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Marcus Banks 2.0?

Really?!!

Opposing guards will have nowhere to hide on defense. James Harden will hate playing us. Harden can guard Tucker, Ariza will take Dragic, and Beverly will take Bledsoe. Those aren't bad matchups for the Rockets at all. I wonder how Tucker will be affected by Harden's infamous "hand clap" ...

Now if they could only find a guy named 'Morris Dragic'

Ahhhh...... three weeks of peace and quiet.

Ring_Wanted wrote:Anyway, I think not pulling the trigger didn't have a lot to do with Barnes. More like they just love Klay to death.

The first rule in being a good GM is "Never fall in love with your own players"

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Superbone wrote:Well, one thing we can all agree on, the new Suns aren't afraid to spend some money.

The funny thing is this is the same contract Joe Johnson got after he left us.

Technically isn't it the contract we gave him?

Yes.

We could have done this much earlier. Not really. Reportedly, Bledsoe and his agent wouldn't come off their max contract demand and weren't willing to even talk. Should have let him take his god damned QO and let him walk the fuck away. No way should this fuck get rewarded with SHIT. But no one has...

iLLmatic wrote:I can see Green getting trade this year.

Considering what he might ask for next year when he becomes a free agent it is a distinct possibility.

Keep in mind that there will be a new television contract in 2016 and the prognosticators expect the cap to jump from an estimated $66 million in 2015-16 to over $80 million -

http://www.sportsgrid.com/nba/a-reddito ... e-seasons/

And while I think we're all hesitant on the length of the deal, keep in mind that the Suns and their medical staff know more about the condition of his knee than anyone. Exactly. Bledsoe hasn't missed any significant time as a Sun. Wow, I never imagined you'd come out against this. Color me surpris...

Well, no, they didn't "cave in" any more than Bledsoe "caved in" by not getting the max. This is what happens when you negotiate a deal - both sides usually find a point in the middle where they can compromise and be happy, or the deal doesn't get done. And while I think we're a...

Well, no, they didn't "cave in" any more than Bledsoe "caved in" by not getting the max. This is what happens when you negotiate a deal - both sides usually find a point in the middle where they can compromise and be happy, or the deal doesn't get done. And while I think we're al...

To put it in perspective - if he's making $12 million next year there's probably 50 players making more money in the league next year.

Ehh, they basically just split the difference.

I don't think anybody comes out a clear winner in the negotiations so they all win.

$14 million won't be exorbitant once the new television contracts kick in - but they're really gambling on him staying healthy.

You have to figure Dragic will pull in at least $16-17 million a year next year.

Dan Langhi really should be then end of the discussion!

4th Quarter Frank was actually a pretty good player.

I'd throw Stretch Howard in there though and Paul Stovall would have to be on the list of bad citizens (his arrests included forgery) - http://www.kansas.com/sports/article1114353.html

LL - Scott, Lucas and Robinson are guys I considered, and would in retrospect could probably bump McDyess and West (and possibly Dragic) off the list. Another guy who doesn't get much mention on these kind of lists is Gail Goodrich, who played pretty well here for a couple of years. It looks like I'...

This is pretty much how the process works for RFA if there's not outside offers to give them incentive to get a deal ironed out earlier. The Oct 1 deadline for accepting the QO was the only real carrot for getting something accomplished. And we end up getting all sorts of crazy reports (like the int...

List of Suns' 50 greatest players needs editing http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nba/suns/2014/09/22/list-suns-greatest-players-needs-editing/16083119/ So does theirs. Here's my top 20 - 1 - Kevin Johnson 2 - Charles Barkley 3 - Steve Nash 4 - Paul Westphal 5 - Amare Stoudemire 6 - Walter Davis...