Pre-Vegas Quick Hitters

Out in Vegas for the weekend so you won’t have my brilliant additions here at SoD.  I fully plan on attending a couple of NBA Summer League games because who really wants to miss Adam Morrison facing off against Chase Budinger in practice jerseys?  Certainly not this guy.

Matrix is coming to Dallas – I’m a little crushed by this.  While I didn’t exactly expect for Shawn Marion to come back to the Valley, I wasn’t necessarily ready to see him running and gunning with a Western Conference rival who actually cares about winning.  Through a few savvy off-season moves (re-signing J-Kidd, and acquiring both Marcin Gortat and Marion) the Mavs have actually positioned themselves to contend in the West.  Marion appearing on the Gambo & Ash show today and talking about how he felt “bad for the Suns fans” didn’t make me feel a whole lot better.

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Weekend Quick Hitters

Those NFL Live United commercials have gotten to the point where I want to punch a hole through my TV each time they are on.  I get it – Drew Brees, Santana Moss, Eli Manning, Adrian Peterson, Bob Sanders (did I miss any?) all do community service – but the same damn commercials have been playing for what seems like 2 years, lets cook up some new ones.

• Former Suns Guard Yuta Tabuse Seeking Return to NBA – Steve Nash wasn’t the only point guard to debut with the Suns in ’04-05- you may remember this guy:

Consider the NBA on Notice - It's Tabuse Time

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Shaq Skips Mid-Life Crisis, Goes Straight to Senile

Supermodel career begins fri.

Part of every Suns fan wants to believe that Shaq can become a P&R defensive machine.  On the one hand, we are ready to believe anything after this year’s All-Star reinvention, and there is also that element of being the Mount Elbert of the NBA’s Rockies.  On the other hand, no amount of braggadocio and web-application-savvy can distract from another year of compression on those old knees.  If Shaq wants to get faster, he needs to lose 30 pounds AND invent the flux capacitor.  In the meantime, as soon as Amare has two functional eyes, the Suns need to strap them open a la Clockwork Orange and sit him in front of KG game tape until August.

Amare's Defense is a Real Horrorshow

 UPDATE:  Apparently it was foolish to assume Shaq had skipped his mid-life crisis.  We have just received word that, true to his Epic Form, Shaq has traded in his Sportchassis mini-semi truck for the one-and-only Optimus Prime. 

I'd pegged Shaq as a Decepticon Kinda Guy

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