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virtual9mm wrote:RW, I agree with your point that Frye and Dragic work well together. They always have, and will continue to do so, as long as Frye is hitting his shots. I believe that there is enough of a demand for stretch 4s that Frye would get a 4-5 million/year contract for 3-years.

I do NOT, however, think that the Suns should give Frye such a large contract going forwards. He is at an age where he will start declining, although the Warlocks could very well extend his useful career. Given this, I do NOT think that Frye is guaranteed to return to the team, unless he were willing to take a home-team discount (which he might).

Along these lines, I would think that Markieff is worth much more than Marcus. Give Markieff market value (around the MLE) while giving Marcus something closer to the veteran minimum.

Ring_Wanted wrote:Not exactly exactly

SwingMan wrote:

Ring_Wanted wrote:Yeah, PER. The stat that accounts best for defense, which again, is Gibson's calling card.

By the way, I've never played fantasy basketball.

Exactly - and Markieff rates higher with less minutes.

Ring_Wanted wrote:

SwingMan wrote:

Ring_Wanted wrote:Yeah, PER. The stat that accounts best for defense, which again, is Gibson's calling card.

By the way, I've never played fantasy basketball.

Exactly - and Markieff rates higher with less minutes.

PER is notoriously lacking when it comes to defense, so I wouldn't use this stat to support Kieff vs Gibson if your focus is on D, as would be mine if I traded for Taj Gibson (whose offense has expanded enough that I actually am comfortable taking in his salary).

Shabazz wrote:I don't think Marcus Morris is worth much more than the minimum in that we could easily find a player that gives us 85-115% of his production for exactly that amount. Good spot up 3 pt shooter, decent rebounder at the 3, not much else.

SwingMan wrote:

INFORMER wrote:

SwingMan wrote: Third, we need a post scorer - good as Gibson's defense is, Markieff's post offense is better.

Fourth, Gibson is already 29 years old - with his style of play, he's going to fade soon, and fast.

Wow, I don't think either one of those points is even remotely close to being true.

I can't predict the future on his health, but I've seen more than enough of his post offense - sans dunking - to know that he has less than little and much less than Markieff.

But you do agree that the move would be lateral at best, right?

Mori Chu wrote:I would not want Taj Gibson for that reason. Never liked undersized 4s who can't shoot well, anyway.

SDC wrote:i'm not the only one who liked the suns current unis/kits.

http://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-n ... d-dislike/

31. The Suns’ New Uniforms

I’ve been waiting all year to say this: I love ’em. The little lines below the word “Suns” give off the impression of something round — a ball, the sun — speeding through space. The colors are great, and the purple road jerseys are gorgeous. There are all kinds of nice little touches everywhere — on the collar, on the bottom of the shorts, and the lettering that spells out “Suns” from either direction.

The heavy use of purple is especially welcome after the Suns weirdly excised it from their court design in favor of a black-and-orange Halloween-style theme.

INFORMER wrote:The stripe across the butt and the feathers at the end of the shorts have to go.

INFORMER wrote:

Mori Chu wrote:I would not want Taj Gibson for that reason. Never liked undersized 4s who can't shoot well, anyway.

Huh? Gibson isn't undersized and he has a very reliable mid-range jumper.

Superbone wrote:The new unis are better than the last ones but that's not saying a whole lot.

I do like the road unis the best.