If you look at what the Suns did above the table on draft day, yawns are certainly within reason. Earl Clark is looked at as a good project but might not break into the rotation on a team that isn't expected to make a playoff run next season.

But behind the scenes was where all the excitement was.

There was an audible cheer in the Phoenix draft war room Thursday when Minnesota passed on Stephen Curry with the sixth pick—taking Jonny Flynn from Syracuse instead—and suddenly all the Amare Stoudemire-to-Golden State rumors came rushing to the fore.

Curry was supposedly part of that deal, along with Andris Biedrins, Brandan Wright and Marco Bellinelli, but Golden State coach Don Nelson said the day after the draft that Curry will not be traded under any ...More