You could not stay the same forever. I get that. The NBA has a natural cycle. Teams are sold. GMs move on. Players get traded. Coaches get fired. But you changed and you didn't have to, Suns. You were special. You gave away your mojo.

We were like the traveling rock stars of the NBA. We'd show up to our hotel on the road at 1 a.m. and there would be like 200 people waiting for us.

Mr. Efficiency: Alando Tucker, Suns
Five players (Portland's Jerryd Bayless, Houston's Donte' Greene, Sacramento's Quincy Douby, Phoenix's Alando Tucker and Golden State's Anthony Randolph) averaged more than 20 points per game. Of those five, only Tucker attempted fewer than 15 shots per game (12.6) and had a field-goal percentage over 49 percent (57.1).

James Jones agrees to deal with Heat.

Well it seems like the Heat are planning a former-Suns reunion.
Suddenly the Heat are getting sexy...

D'Antoni acknowledged he isn't much of a defender. "Hopefully somebody can teach him how to play defense," D'Antoni said

"This was a tough decision,'' Jones said from Miami, where he had just landed after a vacation in the Bahamas.

5:23: Just took a quick look through reader e-mails from the past hour and everyone seems to agree: We're all excited for the Gay-Love Era in Memphis.

Geez, bad news all the time for the Suns these days. We need some good news.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio just didn't have to get involved, but he made a statement in revoking the status of popular enforcer, Shaquille O'Neal.

Sheriff asks Shaq to give back his badges due to the Kobe Rap.

"I want his two badges back" "Because if any one of my deputies did something like this, they're fired. I don't condone this type of racial conduct."

I guess he is done fighting crime.

Some veteran GMs drafting later in the first round are scratching their heads at our last mock draft -- especially some of the high risers in the draft.

"Russell Westbrook is a role player who probably is a sixth man on a good team," one GM said. "How has he risen to a top-10 pick? I'd take Leandro Barbosa over him any day of the week. Westbrook is athletic, fast and plays defense, but a top-10 pick? I don't see it."