In the previous post, I wrote about Steve Kerr in Phoenix, holding onto old guys and trading his good young guy. Even though Nash, at 35, is the natural guy to be putting on the market because he’s still got some games left, but he’s on the down side of his career and his contract is at least tradeable.

Go try to get a promising young guy for him.

What you keep hearing, though, is something like, “You can’t trade Nash. He’s the most popular player on the team. He’s beloved. Season ticket holders wouldn’t renew. Blah, blah, blah . . .”

Well, I’m here to tell you that if you can improve your team, you better make the deal. In another year, if the Suns hit the skids — and they’re going to have a massive train wreck when all these old guys run out of gas at the same time — those season ticket holders are going to leave you, anyway.

It seems so obvious — you’re so much better off doing what’s best for the team than worrying about what the fans think. Sorry, fans — it’s the way it works and sometimes you just have to move on.

And the smart general managers know that.

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