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Suns fire Porter

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3910443

 

Now, I know this isn't directly Warriors related, but the article quotes Amare as saying:

"I think Alvin is a great players' coach," Suns forward/center Amare Stoudemire said after Sunday's All-Star Game in Phoenix. "He gets along with his players well. Of course, he'll have a great game plan from a basketball standpoint. I think it will be somewhat up-tempo."

I, for one, think this pretty much means that Amare isn't getting traded. You don't hire a new coach, only to get rid of one of your stars. I assume they'll try to make it work with what they've got and make a trade only if it's an offer they can't refuse.

Although, they haven't exactly committed to a coach for the long term, so they could just say "screw this, let's get rid of Amare too!" I don't see it happening.

I think Porter was likely much of what bothered Amare in the first place with his defense first attitude and the way he molded the offense more around Shaq than Amare. He's a great player, and he's by far the youngest of their stars. He's the guy you build a team around, not Shaq, and to a lesser extent, not Nash. I think Kerr was looking at it like "Either Amare or Porter have to go. Amare doesn't fit the offense, so either he's a big trade chip or we've got to change the offense." They made it known that they'd be willing to move Amare for the right price, they didn't get a price they liked, and that made their decision. What's your take?

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