Here’s what happened on The 620 SportsLine with Dave Burns:
* The Suns feel the Heat after losing to another sub-par NBA team. Amare Stoudemire sits the last three minutes of Monday’s loss. Given where the Suns are now juxtaposed with the hot start for the Celtics, would you now trade Amare for Kevin Garnett? Burnsy reminded everyone that he wanted to make that trade four months ago.
* Less than one and done for Bobby Petrino in the NFL. Burnsy says it’s always easy for good coaches to return to college, and not so much the other way around.
* Suns coach Mike D’Antoni stopped by for his weekly segment. On the subject of Amare’s absence during the final 3:04 of the loss to Miami, coach said he, “didn’t have his juice,” and he wanted, “to spread the floor, (and) get some defense on the floor.”
* As for Boris Diaw’s forgettable appearance on the floor, D’Antoni said they’re still looking for his “niche.” As for the struggles on D, coach said they have to get out of their mentality of trying to “outshoot teams.” He said the next four games will help, because they will not be able to just outshoot the Jazz, Hornets, Mavs, and Spurs. As for players like Leandro Barbosa shooting too much on off nights (like Miami), D’Antoni said they cannot let their shooters get into that 2nd guess mentality. As for the “tinkering” that might take place, coach expounded on that point, saying Amare and Brian Skinner could be on the floor more often together.
* With the regular season winding down, The NFL Network’s Rich Eisen talked about the Patriots dominance, the Cardinals playoff chances, and his new book.
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