Kerr to Phoenix

Steve Kerr is taking over as general manager of the Phoenix Suns, leaving Mike D'Antoni as a mere coach. This doesn't strike me as a great job to take. Most accounts have it that the priority for the Phoenix ownership is to shed salary, rather than improve the team. It seems like a set-up to become the villain in a column written three years from now.

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http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/06/kerr-to-phoenix/40756/