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Hopefully Ainge agrees to the Marion deal. (Would not shock me if he did.) Personally I hope the Suns keep Amare. If to see what a frontcourt of Garnett/Stoudemire can do in the playoffs.
This is getting nuts. Boston is going to be the ing laughing stock and Danny Ainge should be drawn and quartered if this happens.
Hopefully Ainge agrees to the Marion deal. (Would not shock me if he did.) Personally I hope the Suns keep Amare. If to see what a frontcourt of Garnett/Stoudemire can do in the playoffs.
Although if Amare goes to Atlanta it will be a great thing for the East. You will have Shaq, Dwight Howard and Amare in the same division playing against each other 4 times a year.
Sarcasm? Watching Mavs, Suns and Spurs will still be more exciting.
Cut it anyway you like, the three best teams in the NBA are in the West.
True but Amare if he goes to the Hawks given how bad the Easti s he will at least get the Hawks to the playoffs. Now what I don't get about this trade is why the Hawks will even do the trade. Stoudemire did not get along with Johnson in Phoenix why will Atlanta be any different? I would think the Marion to Boston trade is the better one. If the Suns trade Amare for KG then they have not done anything to get past the Spurs. Putting Amare and KG together gives them a better chance to get past the Spurs then trading Amare for KG.
True, but why would the Wolves trade KG for a number 5 pick?
My guess is they are trying to rebuild and are cutting thier losses. Besides with McHale who knows..
There's added incentive for Marion to go East. He'll no longer be "underrated" ... he'll be praised for his defense, rebounding, stats and will probably garner more votes for his defensive ability.
Nash >>>>> Delonte West
That's probably Marion's point of contention.... no more freebies.
That and of course the fact that Boston is not considered a contender.
Marion averaged 20-10-2-1 for the three seasons without Kidd and Nash. Slow, deliberate, ball dominating Marbury and ayoung, out-of-control Barbosa were the PGs for those three years. If he can average 20-10-2s-1b back then in a 95 ppg team pace, then I'm sure he can average similar now.
It's just shocking that James Jones still hasn't surfaced in these discussions. If I were Minnesota I'd demand an incredible talent like that be a part of the trade.
No kidding...
This joke wasn't funny the first time you used it.
It was funny the first time.
It's not a joke. I've been told that legitimate trade rumors have James Jones and 2 late first rounders netting a top-10 pick. The person who reported it has been at this forum longer than me, so he must know what he's talking about. If James Jones has that type of trade value, then I'm shocked Minnesota wouldn't want him. That's all. Is what I'm saying the joke, or is the joke that discussion-worthy trade rumor? If you don't like it then don't click it.
Now it's not funny.
KG won't make the Suns any better. Stoudamire has like a 35 point average against Duncan in the playoffs. KG wont give you that kind of production.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_yl...yhoo&type=lgns
NEW YORK – Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Garnett is close to going to the Phoenix Suns in a monumental three-way trade that would send Phoenix forward Amare Stoudemire to the Atlanta Hawks, league sources said Wednesday.
Atlanta would move the Nos. 3 and 11 picks in Thursday's draft, as well as Zaza Pachulia and Anthony Johnson, to Minnesota.
Minnesota owner Glen Taylor has delivered a mandate to his basketball executives to get a deal done, one league executive said.
Yahoo! Sports has learned that the trade would also save the Hawks from an emerging showdown between the front office and coaching staff over whom to draft with the third pick. The front office and coaching staff had settled on Florida power forward Al Horford, but a faction of the Atlanta Spirit ownership group, with business interests in China, is pushing them to take Yi Jianlian.
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The deal hinges on Atlanta general manager Billy Knight saying yes, as well as Hawks ownership, which is mired in lawsuits, being willing to increase payroll. It is believed that star Hawks guard Joe Johnson talked to his former Suns teammate on Wednesday and that the 24-year-old Stoudemire, a first-team All-NBA choice, told him that he'd welcome the trade.
Adrian Wojnarowski is the national NBA columnist for Yahoo! Sports. Send Adrian a question or comment for potential use in a future column or webcast.
folks, this one might actually happen
That's actually a pretty decent deal for everybody.
Sorry but I missed this part (separate from the KG deal)... who are the Suns trying to trade to the Bobcats to get #8?
I'd think that the Suns might get something besides KG in return, and also we'd probably throw Marcus Banks in (considering we're desperate to get rid of him and that Hawks need a poitn guard).
Something about Kurt Thomas, the #24, and future considerations
But I also read that it wasnt likely
i read Kurt Thomas and the 24th.
wow, in that deal minny gets 2 lottery picks plus the one they already have! damn good trade for them, better then lamar odem!
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/92272
this source claims kurt thomas + suns first round (24th) for bobcats first round (8th). but i doubt that's gonna happen
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