How Phoenix Can Get Back Into Contention

[maljanAZfan]

Hey all,

I wrote this piece about the Suns and why their future is actually pretty bright (no pun intended).

Any thoughts/opinions on the piece would be greatly appreciated!

http://sunngun.com/2012/11/29/how-the-phoenix-suns-can-get-back-into-championship-contention/

 

[jagu]

I can't wait till the Suns sign Lebron James. You know when he's 41 years old and is looking for a place with a great training staff. We'll be unstoppable then.

 

[AzStevenCal]

I can't wait till the Suns sign Lebron James. You know when he's 41 years old and is looking for a place with a great training staff. We'll be unstoppable then.

It won't happen unless his 19 year old younger brother Archibald James falls through the cracks on draft day 20 years from now.

Steve

 

[Mainstreet]

What makes the Suns task of rebuiding the team so daunting is they do not have someone who is excellent at evaluating talent. This has been the problem for quite awhile.

 

[Azlen]

Cap space and tradable players aren't the types of things that make me optimistic. The Suns front office has shown no expertise in being able to convert those assets into championship caliber players. I see no bright future if the only benefit currently on the Suns payroll is a training staff.

 

[Gaddabout]

I see no bright future if the only benefit currently on the Suns payroll is a training staff.

Come to Phoenix. We give great massages.

 

[BC867]

Come to Phoenix. We give great massages.

Maybe if they hit Van Buren for the massages, it would attract NBA jocks.

 

[WarnerHOF]

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[maljanAZfan]

Come to Phoenix. We give great massages.

This was actually a working title for my piece. But seriously, two guys Phoenix targeted (and obviously didn't land) were Eric Gordon and O.J. Mayo. Mayo is playing like an All-Star and Gordon has building block potential and is currently going through an "injury" that probably wouldn't exist had he landed w/ the Suns.

Their ability to evaluate talent isn't terrible (Nash, Stoudemire, Dragic—both times) and I think they've positioned themselves as serious players in free agency over the next few years.

 

[Errntknght]

The person who is primarily responsible for drafting Nash has been dead for 11 years. Its not hard to imagine he was responsible for Amare being on the radar the year before the Suns drafted him. Since those days the draft evaluators have proved repeatedly that they don't know diddly-squat. Heck, during Pringles' heyday they didn't need a draft crew at all.

Even worse than that is the fact that there's no one in the Suns organization who has the basketball IQ to put a team together(coaches included). That's not a big change as even the sainted Colangeli were more deal makers than architects.

 

[Mulli]

So what happened with that training staff and Amare's knees?

 

[Mainstreet]

So what happened with that training staff and Amare's knees?

They did their job. That's why Amare did not get a $100M guaranteed contract with the Suns.

 

[Mulli]

They did their job. That's why Amare did not get a $100M guaranteed contract with the Suns.

Man, of all players that you would want the training staff to do something with for the Suns.

 

[MigratingOsprey]

It won't happen unless his 19 year old younger brother Archibald James falls through the cracks on draft day 20 years from now.

Steve

Yeah ... but would LeBron really want to play with Delonte Wests son?

 

[AzStevenCal]

Yeah ... but would LeBron really want to play with Delonte Wests son?

lol. If there is a weirder sports related rumor than that one, I definitely do not want to find out about it.

Steve

 

[jagu]

The Suns will be unstoppable as soon as twins evolve into equally talented basketball players.

 

[Covert Rain]

Barring some huge trade not on our radar, I don't see how this team becomes relevant anytime soon. I mean we lucked out in that nobody thought Nash could have a huge impact in free agency. When is that going to happen again? Also, all things being equal, why would someone choose to work for this FO?

 

[Cheesebeef]

Barring some huge trade not on our radar, I don't see how this team becomes relevant anytime soon. I mean we lucked out in that nobody thought Nash could have a huge impact in free agency. When is that going to happen again? Also, all things being equal, why would someone choose to work for this FO?

kindness?

 

[AzStevenCal]

kindness?

Steve

 

[Covert Rain]

kindness?

LOL