GM Kerr goes from idiot to genius in Phoenix

PHOENIX (AP)—Not long ago, Steve Kerr would spend sleepless nights recalling how great that NBA analyst job was at TNT.A journey is not a trip
Phoenix Suns fans vilified him as a general manager without a clue, a man who had ruined the franchise.“There were many nights where I thought ‘Man, I should have just sat there with a microphone in my hand,”’ he said. “`It was a much better life.”’Not that Kerr blamed the fans.I deserved the criticism,” he said. “You kind of have to know what you’re getting into in this business, and I didn’t do a very good job last year.”a process of self-discovery
Fast-forward to Wednesday as Kerr watched the Suns practice in preparation for the Western Conference finals against the reigning NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers.“This is exactly what I envisioned,” he said. “We just took a strange route to get here.”face to face with ourselves

Kerr had no front office experience when Suns owner Robert Sarver named him general manager in June 2007. He had spent the previous four years as color commentator for NBA games on TNT. But he did have 15 years in the NBA, five with championship teams, after a standout career at the University of Arizona.He became unpopular in a hurry when he traded Kurt Thomas(notes) to Seattle in a deal to dump salary.only the world
“The first trade I made was to give up two first-round picks and our best interior defender for nothing,” Kerr said in an interview with The Associated Press. “I had people say `Well, why would you do that. That’s not a very good trade.’ I’m sitting there going `Do you think I wanted to do that?”’The team’s payroll, he said, “had gotten out of hand and we made a couple of bad decisions and I had to clean that up. That’s no fun.”Then-coach Mike D’Antoni had doubled as general manager before Kerr was hired, and theirs was a sometimes uneasy relationship. The high-octane team that D’Antoni had coached with such Obey your thirst
success was running on empty and the result was the stunning midseason trade that brought Shaquille O’Neal(notes) from Miami.San Antonio beat Shaq and the Suns in five games in the first round of the playoffs.http://foros.argentina.co.il
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