The One And Only Offseason Thread!

Sunsdeuce · Post #81 » by **Sunsdeuce** » Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:14 am

NaturalBuns wrote:Bucks board is high on Bledsoe.
But the price they think they can get him for

Their going to end up with Lin

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matt131 · Post #82 » by **matt131** » Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:14 am

Sunsdeuce wrote:Suddenly everything is quiet. Twitter is dead. It's like the quiet before the storm.

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While I don't disagree, there have been multiple "quiets" before no storms so far. Haha but this one could be legit since Suns had/are having their last meeting with LBJ today.

Post #83 » by **lilfishi22** » Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:14 am

Well I've pretty much written off the chances of Lebron in Phoenix and I'm alright with that. I want to know what our plan B is.

Cutter · Post #84 » by **Cutter** » Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:15 am

letsgosuns wrote:
DirtyDez wrote:
letsgosuns wrote:Well the Suns currently have 33.5 million dollars in cap space right now. Dragic and the Morris Brothers combine to make 13.7 million dollars. Kevin love makes 15.7 million dollars. So if the Suns traded them for Love, they would still have 31.5 million dollars in available cap space. A max for lebron is 20.7 million, so that leaves 10.8 for other free agents, which they could theoretically give to Pau.

11m in cap-holds bruh...

No I am including the cap holds, especially with Frye no longer having a cap hold on the team. His was almost 10 million. Look at this quote from the Yahoo article last week: "The Suns have $33.5 million in salary-cap space and could shed the next $10 million needed to sign James and Anthony to maximum contracts without unloading the young core of guards Eric Bledsoe and Goran Dragic and center Miles Plumlee that pushed the franchise to 48 victories in the Western Conference last season."

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/suns-to-pu ... 46302.html

So with Frye now signing with Orlando his $9.6 million cap hold comes off the books.

We now have $43 million in cap space available? Is this correct?

JJ13 · Post #85 » by **JJ13** » Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:15 am

alamin330 wrote:
JJ13 wrote:What the hell is going on with Melo? Total silence

Melo is waiting on bosh to leave so he can sign with Miami

And what bigs will be in that line-up? McRoberts? Ha

alamin330 · Post #86 » by **alamin330** » Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:15 am

Like I said LeBron is not leaving Miami. He is using Cleveland and Phoenix to buy time Until Chris bosh leaves.

so_nashty · Post #87 » by **so_nashty** » Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:15 am

Frank Lee wrote:Haha on the RayRay debate... He could be a janitor at the FO, searching through all the crumpled paper for all we know I remember one 'insider' who's Claim was living in the same complex as stat... Granted his best story was catching Stat stealing his paper

Still tasty tidbits all the same.

Wash day is tomorrow

I'm curious mostly because I'm new here, what stuff has ray ray been able to tip us off on? It looks like he's one of those guys that posts something and everyone goes nuts. I love those kinds of board members because it always makes for some great debates and keeps everyone coming back and hitting refresh.

Keep up the info ray ray, I know a lot of us really appreciate the bits of info you pass along. I got almost no work done today between this board and twitter, lol.

Post #88 » by **bwgood77** » Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:16 am

Kerrsed wrote:
bwgood77 wrote:I love to see Ray Ray's posts, but the vetting thing doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me, being that the only real way to vet an insiders info would be to call up someone in the Suns office or something, unless every single thing they said was specific and eventually happened.

Not saying I don't believe or trust Ray Ray, but I can't put my head around how you would vet someone leaking vague info.

But Ray Ray, keep em coming...I enjoy reading them!

Lets just say that its a process. Research is done. Sometimes phone calls are made. Sometimes there is even juicier in depth info that is given to Mods that cant be leaked out to the board, that has come true.

If a person has been verified and vetted, their info and status is good.

As for the "Vague" part, sometimes the info is given to them vague and sometimes its just left vague to protect their source our the Suns overall interests in general. It would suck to leak something out that the league gets a hold of and backfires whatever great move we were making.

I didn't doubt you it just seemed odd. I've seen Ray Ray tell us things, so I definitely believe he knows stuff. It just seems weird that you would want to vet these people. Could scare some off.

I believed Ray Ray to always be genuine and I wouldn't have felt the need to vet him. I just trusted the dude. But I know you like to check people out who post here.

ImNotMcDiSwear · Post #89 » by **ImNotMcDiSwear** » Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:17 am

alamin330 wrote:Like I said LeBron is not leaving Miami. He is using Cleveland and Phoenix to buy time Until Chris bosh leaves.

Nobody knows anything. I'm not even sure LeBron has made up his mind.

alamin330 · Post #90 » by **alamin330** » Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:17 am

JJ13 wrote:
alamin330 wrote:
JJ13 wrote:What the hell is going on with Melo? Total silence

Melo is waiting on bosh to leave so he can sign with Miami

And what bigs will be in that line-up? McRoberts? Ha

PAU!!!

ImNotMcDiSwear · Post #91 » by **ImNotMcDiSwear** » Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:18 am

alamin330 wrote:
JJ13 wrote:
alamin330 wrote:
Melo is waiting on bosh to leave so he can sign with Miami

And what bigs will be in that line-up? McRoberts? Ha

PAU!!!

Seems like you're wishing.

letsgosuns · Post #92 » by **letsgosuns** » Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:19 am

Cutter wrote:
letsgosuns wrote:
DirtyDez wrote:
11m in cap-holds bruh...

No I am including the cap holds, especially with Frye no longer having a cap hold on the team. His was almost 10 million. Look at this quote from the Yahoo article last week: "The Suns have $33.5 million in salary-cap space and could shed the next $10 million needed to sign James and Anthony to maximum contracts without unloading the young core of guards Eric Bledsoe and Goran Dragic and center Miles Plumlee that pushed the franchise to 48 victories in the Western Conference last season."

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/suns-to-pu ... 46302.html

So with Frye now signing with Orlando his $9.6 million cap hold comes off the books.

We now have $43 million in cap space available? Is this correct?

No actually they get the 33.5 by renouncing Frye's rights. Now they do not have to anymore because his cap hold disappears since he has agreed to sign with a different team. The only cap hold they would keep is Bledsoe's. They can keep Tucker's if they want and there are small cap holds for their new rookies. Here is a good breakdown of it: http://www.basketball-reference.com/contracts/PHO.html Also remember that Smith's, Christmas', and Randolph's contracts are not guaranteed for next season.

JJ13 · Post #93 » by **JJ13** » Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:20 am

alamin330 wrote:
JJ13 wrote:
alamin330 wrote:
Melo is waiting on bosh to leave so he can sign with Miami

And what bigs will be in that line-up? McRoberts? Ha

PAU!!!

Haaaa...Pau and McRoberts is a joke.

alamin330 · Post #94 » by **alamin330** » Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:20 am

Not wishing but that seems more realistic than James leaving wade and Riley out for dead.

ImNotMcDiSwear · Post #95 » by **ImNotMcDiSwear** » Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:21 am

alamin330 wrote:Not wishing but that seems more realistic than James leaving wade and Riley out for dead.

JJ13 · Post #96 » by **JJ13** » Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:22 am

alamin330 wrote:Not wishing but that seems more realistic than James leaving wade and Riley out for dead.

What does Lebron owe Wade and Riley? He's not sticking around for a gimp and a snake.

Cutter · Post #97 » by **Cutter** » Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:23 am

alamin330 wrote:Not wishing but that seems more realistic than James leaving wade and Riley out for dead.

If LeBron can leave Cleveland and tear their heart out with "The Decision", he has no problem leaving Wade and Riley in the dust.

drewsprocket · Post #98 » by **drewsprocket** » Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:26 am

I just spoke with couple good sources, my wife's Doula and midwife, who say that if Lebron is out, expect that we sign Stephenson to near max deal and trade Dragic and a pick for K. Love.

As much as I'd hate to see Dragic go, If he does I think we gotta bring Bogdan's ass over here with the quickness.

alamin330 · Post #99 » by **alamin330** » Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:27 am

Lebron did that because he wanted to be popular and earn money for charity while building his brand. I'm sure he didn't expect that type of reaction from Cleveland or he wouldn't have done it that way. His free agency in 2010 was the most talked about day for 2 years before he even became a free agent. So he went big. I'm a suns fan I would live Bron in phx, but be real. Wade is his best friend. Miami is his new home and he loves it here.

Sunsdeuce · Post #100 » by **Sunsdeuce** » Tue Jul 8, 2014 1:28 am

drewsprocket wrote:I just spoke with couple good sources, my wife's Doula and midwife, who say that if Lebron is out, expect that we sign Stephenson to near max deal and trade Dragic and a pick for K. Love.

As much as I'd hate to see Dragic go, If he does I think we gotta bring Bogdan's ass over here with the quickness.

Well glad you have friends of wives of midwives who know sources. Lol

As for Stephenson........hell to the no.

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