04-02-25 - John Is Officially Done w/The Suns This Season And Possibly Next If Things Don't Change

Summary

Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona
Episode: 04-02-25 - John Is Officially Done w/The Suns This Season And Possibly Next If Things Don't Change
Host/Author: John Holmberg, with Brady Bogen, Bret Vesely, and Dick Toledo
Release Date: April 2, 2025

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1. Introduction: Breaking Ties with the Phoenix Suns

In this emotionally charged episode, John Holmberg announces his decision to sever ties with the Phoenix Suns, both for the remainder of the current season and potentially the next, should significant changes not occur within the organization.

John Holmberg (04:24): "I have watched my last minute of Suns basketball this year because they might as well play defense with their arms folded."

2. Critique of the Suns' Performance

Holmberg delves deep into the Suns' disappointing performance, highlighting the team's lackluster defense and overall gameplay.

John Holmberg (09:17): "The Sons are 13 max. $409 million, and they're raising ticket prices and they're losing like crazy and they're not even trying."

He emphasizes the team's defensive shortcomings, comparing their in-game behavior to unresponsive characters.

John Holmberg (16:53): "They're horrible. So I will give those tickets away. I'm announcing it right here. I'm not going to watch another minute."

3. Dissatisfaction with Management and Coaching Staff

A significant portion of the discussion centers around the Suns' management and coaching decisions. Holmberg expresses frustration with the lack of accountability among the coaching staff and front office.

John Holmberg (02:45): "I hope everyone on the team is fired from head coach, general manager, all the assistant coaches."

He further criticizes specific individuals, suggesting that the same ineffective staff has been retained despite poor results.

John Holmberg (07:04): "All the assistant coaches are the same ones that have been there for the last few years anyway."

4. Season Tickets and Ticket Giveaway

In a bold move, Holmberg announces his intention to stop purchasing season tickets and instead give them away, either to fans or as a gesture of protest against the team's management.

John Holmberg (05:30): "I will make a $100 donation to the Humane Society or dog support program for the pair... instead, we'll just give them away."

The discussion includes banter about the logistics of giving away tickets and the challenges associated with it.

John Holmberg (17:58): "I'll do it. Well, not... I think it's going to take more than one. Don't we have the highest payroll in the league?"

5. Suggestions for Team Improvement and Future Management

Holmberg doesn't stop at criticism; he offers suggestions for how the Suns can turn things around. He proposes bringing in experienced figures from the basketball world to rejuvenate the team.

John Holmberg (08:46): "Chris Paul would be an outstanding general manager. Just the way he ran the court."

He contrasts this with the current management, advocating for a complete overhaul to foster real change.

John Holmberg (10:30): "They should be ashamed of themselves for what they did. Every one of those players should be ashamed of themselves."

6. Conclusion: A Call to Action for Fans

Wrapping up the episode, Holmberg calls on fans to take a stand, either by boycotting games or challenging the team's management to make necessary changes.

John Holmberg (21:42): "Screw them. They don't deserve any more of our money or time."

He encourages listeners to support his efforts in holding the Suns accountable, emphasizing that true loyalty should reflect in actions, not just words.

John Holmberg (17:50): "Gotta take care of my family. Okay, Gotcha. I'm not gonna sign up until you guys are winners."

Notable Quotes

• John Holmberg (04:24): "I have watched my last minute of Suns basketball this year because they might as well play defense with their arms folded."

• John Holmberg (09:17): "The Sons are 13 max. $409 million, and they're raising ticket prices and they're losing like crazy and they're not even trying."

• John Holmberg (08:46): "Chris Paul would be an outstanding general manager. Just the way he ran the court."

• John Holmberg (21:42): "Screw them. They don't deserve any more of our money or time."

Final Thoughts

This episode of Holmberg's Morning Sickness - Arizona serves as a passionate critique of the Phoenix Suns' current trajectory. John Holmberg, supported by his co-hosts, lays bare the frustrations of a dedicated fan base witnessing their beloved team struggle both on and off the court. Through candid discussions and bold decisions, Holmberg not only voices his discontent but also calls for tangible changes, urging both the team management and fellow fans to reflect and act towards improvement.

For listeners who haven't tuned in, this episode offers a raw and honest perspective on sports fandom, team management accountability, and the lengths a fan will go to stand by their beliefs.

Transcript

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[Dick Toledo]

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[Unknown]

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[Dick Toledo]

You thought that was funny?

[Unknown]

You were laughing like a hyena when he said it. What the hell is wrong with you? Wednesday might rain later today. By the way. You got that going for you as the storm rolls in. And then one week from Friday, 102 degrees. Off we go. Yeah, it'll ebb and flow. Come on. We we know. And also, one week from Friday, it will all be over. It will all be over. I believe one week from Friday is the 11th of April and we can finally bury this Phoenix Suns team. The season ends home game against the Spurs. There's only three more home games, Golden State, Oklahoma City and the spurs. And I am not going to any of them. I will now make the proclamation that I have watched my last minute of Suns basketball this year because they might as well play defense with their arms folded. I told Kevin Ray last night as we were talking after the Suns lost the Bucks. I hope everyone on the team is fired from head coach, general manager, all the assistant coaches. And by the way, that's Kind of a thing no one talks about with that team. All the assistant coaches are the same ones that have been there for the last few years anyway. Fizdale. And all the dudes that have been. There's a couple other additions, but these guys are, you know, just new head coaches, same old staff, same results. This is an embarrassment, a $408 million a year embarrassment. And everyone needs to go. And I even told Kevin Ray last night. Good friend. I think the world of the Voice. I hope he and Eddie get fired as well. I don't think anybody needs to see this anymore. I think it's time we just started over. Yeah, Kevin's gotta go. I love him. I don't want him to move out of town, but I mean, it's time Kevin went and broadcast some real stuff. I'm just glad Al McCoy's dead. That's the first time I thought. I'm just glad he wasn't here to see this. Yeah, what a show. Put him in the deep freeze, I think. Kevin. I'm glad. I hope Kevin and Eddie are fired. I hope Chambers and Leander are fired. And I think the world of all those guys. I hope they. That our friend Sherry over there at the Dos Equis bar. I hope she's fired. Everybody on staff, bartending, serving the Splanado people, just a whole arena is let go.

Rah, rah room.

Fire them all. Burn that to the ground. I'm never going there again. That's just nothing but money out the door.

[Dick Toledo]

Really. Off season, you don't go there.

[Unknown]

Never again. Shots in the bathroom, shots outside of the bathroom, shots everywhere. It's too expensive. It's just money out the door. You go in there, there's drinks in there. People are drinking everywhere, not doing it. It's not enough fun to continue the misery. And no, the food is good. It's not good enough. I go to another restaurant before on the off season, driving down there for that. It would be a blast if the Suns were trying. But I'm the only one trying around here. I'm showing up, I'm enjoying myself, taking people to games, popping in, couple of drinks, shaking hands, meeting people, hobnobbin. I have been responsible for several business deals. I didn't even get paid for introducing this guy to that guy and that guy to this guy Antony. My friend down there, I met at the Rahra Room, Anthony. Doing business now with Shane over at Life Changer Loan. I got those two connected. I got Doug Hopkins down there a couple times. He's making deals Everybody's making deals but Johnny. And I'm just sitting back smiling, having time of my life. And all I ask is the Sons put out an effort.

[Larry McFeely]

And they're not.

[Unknown]

So here's my. Here's what I'm telling you. I got the Oklahoma City, and they're here on April 9th, next Wednesday. That's with club passes underneath. You get the food and drink, not the Rah Rah room. Not gonna throw you in that. Don't. I'm giving those away on the air sometime before next Wednesday. And then Friday's the death knell, when we finally drive the knife in and twist it of San Antonio spurs will be here.

Third game. Who's the third game?

The third one is Golden State.

Oh, okay.

You're gonna go to that one?

No. Oh, Jennifer downstairs bought those. Oh, I'm giving the other two away. I'm done.

There you go.

You want them? You want to give them to me? What'd you say? Here you go.

I go.

There you go.

Oh, I thought you said here you go. Are you giving me something? Is it illegal for me to ask for something in return? Like, what can you offer? Because I put. I put them up.

[Larry McFeely]

Be classy, at least, you know, like, if you. If you hook somebody up, they gotta hook you up.

[Unknown]

Yeah, that's fair.

[Larry McFeely]

Be classy.

[Unknown]

I agree in kind of is what they call it.

But I can't sell them on Ticketmaster because. Well, you can, but it just gets embarrassing. It's just sad.

Oh, because nobody's gonna pay what they're worth.

Yeah, well, they'll pay what they're worth, but, you know, charity.

For charity.

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. But that's embarrassing, too, because the Sons won't raise any money for charity. It's terrible. They're just awful. That's an awful product. All must go. I don't want to hear anybody talking about Devin. Booker's gotta stay. We love. He's the face of the franchise. Well, what. What's the face of that franchise gotten you? Bupkis. So the face of the franchise. Gone. K Ray, Eddie Johnson. Ask me, it's the best tandem in the business. I watch a lot of basketball. These two guys are great. Let them go. Broadcast games of teams that care. There's gotta be somebody out there that'll take Kevin and Eddie got to Tom Chambers. He needs to go up to Utah, Montana and just enjoy his time on the ranch. Leander, you'll find something. The radio guys. I don't know who you are. You're done. Vince. Vince Morata. Mr. Grayson Allen. One, two, three. Fired. Everybody's got to go. I don't want to hear or see the same people.

Still got the Cowboys out.

Yeah, he can have the Cowboys. That's what I told him. Like, is there a franchise that you broadcast for that isn't struggling?

[Larry McFeely]

Oh, he's the Mush.

[Dick Toledo]

Oh, he might be. Although you can't blame 30 years of.

[Unknown]

The Cowboy struggles on him.

You kind of can.

Yeah.

[Larry McFeely]

How long has he been there?

[Unknown]

30 years.

He hasn't been there?

No, he's been there for a while. But I'm just saying, you know, K Ray, the mush. K Ray might be a little bit of a cooler, I think. I think he's great.

Or bring back spicy Cunningham. Maybe she's the glue that held it all together.

Was she? Because they weren't winning with her either.

No, I thought they were winning earlier.

Now, while we're at it, fire all them. Mercury too. While we're at it, let's get rid of them too. They're too close to them. Too close to the product. It's just embarrassment.

Send them to. Does Utah have a WNBA team?

No. Who cares? Send them up there. The. The. The Lady Mammoths or whatever. I don't know what they're called.

The Lady Jazz.

I know that's the new. The hockey team name. The Mammoth.

Might be time to bring down ice cubes. Three on three.

Utah Hockey Club.

No, they just. They finally finalized the name something. Utah Mammoth.

Cuz I kind of like their jersey. Utah Hockey Club.

This is Utah. Okay, I gotcha. But yes, I think that's. I think it's pretty much finalists. It's the Mammoth or something like that.

Because there was That. I think it was Colorado when Larry was doing the. That's got a sting.

Yeah. That was the soccer.

No, but they had a team that was the Mammoth.

That might be it. They had the Utah Mammoth. Was the lacrosse.

[Dick Toledo]

I don't think it was Utah.

[Unknown]

I think it was Colorado.

Okay. Man. We had the Sting.

Yeah.

They had the Mammoth. That went away because it was an embarrassment. As are the Suns. Ishbia. I'm mad at you, raising prices and all that, but I'll get. You know, I'll figure it out with these tickets. I don't know if it's.

[Dick Toledo]

You don't have any hope that Ishba.

[Unknown]

Is going to turn this around. Like something's going to come out.

He's got one off season.

I'll do it.

Well, not. I think it's going to take more than one. Don't we have the highest payroll in the league?

Yeah, they got to get rid of all of it. $408 million, second highest payroll in American sports. To who? The Dodgers?

Oh, yeah, duh.

[Larry McFeely]

And how many. How many guys are on that team compared? I mean, if you do 12 players. That's what I'm saying.

[Unknown]

Yeah. And you got 25 on a baseball.

Team plus 40 man roster gets part of all that salary.

Oh, do they? I don't know that. But still, the sons are 13 max. $409 million, and they're raising ticket prices and they're losing like crazy and they're not even trying.

So get rid of everybody but Bol.

[Dick Toledo]

Bowl, he's your favorite.

[Unknown]

Oh, no. Get rid of all of them. All of them. Yeah, Send Bobo home. Come on. I know he's American. You're the racist because he lives in Massachusetts, you son of a bitch. I know. And I said send him home. And you went, oh, come on, racist. But by the way, send him there to get rid of everybody. Exile. But awful. It's just awful. So I'll give the. I'll give the. I'll give the tickets. Who is the better product currently? The Suns or the wnba? I mean, come on. It's the. One of them's worth watching. The other one's a bunch of women playing basketball. That's weird.

That's easy.

That's really easy. I'd rather watch the Wizards play. They need to doge that team. They lost a game 162 to 108 the other night. You think there's some money being wasted in Washington D.C. i look directly at their basketball team. Wow. I don't even know how you can pay for that.

That was the real score anyway.

Yeah, I want to go to. I want to go to Mr. Ishbia and tell him I think I should be in charge of something because I've paid for it. Me and my. My buddy Anthony and Hopkins. Hopkins throw more money than anybody at this thing. He's been like four games this year. He hates this team. They've built a team we hate. So I'll give those tickets away, but I don't know if I'm allowed to do that or if we'll just give it away. Not yet. But if you have something to offer for those tickets, the club pass ones are real good. And Oklahoma City's the best team in the west. I don't know that they're going to be playing anybody. They got nothing to lose. Two days before the season ends. So I get, you know, could be scrub fest. It's going to be scrub fest. Why would you. Why would SGA play in that game at all? Why would the MVP come out here and play in that game at all? It's garbage. And they should be ashamed of themselves for what they did. Every one of those players should be ashamed of themselves.

[Larry McFeely]

Money out the door, huh? His nose is showing now.

[Unknown]

Look, I don't. You don't have to be me and my people and I'm not that. To. To know that 408 million and I mean for. For 37 wins isn't of value. So I'm. I've watched my last son's basket this year and I'm not going into that arena and putting another penny into that thing till Ishbia shows me. I'm canceling. Everything changes. It's all over. My relationship is over. Players always want to say that, too. It's a business. It's a business. Gotta mind my own. Gotta take care of my own. Me too. Don't play on my loyalties. When you're. When you're doing all business work over there, I gotta take care of my business. Okay, well, when a fan says it, you say we're not loyal or you don't stick with us through hard times. Only loyal fans. You're fair weather. Like, no, no, no, no, no, no. It's a business and business is bad. I got a brace for tariffs. I'm not going into that arena one more time this year at all. Screw them.

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They already got my money for the tickets. I'm not getting any more now. Does anybody have anything to give me.

Re ups for next year?

Year? Kevin Ray and I have an agreement next year with some tickets. We've cheapened ourselves up pretty good. We got good seats, but we teamed up, knocked it out.

But if he's not going to be.

There, if he gets fired, we're all out. And I'm fine with that. No, no, we're out. We'll all be. They're all gone. Munich, it's all. They're all gone. Yeah, but I want Kevin fired. I want everyone fired. Everyone deserves to be fired. And then you have to sing for your supper. You got to go back in there and audition for the job and start all over. I would. I would be part of that. I'll be ishb as Elon Musk. I'm dojing the whole thing. And then we'll. We'll work on getting it all back together my way. If Kevin wants to come audition for the job, he's got to tell me why. He's not the jinx. Johnny. We're friends. I mean, I don't understand. Tell me why you didn't do this. The two things that I've associated with the Suns for the last few years is you and losing. So let's get on this. How are you not responsible and the Cowboys too? I mean, not making a good case for himself. He's damn good at what he does, but he can do that anywhere. Back up to there's an opening in Flagstaff for a radio sports guy.

Could you imagine if you do shit and you're like, k Ray, Sorry, I'm going with Dale.

Yeah, Hella stray. Yep. I'll put hell astray and me on there to do the games. At least it'll be entertaining and we'll talk about stuff that's not basketball. When they're down 35 at home, when they.

When you clean house, can you bring Kevin Ray in here? Like Wednesdays?

Kevin can have my job if I take.

Oh, like your job.

I'll doge that. Doge the whole goddamn thing. It's a mess anyway. So I will give those tickets away. So be ready. People are already emailing, going, I'll take your tickets. I'll take it. And that's Fine. I just. He said let me get those tickets and I'll give you a tour of Maryvale. It'll be better than the Dolly steamboat. I promise. Signed President John. I'm not going to Maryvale and you're Impala tooling around those mean streets. No. I don't know. I don't even know what I would offer anybody. Like. I wouldn't. I don't want to make anybody pay for this. I feel terrible. We'll give them away. What we got.

John. I will make a $100 donation to the Humane Society or dog support program for the pair.

For a pair of tickets. 100 bucks upper decker. You're out of your mind.

That's a start.

You'd rather give them away? Yeah.

Is that the opening bid?

That's the opening bid.

You better go sell some plasma. Corey. That's a nice thing. And you know what? Who knows? Maybe that's all they'd go for. I don't know. I think I'd rather just give them away rather than take money.

John. I got myself four or four tickets. He says maybe he does have four pair of you fest tickets. Gladly trade for those sons tickets you have.

I don't know.

[Larry McFeely]

I think you can get those.

[Unknown]

What are you offering?

Yeah. But you know what? That's a cruddy offer because it's a. I'm not offering a great prize.

Boy. You're not kidding about defense. How many teams have set their record shooting percentages against this team?

Literally. It would be a better defensive thing if they stood there. The waste. Remember when Sonic the Hedgehog would get mad at you and he'd stand there when you're not playing. He'd tap his toe and cross his arms. That's the Sun's defense. They're horrible. So I will give those tickets away. I'm announcing it right here. I'm not going to watch another minute. And I. I need to start this trend for sports fans to stop. And I've been guilty of this. To stop telling other sports fans they're not loyal when they don't support a team. That's bad. That used to be the case when the team was all the same guys and they weren't sitting there telling you how much of a business this is for them and their lives are. I get it. Go to take care of my own. I hear that all the time. Every especially free agency and football. Gotta make sure it's right for me. Make sure it's right for me. My money.

[Larry McFeely]

Gotta take care of my family.

[Unknown]

I'm gonna take my family. Okay, Gotcha. I'm not gonna sign up until you guys are winners. Oh, that's fair weather stuff. And I'm like, yeah, so are you.

I'm calling BS on this. The guy with the Rah Rah room membership is giving away a pair of tickets to the unwashed. Not happening.

It's. Mark my words.

[Larry McFeely]

He don't care. He won't be in there.

[Unknown]

April two. 225.

[Dick Toledo]

Going to.

[Larry McFeely]

That's what I'm saying.

[Unknown]

Going to any. I'm not going back in that arena at all. 0. Some chance you'll see me in there again after last night's game. Not giving another penny to that place. Now, if you want to buy me something and say we'll go to the Rah Rah Reminis on you, I'll pop it. No, I probably. No, I won't. I'm taking a stand.

No, John, I will give you a personal tour of the Blade.

I can do that on my own. I've been on a ride along anyway. Yeah, it's just. It's. It's atrocious. It's an absolute mess. And they don't deserve any more of our money or time. I would like to say I would start a son's boycott and try to go empty the arena. See if we can get like a zero crowd. Like a Covid crowd. Let's Covid PHX arena for a couple of games and show them that this is an unacceptable thing. And we're. We're not inter. We're. We're not interested in what you've got to offer. Just because you say you're a good. You're not.

What do you think chances of that happening?

Zero. Too many dummies will go there.

Season tickets. Your Rah Rah room. H. H Ranch. A lot of money.

It's a lot of dough. I've thrown at that. Now, the H and H Ranch was a personal thing that Sons don't see any of that part of that. It's a fun party. It is.

Blade guy has a counteroffer. Okay. Personal tour of the Blade and I'll buy you a hooker.

This is not good.

No, it's going the wrong way.

No. Yeah, this is. This. No.

Anyway, I will play gay chicken with Brady for the pair of those tickets.

I don't know what that means, but, yeah, you can have them. Come show Brady what that is. Gay chicken. I think that's when you guys just whip it out and run towards each other and see who moves.

John. Since I know you need one. I've got an arb off road jack I'll give for those tickets.

It's a high lift. I have one of those. You do? Yeah.

I thought you said you didn't.

I used to not.

[Larry McFeely]

He bought one after.

[Unknown]

After when you. When you need one and you don't have one, you quickly buy one. You end up with one within a day of that. No, we're good there. Well, I'll figure something out. But we'll just. Probably just end up giving them away because I'd feel guilty taking anything by handing you your experience. This handful of that I'm about to give you.

And it's against the Thunder.

You said the Thunder is the best. But again, Thunder, G League. They're not going to be playing anybody. They're. They're resting everybody, huh?

I guess they would be. With the second to last game of.

The season, they've been the number one seed in the West. They're not losing that and they haven't for a month. They're not playing anybody two days before against this cruddy Suns team. So screw it. I can't. You know what? I can't in good faith take money from any of you or any belongings from you when I'm handing you. You know, when you Oliver Twist your bowl out and I just fill it with diarrhea. There's no way I could possibly ask for something. So we'll just give those tickets away if you. They're good seats, but that's enough. Screw the Suns, I say.

What do you. What do you tell your guy? Oh, is he already called to re up next year?

Your Dylan guy? Yeah, I already. I already bounced him. I like Dylan a lot, but I moved over to Kevin Ray, his section. He gets tickets and we're buying tickets together with another guy. Oh, so it's. It's a third of the price.

Wait, you just said you're out, but you've already bought in for next season.

For next season. Season tickets. I'm not going to see him again this year. And I will cancel that if they don't do anything exciting. But this. Everybody's got to get fired.

You get your money back if you do that. I thought you had to put money.

I don't care. I'm not getting my money back for any of what I just did.

True.

And I deserve my money back more for that than I do next year. At least Hope lives next year anyway. Sorry, venting. Screw them.

They apparently have a lot of people that are with you.

Oh, yeah.

Took you long enough.

He's not wrong. Not wrong. Not enjoying myself at all doing this stuff. It's 859. It's a business. Gotta look out for my own. Let's go to the Boom Boom Room first. I don't think the Boom Boom Room is the one you want to end up at before the game. After maybe.

How about this one, John? I will give you a personal tour of the entire process of how your dog poop in the recycle bin gets processed, including the person that has to sort it.

Nobody's sorting it. Don't lie. There's nobody at the sort. There's no sorting bin for a city forever. A city of 5 million people doesn't have one, dude. Just sorting through. Like Lucy with the chocolates.

John, turn off Brady's mic for a second.

Okay.

I have a half eaten Del Taco for this ticket.

I still can't take that from you. That's too high a price for these cruddy tickets. Great seats, terrible product.

Where's the DUI bike? Guy was.

[Dick Toledo]

I thought he was involved in this.

[Unknown]

There's a few of those. It's nine o' clock on the dot. There you go. My son's tickets will be given away. Remind me of this sometime before the game. Obviously we'll figure out a way to do it, but I can't. I thought about it, like, maybe we could do a trade for charity. I'm like, that's not gonna raise a penny. Just give them away. The charity is somebody who doesn't normally get to sit in good seats and go to the club. Gets to go.

If you got a Doors box set.

Yeah, I would actually rather listen to the Doors than watch the Suns right now. I'd rather fellate 3:11 and go to another son's game. Chia Chia. Come on.

Now. Turn off Brett's headphones. This guy says nope.

Sorry, that's you, John.

I will run down South Central screaming the N word for this.

No. Yeah, it's not a thing. You go ahead and do that guy. Give it to that guy. Yeah, that's prize worthy, I think it is. Oh, here. Congrats, hero. Here, you deserve something for that. You deserve the beat down you're about to get anyway. Yeah, I'll give them away next week. I'm not gonna do. I'm not doing this. And I'm getting all friends. Like, give them to me. Like, nope, nope, I'm not doing it. Hbo, you got a lot of work to do to prove you're not Daniel Snyder, which we're getting awfully close to Daniel Snyder. Here's my prediction. New owner, lot of money. This is his toy. He's done a pretty decent job taking swings. I still don't think he's done a bad job making the moves he made. Just the guys didn't play, they didn't mesh. Nothing happened. Bad coaching, bad everything. It's all got to go. So you blow it up. Most of the time, a new owner's next move is to bring in an old sage, a Phil Jackson type, somebody that makes the fans go, oh, but he's way past his prime. You try to hit that Pat Riley jackpot, put him in his gm. What they need to do if they really wanted to listen to a smart guy, call Chris Paul and say, your career's over. We both know it. You want to be the general manager of the Suns, I'm going to let you do it because that's a no nonsense basketball mind. You hire a guy that makes sure the money part's good because you don't really care about that. And you put Chris Paul in charge of a basketball team and say, build what you've always wanted. Give me what you've always wanted. Get rid of all these guys, get back what you know is fair and build what you've always wanted. And Chris Paul would be an outstanding general manager. I can tell that. Just the way he ran the court. Now, whether he wants to do that or not is different, but that's the type of guy I'd bring in. But they're going to bring in like a guy who worked with Phil Jackson or somebody who knows Pat Riley. It's going to be a mess. So he is drastically close to falling into that oh category of owner or at first we're all excited and he's not a bad. I don't think he's like Robert Sarver dumb. I think he's. He tried too hard, swung too hard at the first pitch and it took it to the warning track. And then from there on it's like, oh, you gotta wait for all the other at bats. Now he can't hit. So next move will be bringing in some old man, Tom Izzo from Michigan State. Somebody that's like got a name and has some gray hair and doesn't look like he's punkin' that's not what they need to do. Anyway, we'll get that. We got Rock Horse coming up in just a little bit. We'll find out what's going on there next. It's 98, Arizona's most powerful, powerful rock radio station.

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