duncan is the biggest baby in the league. Just because he is brilliant fundamentally on the court doesn’t mean he can’t also be a Prima Donna with the officials.

Now I’m just depressed.

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