No Trade After All

¹²³ · Feb 19, 2009

After weeks of intense speculation, name calling, fruit throwing and trade machining, the deadline has come and past for the Phoenix Suns with no deals done.

Amare isn't going to the Bulls for Tyrus Thomas and some other "stuff"

JRich and his arrest record isn't going to the Cavs for Wally World

The Big Shaqtus isn't going to become the The Big Cleveland Rockus

Barbosa wasn't sacrificed on the altar of payroll cuts

How are you feeling about it all? Disappointed in the deal not made? Happy with standing pat, with our new team averaging 141 points per game?

Sports KTAR Radio reporting that the Shaq deal to Cleveland for Ben Wallace and a 1st round pick but decided not to do the deal...Sarver himself rejected the deal.

Sarver on the radio saying they will figure out the money next year...

Sarver excited about last two games and about Shaq fitting into the new style...likes the guys

Sarver stressing that he passed up opportunities to save money while other teams did things to cut payroll. "I am in this business to win." Even if they were mistakes like Banks instead of Rondo it was a basketball decision and not a dollar decision

Deals might happen this summer - depends on what happens w/ team, ticket sales, the economy, etc

Emotionally it is a very up and down business (that's part of the problem right there)

Per Sarver - we weren't that close to trading Amare. We get calls about a lot of our players

90% of what's in the paper is nonsense (which means about 99% of what's here is)

Sunday is an opportunity to make a statement against Boston

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¹²³ · Feb 20, 2009

Winners and losers: NBA trade deadline

WINNERS

• Phoenix Suns

Think these guys didn’t like playing for Terry Porter? In their first half under Alvin Gentry, they scored 81 points.

Give Steve Kerr credit. Porter was a mistake, and Shaq was an even bigger one, but at least the Suns didn’t dump Amare Stoudemire in a franchise-wrecking move. Phoenix couldn’t find a package that offered both financial relief and a top young player for Stoudemire, so team officials sacked the coach instead. Attempting a full tear-down would have been too risky considering the Suns had already handed their 2010 unprotected draft pick to Oklahoma City.

Naturally, this doesn’t help Robert Sarver’s bank account. He’ll have to pay Porter for the remainder of his contract, worth a tidy $2 million a season. No trade also means no break from the hefty luxury-tax bill he’s facing.

But if nothing else, Stoudemire now has the chance (again) to prove he’s a worthy franchise player. If he doesn’t, the Suns will look to trade him (again) this summer. In the meantime, they’ll quicken their pace, try to chase a playoff seed and make their owner some postseason revenue.

The Suns won’t get to play the Clippers every night. But for the first time in nearly a year, they do look like they’re having fun.
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