[Akileese]

Look, a coach and GM should NEVER have the same job. It's too much work. You think for a second that Kerr will do ANYTHING without D'Antoni's consent? Of course not. It's merely a formality to take a little bit of the load off of Mike D'Antoni. Being a GM is a full time job and a coach may actually be more work. Imagine doing both at once?

As for Marion. He makes pretty decent money as it is and I'm fairly sure he'll be dealt in a mega deal. The Suns NEED a big trade. They need one more big move to take them to the next level I agree with Bill Simmons that trading Amare for Garnett and probably throwing in Marion and some other players on both sides would make sense. While I love Amare, his defense keeps getting worse and worse and it's unlikely he'll improve. Garnett is just as productive and honestly, I think it's worth selling a few years off your future to get a guy who can almost hand you the 07/08 NBA Championship.

I'm sure plenty of people will throw a fit and say that I am insane and that's fine. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. But before you dismiss that idea, just remember how much Tim Duncan KILLED you guys in that series. Sure you got screwed with suspensions, but you probably wouldn't of won anyways. The pace would of caught up with you guys and Duncan would of killed you even more with monster games in 6 and 7. So please, just think hard about before saying I'm a retard and that trading a guy who's 25 for a guy who's 31. But if you look at their comparative numbers, Garnett is better across the board except for FG percentage (not fair since KG is a number one option with no point guard so he is always double and triple team as opposed to Amare who has the best PG of the past two decades and he plays with 3-4 options at any time).

I think it would be a smart trade if you could somehow convince then to part with KG. I feel Minnesota owes it to him to trade him to a real contender, but I doubt they will. But if you offered them Marion, Amare, and other stuff to balance out the cap issues, I think Minnesota would be stupid not to jump at that deal.