mg wrote:Usually when trade talks hit the interwebs the talks are usually already dead.
Dudley+pick+filler would have been a great deal for Memphis.
Haven't the Suns learned their lesson yet about overpaying for non-franchise type players? Small/mid market teams cannot afford to overpay for talent.
Agreed. Suns need to finally do the right thing, tank and get a good player in the top end of the draft. The only way they're going to improve besides making big moves like Miami, Boston, LA, is if you have cheap talented players. So they need to hit on those draft picks and have good players on rookie deals that can then be resigned. Then sign or trade for a guy who is on a sizable deal that compliments the young core.
They most likely have the Lakers pick. They should make a trade for another pick that also allows them to tank this year. Gortat and Dudley are valuable pieces, but not franchise changers and will be useless by the time of their next go around. This gets them another pick and improves their pick when they tank and they can have a nice quick rebuild. Let those young guys play as much as possible to hopefully get another lotto pick and then they can be ready to make moves.
Also, by tank I don't mean purposefully throw away games, I mean trade players keeping them on the treadmill for assets that help the future. Being too talent-devoid to not win games for this year while getting young guys as much playing time as possible for experience and roster evaluation.
This is a team that has to take on step back to take two steps forward, because they have some bad deals and veterans that won't win them anything, but also don't have the assets to trade for a real difference maker
