So many "coin flips" which prevented the Phoenix Suns from their first ever NBA Championship. But not re-signing Joe Johnson over $5 mil takes the cake and was in Sarver's control which is inexcusable.
What if.....The Phoenix Suns version.
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Here’s another one with info I never knew… and just infuriates me even more that Sarver just totally blew the possibility of multiple championship runs.
Apparently, when “courting” KG, we told him we’d have to gut the team around him AND he’d have to take a pay cut!
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Man… to go from Colangelo to Sarver to Ishbia has been the cruelest of jokes!
Apparently, when “courting” KG, we told him we’d have to gut the team around him AND he’d have to take a pay cut!
"Steve Nash came to me and was very disappointed" - Kevin Garnett on why he turned down going to the Phoenix Suns before being traded to the Boston Celtics
Garnett on why he said no to the Phoenix Suns despite Steve Nash's offer.
Man… to go from Colangelo to Sarver to Ishbia has been the cruelest of jokes!
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Doesn’t really say who was in the trade but I can’t think of a better fit at the 5 on those teams than KG.Here’s another one with info I never knew… and just infuriates me even more that Sarver just totally blew the possibility of multiple championship runs.
Apparently, when “courting” KG, we told him we’d have to gut the team around him AND he’d have to take a pay cut!
"Steve Nash came to me and was very disappointed" - Kevin Garnett on why he turned down going to the Phoenix Suns before being traded to the Boston Celtics
Garnett on why he said no to the Phoenix Suns despite Steve Nash's offer.
Man… to go from Colangelo to Sarver to Ishbia has been the cruelest of jokes!
How about Golden State backing out of the Curry trade at the last minute?
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All the more reason to hate sarver. He blew Joe Johnson and kg. Awesome.Here’s another one with info I never knew… and just infuriates me even more that Sarver just totally blew the possibility of multiple championship runs.
Apparently, when “courting” KG, we told him we’d have to gut the team around him AND he’d have to take a pay cut!
"Steve Nash came to me and was very disappointed" - Kevin Garnett on why he turned down going to the Phoenix Suns before being traded to the Boston Celtics
Garnett on why he said no to the Phoenix Suns despite Steve Nash's offer.
Man… to go from Colangelo to Sarver to Ishbia has been the cruelest of jokes!
From what I remember, the trade for KG always involved Marion and extras. Some rumors had Marion being shuffled to another team than Minnesota but ultimately that's the piece we were parting with. Probably picks too since Server didn't care about the draft in terms of adding talent, he knew what he could sell picks for so I could see him asking KG to eat the going rate of whatever picks were included.
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Think it was Marion, Barbosa and Atlanta’s coveted pick.
In a row?
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Marion was holding things up (reportedly):
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Sources: Suns back in KG chase
ESPN.com has learned about discussions of potential three-team trades that would send Kevin Garnett to Phoenix.
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That last scenario, "The Suns, though, are understandably reluctant to part with Stoudemire after he made the All-NBA first team in what appears to be the most successful comeback from microfracture knee surgery that the NBA has ever witnessed." Also that Sarver wouldn't put Amare in the deal shows no basketball knowledge at all. Both guys were similar, so if you had one you didn't need the other. Plus Sarver then refused to pay Amare because he had the microfracture surgery later on. Sarver could have replaced Amare with Garnett and not had to worry about paying a guy big money that had that surgery. It's absolutely maddening the thing of Sarver!Marion was holding things up (reportedly):
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Sources: Suns back in KG chase
ESPN.com has learned about discussions of potential three-team trades that would send Kevin Garnett to Phoenix.www.espn.com
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Not sure I’m there yet, way too early to be judging Ishbia. He’s recognized they took a swing and it missed and now he’s course corrected and building with youth and I’m more excited to watch this than KD walking up and down the court. And he’s willing to spend so already miles ahead of Sarver imo! Willing to give him some time and see what they can do. The draft and trades have been pretty good imo. I hated how JJ just didn’t value the draft at all and we got old and unathletic pretty quickly imo. As a suns fan excited to see a new direction with some grittiness, tired of the soft bad defensive teams!Here’s another one with info I never knew… and just infuriates me even more that Sarver just totally blew the possibility of multiple championship runs.
Apparently, when “courting” KG, we told him we’d have to gut the team around him AND he’d have to take a pay cut!
"Steve Nash came to me and was very disappointed" - Kevin Garnett on why he turned down going to the Phoenix Suns before being traded to the Boston Celtics
Garnett on why he said no to the Phoenix Suns despite Steve Nash's offer.
Man… to go from Colangelo to Sarver to Ishbia has been the cruelest of jokes!
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Yeah but the magic was going to be pairing an offensive amare with a defensive kg. That would’ve been the spectacular play that we were all expecting.
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KG was pretty brilliant as a scorer in his own right.
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"It was over when they traded Dan" - Charles Barkley says losing Dan Majerle killed the Suns' championship hopes
Charles Barkley says Dan Majerle was the real heart of the ‘90s Suns.
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Just one of the the bigger what if's for us.
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I think Ishbia is going to become a better owner. He loves the game, he loves the fans, he is willing to spend money.Here’s another one with info I never knew… and just infuriates me even more that Sarver just totally blew the possibility of multiple championship runs.
Apparently, when “courting” KG, we told him we’d have to gut the team around him AND he’d have to take a pay cut!
"Steve Nash came to me and was very disappointed" - Kevin Garnett on why he turned down going to the Phoenix Suns before being traded to the Boston Celtics
Garnett on why he said no to the Phoenix Suns despite Steve Nash's offer.
Man… to go from Colangelo to Sarver to Ishbia has been the cruelest of jokes!
Sarver was just a strange headcase.
And I have JC in my avatar for a reason.
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I still wonder to this day what Danny Ainge was doing trying to guard guys down low by the baseline. Who are you shot blocking down there Danny?
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I think that it was Stoudamire + (some) assets for KG.
I always liked Marion but him + sweeteners for KG was such a no-brainer that even Sarver would have offered it. Garnett (for Amare or Marion, doesn't matter) was everything that the doctor ordered for that Suns. I truly believe that with him we could have been able to beat the Spurs.
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It was supposed to be a 3 way deal, with Marion going to Boston and Boston sending Jefferson to Minny and Marion refused to commit to Boston with his deal almost up and so he basically killed the trade.
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Yes, that was rumoured too, correct.
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"The doctors went in there, sewed my arm on" - Charles Barkley on playing in Game 3 of 1993 Finals after tractor-trailer accident - NewsBreak
Barkley's season was basically over with the elbow injury, but he refused to go down without a fight.
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