It won't. The Morris Twins on long-term contracts making substantial money are not an appealing trade commodity. Are they untradeable? Of course not. The Suns (Ryan) has to watch this slowly developing trend of collecting guys only he values.OE32 wrote: I do think the plan all along was to wrap up the Morrises into contracts that used as part of a deal for a star big. I just don't know if it'll work out.
The problem with Markieff is that he doesn't solve the 4 spot. It would be different if the Suns had Dwight Howard, DeMarcus Cousins or Andre Drummond. Then you could get away with having Markieff be your best power forward. But the Suns don't have a center like that. Markieff is a good player, but at the end of the day he still leaves you wanting better shooting (more of a true stretch 4), better defense (he gets abused in the post), and better rebounding (not terrible but not more than ok). So to devote $13 million a year and two roster spots for a player like that is disconcerting.
The problem with Marcus is that he's the 4th best player at his position on the roster.