Since Dave is talkin’ ‘bout playoffs in his article today, I thought I would throw it all the way back to 2009-10… the last time the Phoenix Suns made the NBA playoffs. 7 years isn’t all that long ago, but in internet years, it’s forever. It’s so long ago in fact that Dave King wasn’t even writing for Bright Side then, never mind running it!
In 2008-09, the Suns had to endure several travails:
- the Great Shaquille O’Neal Experiment.
- Terry Porter as head coach (so hated they fired him halfway through the season with a winning record)
The 2009-10 edition had rebuttals to all of those:
- Amare would spend his final season with Suns completely healthy.