Posted Oct 3, 2009, 5:42 PM
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^Nope, D'Antoni was the coach at the time, Kerr was the GM. It was one of Kerrs first moves. Also its not just that trading KT- the only good interior defender on the squad and rebounder, who let Amare play weak side help D, the only type of D he's good at- but he gave away TWO first round picks and got back NOTHING. Its got to be the worst trade in Suns history.
I just have a hard time getting excited about an off season where they did sort of what I expect a team to do. Jettison pieces that dont make sense (but they shouldnt have traded for Shaq in the first place, so I can only grade that at C), draft in a logical way (in the 1st round at least), etc.
I guess it goes to your expectation levels with Kerr and Sarver. We expect them to make such fools out of themselves in the offseason when they just do a "C" level job and don't screw it all up, we're happy. The Suns have no plan, and aren't set up for the future in anyway. Their title window is slammed shut and they can't go into rebuilding/blow it up mode because of the lack of a 2010 pick.
Get ready for about 5 years of basketball similar to the Jason Kidd era. 45-50 win teams, bottom half of the playoff seeding, bumped in the 1st round. Woo hoo, thrilling.
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