Did Barry, Spurs Deliver Another Cheap Shot To Suns?

[polandprzem]

He basically is choosing how to end his career next season. By not playing for Steve Kerr, he is actually going to become Steve Kerr.

Without being a backstabbing, whiny .

imo he has got more than a year to play

[Agloco]

I get it


But than again.
Was Pop also complaining about Pau going to LA?

Apples and Oranges.....

[polandprzem]

Apples and Oranges.....

Is it?

[ChumpDumper]

imo he has got more than a year to play

Reduced playing time might extend his career. Big minutes on a running team (when Shaq is out, I guess) might have cut it short.

[Agloco]

Is it?

Sorry, you're right.

It's Gasols and Barrys.......

[ClingingMars]

Is it?

HOF vs bench player? why is this question even necessary?

-Mars

[timvp]

I have to hand it to Sarver. He found an overrated, whiny, soft, three-point reliant crybaby to be the general manager overseeing Mike D'Antoni. Hand meet glove.

[timvp]

[ClingingMars]

awesome photoshop job



-Mars

[Agloco]

Looks like Brent needs some sun though......

[T Park]

FTW

[Herschel Walker]

Lets see... Another overrated, whiny, backstabbing Spurs guard. When is this one's jersey retirement ceremony slated for?

[shelshor]

I'm sure it was said to Barry "When your waived, wed like you back" *wink wink*

Could there have been something? I'm sure, but to come out and whine about it because he chose another team over you is bush league and childish. I honestly though Steve Kerr was better than this.

I quit thinking that after he started whining from the broadcast booth about Duncan & Bowen stepping on the court just before Duhmare & Diaw got themselves suspended during the playoffs last season

[Holt's Cat]

So the Suns gave him a deadline and he gave them a decision. What's the problem? What move did this prevent the Suns from making?

Kerr knows the Sonics needed to waive someone prior to completing the trade.

Of course, the only reason Barry was even available was due to him being waived. Kerr didn't seem to believe that Barry was not a potential addition when he was recruiting Barry.

Kerr just needs an excuse and what better than to dip into the Stern/Spurs conspiratorial nonsense propagated by tin-foil hat wearing Suns fans?

[td4mvp21]

Lets see... Another overrated, whiny, backstabbing Spurs guard. When is this one's jersey retirement ceremony slated for?

Ouch.

[m33p0]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/dailyd...dime-080301-02

There were actually two interested teams in the Brent Barry hunt -- as much as we love Bones, not sure we can call it a full-fledged sweepstakes -- that could have claimed Barry off waivers.

Neither Phoenix nor Golden State had anywhere close to the requisite salary-cap room to absorb Barry's $5.5 million salary, but both teams possess a sizable trade exception that, according to league rules, could have been used to snag Barry before he had the right to choose his next stop after clearing waivers.

The Suns, though, are more than $3.5 million into luxury-tax territory already. Had they used their $8.1 million trade exception created last summer when Kurt Thomas was dealt to Seattle, Barry would have cost them nearly $8 million for the rest of the season in salary and tax payments. Although Barry had less than half of his salary remaining with all teams at or close to the 60-game mark, Phoenix would have been required to pay the full $5.5 million in luxury tax on Barry at season's end.

So as much as it would have loved to have him, Phoenix naturally preferred to let Barry clear waivers and then try to convince him not to return to the Spurs. Yet once Barry decided against a switch to the desert, I'd still say it makes more sense for the Suns to settle for Philadelphia's freshly waived Gordan Giricek as a minimum-salaried addition, as opposed to bringing Barry in on a high-dollar waiver claim.

Golden State, meanwhile, quietly chased Barry (and his Bay Area ties) hard and still has a $9,999,999 trade exception from its Jason Richardson trade with Charlotte on draft night. The Warriors, furthermore, are some $8.3 million under the luxury-tax threshold, meaning that they could have claimed Barry off waivers with no tax liability.

Yet it appears that the Warriors preferred to hold onto the trade exception -- which doesn't expire until four days after this June's draft -- to save it for something bigger. Which is likewise hard to argue given that many more player-acquisition possibilities present themselves closer to the draft.



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Once Barry cleared waivers, Dallas had the most to offer financially. That's because the Mavs declined to spend their $5.2 million mid-level exception last summer and still had more than $3.7 million of that amount to offer to the various buyout recipients like Barry and Sam Cassell, even though all leftover mid-level exceptions get reduced by $31,506 per day starting Jan. 10.

But NBA front-office sources say that Dallas, like Phoenix, was not prepared to make a major cash expenditure on a player who might or might not make a significant stretch-run impact.

With the Mavs believing all along that Barry was headed back to San Antonio, sources say Dallas offered him $1.5 million for the rest of this season and $1.5 million next season.

cheap shot kerr.

[xmas1997]

Really surprised at Kerr, unless his words were said sarcastically and are being taken out of context.

[2centsworth]

I'm shocked Kerr would backstab the Spurs. This guy just dropped 5 notches in my book.

[whottt]

backstabbing is only ok when Avery(retired jersey)Johnson does it

[timvp]

I don't know the difference between a coach doing his job by trying to win and a general manager backstabbing. And Steve Kerr won the 2003 championship by himself because Tim Duncan told Pop to tell Kerr to do so

[SequSpur]

ahh...to bad bonner has to sell cotton candy now...

[Que Gee]

I'd be really surprised if they weren't taken out of context. Its odd.

[ShoogarBear]

Steve Kerr vs. Brent Barry?

There hasn't been this much internal consternation in whottt's mind since David Robinson vs. Coyote.

[TampaDude]

I hope Barry hits a game-winning 3 the next time we play the Suns...

[ShoogarBear]

Personally I'm rooting for a putback by Kurt Thomas.