What Does It Mean When Steve Nash Says The Suns Will Stink?  In
an interview with SB Nation Arizona, Steve Nash looked at the
Suns' roster and declared, "if I was outside this picture and a
betting man, I would probably pick us to be outside of the
playoffs." What does this mean?  Putting aside the question of
whether a franchise player should be saying these sorts of
things—that's Bleacher Report's turf ("Slideshow: 15 Things
Franchise Players Shouldn't Say")—let's look at why Nash is
saying this. Simply: he's lowering expectations. The Suns lost
Amar'e Stoudemire this off-season and replaced him with...Hedo
Turkoglu and Hakim Warrick. They let Leandro Barbosa go, but
have playoff hero Goran Dragic to take his place. Norse god
Louis Amundson left as well, so it's easy to see that the team
looks different going into this season. But has it changed
enough to warrant this from Nash?   Turkoglu, Warrick, and Josh
Childress should all play well in Alvin Gentry's system, and the
team still has Grant Hill, Robin Lo