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let marion go after his contract expires?
(that means sarver pays the LT right?)
or
trade marion this off season so the suns atleast get something in return?
Players whose contracts are expiring generally have fewer options than they think. In most years, there are only three or four teams with more than MLE money available for free agents who are not committed to re-signing their own players.
Some of the guys who will be available 2009-10 (not counting restricted free agents and guys like Artest with major issues) suggest that Marion would have serious problems getting a below the cap team to use their money on him.
Gooden
Iverson
Sheed Wallace Baron Davis
Eldon Brand (Player option next summer)
Maggette (Player option next summer)
Kobe has a player option
Lamar Odom Kevin Garnett (Player option next summer)
Jason Kidd
Wilcox
Boozer has a player option
Okur has a player option
I'm not saying everybody on this list is better than Marion, but that Marion's leverage is likely to be fairly limited. I'd expect the Suns would try to re-sign him for more than the MLE, but not a huge amount more.
Suns lose an allstar loved by the fans. Also lose a stat filler who does alot of everything.
Suns add a true center. Amare can now avoid guarding TD in the playoffs, keeping him out of foul trouble. Now have size to compete inside with Spurs. Suns also add Bobby Jackson, who is alot older, but still can step in at PG at times.
Would you do this trade?
Tyson, KT
Amare, Diaw
Diaw, JJ
Bell, Barbosa
Nash, Jackson
I would also like to see the Suns try to get a backup PF(Sean May or Ike Diogu) with a draft pick.
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Suns lose an allstar loved by the fans. Also lose a stat filler who does alot of everything.
Suns add a true center. Amare can now avoid guarding TD in the playoffs, keeping him out of foul trouble. Now have size to compete inside with Spurs. Suns also add Bobby Jackson, who is alot older, but still can step in at PG at times.
That's at least 9 deep immediately and 10 deep if Splitter's transition is relatively easy....
I dont think you could get up to 14 with those picks. But you never know.
I wouldnt go after Lewis myself, but I would try to aquire Mike Miller. He would be perfect for this team.
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"Here's this guy where nothing can break him, and he's lying on the field broken," recalls Cardinals offensive coordinator Todd Haley. "Because it was him, it was a little more traumatic for everybody, myself included." - On Boldins double hit injury that needed seven titanium plates secured by more than 40 screws in his surgically repaired face...
Oh, I'd even send Jones with #24 and #29 to get up high enough to grab Splitter. Basically, we can sit and wait out the draft and if Splitter has already been picked by our selection, offer a fair trade to the team that drafted him....
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