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Originally posted by R-Star
Nah Roby, its just not worth it. Im all for seeing Penny leaving and taking his injurys with him, but not at the price of brining in the most overpaid backup in the L. On top of that he would probably try to mentor Amare. Mentor him into being what you say? A cracked out has been like Kemp probably. The suns dont need that kind of influence. And on top of that, Outlaws a good role player who snags boards.
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Hey, NO DOUBT, Shawn Kemp is a piece of dog $hit, you get no argument from me. But would you rather have FOUR MORE YEARS of Penny--who does NOT need to be taking minutes away from either Joe Johnson or Casey Jacobsen--or TWO MORE YEARS of Shawn Kemp?
Besides, this team could actually use Kemp, believe it or not. I remember a few games this past season when Dale Davis couldn't play, and Kemp actually posted 20-10 stats, I SWEAR TO GOD he did!
And, while I absolutely positively believe that the best indicator of future performance is past performance, sometimes a second chance really makes all the difference in the world. If Kemp came to Phoenix, no one would expect him to do anything other than sit at the end of the bench for two years. In other words, he'd be in a no-pressure situation. I think that Kemp has been kicked around so much over the past few seasons that he has actually become something of an UNDERDOG--yeah, I know, it's hard to believe that a guy making $20+ mil/year is much of an underdog, but don't you feel just a LITTLE sorry for the guy?
Besides, Amare Stoudemire is fresh out of high school, I don't care WHAT that dude is doing in the summer league, he's not ready to contribute at the NBA level yet. If he's REALLY PRECOCIOUS, he'll be able to contribute a LITTLE during his second season--but not next year. The summer leagues don't mean anything.
And who else does this team have inside right now? Scott Williams, Jake Tsakilidis, Bo Outlaw, and Tom Gugliotta? Kemp is certainly a MUCH better player than the worthless Googs is at this point, don't you think?
Of course, the bottom line is, the Suns have some bad salaries, and the sooner you can get rid of them, the better. They'd save themselves over $30 mil by trading Penny and Outlaw (and Brown) for Kemp (assuming this is possible--Suns fan says that it's not, though). This is a financial move, not a basketball move.
Get rid of Penny! Some way, somehow! PLEASE! OTHERWISE, He's going to be in Phoenix longer than George W. is going to be in Washington! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!