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you can't honestly be arguing that Stat is a better leader on the team than Nash. Let's forget for a minute that he broke a rule that all players are told from day 1 (while I believe Stern to be the villain here, Amare should have known better). Let's look at how Nash has reacted to every game. He knows he is the leader. He calls out his teammates when he needs to and builds them up at all other times. He takes the blame for losses. He tries to play with his nose bleeding all over the court. Amare, on the other hand, fails to show up for the final team meeting of the season with an unexcused absence. That's showing some really strong leadership. Amare's a great player, but Nash is a great leader.

Come on, Jessica, this isn't third grade homeroom where we're lookin' for perfect attendance from Miss Goody Two-Shoes. I could give a shit whether Nash or Amare get gold stars by their names for showing up on time. I want the Suns to win a championship, and maybe what it takes to win is a little more fire in the belly, a little more steel in the spine, and a lot less whining. Nash wants to have it both ways. He can't. He and D'Antoni are like cub scouts who want to play soldier with the macho men. The playoffs are war, and the Spurs brought their game. The Suns (or some of them) were spending to much emotional energy on who stole game five from them. They got to grow up. Nash acts like a little boy, cries when he doesn't win, skips out onto the court like some goddamnfruit, gets creamed during play. Then he blames someone else for losing. That's not a championship spirit, no matter what you say.

Who's website is this? This is the perfect example why not everyone should have their own website. Idiotic. Nash did as much as anyone could have. His team let him down and the Spurs were great, especially in game 6.

Go find something else to do and get a life, pal.

Thomas Gooding

Well, you're overstating it some. Nash is a great leader and he's tough. He got bloodied, took a cheap shot, got hacked, etc. etc. but, for the most part, kept coming. On the other hand... well... I'd say game five was actually the turning point. An undermanned Phoenix team was staying right with San Antonio and Nash was masterful marshaling his forces... but for one thing: he missed too many key buckets toward the close that could have pulled it out. O well. Great players can screw up. I just wonder if we're expecting to much from a little guy all the time. Historically, he has delivered over and over. But I question whether a small guy, no matter how great, can take his team on his shoulders all of the time. I think the problem is size. Let me qualify that. The Suns need more 'athletic size', namely a tough seven footer who rebounds and plays super interior defense like a monster. Also, I'm looking at the coach. You don't have to resort to cheap stuff (like Horry, etc.) to play tough. Mike, you hearin' me? Teach tough. Not dirty. Just tough.

Did anyone even watch the game? They were only down two or four points when Nash sat out the end of the 3rd and beginning of the 4h quarters. When Nash came back in the game, they were down like 18 points!!! He rallied them back to within 5 points in the fourth, but they just ran out of time. Watch the game and then tell me that the loss was attributed to Nash. I love Barbosa and all, but if he didn't choke the whole series, maybe we would have won. You'll never know. Just give props to San Antonio for toughing it out and winning the series.

This article is foolish.

Nash hardly complained at all, and was very restrained considering what happened. Don't forget that they only worked ALL YEAR to get there, and had Amare injured last year. Nash isn't getting younger either.

Nash was quite restrained in fact, and he was right to point out that the suspensions factored into their loss. Game 5 was obviously a physical and mental drain on the team. Game 5 was theres if they had Amare and Diaw. Even dropping game 6 wouldn't have mattered a lot since 7 was at home.

Bottom line ... Horry knew the series was slipping away, since in a 7 game series the Suns are a better conditioned team. He took a cheap shot and it worked. Conditioning and execution are everything in basketball.

Yes Nash complained and complained a lot. I guess he should have shut his yap and taken it like a man. Yes they lost, but it wasn't due to his lack of leadership or effort. Bruce Bowen was in his shorts pretty much the whole series. But as you obviously know, Bruce Bowen is a pretty lousy defensive player, basically he is a pussy and he doesn't play very tough. So it is very obvious that Nash is the goat in all of this.

How many "easy" shots did he set up, only to have teammates miss. The bottomline is this, Nash did not fail to deliver, San Antonio mustered all their experience and their ability and did what they do best. Win! They know how to win, and make it difficult for teams to beat them. But, Duncan should have been easy for Nash to overcome, right?

So, what more did you want Nash to do? It is a team game and some of his teammates did not pull their weight. The beauty of Nash's game is that he wants he teammates to excell, and he will take a back seat to them to allow them or help to put them in a position to shine. Unfortunately Barbosa did not come through and neither did Diaw. Why is this due to Nash's lack of leadership?

You obviously don't know much about basketball or team sports. But this is your Blog, do whatever the hell you want.

Feathered Bastard you ignorant slut. If it looked like Nash was moving at 1/2 speed most of the series, it was due to Bruce Bowen's holding, elbowing, hacking and kneeing, for which he wasn't penalized. If Nash were left to play basketball as it is meant to be played, the results would have been a lopsided Suns victory in 5 games.

Once it was obvious that the spurms were going to be allowed to hack and swipe at the ball without recourse, the Suns should have quit wasting energy complaing and throwing their hands up in exasperation, and given the spurms some of the same in return. I only saw Bell and Thomas nailing Bowen with elbows, although Nash did get a good trip on him.

All that being said, I saw several things which stood out as being the difference in this series.

1. How many offensive rebounds did the spurms get on missed free throws? Doesn't anyone know how to box out on this team?

2. How is it that the spurms got so many unchallenged 3 point attempts, while the Suns very rarely got any? In fact, the Suns didn't get many unchallenged shots of any kind.

3. Why did it seem like many of the Suns didn't elevate near the basket for dunks? Instead they would throw up weak-assed off-balance layups. They needed to challenge Duncan and Co. much more than they did.