Should Robert Sarver just give up the Suns
January 26th, 2012 Posted in NBA bettingDoes anyone else notice that a team once top of the West is not even in playoff contention.
From losing Joe Johnson to Shawn Marion to Amar’e Stoudemire. Their roster just gets more and more bland as seasons go. The only guy that has been around is Steve Nash. Robert Sarver doesn’t seem to do anything about this either.
management says they will make a splash in 2012 FA, but who the hell will there be to sign?! Westbrook signed an extension, Kevin Love will stay with T-wolves. And i’d bet Dwight Howard will get traded and sign with whatever team he gets traded to.
It hurts to see that a team that was going to Conference Finals almost every season is not even in the playoffs anymore. You honestly have to TRY to screw up a team that bad.
Poor Nash is pretty much getting his career finished for him. He still has some in him. He had 17 pts 11 assists and 7 reb today against the Raptors.
Can someone tell Sarver he is the worst owner in the NBA atm. YES WORST THEN DAN GILBERT. Just leave Sarver, all us Suns fans hate you.
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In the 7 years before Sarver bought the team, the Suns were 307-235, with 1 playoff series win. In the 7 years since he bought the team, the Suns are 372-202, with 7 playoff series wins.
He lost Joe Johnson because he didn’t want to give 12 mil a year to his team’s 4th best player. He lost Shawn Marion because his production had slipped and he was no longer worth the 16 mil a year he was making. He lost Amar’e Stoudemire because he didn’t want to give 100 mil to a 28 year old with a history of knee problems.
And looking back at those moves from an owners perspective.. Joe Johnson is always mentioned as one of the most overpaid players in the league, Shawn Marion saw his production slip much further in the years immediately following his trade from Phoenix, and Amar’e is having the worst year of his career in just year 2 of a 5 year contract. None of those moves have been terribly bad for the Suns (although Shaq didn’t work out).
And with these current Suns, they have 23 year old Markieff Morris, 26 year olds Jared Dudley and Shannon Brown, 27 year old Marcin Gortat, and 28 year old Channing Frye. They are only 1 great player from being a 50 win team, and with a likely high draft pick in a talent rich draft class, it could easily happen.
