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... from ten days ago, but worth a read ...
Bickley: Phoenix Suns looking for the answer after another down season
The focus is on McDonough, but I still think that the Suns are paying for their decision to ride matters out with Steve Nash and Grant Hill three years ago. What exactly were they hoping to accomplish with a thirty-eight-year old Nash and a thirty-nine-year old Hill devoid of younger stars around them, especially when Nash and Hill were set to become free agents? Oh, yeah: Nash and Hill were going to mentor the young players! Unfortunately, the only relevant young player on that team was a rookie Markieff Morris, who does not appear to have learned that much.
The Suns have now missed the playoffs five straight years and six of the last seven. From 1989-2008, a span of twenty seasons, they made the playoffs eighteen times.
Bickley: Phoenix Suns looking for the answer after another down season
The focus is on McDonough, but I still think that the Suns are paying for their decision to ride matters out with Steve Nash and Grant Hill three years ago. What exactly were they hoping to accomplish with a thirty-eight-year old Nash and a thirty-nine-year old Hill devoid of younger stars around them, especially when Nash and Hill were set to become free agents? Oh, yeah: Nash and Hill were going to mentor the young players! Unfortunately, the only relevant young player on that team was a rookie Markieff Morris, who does not appear to have learned that much.
The Suns have now missed the playoffs five straight years and six of the last seven. From 1989-2008, a span of twenty seasons, they made the playoffs eighteen times.