Suns @ Hornets Sunday game thread 1-2-2022

[Cheesebeef]

I like Bismarck on this teaM.

 

[Mainstreet]

I'm not sure how it would work if he were traded. We are the team who declined the option so it is probably only us who are handcuffed in terms of how much we can offer him.

Only the Suns are handcuffed when Stix hits free agency. A team trading for him wouldn't be limited.

 

[Finito]

Only the Suns are handcuffed when Stix hits free agency. A team trading for him wouldn't be limited.

So if he’s traded his next team could pick up his option?

 

[Mainstreet]

So if he’s traded his next team could pick up his option?

There is no option. Stix will be a free agent after the season. The other team, if he is traded now, can pay Stix what he wants.

The plus for a trade partner is they can play him now and perhaps have an inside track to keep him if he is happy there.

 

[Dback Jon]

Payton even sucks against the Scrubs

 

[Mainstreet]

Final:

Suns 133 - Hornets 99

 

[Mainstreet]

Suns play at the Pelicans on Tuesday before returning home to play the Clippers on Thursday.

 

[Mainstreet]

Biz is really a nice addition. The Suns need to keep him. Sounds so classy on interview.

 

[Mainstreet]

Some final stats.

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[Mainstreet]

Jalen Smith's stats over the last four games.

He had 19 points , 12 rebounds and 2 blocks tonight.

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[Chris_Sanders]

Stix is going to get a full MLE

 

[Mainstreet]

Stix is going to get a full MLE

Stix is going to get paid when the Suns could have been set for the future with another big man on a reasonable contract.

If the Suns had wanted to trade him later on for a PGOTF, he might have well fetched one. Without his rights though it's water over the bridge.

 

[95pro]

Biyombo was great for us tonight. Stix is showing something at center. Both could be huge for us in the playoffs.

 

[Mainstreet]

Bismack Biyombo talks about coming back to the NBA after the death of his father.

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[Proximo]

Stix is going to get paid when the Suns could have been set for the future with another big man on a reasonable contract.

If the Suns had wanted to trade him later on for a PGOTF, he might have well fetched one. Without his rights though it's water over the bridge.

We have to hope he will give us a cam Payne type discount.

 

[mjb21aztd]

Just awesome day suns blowout hornets and cards beat cowgirls in dallas!!

Green hit to suns w

 

[JCSunsfan]

Stix is going to get a full MLE

It's going to take more than four games to get that.

If he had been drafted at 15 or so, the Suns probably would have picked up his option. I don't think this was a Sarver decision, I think it was a James Jones decision.

Hindsight. The Suns can still offer him his option. I think that is probably about what he is going to get unless he gets a lot more playing time this year.

 

[Bobster]

The Suns will be able to spend up to about $10 million (the mid-level exception) if they choose to. I don't think it'll come to that.

 

[Mainstreet]

The Suns will be able to spend up to about $10 million (the mid-level exception) if they choose to. I don't think it'll come to that.

The Suns are limited to offering Stix $4.7 million next season which was the amount of his option.

I'm not sure if they can offer him more than one season. I'd have to look it up.

 

[Carolinacacti]

I was going to go to the game but with all the covid I stayed home. Should have gone up and down game. Everyone needs to stop about Stix he is not worth 5 million a year. maybe if he could hit the three and play the 4...............

 

[Mainstreet]

Show them what you can do Stix.

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[Muggz]

Show them what you can do Stix.

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Would have loved to see Montes reaction after that dunk.

 

[AzStevenCal]

I was going to go to the game but with all the covid I stayed home. Should have gone up and down game. Everyone needs to stop about Stix he is not worth 5 million a year. maybe if he could hit the three and play the 4...............

He's a 21 year old big man, what he's worth is far more a projection of what he can become than a summary of what he currently is. And if he could hit the 3 regularly we'd have a snowball's chance in the middle of a Death Valley summer of keeping him after this season. Right now, as he is, we have a snowball's chance in the middle of a Chino Valley fall of re-signing him.

 

[JCSunsfan]

He's a 21 year old big man, what he's worth is far more a projection of what he can become than a summary of what he currently is. And if he could hit the 3 regularly we'd have a snowball's chance in the middle of a Death Valley summer of keeping him after this season. Right now, as he is, we have a snowball's chance in the middle of a Chino Valley fall of re-signing him.

We will see, but I doubt it. If he gets more than his qualifying offer I would be really surprised.

 

[AzStevenCal]

We will see, but I doubt it. If he gets more than his qualifying offer I would be really surprised.

I really hope I'm wrong, I'd like to keep him and see what he can become.