What kind of Fan are you? Phoenix Suns edition
| 9
|
by user Manny Stiles
- Basically this is a last minute attempt to boost attention to the ebay auction as well as give the bidders an idea of who they're dealing with. I will be an extraordinary fan! I'm already crazy, splash a pinch of fan and you get a crazy fanatic! Wooo! So here's a sense of how I roll...
Manny Stiles has two basic creedos
If you're not having fun, what are you having?
There's already WAAAY too many serious moments in life.
Do you like religeon? Do you like politics? Good. Now that we got that out of the way...
I am a Phoenix Suns fan. I love life a little more because of the Suns. It's wonderful to see the splendor that is Mike D'Antoni. I trust in Mike and I knew exactly the moment this team would win the Championship!
I can tell you exactly where I was the moment I watched Amare Stoudemire bank in a three against the Spurs in the playoffs to send Game1 to overetime... Yeah, I was hatching the idea of the N - Y Moment but I was also catching my pregnant wife as she was jumping up and down and tempting my little Gemini to come out a Aries-Taurus cuspie!
My wife IS a bigger Phoenix Suns fan than I am. She gets mad at me when we miss a game. When she found out she was going to be training for her job in Los Angeles for 3 weeks, the first thing she did was check the schedule to see if there was a Lakers-Suns game. There wasn't, but there was a Clippers-Suns game! O!F, the Clippers!!! She bought tickets anyway... it just happened to be the game after the All-Star game and Steve Nash's first game back. I guess it was fun... I got to see Shawn Livingston actually play a game! How many people can say that anymore?
The Clippers are a fancied up YMCA B league franchise. I was a little disappointed that the Staples Center (in full Lakers/Kings glory) made it seem like it wasn't even a real NBA game. It was so quiet in there that I was busting out some of my "A material" and you could actually hear live crickets!
I felt sorry for Bill Simmons for a moment.
I do eat raspberry ("Oh raspberries!" said Alex) and orange sherbert on occasion because they are the Suns' colors. I have dreams with players in them. Once I had a dream that I had a job to teach Amare how to cook spaghetti for an advertisement ("Now That's Amare!"). But I often have weird, odd dreams. And Amare isn't the only pro athlete to cameo in a dream. Gary Payton saved me from an icy cliff one time and I said to him "So that's why they call you 'the Glove'!"...
I don't worry when things seem troublesome. Missing Shawn Marion and Boris Diaw to injury and the constant worry over Shave Nest's back, ankle, shoulder, blah, blah everything possible but a broken will.
I would vote for Pat Burke for Congress.
I think Leandro Barbosa is the fastest slow looking person EVER! He strides so smoothly it's like watching Jobim's music turn into a colorful blur of athleticism...
I think people forget the Suns have a blend of unique talented that you can't contend with. There's Raja Bell's fire, Shawn Marion's omnipresence, there's Kurt Thomas' intensity and muscle, even Junior Jones brings a array of skills. The team is so loaded, YOU FORGET about guys because there's so much contribution. Jalen Rose knows how to ball!!! It's a team and they're fun to watch. If you're not having fun, what are you having?
So I'm sitting here with Amare Stoudebear, and I'm wondering... what will it take to beat the Lakers... be the Suns. Game Over.
I think it's time for the doubters to be silenced (AGAIN).
Suns will win with DEFENSE today. Yes, I said it. DEE-FENSE...
The Suns haven't lost a game when their opponent didn't score 100 all year.
See ya at the running blog next!!! Half hour to game time!!!!
