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Re: Suns News: The Offseason

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 11:47 am
by TOO
Pacers fans genuinely think the Suns would do Dragic for Lance in a S&T. SMH. :lol:

Re: Suns News: The Offseason

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 11:52 am
by Superbone
TheOriginalOriginal wrote:Pacers fans genuinely think the Suns would do Dragic for Lance in a S&T. SMH. :lol:
Poor saps.

Re: Suns News: The Offseason

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 11:53 am
by In2ition
TheOriginalOriginal wrote:
In2ition wrote:McDonough's job is to turn the team into a sustainable Championship team, I guess he'll do what he thinks is best to make that happen.
To what end though? Do you alienate a fan favorite in the process? I'm not sure I'd like that.
I guess every fan has their reasons for being a fan of a team, such as their favorite player plays for them, or style of play, or location of the team, or because they have a bunch of good dudes on the team, or maybe they like a team because they like their uniforms, or whatever.

Re: Suns News: The Offseason

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 12:01 pm
by In2ition
I don't think you need to look at it like you're alienating a fan favorite.

Re: Suns News: The Offseason

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 12:03 pm
by TOO
I root for the team 1st, but at some point there has to be some loyalty no? Do you think FA's would want to go to a team that has a mercenary nobody is safe mentality?

FTR I'd trade Dragic for George in a heartbeat. I wouldn't however let him get the Pau treatment and get stuck in numerous trade rumors because that can affect a players performance.

Re: Suns News: The Offseason

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 12:07 pm
by Shabazz
TheOriginalOriginal wrote:Pacers fans genuinely think the Suns would do Dragic for Lance in a S&T. SMH. :lol:
If we want Lance, why wouldn't we just sign him outright? Why give up our best player? Makes no sense.

Re: Suns News: The Offseason

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 12:12 pm
by Sunsfan4life
Per Coro....Spencer Hawes visiting Phoenix today.

He wants 8mil I heard...God I hope we don't sign him. He's INF's boy though.

Re: Suns News: The Offseason

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 12:13 pm
by TOO
Shabazz wrote:
TheOriginalOriginal wrote:Pacers fans genuinely think the Suns would do Dragic for Lance in a S&T. SMH. :lol:
If we want Lance, why wouldn't we just sign him outright? Why give up our best player? Makes no sense.
If there is anything I've learned about twitter, the average twitter sports fan has the sports IQ of a turd. They're also usually massive homers.

Re: Suns News: The Offseason

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 12:13 pm
by Sunsfan4life
According to SB Nation, the Suns are looking at a number of players on the free agent market apart from Bledsoe, including Chandler Parsons, Isaiah Thomas, Gordon Hayward and Luol Deng as well as players like Danny Granger and Trevor Ariza. The team is hoping to keep Channing Frye and some other names like Ed Davis, Spencer Hawes and Pau Gasol also could be in the mix. Last season the team was close to trading for Pau Gasol before that deal went through and now they could try and sign him on the free agent market.
Lots of suns news over the net right now.

Re: Suns News: The Offseason

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 12:15 pm
by TOO
Sunsfan4life wrote:Per Coro....Spencer Hawes visiting Phoenix today.

He wants 8mil I heard...God I hope we don't sign him. He's INF's boy though.
He's a better rebounder than Frye, hell I think he's better than Frye, but I'm not paying a stretch 5 (is that a thing?) 8M per year.

Re: Suns News: The Offseason

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 12:23 pm
by Flagrant Fowl
TheOriginalOriginal wrote:
Sunsfan4life wrote:Per Coro....Spencer Hawes visiting Phoenix today.

He wants 8mil I heard...God I hope we don't sign him. He's INF's boy though.
He's a better rebounder than Frye, hell I think he's better than Frye, but I'm not paying a stretch 5 (is that a thing?) 8M per year.
He's also redundant with Len. I'd rather wait and see what we may or may not have with him before dropping $8M/year on Hawes or someone else similar.

Re: Suns News: The Offseason

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 1:12 pm
by ShelC
LeBron is actually close with Bledsoe. He'd want to play with Bledsoe over anyone else, including Rondo. Melo would want to be paired with Rondo.
Pacers fans genuinely think the Suns would do Dragic for Lance in a S&T.
If Lance Blanks were still GM, I'd be genuinely worried.

Hawes scares me. He's been pretty durable, but I feel like he's going to get a contract and then miss a bunch of games. Hawes isn't redundant with Len because of his range (and he's actually proven as an NBA player). He's better than Frye, but still not sure I'd give him 8mil. I'd rather try and lure Pau with the 8mil and see if he'll take a paycut to play here. He's supposedly considering playing for around 4 with OKC.

Re: Suns News: The Offseason

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 1:17 pm
by SwingMan
TheOriginalOriginal wrote:Did Dragic get a better offer elsewhere during his first FA? Serious question, I dont see why him returning is loyal. We gave him a fair bit of money for a guy who hadn't earned it yet.

I would think LeBron would prefer Dragic to Rondo or even Bledsoe given his skill set.
IIRC Houston offered him $8 million per to stay in 2012 - only when Dragic committed here for $7.5 million per did Houston go after Lin as plan B.

Re: Suns News: The Offseason

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 1:25 pm
by dragickingdom
We offered Dragic a starting spot and Houston would not commit to that.

Re: Suns News: The Offseason

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 2:46 pm
by Ring_Wanted
Houston also wouldn't give him a player option. Apparently Morey doesn't do that unless you are a superstar.

Re: Suns News: The Offseason

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 7:02 pm
by SDC
ShelC wrote:LeBron is actually close with Bledsoe. He'd want to play with Bledsoe over anyone else, including Rondo. Melo would want to be paired with Rondo.
Pacers fans genuinely think the Suns would do Dragic for Lance in a S&T.
If Lance Blanks were still GM, I'd be genuinely worried.

Hawes scares me. He's been pretty durable, but I feel like he's going to get a contract and then miss a bunch of games. Hawes isn't redundant with Len because of his range (and he's actually proven as an NBA player). He's better than Frye, but still not sure I'd give him 8mil. I'd rather try and lure Pau with the 8mil and see if he'll take a paycut to play here. He's supposedly considering playing for around 4 with OKC.
pau isnt going to take a paycut for the suns. the suns had their chance last year with him. you'll have to offer him 10-12 mil a year. my advice is to sign pau for one year. mutually beneficial on both parties.

and i like hawes. he speaks his mind.

Re: Suns News: The Offseason

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:32 pm
by carey
Hawes is the douchebag with the Obama toilet paper, right? No thanks.

Re: Suns News: The Offseason

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:37 pm
by In2ition
carey wrote:Hawes is the douchebag with the Obama toilet paper, right? No thanks.
So his political views count him out? Only 46% of likely voters approve of the job he's doing as of today. Not that that means anything.

Re: Suns News: The Offseason

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:40 pm
by Superbone
In2ition wrote:
carey wrote:Hawes is the douchebag with the Obama toilet paper, right? No thanks.
So his political views count him out? Only 46% of likely voters approve of the job he's doing as of today. Not that that means anything.
So that means that 46% takes a shit on the President of the United States just like Hawes?

Re: Suns News: The Offseason

Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:41 pm
by TOO
Ha.. The Hawes topic took a promising turn. :shock: