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Originally Posted by FanIn80
Technically, Diaw isn't that big of a deal when they still have Barbosa...
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One's a guard, one's a forward... so you'll have to explain that one to me.
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Originally Posted by Philly06Cup
I blame the Suns faltering on Shaq. A big lumbering guy put into a run and gun team. Doesn't fit. So now they've lost their identity. Diaw is expendable with Shaq, and Raja was unhappy, and doesn't fit in the half-court style. Richardson should help that.
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You can track it back further to the conflict between GM Steve Kerr and (former) coach Mike D'Antoni. Kerr wanted to assert himself as a new GM, and acquiring Shaq was his idea. D'Antoni was against it, but Kerr did it anyways. End result was D'Antoni's departure, and that was where they really lost their identity, as it came from D'Antoni's system.