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Most of whatever the Suns would bring in as part of an Ayton trade would likely be flipped as part of the rumored deal for a superstar (I think Durant is the #1 guy on the radar). For example, I suspect that in a trade involving Poetl, Vassel, and firsts, only Poetl would be sticking around, and the...

Another name being floated in association with the Suns is Wendell Moore Jr. 6-5, 213 lbs, 7-0.5 wing span. Junior out of Duke Pros: * 50.0% from 2 * 41.3% from 3 * 5.3 rpg, 4.4 apg, 1.4 spg * Improved every year in school * When he's locked in on defense, he reminds me of Mikal. A LOT. Steals, leng...

My favorite outcome is to somehow land Kevin Durant. Pull him in, and we'll pull in some awesome free agents on 1-2 years deals who want to cash in on the championship run.

Worth noting that there's been some talk of the Suns netting the 5th or 6th pick if they trade Ayton to Detroit or Indiana. Sort of makes sense, given that those two teams have either pieces, or cap space to absorb his max contract. Either way, Keegan Murray makes a lot of sense as a floor spacing 3...

I admit I’m very excited about this idea, but I think it’s still very unlikely. Brooklyn has a huge incentive to keep KD. What I'm hearing is that if Brooklyn won't pony up for Kyrie, KD will look to move on. And reports are that Brooklyn won't pay out for a guy who's been a PITA most of his time t...

virtual9mm wrote: ↑

Wed May 18, 2022 7:24 am

By the way, you can't trade Ayton for LeBron. Let the King force his way here without stripping ourselves of assets beyond the two Cams. We have a boatload of expiring contracts anyway.

We do not have a lot of expirings of any value. Saric and Crowder are about it. Shamet is an albatross.

This is going to be a brutal summer. SO many problems here. * First and foremost: Ayton. Dude doesn't want to be here. Reportedly, Monty Williams yelled at him, "You freaking quit on us!" DA wants a fat paycheck and to be the center of the offense. Problem is, after a listless playoff seri...

Yeah, he did a bang up job of it in the finals.

Next.

Holiday is a big upgrade over Payton. He’s not the fourth string by any means and I’d love to see him develop under Paul for a couple of years. I just hope he’s not too expensive to keep. I love Craig but he’s not a better rebounder than Crowder. He’s longer than Crowder and is a more opportunistic...

The Suns two moves were small, and largely stayed off the national radar. Most of the "trade grades" didn't even look at them. I get the Holiday one. Yeah, he's the 4th PG on the team, and he's not even that good, and only debatably better than Payton. We get it. But Craig? He moves the ne...

Who else could be a buyout option? Derrick Favors Kevin Knox Goran Dragic Tristian Thompson Robin Lopez Dennis Schroder Gary Harris John Wall Paul Milisap (questionable now after 76ers trade) Tristan Thompson DJ Augustin Cory Joseph Ish Smith Eric Bledsoe Tomas Satoransky Juancho Hernanogomez Ben M...

If the Magic buy-out Gary Harris, he’d be my top target. Paul/Payne/Holiday/Payton Booker/Shamet/Harris Bridges/Johnson Crowder/Craig/Saric Ayton/McGee/Biyombo That's a good call. He's a big upgrade over Shamet. Regardless, SUns have two exceptions they can use to be active in the buyout market. I ...

I think the SUns will be active in the buyout market.

I also think Saric will be trade bait over the next year as an expiring.

Gambo reporting Suns are done for the day.

Furlanfufi wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:59 pm

Fake.

But Theis is going to Boston for Schroder.

Furlanfufi wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:53 pm

Nader becomes irrelevant with Craig back. I think we'll waive him.

Nader is a 2/3. Craig is a 3/4. I think Payton is the one on the block.

Split T wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 10, 2022 12:35 pm

Sounds like we can’t match his salary 1 for 1, so there’s more to come. Either a 2 for 1 or there’s more teams involved

Dallas is sending Porzingis to Washington. Looks like Dallas is the third team partner to make this work.

Suns might not be done.

Takes Gordon off the table. Houston must have held out for a 1st and we said no. Craig is certainly more useful than Smith. Still want another G though. Perhaps the buyout market Agreed. I don't see how we'd get a deal for Gordon done now. I think this happened because Jones threw in the towel on H...

djy2j wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 10, 2022 11:02 am

not sure how credible this is

It was...

Two years ago.

Based on what I'm hearing, an Eric Gordon trade appears more likely than it was a week ago. I can't put a number on it, but Houston must be doing the math, and recognizing that if they don't move him they get nothing. They're not trying to win, and if no one is budging on a first round pick, they'll...