Having just read Monson's article about who had the power between O'Conner and Sloan as expressed by Larry Miller, i have a better understanding of why we have never had any major player for major player trades since O'Conner came. I think Sloan left because he knew about and did not want D'Will traded. Sloan has always wanted to keep things the same, unless he did not want a player on the team. Knowing this I am willing to give O'Conner a couple of years without Sloan's power to see how good a GM he really is.