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Bring him to the Spurs.
For Okafor and a 1st round pick.
Okafor has been injured all season, leaving many to wonder if the Suns would just let his contract expire this summer leaving max cap space to sign someone else.
But as of last Wednesday, the Suns started getting 80% of Okafor's remaining 2013-14 salary covered by insurance. That means the Suns are only on the hook for 20% of his salary for the rest of the season.
That also means that any team to which the Suns trade Okafor would basically be getting him for the cost of minimum salary player.
In return, the Suns could absorb a large contract (up to about $19.5 million full season value) in a simple 1:1 trade if need be. That kind of cap space allows an underachieving, big-spending team to save themselves some huge money this season. Some examples of huge expiring contracts on teams that could want to save money this season are Pau Gasol ($19.2 million, Lakers) and Kris Humphries ($12 million, Celtics).
Lakers are also rumored to go after E. Bledsoe this offseason.
Bring him to the Spurs.
That isn't a rumor, that's an example of what the Suns could do.
Phoenix doesn't have interest in Pau. He's too old.
There's no reason to trade for Pau, IMO. He's going to hit free agency, and you can negotiate a better deal then without giving up anything.
I'm not commenting on it either way...I don't want to jinx the job
Lakers would be dumb not to do this, and Phoenix could use Pau.
sure, they trade a first and a paid expiring to pay for an enormous expiring, that's good business
Pau would be a horrible fit in that team
They run, they move a lot off the ball
He is not cut for Horny's system
If they want to be serious about the Playoffs, MVPau could lead them to the promised land.sure, they trade a first and a paid expiring to pay for an enormous expiring, that's good business
why would they want that tbh, they are an overachiving team with 0 chances in the post season. Teams just don't do this type of trades anymore..
Worst case they give up a late 1st rounder for an expiring contract.
Yeah, Phoenix doesn't have to do this trade and they've probably already declined the offer from LA's FO, but Pau could help a young Playoff team out.
It's not like they're barely in the POs, they are 3.5 games away from HCA, if they face Clippers/Blazers in the first round, they have a good chance of advancing to the semis. They only have one more loss than Houston.
You ever been in a relationship where it's deteriorated to the point that you hate everything about the person? The way she laughs, her passive-aggressiveness, and eventually her face? That's where the Lakers are at with Pau, and the feeling is probably reciprocated. He'll be appreciated years down the line for his services in 2009 and 2010, but we have nothing but contempt for him now.
Call me Mr. Progressive...
dey got THAT Plumlee anyways
Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine
ESPN story going online now: Phoenix Suns exploring feasibility of trade for Lakers big man Pau Gasol. Link coming momentarily
lol Batmanu too late
Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine
Link to ESPN story on Suns exploring trade for Lakers' Pau Gasol - es.pn/1bl95dc
I smell pussy. Looks like we bout to do some ing.
The Sun's medical staff could have Pau back to 2010 FMVP form in a month.
The Suns have a time machine.
Story just came out
The Phoenix Suns have emerged as a potential trade suitor for Los Angeles Lakers center Pau Gasol, according to sources close to the process.
Sources told ESPN.com that the Suns, among the options being weighed as part of their well-chronicled desire to acquire an established player as they make an unexpected playoff push this season, have been exploring the feasibility of trading for the Lakers' four-time All-Star.
The Suns are weighing the possibility of a trade for the Lakers' Pau Gasol, according to sources.
One option for the Suns, by virtue of their $5.6 million in available salary-cap space, is swapping the expiring contract of injured big man Emeka Okafor for Gasol, even though Okafor's $14.5 million salary this season falls well shy of Gasol's $19.3 million.
A trade for Okafor's expiring deal would not save the Lakers as much as a deal for Bynum would have, but it would come with undeniable financial benefits. The $4.8 million difference between Gasol's cap number and Okafor's would immediately drop the Lakers less than $3 million away from the league's luxury-tax threshold, meaning one more smaller deal before the Feb. 20 trade deadline could conceivably be enough to take them out of tax territory completely.
The appeal of a Gasol trade is that the Suns would be adding a front-line big man for the rest of the season without impacting their future flexibility to pursue younger stars via free agency or trade. It also gives Phoenix a chance to evaluate Gasol -- as well as acquire his Larry Bird rights -- before he becomes a free agent in July to assess whether he's a long-term fit.
Stein
Alex Len withstanding.
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