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That sucks for Suns fan. I feel for ya.
That Louis Scola trade aint looking too bad now, is it Spurs fans?
Suns trade Thomas, picks to Seattle
Team also re-signs Marks
Paul Coro
The Arizona Republic
Jul. 20, 2007 09:01 AM
The Suns traded center Kurt Thomas this morning in a move that relieves some salary-cap pressure.
Thomas goes to the Seattle SuperSonics, along with the Suns' own 2008 and 2010 first-round draft picks in exchange for a future conditional 2nd round pick and a trade exception, worth about $8 million.
The league's new luxury tax threshold -- the number at which teams would begin to be taxed -- came in different from what the Suns expected, at $67.9 million, and would have left Phoenix more than $10 million over that number.
The Suns also re-signed Sean Marks. If draft picks Alando Tucker and D.J. Strawberry make the team, that would leave Phoenix with one roster position open. They will be looking to fill it with a free-agent front]-line player.
That sucks for Suns fan. I feel for ya.
How are you guys liking Strawberry?
He'll make the team since he makes jack, but he will never play.
Ouch.
I guess they figured they were better off selling the picks now instead of waiting until draft day.
2 First Rounders? And Kurt Thomas???? For A 2nd Rounder And A Trade Exception?
Why not just trade Marion and be done with it? They've now sold off four first-rounders, James Jones and Kurt Thomas. Daymn! One of those first-rounders could've become Marcus Williams, there's your much-needed 20 mpg backup for Nash.
They're not getting past San Antonio with the team they have. Maybe Dallas, but not the Spurs. And you can't just hope that Dallas will once again take care of business against the Spurs and you'll get them instead.
Consider yourself lucky Kurt Thomas sucks!!........the 2 picks though yeah that sucks!!
I'm going to go ahead and say it - put all this blame on Sarver because I don't think Steve Kerr is THAT big of an idiot. So the Suns are pretty much banking on the Hawks getting the #1 pick next year and having to give it to Phoenix, because I don't see the point of giving up your only low post defender, and Rd. 1 picks in '08 and '10 to the team that just got rid of 2 overrated players (Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis) and scored God (Durant) and a potentially good player (Jeff Green). Sarver is a bag... he must still think they signed Joe Johnson.
Please tell me this an April Fool's joke from Danny Ainge (who obviously would have traded his rights to make the actual joke on April 1st for a rubber basketball, golden tablets, and a Greg Oden semen sample).
In the wake of this news, I'm just going to stay out here in London, become a soccer fan, and raise pit bulls.
WTF? Ok, trade Kurt Thomas away, fine. Get some cap space. Even trade away the 2008 first rounder since you're getting Atlanta's first rounder in 2008. But, why trade away the 2010 first round pick as well??? Why is Sarver sooooo ing cheap? Nash is done in another year or two. Why trade away the 2010 first round pick? What if it ends up being a lottery pick?
That is just stupid.
dayum, wtf are the Suns doing? The draft is like the cheapest way to get talented players, and they're just giving their picks away? Trade Marion's overrated ass and get some SIGNIFICANT cap relief, not give players and picks away for cow dung to a Western Conference team that just got Kevin frickin' Durant in the draft. Seriously.
Gee, wonder if Kerr would give us that pick the Hawks owe them for a bag of peanuts?
On a side note: What kind of voodoo does Presti have anyway? Seattle got a pick and a trade exception back from Orlando for Rashard Lewis..who was an unrestricted FA.
On a side note: What kind of voodoo does Presti have anyway? Seattle got a pick and a trade exception back from Orlando for Rashard Lewis..who was an unrestricted FA.
Sign and trade. Grant Hill did the same thing with Detroit.
The Phoenix S0ns implosion continues! The S0ns have just made their team even softer with this trade.
First-tier Western Conference teams next season:
Spurs, Mavs, Rockets
The Nuggets are looking to be more of a threat next year than the S0ns.
I guess they feel with Grant Hill their championship bound.
There's got to be another deal in the works.
The Suns have no one on the frontline but Amare, Diaw, and Marion. Pat Burke and Sean Marks don't count.
Racist!
why trade the picks?
For the $8 mil. TE, I guess.
if we don't at least get P.J. Brown out of this fiasco, it could officialy end up being the worst trade of the whole NBA off season. ing Sarver, i've had it with that clown.
Thats gotta hurt. I can't see how the suns can get by the spurs without Kurt Thomas guarding Duncan.
B-I-N-G-O.
OMG ! they traded the " Duncan stopper "
Since the coach won't keep him in the game long enough to make a difference, there's no point in keeping him, right?
This is BULL- ING- !
HATE YOU SARVER!! HATE, HATE, HATE!!!
Too bad you all couldn't hear the spin Kerr put on this.. What a fookin joke..
They better go out and find themselves a quality big to spell Amare...
Because that's the only way they were going to be able to deal KT. I figured it would have cost the ATL pick, but the Suns probably escaped that by offering the '10 pick.
And whoever thinks Marion & Diaw make up a front line is foolish.
Saver, you're and idiot!!
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