cepstrum said:
Info is usually leaked about larger market teams. It's funny how no one really knew that Phoenix really wanted nash that badly or that we were going to draft amare or (to a lesser extent) the marbury and kidd trades. Why? I think party it's because the C's are really discreet about their plans, but also because people dont care as much about the suns as they do about LALA or NY. It wouldnt surprise me if Sterling has already made a decision, but you never know I guess.
The Amare draft was real cloak and dagger stuff with lots of disinformation. It was never a secret that the Knicks wanted Marbury, but no one expected them to make such a huge offer.
By contrast, the Suns interest in Nash was well publicized for a least a month prior to the start of free agency. Mark Cuban's weblog made it clear that he felt the Suns were the only serious suitors. The surprise was not their interest, but the amount of money they offered.
As for general interest, I think the Suns have popped up on the rumor boards quite often over the last several months. Nothing like the New York area teams, but a lot more than I would have expected. I even started a thread discussing it, but we never came to a clear explanation of why.
