Suns Offseason Thread (Now Collecting Unwanted Vets, Youth and Return of the Dragon)

[chilltown]

Originally Posted by Hyperion

This will be one of the most frustrating rebuilds ever.

I agree. But mostly because we shouldn't be in this situation in the first place given all of the mistakes that were made to get to this point.

[Dissonance]

EG is there now.

[Wade County]

PG - Dragic
SG - E.Gordon
SF - Beasley
PF - Morris
C - Gortat

Is that what you guys would be running if you signed all 3? Who'se your best option at PF?

[Dissonance]

Yep. Morris I would think. Off chance they start Frye instead. Gortat might be moved eventually though. Loses value w/o Nash and threw people under the bus last yr.



Might be tricky to get all 3. Would need to amnesty Chill like were going to and maybe another move.

[Hyperion]

We would have to s&t gordon. Hopefully give them childress and warrick plus picks

[l0st1]

Gortat threw people under the bus ?
Screw beasley. Sure he's young and has shown signs. But incredibly inconsistent and doesn't bring any defense or rebounding. We are "rebuilding" this team an inferior version of the team we've had the last 7 years. Go after Gordon, Dragic, Hibbert, and Mayo in that order. Then if everything fails Felton and Beasley.

[l0st1]

Originally Posted by Hyperion

We would have to s&t gordon. Hopefully give them childress and warrick plus picks

Why would we have to s&t ? We have cap space to fit him. But Jesus if we can get away with warrick and childress plus a pick then do it. But DISTANT pick

[Dissonance]

Coro talked about it on a sunspodcast other day. He said something about org not liking it and his habit of doing it privately. It's never his fault.


Meh. I think Beasley worth a shot. And it's more than likely gonna happen IMO. He's coming tomorrow for 2nd meeting. Nothing else out there about him. This isn't a 27-28 old either. He's 23. Team has to take chances and we need a scorer. He can rebound better than he's shown and no one plays D in NBA.

Hibbert already verbally agreed to an offer sheet in Portland. Mayo's next up if we miss out on EG and Felton is only if we don't get Dragic.

[Dissonance]

Originally Posted by Hyperion

We would have to s&t gordon. Hopefully give them childress and warrick plus picks

If EG tells him he wants to go off on his own, or elsewhere, they'd have no choice but to take the best we want to offer or nothing. They're probably bluffing matching MAX and org won't want anyone that doesn't want to be there. They also drafted Rivers on this chance.

[Dissonance]

Here we go.

John Gambadoro ‏@Gambo620

The Suns are highly likely to make Eric Gordon a max offer. To this point they have not made Beasley an offer but are considering it

[R-Star]

Am I missing something with these "We'll offer Childress and a pick" talk? Is Childress expiring? Because otherwise no one ****ing wants the guy.

And the "if he says he wants to go here, they have to take whatever we offer" talk is always funny, but it never happens. How did that all work out for Dwight so far?

[Dissonance]

Originally Posted by R-Star

Am I missing something with these "We'll offer Childress and a pick" talk? Is Childress expiring? Because otherwise no one ****ing wants the guy.

And the "if he says he wants to go here, they have to take whatever we offer" talk is always funny, but it never happens. How did that all work out for Dwight so far?

I don't think he'll be part of anything. More likely gets amnestied.


Dwight's not a RFA though. It's a different situation.

[Wade County]

I wonder what sort of contract Beas would get on the open market. He'd want atleast Landry Fields money, yeah?

3yrs, $21M?

That's probably a worthwhile gamble for Phoenix. Best case he flourishes and turns into that 20/7 guy he should be. Worst case he mulls along as is and gives you some bench scoring while being a short/medium term contract.

Not sure if New Orleans would match a max offer for EG. Tough one.

[Hyperion]

Originally Posted by R-Star

Am I missing something with these "We'll offer Childress and a pick" talk? Is Childress expiring? Because otherwise no one ****ing wants the guy.

And the "if he says he wants to go here, they have to take whatever we offer" talk is always funny, but it never happens. How did that all work out for Dwight so far?

They'll face losing him for nothing, but to make the figures work, they could send some guys who if they don't work, will be expiring next year (i'll have to double check that)

[Dissonance]

Paul Coro ‏@paulcoro

While the Nash saga continues, the #Suns will push for a Michael Beasley commitment today and host Raymond Felton tomorrow.

Paul Coro ‏@paulcoro


I think Beasley's signing today.