PhilasFinest wrote:Negrodamus wrote:PhilasFinest wrote:
Sure, He made some bad signings like Landry Fields....but lets not overlook the fact that he also was apart of clearing out a ton of cap space, to sign a superstar Steve Nash via FA.
Just like Hinkie swung for the fences in the NBA draft, I expect the Colangelo's to do the same thing but via trades/FA as well.
Just like Hinkie, they likely wont bat 100%....but all it takes is 1 move to pan out to change a franchise. If we find our Stoudemire, Marion and/or Nash....then our teams future will have changed.
Clear room for a FA signing? Look at the champions of the past 20 years. Warriors, Spurs, Lakers, even the Heat were headlined by (a) guy(s) that were drafted by that same team (Wade, Bryant, Curry/Thompson, Duncan/Ginobili/Parker/Leonard. Yes, those teams had huge FA signings, but those were transcendent talents coming in like LeBron, Shaq, Bosh, etc. not the corpse of Steve Nash. If he's able to sign Durant or a mega star in this league, then go ahrad. Do not spent the massive cap room we have on a 30 year old point guard that's on the downside of his career. I know a lot of Nash's issues on the Lakers were injury related, but he was OLD.
A max contract on a FA should be spent on the intersection of youth and supreme talent.
The Corpse of Steve Nash? Are your serious?
They signed Steve Nash and he went on to win MVP of the entire league twice, and finished 2nd in year 3. Id say that was a worthwhile signing in free agency. I guess that doesnt qualify as a Mega Star signing in the league??
The Suns also added that awful FA Steve Nash to guys they had drafted in Amare Stoudemire and Shawn Marion....both all star players in there primes.
I guess that doesn't align with the method of adding Shaq to Wade, or LeBron and Bosh to Wade???
I'm talking about when Bryan was the GM of the Raptors and was going "all in" on Nash in 2012.