Dude

[teej]

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/sports/articles/2009/01/02/20090102spt-sunsnb.html

Looks like Dude wasn't so happy...

[ohara831]

Well, he didn't say anything too bad about us. He has to put a happy spin on the trade. He'll be a Sun for a while unless traded again. I dont think he said anything to anger his former teamates. If anything, I think it is a shot at the mgmnt of this team from top to bottom of which he is referring.

[dnbman]

Yeah, I agree with Ohara. I didn't read that as Dudley hated the guys or the organization so much as an endorsement for an obviously better organization. Besides, I don't expect a guy to have a whole lot of love for a team when he only played there a season and a half.

Although, I do think it's funny that he mentioned the training staff in particular. I wonder if the Bobcat trainers are a little miffed?

[spectre]

^ They shouldn't be...I think it's pretty well known that the Suns have one of the best training staffs in the league.

Agreed with DNB & Ohara; it wasn't bashing us but instead him just being glad to be with such a class organization. He even called us "an OK team"...which could probably be up for debate.

[dnbman]

^ They shouldn't be...I think it's pretty well known that the Suns have one of the best training staffs in the league.

Yeah, but nobody likes to hear they are inadequate or inferior. I don't know. I really don't think it's that big of a deal, but if I was a training staff guy, I might be thinking, "What did I do?"

By the way, being "ok" is definitely debatable. I think only Washington now has a worse record than us in the East.

[spectre]

I imagine it's more on what Phoenix is willing to spend on their staff vs. what we will on ours.

Wasn't it just Joe Sharpe and a big rubber medicine ball our first year? :cool:

[coordinator0]

^ They shouldn't be...I think it's pretty well known that the Suns have one of the best training staffs in the league.

Agreed with DNB & Ohara; it wasn't bashing us but instead him just being glad to be with such a class organization. He even called us "an OK team"...which could probably be up for debate.

Let's loan May to them and see if they can get his fat arse back in shape...

[ohara831]

Let's loan May to them and see if they can get his fat arse back in shape...

Classic! Gotta +1 for that!

[TattoodCats4life]

Let's loan May to them and see if they can get his fat arse back in shape...

That is MINT!!! Maybe we should have traded them May instead of Duds...

[dnbman]

Let's loan May to them and see if they can get his fat arse back in shape...

Better yet, Brown could have a new goal for May.

"Yo, Sean. I forgot to give these Team Jordan headbands to Jared. I want you to run them to him in Phoenix and run back."

"Cool coach. When should I fly out there?"

"Fly??!! I said run, Sean! RUN!"

[docend24]

Better yet, Brown could have a new goal for May.

"Yo, Sean. I forgot to give these Team Jordan headbands to Jared. I want you to run them to him in Phoenix and run back."

"Cool coach. When should I fly out there?"

"Fly??!! I said run, Sean! RUN!"This would be arisky way to delvier those headbands. Sean's contract could expire before an arrival.

[davcbow]

He's just go to the airport instead of running and he would stop at mickey D's on the way to the plane...:cool:

[TattoodCats4life]

He's just go to the airport instead of running and he would stop at mickey D's on the way to the plane...:cool:

100 Double Che-burgers, $100, eating them..Priceless

[docend24]

And cheese doodles. Quite frankly.

[teej]

I guess maybe I was wrong, but what I was upset was that he'd be willing to barely play at all on a good team than be a 6-7th man on an ok team...hed only be behind dj and hed have more minutes than ammo, nazr, ajica, brown, may, howard, carroll and maybe bell

[Keetch]

Dudley seems to be a very upbeat and optimistic guy; I can't imagine him saying anything intentionally negative.

I hope he sees great success wherever he plays; though I wish it was still here :P. He needs to find a team that can use him and it doesn't appear that Phoenix is it. It's possible that this is just the beginning of a journeyman career for Duds; but for his sake, as he gains experience and toughness, I hope he finds an NBA market that appreciates his abilities. I thought we might be that place; but nope.

[Slam]

I still miss him.