* Sports 620 KTAR speaks with Phoenix Suns coach Mike D’Antoni regarding trade rumors involving Shaquille O’Neal and Phoenix.

* Not much to discuss with Suns Coach Mike D’Antoni, but I’ll start with the question that’s on everyone’s’ minds:  Coach said he still hasn’t decided one way or another on the Boris Diaw-Grant Hill question, saying “both guys are willing participants, and we’ll figure it out.”

* Hard to figure how a Shaquille O’Neal to the Suns deal has gained validity, but the Miami Herald is reporting that a Shaq to Phoenix deal for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks could go down.  D’Antoni said he knows nothing of the deal, and when Burns asked if a deal was close, D’Antoni emphatically said “no” (three times). 

* The bigger question is how Shaq could fit into coach’s system.  D’Antoni didn’t want to address that, saying “I like my guys.”  Coach also liked the Paul Gasol trade from the Lakers perspective, but he didn’t buy into the argument that the trade puts pressure on the Suns to make any “crazy” deals.  (Read into that whatever you want.)

* Coach is also happy that the Super Bowl craziness is over, saying “it was not home court advantage, that’s for sure.”

* And the staff should also be happy to know that D’Antoni is happy for us.  He said the Shaq rumor “makes for great stuff for (the media); you can talk and have fun with it.”   

* We will.