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Are we that good of a destination?

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/w ... ref=sircrc

So depending on what we do, we need to fill some needs right? If Amare is gone, then Nash, even if Phx is a nice place to live, will players want to play here?

Here is a list of some FA's list of 2009.

Anthony Carter
Resheed Wallace
Artest
Ariza
Odom
Sessions (R)
CV
Shelden Williams
Turkoglu
Andre Miller
Frye (R)
Gooden
Ike Diogu (R)
Marion

Some are younger players that are coming off of rookie contracts that did not get a shot or did not pan out. So, some possible Sarver saver cheap contracts could come.

There is others if you want to add them to the list.

I don't know about if Amare and Nash are gone, but if they stay, we could get CV to play the 4 and slide Amare to center..possible alternative to the Camby/Chandler thing.

did not think of that. could work because CV is a 3-pt threat.

Yea depends if Amare still hates playing center or not.

BVPN wrote:I don't know about if Amare and Nash are gone, but if they stay, we could get CV to play the 4 and slide Amare to center..possible alternative to the Camby/Chandler thing.

--- Unless CV had some life-changing epiphany in Milwaukee, Raps fans will caution you to be wary. Nice guy, inconsistent effort.

Ron Artest - I would love Artest here, but I don't think Houston let's him go now with the news of Yao.

Lamar Odom - He would be insane in an up-tempo system like Phoenix. If PHX can't lock up Chandler, then I would buy out Wallace and waive Pavlovic in an attempt to sign Odom. Odom plays the 4 and Amare the 5 for spurts.

Andre Miller - Though I think he get's re-inked with his current club, he would be a nice grab with the MLE if we could get him. I like Dragic, but I just don't know if he's ready to spot Nash. The problem with Miller is his age.

Hedo Turkoglu - Now here's an intersting prospect. A point-forward with range. Turkoglu could take the preasure off of Nash at points. He practically played PG when Nelson went down. He could help spread the floor and would make up for Hill's spotty 3pt shot in the starting lineup.

Put simply, it's Chandler or a decent FA.

Problem is, as I understand it, even if we buy out Wallace's contract it still counts towards the salary cap. Even if we had room to get a FA into PHX, it would be like adding twice the salary. I think Wallace might have to be involved in a S&T with some of these guys if we are to have any hope of it.

from ProBasketballNews.com:

I bold-faced some guys i like, no rhyme or reaspn though as to psotion. Just who i though we could use and wasn't going to be overpriced too badly.

All players are unrestricted free agents unless there is an (R) following their name. Those are restricted free agents, whose teams have seven days to match any offer the player receives from another team.

If a player has an (ETO) after his name, he has an early termination option in his contract that allows him to become a free agent but has yet to make a decision.

If a player has a (P) after his name, he has a player option on a contract for next season but has yet to make a decision.

If a player has a (T) after his name, the team holds an option on his contract for next season but has yet to make a decision.

Negotiations may begin at 12:01 a.m. on July 1 but no signings can become official until July 8.

ATLANTA HAWKS (9) - Mike Bibby, Thomas Gardner (R), Othello Hunter (R), Mario West (R), Josh Childress (R), Solomon Jones (R), Zaza Pachulia, Flip Murray, Marvin Williams (R).

BOSTON CELTICS (5) - Glen Davis (R), Eddie House (P), Stephon Marbury, Mikki Moore, Leon Powe (R).

CHARLOTTE BOBCATS (5) - Raymond Felton (R), Cartier Martin (R), Sean May, Sean Singletary (T, R), Juwan Howard.

CHICAGO BULLS (3) - Aaron Gray (R), Ben Gordon, Lindsey Hunter.

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS (4) - Joe Smith, Wally Szczerbiak, Anderson Varejao, Lorenzen Wright

DALLAS MAVERICKS (6) - Brandon Bass, Devean George (P), Gerald Green, Ryan Hollins (R), Jason Kidd, James Singleton.

DENVER NUGGETS (6) - Chris Andersen, Anthony Carter, Jason Hart, Dahntay Jones, Linas Kleiza (R), Johan Petro (R).

DETROIT PISTONS (5) - Kwame Brown (P), Walter Herrmann (R), Allen Iverson, Antonio McDyess, Rasheed Wallace.

GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS (2) - Rob Kurz (R), C.J. Watson (R).

HOUSTON ROCKETS (4) - Ron Artest, Brian Cook (P), Dikembe Mutombo, Von Wafer.

INDIANA PACERS (6) - Maceo Baston, Marquis Daniels, Stephen Graham, Jarrett Jack (R), Josh McRoberts (R), Rasho Nesterovic.

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS (4) - Alex Acker (T, R), Fred Jones, Steve Novak, Brian Skinner (P).

LOS ANGELES LAKERS (3) - Shannon Brown (R), Trevor Ariza, Lamar Odom.

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES (5) - Juan Carlos Navarro (R), Hakim Warrick (R), Chris Mihm, Quinton Ross, Mike Wilks.

MIAMI HEAT (5) - Joel Anthony (R), Luther Head, Jamaal Magloire, Jamario Moon (R), Chris Quinn (P)

MILWAUKEE BUCKS (5) - Keith Bogans, Ersan Ilyasova (R), Damon Jones, Ramon Sessions (R), Charlie Villanueva (R).

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES (5) - Bobby Brown (P, R), Rodney Carney, Jason Collins, Kevin Ollie, Shelden Williams.

NEW JERSEY NETS (1) - Maurice Ager

NEW ORLEANS HORNETS (3) - Ryan Bowen, Melvin Ely, Sean Marks.

NEW YORK KNICKS (4) - Al Harrington (P), David Lee (R), Nate Robinson (R), Chris Wilcox.

OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER (3) - Desmond Mason, Malik Rose, Robert Swift.

ORLANDO MAGIC (6) - Adonal Foyle, Marcin Gortat (R), Anthony Johnson (P), Tyronn Lue, Jeremy Richardson (R), Hedo Turkoglu

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS (5) - Royal Ivey, Donyell Marshall, Andre Miller, Theo Ratliff, Kareem Rush.

PHOENIX SUNS (4) -Louis Amundson (T, R), Matt Barnes, Grant Hill, Stromile Swift.

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS (4) - Channing Frye (R), Raef LaFrentz, Shavlik Randolph, Michael Ruffin.

SACRAMENTO KINGS (5) - Calvin Booth, Ike Diogu (R), Bobby Jackson, Rashad McCants (R), Cedric Simmons.

SAN ANTONIO SPURS (4) - Michael Finley (P), Drew Gooden, Ime Udoka, Jacque Vaughn.

TORONTO RAPTORS (5) - Carlos Delfino (R), Joey Graham (R), Shawn Marion, Anthony Parker, Jake Voskuhl.

UTAH JAZZ (8) - Morris Almond, Carlos Boozer (P), Jarron Collins, Brevin Knight, Kyle Korver (ETO), Paul Millsap (R), Mehmet Okur (ETO), Ronnie Price.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS (1) - Juan Dixon.

Daniels
Ross
Wilcox

That's who I want here

Wilcox
Odom
Ariza
Turk
A. Miller

Andre Miller/Anthony Carter would be nice on this team to give Nash some rest this year.

Big Baby will be a pleasant surprise if C's don't claim him (as some expect).

How much money do we have to spend ???

Providing we keep Nash and Stat....

I'll take Maceo Baston, cederick Simmons. and Saer Sene all for for 3, 2, and 1 mill.... then hope Hill comes reasonable again.


But the big question is.... How much dough do we have to spare ?

I'll spew if we went after Big Baby

There's about 3-4 guys I'd ponder switching teams if we got them

Nate, Davis, Kenyon Martin, Vujacic...ugh

if we trade j-rich somehow i would love to see von wafer here as a backup. even if we dont lose j rich i still like wafer. size, athleticism, range, defense i dont know about if anyone knows please say

Von is a guy I did not care about till this year. he showed some balls in how he played hard both ends of the floor. Of course I would love that on my team. Even if we keep JRich, is barbs our backup PG or SG? I just dont see time for him with our rotation

yeah it all depends on how much cap space and who's here and not after the amare sage. but Gortat would be my first choice in a best of all possible worlds.

TASTIC wrote:I'll spew if we went after Big Baby

There's about 3-4 guys I'd ponder switching teams if we got them

Nate, Davis, Kenyon Martin, Vujacic...ugh

Jrich + Wallace for KMart + Balkman + Hart + S&T Kleiza 30/4. I really like this deal for some reason.

I like KMart's defense still, and think he can be good with another true PG like Nash.

Amar'e/Lopez/Amundson
Martin/Balkman/Amundson
Clark/Dudley/Balkman
Kleiza/Barbosa/Dudley
Nash/Dragic/Barbosa

We take on Martin's contract, but we get rid of JRich's AND get something in return for Wallace in Kleiza. I don't know if I like this better than Wallace for Chandler, but it's an option.

According to the AZ republic, the suns are interested in Antonio McDyess, Chris Wilcox and Channing Frye along with Hill.

Im interested in Wilcox and Frye, not interested in McD and not so much in Hill.

I can't believe Amare is even being mentioned as a 5 ........

I want McDyess and Wilcox