Nash leaves Suns game with ankle injury

[JMarkJohns]

Nash will start to breakdown pretty soon. He showed signs of that in Dallas and it is a matter of time before he gets put on the injury list. A 5 year contract is too much to ask for someone like that.

Explain how missing four games in Dallas was "showing signs"? Nash isn't breaking down, so much as suffering very commonplace NBA injuries.

If everyone that suffers a hamstring or sprained ankle is showing signs of breaking down, there might not be a player left to sign longterm...

[picnroll]

Suns did great "losing" Johnoson. You can't keep them all and you can't balme Sarver if he doesn't want to carry Dolan or Cuban's payroll unless your Marcus Bryant. They replaced Johnson with probably a more gifted player in Diaw plus picks for the future. Great moves albeit I think the Suns didn't realize what they had in Diaw. From a SPurs fans perspective at least it looks like the Hawks have a lot of talent, are playing teams tough not, so those picks may not be quite as great as it looks.

But losing key front office personell or coaches that's another story. That's dumb.

[JMarkJohns]

I don't blame Sarvar for refusing JJ's 70 million. I blame him for his lowballing techniques that alienate those whom he's negotiating with. Again, I understand wanting to keep the payroll around 55 to 65 million. I have no problem with that. What I don't like is the constant "on my terms or get the out" type of tactics that will eventually hurt the Suns, if they haven't already.

I don't think any of these losses is huge. Colangelo sucks mainly because he was a Sun. He should have been extended, but perhaps his demands were too high. Who knows. Either way, it was Sarvar's responsibility to try and show appreciation for players and personnel by offering quality contracts that are as fair to the payee as they are to the payer.

Sarvar, save for Amare and Nash, really hasn't done that. Like mentioned already, Diaw, Barbosa and D'Antoni are next.

[AZLouis]

Don't forget that one of the stories reported that D'Antoni was lowballed with the new extension he received last year.

Those "on my terms or get the out" tactics might've already hurt the team during the time leading up to the trade deadline. It seemed as if all of their focus was tuned to the possibility of BC leaving for Toronto rather than acquiring a much needed backup big man.

Hopefully though Brian Grant can return as reported he is as little as 1 week away. He could provide a good 5-15 minutes of play. And hopefully in tough situations he can play rather than the lesser experienced, almost as old Burke.

[milkyway21]

hope hes fine it wouldnt be as much fun beating suns w/o nash

if Nash won't play I'll call him "chicken"

just kiddin'