New Suns Fan

Discussion of the league and of our favorite team.
Mandiraj
Posts: 7
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:31 am

New Suns Fan

Post by Mandiraj »

Hi Everyone!

My name is Mandy and I'm new to this forum. My boyfriend is CRAZY about the Phoenix Suns. I don't know much about them but I really want to learn so I can impress him ;) Can you guys help me out? Who are the best players? Do they have a rivalry with another team? Do any of the players have cool back stories?

Thanks in advance! I'm excited to be a new Suns fan!

User avatar
In2ition
Posts: 12987
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 1:35 pm

Re: New Suns Fan

Post by In2ition »

Haha, welcome! You've got a lot of reading and researching to do. High points:
1. Lakers are the biggest rivalry, even if they might not think so. If you are a Suns fan, you are automatically a Laker hater. The Spurs and Rockets are up there too.
2. Best player is Goran Dragic (from Slovenia), some might say it's Eric Bledsoe(played at the University of Kentucky).
3. The Suns are one of the top franchises in the NBA(Fourth or Fifth best winning % all-time), but have never won the NBA lottery(1st pick in the draft) and have never won a championship. This also makes them the unluckiest team in the league.
4. The Suns have a great future with loads of draft picks with a smart GM and scouts, young athletic talent, and cap space.
"When we all think alike, nobody is thinking" - Walter Lippmann
"Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them." ~ Frederick Douglass

User avatar
Mori Chu
Posts: 23607
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 10:05 am

Re: New Suns Fan

Post by Mori Chu »

Now that's what I call a good girlfriend! Just don't say anything nice about Kobe or the Lakers and you should be okay.

Suns best players are their starting guards, Goran Dragic ("dragon") and Eric Bledsoe. Dragic is the white guy wearing #1 who holds the ball a lot, so he is easy to spot. Buy your man a Dragic orange T shirt or something and he will love you forever!

m1chal
Posts: 35
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 2:15 pm

Re: New Suns Fan

Post by m1chal »

And remember we don't like the Spurs, too. And few more teams ;-)

Mandiraj
Posts: 7
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:31 am

Re: New Suns Fan

Post by Mandiraj »

Awesome, thanks everyone! I certainly have my homework cut out for me but this helps a lot :) Next time we watch a game I'll be sure to make a few jokes about the Lakers and/or Spurs being lame.
Dragic (Dragon) sounds cool, I'll definitely be watching out for him if for no other reason than his name is a hybrid between Dragon + Magic. That's pretty sweet.

User avatar
Superbone
Posts: 35807
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:44 am
Location: Phoenix, AZ

Re: New Suns Fan

Post by Superbone »

Mandiraj wrote:Awesome, thanks everyone! I certainly have my homework cut out for me but this helps a lot :) Next time we watch a game I'll be sure to make a few jokes about the Lakers and/or Spurs being lame.
Dragic (Dragon) sounds cool, I'll definitely be watching out for him if for no other reason than his name is a hybrid between Dragon + Magic. That's pretty sweet.
Oh, and make sure to pronounce his name correctly. It is pronounced DRAG - itch. Goran DRAG - itch.
"Too little, too late, too unbothered."
- Phoenix Suns 2023-2024 season motto.

"Be Legendary."

User avatar
INFORMER
Posts: 8476
Joined: Thu Feb 27, 2014 2:19 pm

Re: New Suns Fan

Post by INFORMER »

Mandy, how long has your boyfriend followed the Suns?

Depending on the answer, you might be able to score some points by randomly stating you hate the following players:

Roberty Horry, Luc Longley, Randy Livingston, Dan Langhi, Hedo Turkoglu, and Michael Beasley.

Randy Livingston fell on Tom Gugliotta's leg and destroyed it, effectively ending any chance Gugliotta had to be a positive contributor to the Suns.

The other names are some of the most hated Suns of all-time.

Also keep in mind the disdain Suns fans have for:

John Paxson: He hit the game winning shot for the Bulls against the Suns in the 1993 NBA Finals.

Mario Elie: hit the "kiss of death" 3-pointer to eliminate the Suns in the 1995 NBA playoffs.
Free Agency
DeMar Derozan for the minimum!

PG: Jordan McLaughlin, Killian Hayes, Kris Dunn, Spencer Dinwiddie, Monte Morris
C: Mo Bamba, Andre Drummond, James Wiseman, Goga Bitadze, Jay Huff

User avatar
INFORMER
Posts: 8476
Joined: Thu Feb 27, 2014 2:19 pm

Re: New Suns Fan

Post by INFORMER »

Superbone wrote: Goran DRAG - itch.
And isn't it more like "DRAUG - itch"?
Free Agency
DeMar Derozan for the minimum!

PG: Jordan McLaughlin, Killian Hayes, Kris Dunn, Spencer Dinwiddie, Monte Morris
C: Mo Bamba, Andre Drummond, James Wiseman, Goga Bitadze, Jay Huff

User avatar
Superbone
Posts: 35807
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:44 am
Location: Phoenix, AZ

Re: New Suns Fan

Post by Superbone »

INFORMER wrote:
Superbone wrote: Goran DRAG - itch.
And isn't it more like "DRAUG - itch"?
OK, now you're splitting hairs. ;) I've heard it both ways. For that level of detail, you'd probably have to ask a Slovenian or Dragic himself.
"Too little, too late, too unbothered."
- Phoenix Suns 2023-2024 season motto.

"Be Legendary."

User avatar
SwingMan
Posts: 1151
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 3:08 pm
Location: Hell's Outhouse - a.k.a. Buckeye, Az.
Contact:

Re: New Suns Fan

Post by SwingMan »

So glad others have chimed in already - after 33 years as a fan, I hadn't the faintest idea where to start. :lol:

Lakers & Spurs: Mortal enemies (watch the fucking Lakers luck out & snag #1 overall come May).

Other than that, I think everything for a starting fresher has been stated. The rest comes through seasoning that only the passage of time can provide - kind of like the patina one finds on unrestored antiques, only without the musty odor. ;)

m1chal
Posts: 35
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 2:15 pm

Re: New Suns Fan

Post by m1chal »

Superbone wrote:
INFORMER wrote:
Superbone wrote: Goran DRAG - itch.
And isn't it more like "DRAUG - itch"?
OK, now you're splitting hairs. ;) I've heard it both ways. For that level of detail, you'd probably have to ask a Slovenian or Dragic himself.
I'm not a Slovenian but it's a Slavic language after all. I'm pretty sure the right pronounciation should be DRAG - itch, with soft -itch.

User avatar
TOO
Posts: 11598
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 2:21 pm

Re: New Suns Fan

Post by TOO »

Gogi > Dragon

User avatar
Charlie Smithy!
Posts: 1517
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 3:01 pm

Re: New Suns Fan

Post by Charlie Smithy! »

Forvo.com is a fun place to hear pronunciations (some of them quite hilarious, btw) by real people in their native tongue(s).

http://www.forvo.com/word/goran_dragi%C4%87/#sl

Apparently that's how one Slovenian female says the dragon's name.

User avatar
TOO
Posts: 11598
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 2:21 pm

Re: New Suns Fan

Post by TOO »

The internet never ceases to amaze. Shout out to Al Gore.

User avatar
Superbone
Posts: 35807
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:44 am
Location: Phoenix, AZ

Re: New Suns Fan

Post by Superbone »

m1chal wrote:
Superbone wrote:
INFORMER wrote:
Superbone wrote: Goran DRAG - itch.
And isn't it more like "DRAUG - itch"?
OK, now you're splitting hairs. ;) I've heard it both ways. For that level of detail, you'd probably have to ask a Slovenian or Dragic himself.
I'm not a Slovenian but it's a Slavic language after all. I'm pretty sure the right pronounciation should be DRAG - itch, with soft -itch.
Charlie Smithy! wrote:Forvo.com is a fun place to hear pronunciations (some of them quite hilarious, btw) by real people in their native tongue(s).

http://www.forvo.com/word/goran_dragi%C4%87/#sl

Apparently that's how one Slovenian female says the dragon's name.
I rest my case.
"Too little, too late, too unbothered."
- Phoenix Suns 2023-2024 season motto.

"Be Legendary."

User avatar
sunset rubdown
Posts: 118
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 1:15 pm

Re: New Suns Fan

Post by sunset rubdown »

Charlie Smithy! wrote:Forvo.com is a fun place to hear pronunciations (some of them quite hilarious, btw) by real people in their native tongue(s).

http://www.forvo.com/word/goran_dragi%C4%87/#sl

Apparently that's how one Slovenian female says the dragon's name.
This.

Goran is one half Serbian (by his father), so his name is pronuncied with soft -itch, like m1chal rightfully said.

User avatar
Ring_Wanted
Posts: 5011
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:47 am

Re: New Suns Fan

Post by Ring_Wanted »

Take the t away from itch. It's not different from many soccer players, is it? Mijatovic, for instance.

Phoenix219
Posts: 650
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:13 am

Re: New Suns Fan

Post by Phoenix219 »

So this is the kind of thing that happens with open registration? :D

Am I the only cynical one that immediately wondered if this was a troll post? lmao.

Either way, fun thread.

User avatar
carey
Posts: 12121
Joined: Wed Feb 26, 2014 1:06 pm
Contact:

Re: New Suns Fan

Post by carey »

Phoenix219 wrote: Am I the only cynical one that immediately wondered if this was a troll post?
No. You definitely weren't.
Go Suns!

Og Snus!

User avatar
INFORMER
Posts: 8476
Joined: Thu Feb 27, 2014 2:19 pm

Re: New Suns Fan

Post by INFORMER »

If it's a troll post, what's the point?
Free Agency
DeMar Derozan for the minimum!

PG: Jordan McLaughlin, Killian Hayes, Kris Dunn, Spencer Dinwiddie, Monte Morris
C: Mo Bamba, Andre Drummond, James Wiseman, Goga Bitadze, Jay Huff

Post Reply