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Suns Trade Knight and Chriss for Anderson and Melton

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:06 pm
by Shabazz
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1035374604808843269

Re: Suns Trade Knight and Chriss for Anderson and Melton

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:07 pm
by da_suns_fan
Edit: BLAH

Re: Suns Trade Knight and Chriss for Anderson and Melton

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:08 pm
by Shabazz
I like Melton. Anderson has on court value but an awful contract. This may cost us about $4-6M in cap room next offseason, but is pretty neutral if we had picked up Chriss' contract.

Our PG situation is pretty weak right now. There's probably another move coming.

Re: Suns Trade Knight and Chriss for Anderson and Melton

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:08 pm
by Shabazz
It's also probably worse for Bender than if we had just kept Chriss.

Re: Suns Trade Knight and Chriss for Anderson and Melton

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:09 pm
by Split T
da_suns_fan wrote:
Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:07 pm
This trade makes tons of sense for Houston and zero for Phoenix.

How does McDonough have a job?
Huh? What exactly does Knight and Chriss do for them?

Re: Suns Trade Knight and Chriss for Anderson and Melton

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:10 pm
by da_suns_fan
Split T wrote:
Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:09 pm
da_suns_fan wrote:
Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:07 pm
This trade makes tons of sense for Houston and zero for Phoenix.

How does McDonough have a job?
Huh? What exactly does Knight and Chriss do for them?
Well we had the Lakers pick and the number 7 pick in a draft and somehow we end up with Ryan Anderson.

Re: Suns Trade Knight and Chriss for Anderson and Melton

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:10 pm
by Split T
Shabazz wrote:
Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:08 pm
I like Melton. Anderson has on court value but an awful contract. This may cost us about $4-6M in cap room next offseason, but is pretty neutral if we had picked up Chriss' contract.

Our PG situation is pretty weak right now. There's probably another move coming.
Gotta think another move is coming unless we're all in on point Booker.

Re: Suns Trade Knight and Chriss for Anderson and Melton

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:10 pm
by Shabazz
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Re: Suns Trade Knight and Chriss for Anderson and Melton

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:12 pm
by da_suns_fan
Knights gonna come off the bench and play great for them.

Anderson is well past his prime. This trade makes zero sense for Suns.

Re: Suns Trade Knight and Chriss for Anderson and Melton

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:12 pm
by Split T
da_suns_fan wrote:
Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:10 pm
Split T wrote:
Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:09 pm
da_suns_fan wrote:
Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:07 pm
This trade makes tons of sense for Houston and zero for Phoenix.

How does McDonough have a job?
Huh? What exactly does Knight and Chriss do for them?
Well we had the Lakers pick and the number 7 pick in a draft and somehow we end up with Ryan Anderson.
I'm not even sure how to respond to this... The Lakers pick, the #8 pick (not 7) and Ryan Anderson have nothing to do with this trade. We did this for Melton

Re: Suns Trade Knight and Chriss for Anderson and Melton

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:14 pm
by Shabazz
If they loved Melton, they could have drafted him.

Re: Suns Trade Knight and Chriss for Anderson and Melton

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:14 pm
by Cap
da_suns_fan wrote:
Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:12 pm
Anderson is well past his prime.
I wonder about that. He had a down season, but he’s not old. He’s 30.

Re: Suns Trade Knight and Chriss for Anderson and Melton

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:19 pm
by In2ition
I wouldn't be surprised at all to see another trade happen.

Re: Suns Trade Knight and Chriss for Anderson and Melton

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:19 pm
by Split T
Shabazz wrote:
Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:14 pm
If they loved Melton, they could have drafted him.
True, but we couldn't have drafted Okobo as well.

Re: Suns Trade Knight and Chriss for Anderson and Melton

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:21 pm
by Shabazz
Split T wrote:
Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:19 pm
Shabazz wrote:
Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:14 pm
If they loved Melton, they could have drafted him.
True, but we couldn't have drafted Okobo as well.
Much like Chriss/Bender, it’s probably not ideal from a development standpoint to have both.

Re: Suns Trade Knight and Chriss for Anderson and Melton

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:29 pm
by Split T
Maybe, I see Melton more like Marcus Smart. He's a defensive prospect that can handle the ball a bit. I think Okobo has more of a chance to be an actual PG

Re: Suns Trade Knight and Chriss for Anderson and Melton

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:34 pm
by Split T
FWIW, a lot of draft nerds LOVED Melton

Re: Suns Trade Knight and Chriss for Anderson and Melton

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:34 pm
by iLLmatic
I'm just happy to see Chriss gone. He must've not been in the teams plans all along.

Re: Suns Trade Knight and Chriss for Anderson and Melton

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:36 pm
by Split T
https://twitter.com/TheMattPetersen/status/1035385314502750208

Re: Suns Trade Knight and Chriss for Anderson and Melton

Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:43 pm
by Shabazz
I love Shaq and advocated him starting before this trade.