Don't Blame GM Steve Kerr this summer, there's a new GM in town
by ZonaFlash on Jun 25, 2009 1:38 PM MDT
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For the next few weeks, there's a new GM in town. GM Steve Nash is now calling the shots. The now undisputed linchpin to the Suns success in the new millennium has usurped organizational power by his wait-and-see approach to signing an extension.
Much discussion has raged about whether GM-in-name Steve Kerr is going to blow up the team. He does have that option. However, he doesn't necessarily have the option to save the team. That option rests with GM Steve Nash and is completely predicated on how GM Steve (Nash) feels about the off-season moves.
While obviously the team holds an option to force Nash to stay for the next year, Nash retains the option on whether or not to sign an extension. Without an extension, Nash could walk at the end of the season for nothing, forcing a trade now.
Even with the best intentions, bettering the team according to GM Steve Nash's preferences may fail, and the rebuilding will ensue anyway. The luxury that GM Nash has is that he doesn't have to worry about feasibility, make the trades happen, contend with the backlash to unpopular moves, or even specify what moves to make. He simply says what he wants in general terms, and if it happens, he stays, if not, he rolls.
As long as Nash is in a Suns jersey, the team has a chance to compete. Once he's gone, the team will scramble around in the dark for a couple of years, looking for a new alchemy of winning. Don't hold your breath.
This is not a criticism of GM Steve Nash's moves nor of GM Steve Kerr's moves. Nash's view is legitimate and taken by many aging stars (including the Black Mamba). Instead, this is just a reminder that while GM Steve Kerr is still responsible for the off-season moves, he is answering to a higher power, and the choice to rebuild is not entirely his.
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I'm not certain that Nash won't get dealt
or wouldn’t get dealt if he weren’t selling so many jerseys and tickets.
Kerr has a vision of a basketball team that is antithetical to what the Suns were (while Sarver has a vision that is antithetical to a competitive professional basketball team).
by ninjasocks on Jun 25, 2009 1:44 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
It could be,
and his moves are doing a good job of driving Nash away from an extension =D
Who are these guys again?
by ZonaFlash on Jun 25, 2009 1:49 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Knicks want to trade Lee.
Suns need to trade Nash.
The question is simple: make a resign & trade Nash x Lee
by matrix7 on Jun 25, 2009 1:55 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Lee is an outstanding pg and could fill in for Nash immediately =D
Who are these guys again?
by ZonaFlash on Jun 25, 2009 2:12 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
They could probably work something out
Maybe include Duhon or the 8th pick (to be used on one of PGs).
by ninjasocks on Jun 25, 2009 2:16 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Duhon is interesting...
Who are these guys again?
by ZonaFlash on Jun 25, 2009 2:18 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, Lee’s Assists were up last year, right???
We knew about Nash’s ambitions weeks ago, so it’s not a surprise. But really, if Sarver isn’t on the same page, how can GM Nash get anything done? I’m talking about money. Signing free agents.
And let’s face it, aside from Amare and Barbosa, where is there SIGNIFICANT trade value on the team?-I’m talking about players who can net us other players that can get us to the championship, which is what Nash wants, right?
My point is that even if GM Kerr hands the reigns to GM Nash, is the team going to get where they want to be?
by RD74 on Jun 25, 2009 2:18 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm amazed we have any trade value at all on the roster
I agree that trying to appease Nash could be Mission: Impossible. Worse, attempting to do so could result dramatically reduced team value, such that rebuilding should have been executed post-haste.
Take the Shaq trade for example. We got no picks or prospects from that deal. If we are going to end up rebuilding, we might’ve wanted some potential along with the cash.
Who are these guys again?
by ZonaFlash on Jun 25, 2009 2:23 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Take the Shaq trade for example. We got no picks or prospects from that deal. If we are going to end up rebuilding, we might’ve wanted some potential along with the cash.
I agree. I don’t think we got the best deal we could. It was a money move, and those always suck for the fans.
Kerr/Nash should be following the Trailblazer model of rebuilding a franchise. Stockpile as many high draft picks as possible, pick up a role player here and there and with the right coach, you’re back in the race.
by RD74 on Jun 25, 2009 2:32 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
whoops that should have bloxked your quote
by RD74 on Jun 25, 2009 2:32 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nash won't be here for a rebuild...
As much as I like the stockpiling idea, the Joe Dumars speech from a few years ago sticks with me. Success builds, it doesn’t come from scratch.
Granted Dumars is no longer a genius following the money trade of Billups for AI.
Who are these guys again?
by ZonaFlash on Jun 25, 2009 2:43 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I realize Nash wouldn’t be here for a rebuild. I probably could have worded that better.
by RD74 on Jun 25, 2009 3:56 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I get point for nitpicking! woohoo!
srsly sry for that one rd…
Who are these guys again?
by ZonaFlash on Jun 25, 2009 4:14 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thats the same thing i thought…be patient i think that deal will get us Tyson Chandler..
by Lebrontophx2010 on Jun 25, 2009 6:24 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nash has value now...
…but how much longer? Sure, he’s super-popular in phoenix (are you guys pretty liberal out there?) and a great player, but he’s in a steep decline if the last year or so was any indication. Why not trade him now before he falls apart? May annoy the fanbase, but from a basketball sense, it seems like something worth exploring.
Realistically, what sort of value would he bring?
"I’m tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok." ~Shaq
by Max_in_Missouri on Jun 25, 2009 2:31 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
I disagree on all fronts.
First off his popularity has nothing to do with his political beliefs-if John McCain is any indication, AZ is majority Republican. Fans like him because he is a great player. He won two MVP’s for us and was the major force behind our success the past several years.
I also argue that he is not in steep decline. Did you notice last season he became the first player to average: 90% Ft, 50% FG and 40% 3PT?
Everything is worth exploring, but I disagree with your premise for trading Steve Nash.
by RD74 on Jun 25, 2009 2:39 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's a very good question. Can Nash follow in Stockton's footsteps?
Who are these guys again?
by ZonaFlash on Jun 25, 2009 2:39 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
I might catch some heat for this.
Nash needs to stick to doing what he does best, which is playing basketball? Filming short films/commercials? Managing an NBA team? Playing soccer?
by Gorilla Game on Jun 25, 2009 2:34 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
=D at least he's not spending his free time getting stopped for reckless driving at 3am
Who are these guys again?
by ZonaFlash on Jun 25, 2009 2:36 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good call.
Or getting his pic snapped by photo radar multiple times :^)
by Gorilla Game on Jun 25, 2009 2:40 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
dob! I'm guilty of that one! Fortunately the rental was in my gf's name...
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by ZonaFlash on Jun 25, 2009 2:41 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Bad times..
Instead Nash is spotted on the streets of NYC looking like the offspring of Jason Mraz and Samantha Ronson.
by Gorilla Game on Jun 25, 2009 2:44 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
LMAO!
"I’m tired of hearing about money, money, money, money, money. I just want to play the game, drink Pepsi, wear Reebok." ~Shaq
by Max_in_Missouri on Jun 25, 2009 5:18 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
Soccer is one of the ways that he stays in shape in the off season, and is a major reason why he is as good an athelete as he is now.
As far as commercials and films, it’s his hobby. Everyone has hobbies, right? How do we now how much time he spends on making films? Is he supposed to be sitting in the gym all day long shooting free throws? He shot over 90% last season from the line.
by RD74 on Jun 25, 2009 2:41 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
if nash was calling the shots we wouldn't be shopping amare imo
Steve Nash, the league's MVP, is a longhaired Canadian who spoke out against the war in Iraq and reads The Communist Manifesto. Quentin Richardson declared after a game-winning shot that it "was like Hamlet. It was a suspense thriller, and I killed them at the end." Amare Stoudemire, when asked to comment on a 22-point third quarter against the Kings, said, "I've got a tendency to jump over some guys' heads and throw it down."
by rsavaj on Jun 25, 2009 3:16 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs
Perhaps, but maybe he doesn’t like Amare.
You kow if Colangelo was still around, Amare would have been gone last year for all of his comments and ago. And J-Rich would have been dealt after that DUI with the unsecured kid in the car. Hell, he probably wouldn’t have even been traded for.
JC didn’t put up with any of that guff.
by RD74 on Jun 25, 2009 3:58 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
maybe Nash isn't calling the shots and mgmt intends to blow up the team
they can still blame Nash for the moves and thats all win. =D
Who are these guys again?
by ZonaFlash on Jun 25, 2009 4:16 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs
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