Comments on: Day in the Life of a GM: At the Office http://blogs.suns.com/2009/12/4016/ The Official Phoenix Suns Blog Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:29:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: jay http://blogs.suns.com/2009/12/4016/comment-page-1/#comment-1038 jay Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:33:49 +0000 http://blogs.suns.com/?p=4016#comment-1038 Thankyou Jin, What the heck is he thinking. Is he watching and supporting the same team as us??? Thankyou Jin,

What the heck is he thinking. Is he watching and supporting the same team as us???

]]> By: jeff chronister http://blogs.suns.com/2009/12/4016/comment-page-1/#comment-1034 jeff chronister Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:51:38 +0000 http://blogs.suns.com/?p=4016#comment-1034 I can understand everyone wanting to keep leandro,he's a great character guy and yes he's done alot for this team over the years . Barbosa and harris are essentially the same player on offense but harris could end up being a better passer and ball-handler in the long run. If dragic keeps improving then there will be no need to worry about who can take over for nash when he retires. Dragic has to become a better playmaker though. Again, i'm not trying to take anything away from barbosa,he may still become an all-star player and develop better ball-handling and passing abilities in the near future. it wouldn't hurt us to keep our options openand see what's being offered. We have some good young pieces in dragic,clark,dudley,amundson and frye and with amare's past injuries barbosa would be our best offer for a major talent or a lottery pick.regardless of wether a move needs to be made or not we're still one or two key players away from contending with the lakers,celtics,and cavs. Yes we have a good bench but all those teams mentioned still have more depth than we do right now and bigger frontlines. Until we address those problems we can't beat these teams in the playoffs. I'm not going to disagree with anything that you guys have said, i can respect your opinions and if i'm wrong about what i wrote then so be it. I just think that harris's type of game would flourish in our offense and that he could help us neutralize the problems we've had the last couple of years with guys like chris paul,deron williams and other top pointguards not named steve nash. my intention wasn't to upset anyone with this suggested trade, there's still alot of games left to be played before the playoffs start and anything's possible. I can understand everyone wanting to keep leandro,he’s a great character guy and yes he’s done alot for this team over the years . Barbosa and harris are essentially the same player on offense but harris could end up being a better passer and ball-handler in the long run. If dragic keeps improving then there will be no need to worry about who can take over for nash when he retires. Dragic has to become a better playmaker though. Again, i’m not trying to take anything away from barbosa,he may still become an all-star player and develop better ball-handling and passing abilities in the near future. it wouldn’t hurt us to keep our options openand see what’s being offered. We have some good young pieces in dragic,clark,dudley,amundson and frye and with amare’s past injuries barbosa would be our best offer for a major talent or a lottery pick.regardless of wether a move needs to be made or not we’re still one or two key players away from contending with the lakers,celtics,and cavs. Yes we have a good bench but all those teams mentioned still have more depth than we do right now and bigger frontlines. Until we address those problems we can’t beat these teams in the playoffs. I’m not going to disagree with anything that you guys have said, i can respect your opinions and if i’m wrong about what i wrote then so be it. I just think that harris’s type of game would flourish in our offense and that he could help us neutralize the problems we’ve had the last couple of years with guys like chris paul,deron williams and other top pointguards not named steve nash. my intention wasn’t to upset anyone with this suggested trade, there’s still alot of games left to be played before the playoffs start and anything’s possible.

]]> By: Jin http://blogs.suns.com/2009/12/4016/comment-page-1/#comment-1023 Jin Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:49:51 +0000 http://blogs.suns.com/?p=4016#comment-1023 Harris for Barbosa is luda. Dragic has now shown what he can do, sprinkle in some experience, add a dash of extra confidence, and put in some hard work and Boom! no need to trade for a Point Guard without the expense of losing Barbosa. Just look at how much we miss Barbosa coming off the bench right now. I would guarantee that we would have won a few games if he was healthy. The Suns need to continue building this team chemistry once Nash is out so by trading our players like basketball cards won't help much. Harris for Barbosa is luda. Dragic has now shown what he can do, sprinkle in some experience, add a dash of extra confidence, and put in some hard work and Boom! no need to trade for a Point Guard without the expense of losing Barbosa. Just look at how much we miss Barbosa coming off the bench right now. I would guarantee that we would have won a few games if he was healthy. The Suns need to continue building this team chemistry once Nash is out so by trading our players like basketball cards won’t help much.

]]> By: David Sandoval http://blogs.suns.com/2009/12/4016/comment-page-1/#comment-1021 David Sandoval Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:53:02 +0000 http://blogs.suns.com/?p=4016#comment-1021 HEY STEVE I MET YOU IN VEGAS ALONG WITH GRIFFIN AND COACH GENTRY, TOOK SERIVAL PICTUERS WITH YOU GUYS AND WENT TO ALL THE SUMMER GAMES TO SUPPORT OUR ROOKIES. NON THE LESS LIKE I TOLD YOU THEN GOOD JOB, NICE CHANGES, AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU WORK ON CLARK MORE THIS YEAR. HE DID GOOD IN THE SUMMER AND CAN BE A STARTER FOR US SOMEDAY, MAYBE SENT HIM TO D-LEAGUE FOR SOME ACTION OR SOME MORE REAL PLAY TIME. HEY STEVE I MET YOU IN VEGAS ALONG WITH GRIFFIN AND COACH GENTRY, TOOK SERIVAL PICTUERS WITH YOU GUYS AND WENT TO ALL THE SUMMER GAMES TO SUPPORT OUR ROOKIES. NON THE LESS LIKE I TOLD YOU THEN GOOD JOB, NICE CHANGES, AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU WORK ON CLARK MORE THIS YEAR. HE DID GOOD IN THE SUMMER AND CAN BE A STARTER FOR US SOMEDAY, MAYBE SENT HIM TO D-LEAGUE FOR SOME ACTION OR SOME MORE REAL PLAY TIME.

]]> By: Tom Ballantyne, aka Shooter http://blogs.suns.com/2009/12/4016/comment-page-1/#comment-1018 Tom Ballantyne, aka Shooter Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:32:40 +0000 http://blogs.suns.com/?p=4016#comment-1018 Good work, Steve. Great work by all in Saturday's impressive win, as well. Also, nice post, Jeff. I have to disagree about Devin Harris, however. My money is on Gogi (Dragic). He has come so far so fast that both my wife and I thought he was Nash several times on Saturday. (If you haven't already done so, you should check out his pre-draft videos on the Sun's website.) Not only is he obviously a fast learner, but he has star quality. He is also hugely athletic. Witness the time he slashed to the basket and scored over the top of Brendon Haywood Saturday with effortless ease. He will be a star in this league. Write it down. Shooter Good work, Steve. Great work by all in Saturday’s impressive win, as well. Also, nice post, Jeff. I have to disagree about Devin Harris, however. My money is on Gogi (Dragic). He has come so far so fast that both my wife and I thought he was Nash several times on Saturday. (If you haven’t already done so, you should check out his pre-draft videos on the Sun’s website.) Not only is he obviously a fast learner, but he has star quality. He is also hugely athletic. Witness the time he slashed to the basket and scored over the top of Brendon Haywood Saturday with effortless ease. He will be a star in this league. Write it down.

Shooter

]]> By: Jay http://blogs.suns.com/2009/12/4016/comment-page-1/#comment-1017 Jay Mon, 21 Dec 2009 20:14:57 +0000 http://blogs.suns.com/?p=4016#comment-1017 Jeff, what the heck are you saying. Trade Barbosa, are you nuts. Do you know what he has done for us. The man averaged 19 points for an entire season coming off the bench. Also, not to mention the 100's of game winning or cluctch shots he has hit for us time and time again. You want to send this type of player off. I know you are a Phoenix fan, but do me a favor, don't ever mention anything about trades or anything else. I love this team that we got this year. They are a little rough around some edges but they are coming around and gelling. We are that close. Many of the games that we lossed, I do not blame this team. In many ways I look at Coach Gentry. I think he needs to do a little bit better of a job of making sure the team that we have on the floor is matching up well against the opponets. I love how he is getting everyone to buy into the sytem and playing together. We have an excellent chance this year. We do not need any changes!!! Jeff, what the heck are you saying. Trade Barbosa, are you nuts. Do you know what he has done for us. The man averaged 19 points for an entire season coming off the bench. Also, not to mention the 100’s of game winning or cluctch shots he has hit for us time and time again. You want to send this type of player off. I know you are a Phoenix fan, but do me a favor, don’t ever mention anything about trades or anything else. I love this team that we got this year. They are a little rough around some edges but they are coming around and gelling. We are that close. Many of the games that we lossed, I do not blame this team. In many ways I look at Coach Gentry. I think he needs to do a little bit better of a job of making sure the team that we have on the floor is matching up well against the opponets. I love how he is getting everyone to buy into the sytem and playing together. We have an excellent chance this year. We do not need any changes!!!

]]> By: Qwigglez http://blogs.suns.com/2009/12/4016/comment-page-1/#comment-1016 Qwigglez Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:53:08 +0000 http://blogs.suns.com/?p=4016#comment-1016 Jeff, keep to your day job and Kerr will stick to his. ;) Jeff, keep to your day job and Kerr will stick to his. ;)

]]> By: JOHN SERPE http://blogs.suns.com/2009/12/4016/comment-page-1/#comment-1014 JOHN SERPE Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:46:13 +0000 http://blogs.suns.com/?p=4016#comment-1014 Steve, nice job this year with the chemistry situation. Problem still exsists however with "wanting it bad enough to sacrifice" theroy of play. Portland was a huge let down for us fans. Suns need more dicipline when we have a lead. Were the kings of the "other teams" but when were talking about the elite, Suns are not quite up to par. The talent is there, it's the mental game were lacking. Steve, nice job this year with the chemistry situation. Problem still exsists however with “wanting it bad enough to sacrifice” theroy of play. Portland was a huge let down for us fans. Suns need more dicipline when we have a lead. Were the kings of the “other teams” but when were talking about the elite, Suns are not quite up to par. The talent is there, it’s the mental game were lacking.

]]> By: jeff chronister http://blogs.suns.com/2009/12/4016/comment-page-1/#comment-1012 jeff chronister Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:30:08 +0000 http://blogs.suns.com/?p=4016#comment-1012 I had a couple of questions and a comment. First question is,do you or any of the players read the comments posted by the fans on planet orange? My second question is with the almost inevitable likelyhood that the nets will win the #1 pick in the 2010 nba draft and select john wall,would the suns consider trading for devin harris since wall being drafted by the nets means that he'll lose his position to the star college pointguard? We could send them barbosa and tucker which works salary wise and we could sell them on this because barbosa would be an excellent backup to wall. Meanwhile,for us we get devin harris who in our offense could be a perennial all-star once nash retires and could be a bigger,more explosive kevin johnson type of player for the suns. Goran would take leandro's place as backup to harris or play alongside of him at the two. I could envision a starting lineup a couple years from now of harris,richardson,clark,amare and frye which would be unstoppable offensively and athletically. My last comment is this, All the suns fans wish we had our 2010 first rounder back so we could select or try and move up to select evan turner. I would hope that we turn our full attention to free-agency and the 2011 draft because we are one quality free-agent aquisition from challenging the lakers next year. With regards to the 2011 draft we need to watch two players,marshall's hassan whiteside who had a triple double in points,rebounds,and blocks. Whiteside has the potential to be a dwight howard type of center down the road and the other guy we need to keep an eye on is baylor's perry jones. Jones is almost identical in build an skill-level to kevin durant. If we can be really aggressive by the time the trade deadline rolls around we can snag one of the above mentioned players and be a contending team by next season. It all could start with a trade that nets us a young potential all-star pointguard in devin harris. It's only a matter of time before he's replaced by wall and this would definitely give us nash's replacement while he learns how to become an elite playmaker behind steve. I'm sorry about the ridiculously long post but this had to be said,devin harris is a perfect fit for our team and we need to get him so we can leap frog the lakers in the second half of the season. Only you can get this done Mr. kerr, if you honestly read this and give it some thought you'll see that i'm right. I had a couple of questions and a comment. First question is,do you or any of the players read the comments posted by the fans on planet orange? My second question is with the almost inevitable likelyhood that the nets will win the #1 pick in the 2010 nba draft and select john wall,would the suns consider trading for devin harris since wall being drafted by the nets means that he’ll lose his position to the star college pointguard? We could send them barbosa and tucker which works salary wise and we could sell them on this because barbosa would be an excellent backup to wall. Meanwhile,for us we get devin harris who in our offense could be a perennial all-star once nash retires and could be a bigger,more explosive kevin johnson type of player for the suns. Goran would take leandro’s place as backup to harris or play alongside of him at the two. I could envision a starting lineup a couple years from now of harris,richardson,clark,amare and frye which would be unstoppable offensively and athletically. My last comment is this, All the suns fans wish we had our 2010 first rounder back so we could select or try and move up to select evan turner. I would hope that we turn our full attention to free-agency and the 2011 draft because we are one quality free-agent aquisition from challenging the lakers next year. With regards to the 2011 draft we need to watch two players,marshall’s hassan whiteside who had a triple double in points,rebounds,and blocks. Whiteside has the potential to be a dwight howard type of center down the road and the other guy we need to keep an eye on is baylor’s perry jones. Jones is almost identical in build an skill-level to kevin durant. If we can be really aggressive by the time the trade deadline rolls around we can snag one of the above mentioned players and be a contending team by next season. It all could start with a trade that nets us a young potential all-star pointguard in devin harris. It’s only a matter of time before he’s replaced by wall and this would definitely give us nash’s replacement while he learns how to become an elite playmaker behind steve. I’m sorry about the ridiculously long post but this had to be said,devin harris is a perfect fit for our team and we need to get him so we can leap frog the lakers in the second half of the season. Only you can get this done Mr. kerr, if you honestly read this and give it some thought you’ll see that i’m right.

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