Charles Barkley the Next GM of Phoenix Suns? You Gotta be Freakin' Kidding
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In any event, the latest piece of sports gossip that's been cooked up by Arizona Republic columnist Dan Bickley is that Barkley's open to the idea.
"I don't think it's a good job right now," Barkley tells the Republic. "But I would listen to the Suns because I love Phoenix. I would listen to [owner] Robert [Sarver] out of respect for working in Phoenix. But I'll be honest: I would not re-sign Amar'e Stoudemire."
Of course, the mere idea of Barkley as the team's GM comes exclusively from Bickley -- the team has made no indication they'd even want "Sir Charles" to replace the exiting Steve Kerr, although Barkley has said he wants a general manager's job somewhere in the league.
Why isn't it likely that the somewhere will be Phoenix? The Chuckster wants the last word -- something that isn't likely to happen here in Sarver's world.
Barkley recently said the following via-The Boston Globe.
"I'm ready to get into management. But it's going to have to be a great situation. I'm not going to give up a great situation for a bad situation. I got a great situation here, but I'm ready to be a GM. It's just time for that, but like I said, it's going to have to be under my own terms, and I am going to have to have complete control. I ain't going to work for somebody else if I am going to get the blame.''
As our colleague Paul Rubin pointed out today when we mentioned to him the idea of Barkley as the Suns' GM: Barkley's more likely to become the governor of Alabama than take a job as the general manager of the Phoenix Suns.
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