Thursday, March 27, 2014

Can the Suns make noise in the playoffs?

The Phoenix Suns have been the biggest surprise in the league, having a Vegas over/under of 25, and exceeded that drastically, with fantastic coaching by Jeff Hornacek, a solid bench and great guard play with Bledsoe and the borderline All-Star Goran Dragic. They have played great against some really good teams, who've been fabled to be championship calibur, such as the Clippers, the Rockets, and the Thunder. They've built a team that works inside and out, with good defense and valuable bench guys, all brought together with fantastic chemistry. This is why they can be great in the playoffs. Of course like every team they have something that sets them back, and this would be their need of experience and veteran leadership. With Channing Frye being their oldest player, at the age of 30, which is mildly young, they need that leadership to help mold players. And with most of their players on being to the playoffs a few teams, they don't know the intensity of it. So it's uncertain as to how they'd perform in the playoffs, but I think they would perform fairly well. Currently they're tied for eighth seed with Dallas, and are a half game behind Memphis, as well as 1 and a half games behind Golden State. With 10 games left, if they win between 6-8, they might get sixth seed, and face the Clippers (if they stay third seed), and they may beat them in the first round. But, that will have to wait till April.

Nathan Clover


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