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.