Sacramento - Yup alot of stuff to take there
Houston - I'd take Landry or Brooks but that's about it (for the Suns)
Golden State - I don't think they have anybody talented enough in trade for Amare. Monta is a great scorer but he got into an accident on a friggen moped
No non-contender is trading for Amare because of his contract situation, the Suns gave the wrong player the extension. If Amare got an extension, the Suns would have the power to trade him to a lot of teams because they wouldn't have to worry about getting him to stay long term, meanwhile the Suns were the only team in the NBA interested in giving Nash a contract that runs through 2012 and won't be able to trade him when the team is really bad next year.
Exactly. Plus he's a good guy to have come off the bench and his salary is about right for that type of player. Good role player at a good price.
I dont like anything Miami has to offer, but a pure salary dump of Amare doesnt bother me as it once did. Theyre not gonna get much for him and he entered the "Matrix zone" where he REALLY thinks hes worth 20 million.
The only thing Im afraid of is that Sarver will get roped into making another Shaq/Marion blunder that will cost us again for YEARS.
Like Amare? I take it you A. Don't know him B. Haven't talked to him.
BTW, would you Suns fan do a Monta Ellis for Amare trade?
I can see how the Warriors would want to get rid of him and I can see why he'd be a good fit for the Suns. Suns have always been a guard oriented team anyways.
And the reality is Monta's $11 million a year is actually a very good deal for his production.
Na, I don't want Monte. Dragic is the PG of the future, and they should plan accordingly when they're rebuilding.
still high on bosa I see.
Dragic at PG and Monta at SG.
It would be a smallish back court but it would be on wheels.
Dragic, Monta, Clark and Lopez as the rebuilding core is pretty good.
The only deal we tried to do with the warriors was for Curry, and the warriors ed us over so they can eat now. Hope their whole team ends up a D league haven.
I've had enough smallish backcourts. Dragic is a good sized PG who's a very good defender. Don't ruin that with a smallish SG who will get bullied.
I bet the reason the Suns are desperate to trade Amare is because he'll opt-in this summer for the final year of his contract. With the coming lockout in 201, he's not going to get a great offer on the market this summer.
We're talking about someone who was in his 20's when he graduated from high school, expecting him to analyze the economics of the situation is unrealistic.
And he'll get good offers. Only 1 team gets to sign Lebron, only 1 team gets to sign Bosh, and only 1 team gets to sign Wade. When the other 10 teams who thought it was wise to design a rebuilding plan around a certain free agent class and didn't think about the possibility that the free agents would sign with another team miss out on those guys, they'll overpay guys like Amare out of panic.
Wow, how dumb of a trade would that be for Phoenix. Chicago has more to offer, even a Spurs trade of Jefferson, Blair would be a better trade for the Suns. O'neal is way past his prime and his knees are better but this does not help Phoenix long term.
Oh NO.
1: We have Dragic
2: We have LB
Both much better bang for the buck.
Would it make a difference if the Warriors send:
Monta Ellis + Anthony Randolph for Amare?
Holy , why do Spurs fans think that:
1) The Suns even want Jefferson when they have Hill and Dudley and Richardson.
2) The Suns dont want a huge EXPIRING CONTRACT. Have you even HEARD of Robert Sarver?
The Suns arent taking back a Jefferson (and boy did I call that one Spurs fans). Or an Ellis. Or anyone else with more than ZERO years left on their contract unless theyre on their rookie deal.
They wouldn't do this but I'd trade Amare for Randolph and Morrow. I don't want Ellis.
Phoenix should ing blow it up for draft picks; follow the Sonics' model. Nash and Stoudemire for lotto picks would be awesome. Trade Amare to Minnesota, where he'll ensure they stay lottery bound, and then reap the rewards with high draft pick after high draft pick. Then trade Nash to the Warriors so he can reunite with Nelson, and ride their incompetence to good picks too.
Theres only ONE problem with this plan.
The Suns have no 2010 first round pick. They traded it away as a BRIBE for Seatlle/OKC to take Kurt Thomas.
So if the Suns tank, OKC reaps the benefits.
Steve Kerr for Prez!!!
I was already saying Suns should blow up their team while they can get decent value for Nash and Amare.
This year they are worth less, and next they will be worth even less...
Suns could get some crazy good draft picks like baseline bum sugested. Those picks with Dragič, Lopez and others could be a nice rebuilding foundation.
Got to love Kerr/Sarver!
Hard times for Suns fans...
When did Robin Lopez become part of the foundation for rebuilding in Phoenix? All Ive read from Phoenix fans is how horrible he is.
They still need to get young and rebuild. There was no point in waiting a year to do it. They threw away an entire season just to ensure OKC doesn't get a high pick (even though it still might be a lottery pick). Because they did that, they throw away any chance at getting a good package of young players for Nash, will wind up trading Amare for nothing, and among other things made rebuilding way harder than it needed to be. I don't think anyone wants a repeat of what the 1995-2005 era but it's well on its way. The one thing they have going for themselves is Steve Kerr doesn't massively overpay players the way Brian Colangelo did.
He's (Lopez) been playing (I guess surprisingly) well lately.
Trade with Chicago and keep Nash. What Chicago has to offer is a heck of alot more than a knee jerked O'Neal.
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