Weird Trade Rumor: PHO-MEM-MIN

[shrink]

I don't buy it, but I thought some of you would be interested:

http://www.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=746366

Trade Rumor out of Phoenix today
AM radio today in the Phoenix was running with this potential trade involving Memphis, Minnesota, and Phoenix. Rock and Manuch admitted it was a rumor they had heard out of the Suns front office about them exploring this idea, but they've explored it enough that there's names and actual picks identified.

Phoenix would get...
Mark Madsen (3/yrs @ $2.42)
Rashard McCants (2/yrs @ $1.7)
Mike Miller (3/yrs @ $8.3)

Memphis would get...
Marcus Banks (4/yrs @ $3.9)
Alando Tucker (2/yrs @ 931K)
Marko Jaric (4/yrs @ 6.05)
#1 from Phoenix via Atlanta in 2008
#2 from Minnesota in 2008 and 2009 OR possibly a future #1 from Minnesota

Minnesota would get...
Boris Diaw (4/yrs @ $9)
Eric Piatkowski (1/yr @ $1.2)
Kyle Lowry (1/yr @ @1.0
#2 from Memphis in 2009

It's no secret Kerr wants to unload Marcus Banks contract and Diaw has fallen into D'Antoni's doghouse for good. But they gets offense in return in Miller and McCants and also get to unload salary again now that it seems they are going to resign Marion. Madsen also provides some defense and rebounding, when Amare is out.

Minnesota gets rid of Jaric's salary and gets an experienced post and quality PG to team up with Jefferson and Brewer and what they said is Michael Beasley.

Memphis is the key here as they are taking on 2 perceived horrible contracts in Banks and Jaric, but want the draft picks and Alando Tucker. Also what's interesting is they are basically getting 3 guards, but their hope is to land someone like Eric Gordon with their pick and Hibbert or Kevin Love with the Phoenix pick. Evidently Miller is becoming more of a pain than Gasol and they LOVE Tucker and some guy in Italy that is coming out supposedly (Galinari)

I still don't know why they'd take on Banks and Jaric contract and become a guard heavy team, but they must love Tucker. But evidently there's been some talks as.

MN
Lowry/Telfair/Foy
Foye/Buckner/Green
Brewer/Walker/Gomes
Jefferson/Smith
Diaw/Richard

+ potentially Beasley

Phoenix
Nash/Barbosa/Hill
Miller/McCants/Bell
Hill/Bell/Barbosa
Marion/Skinner
Stoudemire/Madsen

Still small but incredibly versatile in at the 1 - 2 - 3 spots

Memphis
Conley/Navarro/Banks
Jaric/Tucker/Jacobsen
RudyGay/Jaric/
Gasol/Swift/Warrick
Milicic/Swift

+Gordon and maybe Galinari or Hibbert.

I still don't know for sure how Memphis gets better other than getting rid of a bad attitude in Miller. But the Suns get a consistant shooter and MN gets some size and settle the PG situation for the future.

Hmmmmm....

PS - Don't kill the messenger, just saying what was on the radio today.

[NapoleonII]

Where do i sign...?


Diaw has turned into a cancer-filled doughnut.

[TASTIC]

DO IT!!

Unload banks AND Diaw AND get MMiller who plays multi positions and would go off in the Suns system...

We lose the ATL pick, but IMO it's worth it to free up Diaw+Banks' contracts. Madsen would be a crowd favourite, and McCants ain't half bad for the price.

I'd do it in a heartbeat, doubt MEM does it though

Amare / Skinner
Marion / Madsen
Hill / Miller
Bell / McCants
Nash / Barbosa

NICE playoff team. MMiller is the sort of big guard we need to help Barbosa in the 2nd unit...

[pidi]

i realy would like it, then we could sign pj brown and are set for the playoffs....
yep, nice idea in adding mike miller....

[rsavaj]

That would be interesting....we get even smaller, which sucks, but that's a legit 9 man rotation(Madsen wouldn't get PT here).

GIT R DONE!

[Nickhex777]

Man I hope this happens

[PHXfan85]

I shed a tear because my heart still yearns for a dominant center. Unloading some unused players and Diaw is not a bad move though. If they are gonna do it they need to do it soon though, no excuses of team chemistry come playoff time.

Also if they do make a move, then the front office is actually following through with what they said they were gonna do, cuz imo that 4 game stretch from Utah to Dallas was ugly.

http://realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=742011

[13-32]

Wow sign me up please

[BurningHeart]

IN AN INSTANT

[Black Jesus 1]

Get me hard.

[BurningHeart]

Mike Miller is Boris Diaw + Balls + ridiculous shooting.

[rsavaj]

But seriously....is there any way we can take over MEM's GM's brain and get him to agree to this?

[JJ13]

Rashard is going to be nasty in the future and Mike Miller is one of the scrappiest long-ballers in the game...I'm in

[-SDU-]

i would do it, but the comment that "diaw has fallen into dantonis doghouse" is incorrect

hell yeah i would do this trade, but i would love to keep the ATL pick

mccants is a microfracture victim but our docs and amare could really help him

[Ballings7]

This would be a good trade for you guys.

Still don't think the big man and PG defense would be enough, but the offense gets more diverse, and overall depth is noticably improved. The most ever in the Nash/D'Antoni era.

mccants is a microfracture victim

But hasn't effected his game much.

[-SDU-]

i could understand a deal with memphis more if they were the ones to get diaw seeing as ivaroni is probably one of the only ones who really understands what diaw can do

[KPCB34]

Hell yeah!

I doubt its a real rumour but if so GET THAT **** DONE!

[doubleh11]

dude, i think that miller would be such an awesome addition.....that could be a missing link that the suns need to boost them over that edge.....they need it bad.

[JJ13]

Whether this rumor is true or not, it seems like there is definitely some action going on in the front office...(would definitely read the original blog that this rumor came from)

Apparently both Gambo & Ash and Rock & Manuch were talking suns trades today...G&A were talking about McCants/Jaric and John Salmons. R&M were talking about the trade in this post obviously.

...Hopefully there's something brewing to get rid of diaw & banks. I'd take a Jaric/McCants, Salmons or Mike Miller deal any day. Didn't Salmons drop 30+ last night??

[theGreatRC]

I don't see why Memphis does this. PHO and MIN do it, but Diaw sucks balls.