A look at McD's Roster Transformation 2 years in

[WeekapaugGroove]

So with the deadline past we now have a picture of the roster that we'll have two years into McD's tenure. Crazy that we're down to only 3 players left from when he took over. And all 3 of those inherited players have gotten contracts from McD so after yesterday this is officially his bunch of guys.

Players inherited: 2012/13 Roster with that years salaries:
1 Goran Dragic $7,500,000
2 Marcin Gortat $7,258,960
3 Josh Childress $7,000,000
4 Channing Frye $6,000,000
5 Michael Beasley $5,750,000
6 Wesley Johnson $4,285,560
7 Jared Dudley $4,250,000
8 Luis Scola $4,148,510
9 Shannon Brown $3,500,000
10 Markieff Morris $2,063,040
11 Marcus Morris $1,959,960
12 Kendall Marshall $1,919,160
13 Jermaine O'Neal $1,352,181
14 Hamed Haddadi $1,300,000
15 Brad Miller $848,000
16 P.J. Tucker $762,195
17 Diante Garrett $473,604
18 Luke Zeller $473,604

inherited draft picks:
Suns 2014 pick
Lakers 2014 pick
Lakers future pick
Wolves future pick (possible 2 seconds)


Current Roster and Assets:
Remaining players:
Marcus Morris
Markieff Morris
P.J. Tucker

Drafted with inherited assets:
Len
Goodwin
Warren
**** I really can't complain about any of the draft decisions with these inherited picks. Len has a chance to be a very good C. Goodwin and Warren are unknowns at this point but for where they were picked I don't have any complaints.

Players and assets acquired in trade:
out - Gortat, Dragic, Scola, Dudley, Lakers future pick, Wolves future pick (most likely a 2nd rounder), IT (brought in by cap space used moving other players)

In- Bledsoe, Knight, Green, Bullock, Wright, rights to Bogdan Bogdanovic, Cavs 2016 1st, Miami 2017 1st, Miami 2021 unprotected 1st


Not every move has worked out perfectly but when you look at the roster transformation in totality he's done a pretty good job IMO. Suns have some young guys who hopefully grow up together and still have a good amount of future assets in the war chest to continue to improve.

What's everyone's thoughts on the overall transformation?

[jcsunsfan]

Meh. Find me a star player. Not one. They are touting Knight, but I doubt it. Bucks fans feel the same way about Knight that Suns fans felt about Shannon Brown. Yikes. We gave up the Laker pick for that.

[WeekapaugGroove]

Meh. Find me a star player. Not one. They are touting Knight, but I doubt it. Bucks fans feel the same way about Knight that Suns fans felt about Shannon Brown. Yikes. We gave up the Laker pick for that.

what "star" should he have got?

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[RaisingArizona]

Looking back, it's a miracle we are where we are. That old roster was a mess. Have some freaking patience, guys. This new FO regime at least has a plan and a solid young core in place. Let's see if you're still all complaining come this Oct.

[dorkestra]

I have no memory of Brad Miller on the Suns haha. Big changes for you guys. I have always liked Knight and wish him and you guys all the best. I don't expect the Lakers pick to be ours until next year anyway.