Untold Stories from the 2000's Suns Front Office ft. Amin Elhassan

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  • čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
  • Amin Elhassan peels back the curtain and brings us inside Phoenix's front office during times of great change. Alhassan spent six years inside Phoenix's front office from 2005-2012 and had a front row seat to glory and turbulence.
    He provides detailed recounts of several unanswered questions from his tenure. Why couldn't they get past San Antonio? Why did Steve Kerr trade Shawn Marion for Shaq? Why did the Suns players rebel against Terry Porter? Was Shaq really a child movie star?
    All and more is revealed on this week's episode.
    (0:00:00) - Intro
    (0:01:17) - Amin’s Career Background
    (0:04:15) - Working For Isiah Thomas
    (0:09:10) - Working For The Suns
    (0:10:52) - Robert Horry Hip Check
    (0:18:20) - Trading For Shaq
    (0:29:16) - Playoffs Against The Spurs
    (0:32:03) - Mike D’Antoni Leaves Phoenix
    (0:34:32) - Hiring Terry Porter
    (0:45:35) - Terry Porter Firing Leaked
    (0:49:20) - Shaq’s Funny Moments
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Komentáře • 63

  • @chrismoseley349
    @chrismoseley349 Před 9 dny +1

    Not even a Suns guy, but this ep. was dope. Love Amin. This pod is a sleeper.

  • @neighborhoodhero9977
    @neighborhoodhero9977 Před 3 měsíci +7

    As a Suns fan this was awesome to watch

    • @LarrySwishamane
      @LarrySwishamane Před 3 měsíci

      Remember the breakout performance Goran Dragic put on in route in sweeping San Antonio? 🎉

  • @nbarealtalker
    @nbarealtalker Před 3 měsíci +8

    The Suns of the mid 2000s inspired the basketball of today.

  • @ReconciledByFaith
    @ReconciledByFaith Před 3 měsíci +5

    As a die-hard Suns fans during those years it was awesome to hear these behind the scenes stories. Keep up the great content!

  • @jeremymespoulede8074
    @jeremymespoulede8074 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Thats just great nba content, keep it up guys !

  • @TrustTheWork
    @TrustTheWork Před 3 měsíci +1

    Great Stories! Love it! 👊

  • @CurlsOG420
    @CurlsOG420 Před měsícem

    Love the content Feel like this era of Basketball was notnlong before Basketball shifted in a different direction

  • @NJ-sd9zb
    @NJ-sd9zb Před 3 měsíci +4

    As a diehard Nets fan, my dream Finals matchup would've been those Kidd/KMart/RJ teams vs the Nash/Stat/Shawn Suns. Two of the best point guards to ever do it, insane athleticism, elite defense vs elite offense.

  • @nefariousmex2352
    @nefariousmex2352 Před 3 měsíci +13

    If Tim Thomas would've stayed another year I think the Suns would've gotten past the Spurs and won a Ring but the a hole had to resign somewhere else 😤

    • @Sticktothemodels
      @Sticktothemodels Před 3 měsíci +3

      Nah that suns team didn’t play championship basketball. Great squad though

    • @sp123
      @sp123 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@Sticktothemodels considering it takes an MVP to win a ring, they were probably closer to winning than we think

    • @elbowgang9715
      @elbowgang9715 Před 3 měsíci +1

      ​@sp123 it does not take a MVP to win. 2004 Pistons said yall boyz play basketball like lil girls

    • @sp123
      @sp123 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@elbowgang9715 that was 20 years ago, most championship teams have a former MVP or former Finals MVP on the roster.

    • @redhoode.n.y.6314
      @redhoode.n.y.6314 Před 3 měsíci

      Yea right😂😂😂

  • @ipsun1632
    @ipsun1632 Před 3 měsíci

    Interesting topic

  • @user-wm5we6wd9s
    @user-wm5we6wd9s Před 3 měsíci +5

    Amin sounds like a black dj vlad

    • @Lifxzvb
      @Lifxzvb Před 3 měsíci +1

      lol I closed my eyes and just listened, and he does Sound like vlad

  • @Yourcousinjoseph
    @Yourcousinjoseph Před 3 měsíci

    🔥🔥🔥

  • @cameron818
    @cameron818 Před 3 měsíci

    I enjoy the part about Basketball Drills making NBA players upset. Just shows you how pampered NBA players are.

  • @hboscoe
    @hboscoe Před 3 měsíci +6

    I stopped watching the Suns when Shaq was acquired.

    • @marcusmosiahgarveysr4310
      @marcusmosiahgarveysr4310 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Ouch lol

    • @hitek9too255
      @hitek9too255 Před 3 měsíci +1

      He wasn't a good fit for the fast paced team. He was old, overweight, and slow.

    • @Kalinbuggs
      @Kalinbuggs Před 3 měsíci +1

      Fun fact
      Suns make the playoffs
      05-08 lose to the spurs 05, 07, 08
      09 Shaq plays full season with suns they miss the playoffs
      10 the suns go to the WCF beating the spurs
      😂😂

    • @marcusmosiahgarveysr4310
      @marcusmosiahgarveysr4310 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@Kalinbuggs
      That act alone is just cause to remove Shaq from anybody's top 10 list.

    • @Kalinbuggs
      @Kalinbuggs Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@marcusmosiahgarveysr4310 cmonn lol relax 😂

  • @joshuae6405
    @joshuae6405 Před 3 měsíci

    Amin’s jump shot..

  • @slimypickle19
    @slimypickle19 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Suns shouldve NEVER traded Matrix for Shaq! Their window was still WIDE open & they were in 1st in the West in the middle of 2008 i think. Nobody had their pace of play & it wouldve given the Lakers so many fits. By 2010, it was too late & the Lakers had better chemistry & thr Suns werent quite the same anymore.

  • @LarrySwishamane
    @LarrySwishamane Před 3 měsíci

    This video is longer than Shaq sun era

  • @rock_oclock
    @rock_oclock Před 3 měsíci +1

    Love the content. But, the "Umm hums" are distracting af

    • @stanner6169
      @stanner6169 Před 3 měsíci

      Yep listened for about 5 minutes, and I was done, never bring that idiot Jelani McCoy on ever again. MMHMM MMHMMMM MMM HMMMM!! fucking shutup dickhead.

  • @hw5091
    @hw5091 Před 3 měsíci

    Haha, 11:07, clssic picture of duncan pushing the opposing player down with his off hand so he could challenge the shot with his right- and never, ever got called for it. It's a rare day that I can say someone ever got the calls, and non calls that Tim Duncan did. I wonder how much worse he would've performed had he just got regulat, all-star level refereeing, and not a super-mega star whistle.

  • @mitchking4800
    @mitchking4800 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Wow bashing Flip Saunders plays because Terry Porter was trying to run them with a complete different roster makeup and way more talent overall, thats Flips fault for creating the plays and them being ran with the wrong guys? Wolves only had KG at the time and he always had little to no help. I get that you are saying these plays aren't right for this team but WTF does Flip Saunders a dead man have to do with the fact he's applying them to a bad situation? Flip took Wolves and Pistons deep into the playoffs. What did your suns do? Fail to meet expectations? Not live up to their talent level? Turn a good situation bad?

  • @GiriRam
    @GiriRam Před 3 měsíci +6

    What the fcuk is that "uh hum uh hum uh hum" 🤣

  • @mateomayorga23
    @mateomayorga23 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Respectfully, please stop interrupting guests.

    • @mateomayorga23
      @mateomayorga23 Před 3 měsíci

      Btw, Shaq and Steve blitzed Manu. Shaq didn’t drop on that play Tim cashed the trifecta.

  • @Paul-wu7xd
    @Paul-wu7xd Před 3 měsíci +3

    If only Jason Richardson didn't get Nash's wife pregnant, he was playing great with them and they even reached the West Finals

    • @hitek9too255
      @hitek9too255 Před 3 měsíci

      What?

    • @Ynkno
      @Ynkno Před 3 měsíci

      what
      tony parker did that same thing same year

    • @TheFlyhighlikemike
      @TheFlyhighlikemike Před 3 měsíci

      @@hitek9too255look it up. Nash went to the hospital and the baby was black.

  • @cameron818
    @cameron818 Před 3 měsíci

    Jelani McCoy everyone: 4.7 pts and 3.6 rbs over 6 years in the NBA followed by 8 years and 14 different teams across the G League and Europe.🙄

  • @Youdoxxikill
    @Youdoxxikill Před 3 měsíci

    All these years i never knew Amin was involved like that lmao. I never have him his due credibility. Silly

  • @DineNastyLakers
    @DineNastyLakers Před 3 měsíci +4

    I couldn’t sit through this

  • @robertvargas8890
    @robertvargas8890 Před 3 měsíci

    Shaq did live in Germany as a child for a while so it is entirely possible he was in that movie.

  • @JayEm1325
    @JayEm1325 Před 3 měsíci

    Suns fd up so bad with this trade. All they had to do was play true to themselves, every playoffs they would slow down playing to the Spurs style instead of keeping it Suns basketball. Getting Shaq just made that worse.

  • @Ynkno
    @Ynkno Před 3 měsíci

    shaq trade is confusing

  • @booboo4ever24
    @booboo4ever24 Před 3 měsíci +4

    Steve Nash
    Leandro BarBosa
    Shawn Marion
    Amare Stoudemire
    Boris Diaw
    Raja Bell
    Tim Thomas
    Jason Richardson

  • @Kalinbuggs
    @Kalinbuggs Před 3 měsíci

    The lakers have 2002 vs kings
    The spurs have 2007 vs suns
    Horry benefited from both situations 😂🤦🏽‍♂️

  • @rayrayschnapps8217
    @rayrayschnapps8217 Před 3 měsíci

    I dont think Steve Kerr gets enough credit for blowing up that suns team by trading marion for washed up shaq. historically maybe the dumbest thing ever. Right up there with accepting washed up gail goodrich for magic johnson pick.

  • @Mr4one6
    @Mr4one6 Před 3 měsíci

    Mm-hmm

  • @TheFlyhighlikemike
    @TheFlyhighlikemike Před 3 měsíci

    The guy on the right really doesn’t add anything.., just a bunch of unnecessary comments and even his timing is off.

  • @theblueprince4866
    @theblueprince4866 Před 3 měsíci +1

    **booooring**

  • @BlackCell29.99
    @BlackCell29.99 Před 3 měsíci

    Terrible how this dude used to low key shit on Kobe………….and I’m not talking about Shaq

    • @Lifxzvb
      @Lifxzvb Před 3 měsíci

      He did ? I don’t quite remember. Take me down memory lane