Sarver certainly was a big reason but after trading the 7th pick in 2004 they then signed Quinton Richardson for the same money it would have cost them to sign the pick. They could have had Luol Deng or Igoudala.
That wasn't so much a money issue since they wasted the money on a useless Richardson right after trading the pick.
The Johnson debacle was handled terribly and the "return" they got in the sign and trade was pathetic.
Coangelo gave out some bad contracts to guys like Diaw and Banks which stopped them from signing anyone decent and getting guys to come play with Steve Nash would have been very easy.
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