#5 – Phoenix Suns

Remember when the Phoenix Suns had fans? And they generally considered themselves to be basketball bluebloods? Even though the only thing hanging in the U.S. Airways Center’s rafters are Pacific Division titles, it didn’t stop the Suns from enjoying a meteoric rise a few years back. During that rise, Suns fans came out of the woodwork and acted as if they had been there the entire time.

On top of having one of the bigger bandwagon fan bases in the league (They’re suddenly nowhere to be found, coincidentally), they almost single-handedly ran Kobe Bryant out of Los Angeles. After surrendering a 3-1 series lead in the 2006 Playoffs (A series in which Kobe Bryant famously refused to shoot during the second half of Game 7—one of the lowest points in his career), they were again matched to do battle in Round 1 of the 2007 Playoffs. Amar’e Staudemire famously declared that the Lakers had “no chance” against them. The Suns handled the Lakers 4-1. That summer lead to Kobe Bryant publically demanding to be traded.

Thankfully, the Suns never won a title. Their fans are already insufferable—and they’ve never won anything. Due to this, the Phoenix Suns of today hardly resemble the Suns that handled the Lakers in the darkest days of the Kobe Bryant era. I always enjoy when the Lakers whoop the Suns, just to remind the Suns and their fans where they stand on the NBA totem pole.

Hopefully, the Basketball Gods reward the Lakers by offering the Phoenix Suns as a first round sacrificial lamb. It would be fun to watch Kobe Bryant burry Steve Nash and company in their own blood. Am I still bitter that Steve Nash has as many MVP awards as Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O’Neal combined? Maybe.

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