Other thoughts on the Terry Porter hire.

I've touched on this before, but Robert Sarver really doesn't know and understand the game of basketball. The Colangelos do. Yet, Sarver found it more prudent to trust his friends (Steve Kerr) rather than a proven mastermind executive (Colangelos). Steve Kerr is now right on track and hiring his friends to the Phoenix Suns staff. He and Terry Porter played together and like each other.

Here is an analogy. Robert Sarver and Steve Kerr are to Phoenix Suns staff as Warren G. Harding was to his Presidental Cabinet. Warren G. Harding (pictured) was elected in 1920. He succeeded Woodrow Wilson, a very strict, very educated, and to the point man. Harding was a lot more easy going and, in fact, he appointed many of his friends from Ohio to his cabinet. When I ran this idea past my mom, she said, "That's what every president does." I am unsure of the validity of this statement. However, whether it be true or not, the friends that Harding appointed were not very educated. They were the guys that he played poker with every Thursday. Warren Harding's presidency went down as a failure.

That's the outcome that I expect with the Phoenix Suns. (I still feel that Mike D'Antoni's time was over when Shawn Marion was put on the street corner with a "Free of Charge" sign taped to his muscular chest. But, I must remind everybody that the downfall of the team started when Sarver bought the team.)

This link takes you to an article written by Marc Stein of ESPN. I thought of this before I read it, but Mr. Stein has more sources working for him.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=stein_marc&page=Portersuns080607


Special thanks to Janette Kasl.