The More Suns Change, the More They Stay the Same
Alvin Gentry, Amare Stoudmire, Mike DAntoni, Steve Nash, Suns News | (0)
by Bethlehem ShoalsFiled under: Spurs, Suns, NBA Playoffs
When news of Los Suns first came down the pike, Dave Zirin joked to me, "and to think, I've hated [Robert] Sarver for years for breaking up Seven Seconds or Less."
Calm down, basketball insiders. While meddlesome, Sarver didn't order the end of this century's most beloved cult team (in Bill Simmons' nomenclature, "critically acclaimed"). Mike D'Antoni signed off on the Shaquille O'Neal trade, and Steve Kerr, not Sarver, was the new voice whose voice actually mattered. Regardless, it says something about the SSOL Suns that everyone who presided over their demise still has ...