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Suns Trade for Tyler Johnson/Wayne Ellington

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https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1093252714610462721

Haven't seen details yet but I like Johnson a lot. He can be a real solid guard for us at both spots.
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Re: Suns Trade for Tyler Johnson

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Ryan Anderson is going to the Heat, per Gambo. He doesn't think any picks are involved.
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Re: Suns Trade for Tyler Johnson

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Better just be Ryan Anderson and maybe a 2nd.

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Re: Suns Trade for Tyler Johnson

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What player would you say he is a poor’s man version?

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Re: Suns Trade for Tyler Johnson

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Tyler Johnson was good when i last saw him. But that was at least a year ago. Played with high intensity on defense.

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Tyler Johnson's a good player, just doesn't fit a need. Net - we traded a player who can't play for a player who can. This is OK.

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It’s just Ryan Anderson for Tyler Johnson....nothing to see here. No reason to be upset

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Tyler Johnson is TERRIBLE. Huge negative on defense, doesn't distribute, very "meh" shooter. Doesn't address any of our needs at PG, particularly because he's an awful distributor. 2.5 apg in 25 mpg.

Blech.

Oh, and he kills our cap space this summer.

We're going to learn to loathe him very quickly.

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It seemed nobody here wanted Dragic. But would you rather pay $19 million next season to Dragic or Tyler Johnson? At least Dragic is actually a point guard.
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Re: Suns Trade for Tyler Johnson

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Wormwood wrote:
Wed Feb 06, 2019 2:13 pm
Tyler Johnson is TERRIBLE. Huge negative on defense, doesn't distribute, very "meh" shooter. Doesn't address any of our needs at PG, particularly because he's an awful distributor. 2.5 apg in 25 mpg.

Blech.

Oh, and he kills our cap space this summer.

We're going to learn to loathe him very quickly.
Maybe you can get him to forfeit his player option this summer. That would create mayor cap space.

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Re: Suns Trade for Tyler Johnson

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Wormwood wrote:
Wed Feb 06, 2019 2:13 pm
Tyler Johnson is TERRIBLE. Huge negative on defense, doesn't distribute, very "meh" shooter. Doesn't address any of our needs at PG, particularly because he's an awful distributor. 2.5 apg in 25 mpg.

Blech.

Oh, and he kills our cap space this summer.

We're going to learn to loathe him very quickly.
He's owed $3M more in guaranteed money than Anderson. If we need the space, we can stretch him at $1.2M more of a cap hit than Anderson would have had.

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ALL WE GAVE UP WAS RYAN ANDERSON. We don’t lose cap space because Ryan Anderson was taking that up anyways. And everyone would have been fine with a Ryan Anderson for Dragic swap.

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This may also be a precursor to moving Josh Jackson.

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Tyler Johnson will immediately be our new starting point guard, per Gambo.
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They don't call him Meth Curry for nothing.

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Huh?

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Wayne Ellington also coming to Phoenix in the deal, per Gambo.
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All valid points. Seems like it’s a good deal and smart risk only if for Anderson.

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Re: Suns Trade for Tyler Johnson/Wayne Ellington

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So we have to be giving up another player also for salaries to work! Who is it?

EDIT: Never mind, it works with just those three apparently.
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Re: Suns Trade for Tyler Johnson

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Gotta think we’ll move Ellington somewhere else. He’s useful. Miami obviously just trying to get out of luxury tax land.

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