Great article you guys should read in full.
...The more time that passed without basketball, the more objective I feel I can be with this Phoenix Suns team. Without major change, this Suns franchise is hovering in the 30-win (in the event of an inevitable Steve Nash injury) to 40-45 win territory (even if he is "healthy") for the next couple of years. And then after that, if the front office doesn't perfectly plan the transition to the inevitable post-Nash era, we could be looking at 10-15 of years of rebuilding (eye-opening Scott Howard article) while becoming a lottery staple amongst the Clippers, Twolves, Warriors, Pistons, Kings and so many others.
Even in the near term with Nash, the likely 30-45 wins a year is the WORST place to be in the NBA. You don't get a star draft pick (yet another eye-opening Scott Howard article) and you don't make the playoffs. You just exist in limbo, signing mid-level free agents and drafting mid-level college players in hopes of getting lucky.
The Suns need young, healthy superstars around whom they can build a new winner into the future. Yet, a slow fade by Nash keeps you shopping in the dollar store...
So guys....what do we do? Nash pulls this roster to about 40-45 wins because he's still incredible, but that's maybe good enough to contend for the 8 seed, and not bad enough to get the superstar through the draft that we so desperately need.
I never thought I would say this, but I think that with the quality of the upcoming draft....this might be the year we trade Nash.
