If you have read my previous article What Really Happened To The Suns, you would of understood that I mainly put the blame of Phoenix general manager Steve Kerr, which in some people’s eyes would be the answer. But it got me thinking, Would Kerr really do these moves his self, who is the mind behind the team, and it hit me. Robert Sarver, Phoenix Suns owner.
Now before you go and ask why and are you crazy or stupid, but you gotta think inside the team, not the shell of Phoenix Suns, think what happens off the court. Thats where Robert Sarver comes in to the conclusion.
Being a Suns fan myself and this goes for others, it must be hard.
Four years ago, we were one of the most feared teams in the whole NBA, with out ‘Run N Gun’ style of play which in my opinion was fun to watch, Hitting 110 + points a game, and yes we let alot through, but we finished the seasons with 58+ wins and even one season with 62-20. A feat that wasnt managed since Barkley arrived.
Each year the suns would make the playoffs yet to crumble when the important games came.
Main rival was the Spurs who just kept losing when they faced with one another each year in the playoffs.
And every year Mr Sarver would say to the press, “Next year we will go one step further and win the championship despite the costs” and it never happened.
He didn’t really want to spend alot of money for the team.
He always use to sign horrible contracts such as Marcus Banks and Boris Diaw but wouldn’t budge for Joe Johnson, who now is a All-Star Shooting guard. It just didnt make no sense.
At this point a man named Steve Kerr was a appointed as Suns General Manager, and i think he was appointed to take the blame of the next bad choices of Mr Sarver made.
This is when we prove about Suns care about money. The Shaq trade.
But no this isnt what your thinking. In my opinion, the Shaq for Marion and Banks was a good trade. It brought some change and it made shaq a better player, but im talking about the other Shaq trade. The one for Wallace and Sasha and other extra’s. This shows he dont care about success at Phoenix, and only about the $$$.
The best thing that should of happened is Keep Shaq till the summer and we can take loss’s on the chin, but that would mean $20 Million off the books next summer and use it for our gain. But we got Wallace who had two years left, totaling $29 million. Sarver then bought out Wallace’s contract so that the money would be cleared of the team’s cap space.
Sarver made the move to save himself a few million dollars. That would have been acceptable had he actually spent the money on free agents. But he didnt.
Instead, Sarver added only one, Channing Frye, for a minimal cost. With all that money and players like Hedo Turkoglu, Paul Millsap, and Ron Artest, among others, Sarver opted for Channing Frye, dooming the team to a season of loss’s
Sarver has one more chance next summer if he gets a big time free agent next summer.
If he chooses to retain Amare Stoudemire if he chooses to extend, then Sarver will be known as the person who destroyed and ruined the Suns.
So who is to blame?
Robert Sarver (Owner)
Steve Kerr (GM)
The Team (Phoenix Suns)
Tony De Sousa
