Suns Offseason Thread 3: Spurned for the Spurs

blacksun · Post #1621 » by **blacksun** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 3:13 am

best 1-2 punch at center in the league?

Post #1622 » by **Qwigglez** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 3:16 am

sunsbum wrote:I love teletovics nickname #kingslayer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2bhRrOAI-0

If its not, it should be.

Lol @ Lebron. He seriously thinks he could take Mirza? He's probably affiliated with the Russian mob one way or another which is why he laughed. :wink:

franksredhot · Post #1623 » by **franksredhot** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 3:19 am

DeAndre Jordan back out then Mavs up their contract from 4 year 57mil to max with Wesley Mathews WOW!

sunsbum · Post #1624 » by **sunsbum** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 3:24 am

franksredhot wrote:DeAndre Jordan back out then Mavs up their contract from 4 year 57mil to max with Wesley Mathews WOW!

that is going to bite cuban in the ass hard. He up'ed the contract to a max!?!?!

Post #1625 » by **Qwigglez** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 3:25 am

franksredhot wrote:DeAndre Jordan back out then Mavs up their contract from 4 year 57mil to max with Wesley Mathews WOW!

I mean what did you expect? They no longer need Deandre when they just traded for Zaza.

thamadkant · Post #1626 » by **thamadkant** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 3:31 am

rsavaj wrote:I don't think we can get Ibaka but that is definitely the sort of deal I will be pursuing in NBA 2K so thank you for the inspiration

What you mean "sort of deal"?

I could trade for any stars in NBA 2K, just force it.

:-)

thamadkant · Post #1627 » by **thamadkant** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 3:34 am

sunsbum wrote:
franksredhot wrote:DeAndre Jordan back out then Mavs up their contract from 4 year 57mil to max with Wesley Mathews WOW!

that is going to bite cuban in the ass hard. He up'ed the contract to a max!?!?!

Lots of fans actually think it sends a good message to other FAs that Cuban rewards loyalties.

Cuban apparently asked Wes if he wanted to back down from the verbal agreement since Mavs couldnt sign Deandre... but Wes was committed and criticized Deandre...

thamadkant · Post #1628 » by **thamadkant** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 3:36 am

I would assume Popovic would of been targeting Teletovic... But Suns got a real role player in Teletovic.
Catch and shoot guy who hustles for rebounds and defensively.

Flying Colors · Post #1629 » by **Flying Colors** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 3:44 am

Man Cuban, i hope that works well for you, because if it doesn't...boy

Walt_Uoob · Post #1630 » by **Walt_Uoob** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 3:46 am

Total speculation but I'm thinking Cuban paid Matthews extra money and asked him to NOT play at all this year so they can tank.

SideSwipe · Post #1631 » by **SideSwipe** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 3:47 am

Guys, I'm thinking the cap magic at work here might be the $5.5 mil Dragic exception, which may still leave us with some minor cap space to sign and/or absorb. The exception from Dragic is exactly $5.5 per ESPN.

carey · Post #1632 » by **carey** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 3:48 am

Anyone have a link on that? That is dope of Cuban if true. I agree that it sends one hell of a message. Makes zero basketball sense unless he's tanking though.

Post #1633 » by **lilfishi22** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 3:50 am

Qwigglez wrote:
sunsbum wrote:I love teletovics nickname #kingslayer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2bhRrOAI-0

If its not, it should be.

Lol @ Lebron. He seriously thinks he could take Mirza? He's probably affiliated with the Russian mob one way or another which is why he laughed.

sunsfever68 · Post #1634 » by **sunsfever68** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 3:55 am

Teletovic as a backup stretch 4 our channing frye that we've missed who can spread the floor will be very useful.

Our training staff and Hornacek's shooting coach ability hopefully helps get him to the level where he's making 38% from 3 and getting 10/6 a game.

Ultimately I hope he is efficient, takes smart shots, rebounds well when he can, and helps our bench mob with Len and the young guys do well.

franksredhot · Post #1635 » by **franksredhot** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 4:00 am

[quote="carey"]Anyone have a link on that? That is dope of Cuban if true. I agree that it sends one hell of a message. Makes zero basketball sense unless he's tanking though.[/quote

http://www.rotoworld.com/headlines/nba/268524/wesley-matthews-signs-four-year-max-deal

Matthews was originally penciled in at four years and $57 million in order to give the Mavs some financial flexibility in signing DeAndre Jordan, but with Jordan making his last minute change of heart to re-up with the Clippers, Mark Cuban decided to give Matthews a loyalty bonus. A $70 million, four-year deal for a guy coming off a torn Achilles is certainly impressive. If Matthews can return to form, he'll be an excellent source of fantasy value as the third or second option on offense in Dallas, but there remains a large amount of risk given the injury.

yea insane!

bhawk · Post #1636 » by **bhawk** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 4:02 am

What is up with the B. Knight signing? Is the deal going sideways on us?

Flying Colors · Post #1637 » by **Flying Colors** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 4:05 am

bhawk wrote:What is up with the B. Knight signing? Is the deal going sideways on us?

what do you mean?

bhawk · Post #1638 » by **bhawk** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 4:07 am

Suns had a presser today and didn't mention Knight once... I thought he would be a part of the announcements? Is he already signed and I missed it? Entirely possible btw...

Post #1639 » by **bwgood77** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 4:09 am

saintEscaton wrote:
bigfoot wrote:
saintEscaton wrote:Ok lets all chill out and sip some koolaid.

Yeah the bourbon is wearing off. Need another big glass

I love all of you guyz. The warring words and intense exchanges only solidify our bonds of cyber-camaraderie

This is true. We are a community. I see arguments happen...let them happen but nothing personal..we are all in this together..we are all on the same boat hoping to reach the same destination.

MrMiyagi · Post #1640 » by **MrMiyagi** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 4:13 am

I know people will likely vote for the addition by subtraction trade of Marcus, but I think that signing Tyson Chandler was our best offseason move. I know a lot of people feel like it's a big contract to give an older player, but I think Tyson makes us better. I know everyone talks about our "iso/hero ball" offense being a problem, but I honestly think we need to get better on defense. Having a great defensive center not only play for us, but teach Len and hopefully Kieff how to play good defense, we'll start getting those easy transition buckets to boost our offense.