SPN Page 2 columnist Bill Simmons’ most recent column bids adieu to the SSOL (Seven Seconds or Less) era. Like Simmons, Burnsy has fond memories of the Suns fast paced style of play and what it brought to the NBA. What it didn’t bring was an NBA championship, but will the exciting Suns be remembered more than the boring Spurs in the end. After all, trophies don’t always equate to legacies. Case in point is in the film industry; where often times the Best Picture of the year is not necessarily the best picture through the years:
1960 Best Picture: The Apartment
Movie you’ll remember more: Psycho
1975 Best Picture: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Movie you’ll probably remember more: Jaws
1977 Best Picture: Annie Hall
Movie you’ll remember more: Star Wars
1980 Best Picture: Ordinary People
Movies I’ll remember more: Caddyshack, Raging Bull
1981 Best Picture: Chariots of Fire
Movie you’ll remember more: Raiders of the Lost Ark
1990 Best Picture: Dances with Wolves
Movie you’ll remember more: Goodfellas
1994 Best Picture: Forrest Gump
Movie you’ll probably remember more: Pulp Fiction
1996 Best Picture: The English Patient
Movies I’ll remember more: Fargo, Jerry McGuire
1998 Best Picture: Shakespeare in Love
Movies you better remember more: Saving Private Ryan, American History X
Even still, this latest chapter in Suns history is very painful. But how do some of indelible marks from the 08’ playoffs rank with others from the last four years. You be the judge:
1. Diaw and Amare leaving the bench (bar none)
2. Joe Johnson’s departure
3. Amare’s knee problems
4. Joe Johnson freak injury versus Dallas
5. Not fouling in the closing minutes of Game 1 this year
6. Not pulling the trigger on the Garnett deal
7. Not getting Atlanta’s pick last year
8. Giving Boris Diaw a huge contract extension
9. Trading Kurt Thomas and then watching SA trade for him. (Anybody think the Spurs would’ve won without him this year?)
10. Not keeping the draft pick that would’ve been Andre Iguodala/Luol Deng
11. Not keeping the draft pick that would’ve been Rajon Rondo
12. Trading James Jones
13. Not signing Michael Finley
14. Signing Marcus Banks
Lastly, with the Suns set to begin a rebuilding process if not this year, very soon, who has the best chance to supplant that brand as Phoenix’s favorite pastime. Burnsy says there’s a better chance of Phoenix/Glendale becoming a “Cardinals town” than a “D-Backs town.” His producer disagrees, although one would be hard pressed to find too many good football organizations that haven’t captured the imagination of their respective populous. Guess it’s a wager on the Cardinals ability to win … in more ways than just one.
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