DEVELOPING STORY: Kerr Not Returning To Suns As GM

Steve Kerr will not return as president and general manager of the Phoenix Suns next season.

According to reports by KTAR ((the ABC affiliate in Phoenix)), Kerr's contract is up June 30 and he will most likely return to work on television. He worked previously with TNT, and this could just be a Doug Collins-for-Steve Kerr trade before all is said and done.

The move will, apparently, give Kerr more time with his family in San Diego.
Kerr will stay with the Suns through the June 24th NBA draft.

Here's some of Kerr's handiwork... as a player...
Don't know if there's any handiwork of Kerr as a GM...
Yes, that line was too easy...
((HT: NBA/NBA TV/Austin3sixteen


More when we know more...

Cuban And Kerr Fined For LeBron Comments

From the NBA their own selves, accentuated in bold-faced type...

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has been fined $100,000 for public comments made in violation of the NBA’s anti-tampering rules. Cuban’s comments were made during an online interview that ran on May 18.

That would be this one with Poppy Harlow and CNNMoney.com


Phoenix Suns President of Basketball Operations Steve Kerr has been fined $10,000, also for public comments made in violation of the anti-tampering rules. Kerr’s comments were made on a radio show on May 14...

That would be here... from the Dan Patrick Show...

The HQ thinks that Cuban kinda got his on reputation alone... his comments were prefaced with the "July 1st" remark. Kerr was joking, if you listen in context...

Obviously, Commissioner Stern doesn't like jokes or prefaced comments...

Porter Fired, Gentry Promoted, Kerr On Life Support...?

From the Suns their own selves...

"The Phoenix Suns today announced that the team has relieved Terry
Porter of his head coaching duties. Alvin Gentry, a Suns assistant coach since
2004, will assume the role of interim head coach.

“I hired Terry because I believed he would be able to provide the balance our
team needed in order to perform at a very high level. Unfortunately the
transition from last season to this one proved to be very difficult, and we have
not played to our potential. It’s imperative that we move forward and do what’s
best for our team. Alvin has been an integral part of our successes the
previous four years and knows our talent as well as anyone,” said Suns President
of Basketball Operations and General Manager Steve Kerr.

A 29-year coaching veteran, Gentry originally joined the Suns staff as an
assistant on June 1, 2004, and has served in that position the last four-plus
seasons as Phoenix posted the winningest four-year stretch in franchise history.
Gentry takes the reins as head coach of his fourth NBA team after stints with
the Los Angeles Clippers (2000-03), Detroit Pistons (1997-2000) and Miami Heat
(1995) in which he compiled a 177-226 (.439) career record. Gentry’s 1998-99
Pistons earned a playoff berth. In 2001-02, his second season with the
Clippers, he guided Los Angeles to an improbable 39-43 (.476) record, the team’s
highest win total in nearly 10 seasons, a season after leading the club to a
16-win improvement in 2000-01, his rookie campaign with the club.

In 20 seasons in the NBA, Gentry has worked alongside or under some of the
game’s most respected coaches, including Larry Brown, Kevin Loughery and Doug
Collins. The 53-year-old Gentry received his first assistant coaching job in
the NBA under Brown with the San Antonio Spurs in 1988-89 after serving under
Brown with the 1988 NCAA Champion Kansas Jayhawks men’s basketball team.

Porter was named the 13th head coach in Suns franchise history on June 9, 2008.
In 51 games this season, Phoenix compiled a 28-23 (.549) record and currently
sits in ninth place in the Western Conference."