<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Team extends coaches' contractsPaul CoroThe Arizona RepublicOct. 29, 2006 12:00 AMSuns players are not the only ones doing jobs worthy of contract extensions.Assistant coaches Marc Iavaroni, Alvin Gentry and Phil Weber came to agreements this weekend on two-year contract extensions, a source close to the team said. Their current deals were going to run out at the close of this season.Iavaroni received a deal commensurate with his reputation as perhaps the league's best assistant. The annual NBA general managers survey ranked him behind only Dallas' Del Harris.advertisement Not the favoritesLike all five TNT analysts and eight of 10 ESPN analysts, most league GMs don't think the Suns will win the West.In the GM survey, 89 percent picked San Antonio or Dallas. Phoenix did get 89 percent of votes for Pacific Division champ.Other survey results include:? Steve Nash did not get a 2007 MVP vote and received only 7 percent of the vote for best international player, but he was overwhelmingly the top point guard, passer, leader, open-court player and future head coach. He also tied with Ben Wallace for the player who does the most with the least.? Raja Bell received 11 percent of the votes for best perimeter defender.? Coach Mike D'Antoni did not get a vote for best head coach.? For fastest with the ball, Leandro Barbosa tied for third behind Allen Iverson and Tony Parker.Talk to SarverIf you have wanted to ask Suns Managing Partner Robert Sarver a question, KTAR-AM (620) will give you that chance this season.Sarver will replace team Chairman Jerry Colangelo as the regular guest for Talk to the Suns. The show, hosted by Dave Burns, will start Monday at 8 p.m. after D'Antoni's Talk to the Coach show debuts at 7.Truth revealedAhmad Rashad got to the roots of Nash's haircut during an interview in Italy."I did want to cut my hair, shave my head actually, just a little anonymity for a few weeks just to change it up," Nash said on Game Time with Ahmad Rashad, which airs at 4 p.m. Monday on NBATV. "But my wife wasn't crazy about the idea. So I made a bet that if Italy won the World Cup, I'd shave my head. As soon as we got home (from the World Cup), she got a bald husband."</div>I love this offseason! This is a very good coaching staff and I was afraid that Iavaroni would go become a head coach somewhere else next year. This is good to hear.
Hahaha, bet on the world cup. Nice. I shaved my head too, Steve I love Nash getting the "Best Future Head Coach" votes. Hahaha, coach me.
