Suns glad Porter and Shaq are gone

Mr. Sun · Post #1 » by **Mr. Sun** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 5:50 am

Some Suns found Terry Porter hard to follow as their coach and Shaquille O'Neal difficult to have around as a teammate last season.

Both are gone, moved out by the Suns' volition. Happiness moved into the vacancy.

Removed from the dread of being labeled underachievers and playing an unfamiliar style, the Suns' spirits took off Monday with their charter flight to San Diego for the start of a six-day training camp Tuesday.

The biggest off-season change to the Suns was an attitude makeover. The Suns are excited about the season, as shown by nine players arriving in August for informal workouts and players recently going bowling together and joining Amaré Stoudemire in his suite at Sunday's Cardinals game.

"Joyous," Suns guard Steve Nash said to a question about how he felt. The inquiry was meant to probe his health but his emotional response is indicative of the team's lighter air.

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/ar ... a0929.html

-SDU- · Post #2 » by **-SDU-** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 6:17 am

awesome to hear - chemistry is so vital

WTFsunsFTW · Post #3 » by **WTFsunsFTW** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:02 am

• Stoudemire is on the fifth representation team of his career, dropping Charles Grantham as his agent after a year and hiring Happy Walters.

He changed reps AGAIN!!!

Amare, my offer from last year is still standing, you know my number.

Post #4 » by **rsavaj** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:09 am

What's up w/ Amare changing management teams every year...it's beginning to freak me out a little.

Mr. Sun · Post #5 » by **Mr. Sun** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:49 am

rsavaj wrote:What's up w/ Amare changing management teams every year...it's beginning to freak me out a little.

Prolly pouting he hasn't been extended yet for max money.

MaryvalesFinest · Post #6 » by **MaryvalesFinest** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 8:13 am

Porter would make a good coach, if he coached a basketball team in the armed services that is. He's to tough a guy to coach a bunch of primadonas. Nothing wrong with his coaching skills, he was just to bluecollar of a coach.

As for Shaq, I understand why they did it considering 95% of the Suns players play the opposite style as Shaq and they save money. Could have waited a bit longer to see if a better deal was out but if it's true about trying to trade Shaq last Feb they probably had to trade him or both sides would have been distracted.

aIvin adams · Post #7 » by **aIvin adams** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 11:58 pm

rsavaj wrote:What's up w/ Amare changing management teams every year...it's beginning to freak me out a little.

amare should be the star of a best-selling comic book, the model for a best-selling action figure, and the spokesperson for the most expensive cologne in the world.

im glad he is trying to find the right colonels for army amare

lol@nash's answer "joyous."