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PHOENIX -- Change is inevitable in the NBA; players come and go, and franchises change direction frequently for a multitude of reasons. But for a team that finished last season just two wins away from making it to the Finals, you'd think that change might have been slowed for the Suns, if not halted altogether.Phoenix was subjected to more than its fair share of shake-ups this offseason, after finishing up a campaign where the team was more successful than perhaps even its own members ever thought possible. The Suns weren't exactly rewarded for making the Western Conference finals, however.
The team saw the departure of front office leaders Steve Kerr and David Griffin and, of course, the loss of All-Star forward Amar'e Stoudemire from the starting lineup will have an even bigger effect. He left for the max contract in NYC that the Phoenix franchise was unwilling to give.
Those losses, along with new roster additions Hedo Turkoglu, Hakim Warrick and Josh Childress, make for a lot of changes as the Suns head into this season. Complaining about it won't do any good, and this Phoenix team is as optimistic as any in the league. But that didn't mean that there wasn't at least a little bit of time for reflecting on what might have been.
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Full story at http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/09/28/nash-gentry-hope-change-turns-into-a-chance-for-suns/
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