Suns second oldest team in the league.

[yeahone]

they are certainly looking that way tonight :p: it makes for interesting games when they meet the spurs no defense and low post defender...timmmyyyyyyy manu and parker gonna put up camp in the post....

[JMarkJohns]

That's what happens when you keep one of six first-round draft picks over a four-year stretch. I mean, let's take a look at some of the talent they passed on: 2004 (#7 overall) - Luel Deng, Andre Iguodala... 2005 (#21 overall) - David Lee, Jarrett Jack, Ronny Turiaf... 2006 (#21 and #27 overall) - Marcus Williams, Rajon Rondo, Josh Boone, Kyle Lowry, Jordan Farmar, Daniel Gibson, Paul Millsap... 2007 (#24 overall) - Morris Almond, Aaron Brooks, Tiago Splitter.

I mean, conceivably they could have pulled down Deng, Williams, Millsap, Splitter and Tucker and had a great, great core of young talent to add to the youthful Amare, Diaw, Barbosa for the future.

BUT NOOOOOOOO!!! Overpaying for scrubs like Marcus Banks, Eric Piatkowski, Brian Grant and Sean Marks was well worth trading all those picks.

[Mr. Body]

That's what happens when you keep one of six first-round draft picks over a four-year stretch. I mean, let's take a look at some of the talent they passed on: 2004 (#7 overall) - Luel Deng, Andre Iguodala... 2005 (#21 overall) - David Lee, Jarrett Jack, Ronny Turiaf... 2006 (#21 and #27 overall) - Marcus Williams, Rajon Rondo, Josh Boone, Kyle Lowry, Jordan Farmar, Daniel Gibson, Paul Millsap... 2007 (#24 overall) - Morris Almond, Aaron Brooks, Tiago Splitter.

I mean, conceivably they could have pulled down Deng, Williams, Millsap, Splitter and Tucker and had a great, great core of young talent to add to the youthful Amare, Diaw, Barbosa for the future.

BUT NOOOOOOOO!!! Overpaying for scrubs like Marcus Banks, Eric Piatkowski, Brian Grant and Sean Marks was well worth trading all those picks.

Some really questionable drafting moves. Or non-draftnig, as the case may be, added to questionable signings. Giving Marion, a fantasy stud, a franchise-type salary was wasteful, as was overpaying Diaw.

Add that to an untenable basketball philosophy (little defense, all offense predicated on one player), and it's bound to come to lackluster ends.