Crazy NBA

So, my playoff brackets got pretty busted. For those of you who don't know, the Lakers beat the Celtics in the Finals. Bottom line on that is the Celtics played awful basketball in Games 6 and 7.

Steve Kerr and David Griffin are both leaving the Phoenix Suns at the end of the month. David Griffin has been a mainstay in the organization for over 12 years. He was Kerr's right-hand man. Kerr wanted a raise given to the grunts of the organization because they deserve it and the team got $10 million unexpected from the playoffs.

J.A. Adande, who has many more sources than I do, put it this way in his recent column:

"Kerr wanted a little raise, Sarver wanted him to take a pay cut," one source said. "There's no other way to spin it."

Well, a second source indicated it wasn't as simple as a money grab by Kerr. He wanted more money for the coaching staff, video crew, front-office secretaries -- all the people who helped produce this unexpected trip to the conference finals that yielded more than $10 million in extra revenue from eight home playoff games. Except when Kerr went to bat with Sarver, "The guy just bludgeoned Steve," the second source said.

So Kerr's out. Stoudemire's next.

"Amare's done," according to the source. "He's gone."


So, anyway, my main point is that starting in April 2008 I was hinting that Sarver is the worst. As late as May 2008, I was blatantly saying Sarver is the reason the Suns won't win a championship.

I like Doug Franz's idea. If every Doug and Wolf listener chipped in $10, we could buy the Phoenix Suns. I know I'd be more than willing to make that the best $10 investment of my life as long as I received recognition for being the first one to be right on this subject.