<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Once again, the finality of the Joe Johnson sign-and-trade deal that was agreed upon 12 days ago may be near. NBA Commissioner David Stern intervened into the Atlanta Hawks owners' boardroom bickering Thursday, submitting an affidavit that supports eight of the owners' wishes to remove partner Steve Belkin as team governor. That affidavit was forwarded to Boston Judge Allan van Gestel, who on Tuesday granted Belkin a preliminary injunction preventing eight owners from replacing Belkin. Belkin's ouster would mean he no longer could block the Phoenix-Atlanta trade. With the Johnson ordeal possibly near closure today, the Suns have opened a new door in exploring the signing of veteran post player Brian Grant. Grant, waived under the amnesty rule Wednesday by the Lakers, will still receive $29.8 million from Los Angeles over the next two years, but he won't count for purposes of the luxury tax. The Suns, who have no salary-cap space even with Johnson's departure, could offer Grant as much as the $1.67 million, biannual exception. Grant has several suitors, but Phoenix may be mainly battling Miami, the same team expected to scoop up Michael Finley if he is also an amnesty waiver at Monday's deadline. </div> <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/articles/0812suns0812.html" target="_blank"> The Arizona Republic</a> Bad news for the Suns; all I can say is keep your fingers crossed.
Not really. JJ didn't want to come back so let him go and get some young talent. We couldn't have done anything else with him anyway. At first I was happy that the trade might not go through but I thought about it and realized if he wanted to leave and was so unhappy with us then he would hurt us more than help by staying. And we'd have to pay him 20 mil. the first year...
