Suns flagship radio station host Gambo who typically has very good sources within the Suns is reporting that Terry Porter was interviewed yesterday in Detroit and that he's the leading candidate.

Here's a look at his coaching resume :

On August 6, 2003, the Milwaukee native was hired as head coach of the Milwaukee Bucks. He was the eighth head coach in franchise history. Porter spent the 2002-03 season as an assistant coach with the Sacramento Kings, his first season in coaching. He coached the Bucks for two years, leading a team which was expected to wind up in the NBA draft lottery into the playoffs. However, the Bucks failed to make the playoffs the next season, and Porter was let go in the 2005 offseason.

Porter is an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons since the 2006-2007 NBA Season.

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Multiple sources are reporting that D'Antoni accepted the Knicks offer. Here's the link and key details:

Sports Illustrated reported on its web site Saturday that Phoenix Suns coach Mike D'Antoni had accepted a job offer from the New York Knicks.

The New York Post also reported that D'Antoni had accepted the job. D'Antoni's four-year contract with the Knicks will pay $6 million per year.

I say more power to him. If he's going to go why not to the Big Apple where he will get paid and have a few years worth of honeymoon to rebuild that team with Donnie Walsh. The owner seems like a nut job but at least he's not cheap. Mike will do great with the New York media for at least a few years until they start winning but can't get over the hump. This buys him time and of course is a nice pay day.

For the Suns, the sooner this is over the better so we can move on to finding the next coach.

For the record, I love New York City and would gladly accept a position for much less then $6m/yr if anyone is offering.

Say what you will about the Phoenix Suns and our incredible franchise win/loss record and zero Larry O'Brian's. We lost Kareem in a coin toss and lost to the Bulls and Celtics in finals that included a couple of the best games ever. We've had our share of bad luck in Phoenix. 

But one thing we have also had is a long line of extremely talented point guards. Chris Paul would be a perfect fit in that great Phoenix tradition.

Gail Goodrich, Paul Westphal, Kevin Johnson, Jason Kidd and Steve Nash.

Talented floor leaders who can both pass and score. CP3 is our prodigal sun.

The preceding virtual fondling has been brought to you as part of the Chris Paul Blog Day .  Seriously though, the kid has potential doesn't he? 

[Note by ZonaFlash, 05/06/08 5:04 PM EDT ]

Potential?  I think you don't you come in second for the Maurice Podoloff unless you show you have actual. 

Chris Paul got potential?  No, man, he got actual.

More than his stats, I love his leadership.  He wants to win.  Where Steve Nash, gorilla love him, is a leader by example, Paul is a fiery leader willing to get in his teammates faces to get them to perform.  Backs it up by being one of the nicest guys off the court.

In a historic histeric coming together of the greatest minds on the internets (which is the equivalent of this ) the Bright Side of the Sun NBA Blogosphere Star Chamber has rendered a verdict.

Coach Mike D'Antoni has been found to have faults in the areas of a) defensive emphasis and coaching b) development of bench players c)  failure to hold players accountable for lack of energy and effort all leading to d) his inability to bring a highly talented team into the NBA Finals culminating e) in a humiliating first round defeat this season.

Despite these "challenges" the collective wisdom of the (exhibit a: readers) of this site along with the self-appointed and so-called experts of the (exhibit b: NBA blogosphere ) have overwhelming voted to give Coach D'Antoni another chance.

Read on for a recap of the arguments for and against along with the specific voting results... 

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There has been a surprising amount of talk on the local radio and in the paper about the possibility of trading Steve Nash. 

The deal most mentioned would send him to Portland who could use the veteran leadership to go with their young stars. They certainly have plenty of pieces to move back.

Let me stress - this "deal" is complete and total fan generated speculation.

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Some great news at AZCentral, in my view.  The last thing you want as a fan when your team grossly underperforms is a group hug.  You want heads to roll and blood to be spilt.  I read plenty of that in this blog.  However, such a show panders to fans but solves nothing.  

Today, owner Robert Sarver, GM Steve Kerr and Coach Mike D'Antoni meet to decide the future of the way the Suns will be coached and whether D'Antoni is the right guy to lead them.   Everything is on the table.  As an Intel alum, I hope you don't mind if I break it down, Intel Engineering style.

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Its Thursday night and we should might be watching the Suns close out the Spurs in game 6. My NBA body clock has not adjusted to the new reality of being bounced in April for the first time in a long long time. 

To scratch the itch, the basketball jones if you will, I decided to break down the Spurs-Hornets series and provide our new BFF's in NO with a winning game plan against the evil empire. If we can't do it maybe they can. 

But first, three reasons why you should stop right here and go watch The Office instead of reading this:

1) The obvious - why on earth would anyone with affiliation or even passing alligence to the Phoenix Suns claim to have the answer to the Spurs. Great point. You can stop now.

2) I have only really watched the Hornets play four times this season so I don't know all that much about them. Of course they won all four of those games (against the Suns) and I have watched a lot of Spurs playoff ball for a lot of years.

3) I am just a stupid blogger and obviously anything I say, type or think should be rejected out of hand for the total blather that it obviously is.

You can read on if you want, but don't say you weren't warned.

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It’s all over and the totally awesome 2BigBaldGuys bring us this vid to close out the season…

Huge hat tip to Matt at our partner AZ Sports Hub.com

Embrace the pain Suns fans. Don't shy from it. Don't run from it. Pain reminds us that we are alive. Better to be in pain and alive then a robot .

The pain will calcify and in 20 years when your kids hate the Spurs it will be because of the last 4 years. And you were there with a front row seat.

Human history is filled with the celebration of defeat. Remember the Alamo and be prepared to burn it down even if it takes the next two generations to make it happen.

We have hashed out the evidence and now the polls are open.