so a lot of people are hating on the Suns, especially Nash. all i can say is that Nash has been tehre for 3 years, and all 3 years they have been Pacific Champs. Nash deserves the MVP's he was given and its not because he has all stars running with him. he has turned the players into all stars. lets not forget that these players were playing with Marbury...how did that turn out? no one has yet to give statistical and factual evidence of why Nash sucks. and thats because he doesnt.
anyway my point here is that people say the suns dont defend. but they do!!
sure they let in over 100 points per game, but they also score more then 100 points per game. the suns dont play a style of game that uses up the shot clock. they take quick shots, therefore giving the opposing team more time to come back and take a shot. this in turn means more shots taken. if u take more shots, theres a chance u hit more shots.
2007-03-23 02:29:40 · 6 answers · asked by C Dizzle 3 in Sports ➔ Basketball
look at the stats more closely, out of 30 teams the Suns rank as follows...
opponents shooting % - 45.55% 14th in the L
opponents 3 point shooting % - 35% 14th in the L
opponents points per shot taken - 1.19 - 3rd in the L
opponents adjusted shooting % - 49% T4th
considering teams get more shot attempts against the Suns, they're more then capable of holding their own and defending.
Do people still think they dont defend well enough to win?
2007-03-23 02:33:24 · update #1
I applaud you for such comprehensive statistical data to prove your point,as with the question I think this team can defend and has shown that they can make some stops and actually play "D".They have a great and agile defender in Shawn Marion,an under the radar shot blocker in Amare plus with this team's speed they can get into the passing lane which can lead to steals and ultimately scoring opportunites.A lot of people look beyond the suns ability to the defend because of their high octane offense.Their way of play is to challenge other teams to outscore them,something that rarely happens thats why people tend to overlook the defense of the suns and perhaps everybody's forgotten why they traded Quentin Richardson for Kurt Thomas.It's because they had no person to guard other bigs in their conference,that is why they brought him in,to bolster their defence.This team,thier system has been built for offense and sharing the ball and for that reason people neglect and fail to see their ability to play excellent defense.
2007-03-23 02:53:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Please.
Nash did not create All-stars.
Marion was already an All-Star before Nash came in. Amare was the Rookie of the Year before Nash came in.
He gets the ball out to shooters for open jump shots, but hitting open shots hardly qualifies a person as a star. More like a solid role player.
Joe Johnson left the Suns and became an All-star. Nash had nothing to do with him.
As of now, Nash has 47 steals. Good for about...122nd in the league. He turns the ball over 3.8 times a game, making his steal/to ratio about .20, making him 394th in the league. That's some evidence how Nash doesn't play defense.
I think you give Nash a little too much credit. He's a good player, but get your facts straight.
2007-03-23 11:05:55 · answer #2 · answered by G K 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bad argument.
If they played any kind of defense they wouldn't be ranked 25th overall in team defense, giving up 103 points per game.
Regardless of their run and gun style, the only reason they're where they are is because they out score, not out defend their opponents. Seriously, they chuck up (24.1) and make (9.6) more 3 pointers (39.9%) than any other team in the league. When you're making so many 3 pointers and the other team is making 2's ..... you can pretty much win all the time.
Just because your offense doesn't use most of the 24 second clock down the floor, doesn't mean your defense can't force the other teams offense into doing so. Suns have no and play no defense. Period, end of story.
2007-03-23 09:43:30 · answer #3 · answered by mrnaturl1 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree with you until you got to the part where you said Nash deserves MVP if he was so good then his team should have the best record in the leauge! Look at the Mavs (holder of the best record in the leauge) the MVP should be Dirk and will be Dirk but other than that i have to agree but the Mavericks also have better Defense than the Suns too!
2007-03-23 09:55:30 · answer #4 · answered by #1 Nowitzki, and Duncan fan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ya i know. that's what they all say..."the suns have no d!". but i don't know, i think their pretty good. shawn marion is a good defender, amare blocks shots. but i think that they are more of an ofensive team...but hey! if they have no d, how come they have been the pacific champions 3 years in a row and were able to reach the conference finals?!...
2007-03-23 09:42:22 · answer #5 · answered by Nadash13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the suns dont defend what about the daughters
2007-03-23 09:32:22 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋