DJ Strawberry Traded to Rockets

[Itmotep]

DJ traded to Rockets for Rookie Guard Sean Singletary

[whambamslam]

at first glance I don't like it at all.

[ma_falaa_50]

hmm doesnt make any sense at all. who is going to guard 2s? LB?

[whambamslam]

From Nbadraft.net

Strengths: Gutsy floor general with a solid offensive package and cat quickness ... A prolific scorer with the ability to shoot from the perimeter as well as get by his man into the lane ... When he gets hot, he can go on big scoring outbursts ... Very aggressive attacking the basket and gets to the line a great deal, where he's an excellent free throw shooter (84.5%) ... Has good command of the point guard position with solid ball handling and passing ability ... A strong leader with a willingness to take over scoring in crunch time ... A quality defender on the college level with his quick hands and feet and high level of intensity (1.9 steals per game) ... Has a good in between game and knows how to pull up from 8-10 feet for jump shots or tear drops ... A solid three point shooter ... Tough player who played through pain in his sophomore season ...

Weaknesses: Singletary's biggest drawback is his lack of size. At under 6 feet, there's some question how effective he can be against NBA level PGs. He's listed at 6' but is likely closer to 5'11 ... He needs to become more consistent with his decision making. Must cut down on razzle dazzle turnovers and improve upon his (1.16) A/TO ratio (quality of teammates brings his numbers down some)... Lack of size could hurt him some defensively ... Finished the season in a shooting slump 18-58 (31%) in Virginia's final 4 games. ... His aggresiveness and toughness going inside can be a detriment as he frequently gets knocked to the floor. He underwent hip surgury in the off-season ...

[eastsidecrossover]

hmmmm, I wanted to see DJ get a chance. I personally think Tuck is going to a SG, not a SF. but what does not make sense is you just brought over Dragic. I don't know, this to me does not make sense. You just got rid of a 6-5 defensive mided player for a guy that is really under 6 foot, and is offensive minded.

[ma_falaa_50]

DJ has experience under the offensive system and is already defesively capable of making a difference so why trade him? Sean Singletery has to start from the ground up and is not a good defender. why make the trade? This trade doesnt make sense to me.

[HootieRules]

I hate our FO so much

[rsavaj]

lol our FO=jokes

[NBA Junkie]

There's a good chance DJ Stawberry gets released by the Rockets. The Suns could then pick him up after 30 days if nobody else signs him before then (assuming the Suns are not eligable to pick him off waivers).

[stood-amire]

Hahahahaha is all I can say, I don't think that Kerr knows what he is doing. I'am speachless.

[Frank Lee]

Hey.... I like the deal. DJ was not gonna get any burn at all whatsoever. Bell, Barnes, Barbo, and may be Tucker and Dragic ahead of him on the depth chart....he was a $1.4 mill (tax incld) pine rider with no shot and suspect pg skills (he is no more a PG than Barbo) ...and who would not be on this roster next yr anyways. Ok ... so he can play very good defense...but this team needed a shooter. Put DJ in the game and it is 5 on 4. I never understood the love affair so many had for the man of Straw. Signing Barnes and Dragic sealed this deal. Besides, I'll bet this deal was set up by DJ's agent (who is Dragic's too) when we inked the Suave Slav. He is an insurance policy for Kerrveball's PG of the future.


You guys will warm up to Singletary... I've watched him for a few yrs in college and the kid can flat out score. I was hoping to snag him somehows on draft day, as he can play a full throttle game. He can drive and dish, and handle the ball effectively. Speed wise, he is right there with Barbs with the ability to blow by defenders...the difference being once by, he knows what to do with the ball, rather than the fullsteamaheadwithblinderson we see so often from LB.

The Front Orfice simply saved $500K, got a bonafied PG and picked up some needed outside shooting. I 'd wager this team's half ct game will have two boys in the paint and 3 on the perimeter who can shoot. No cheating on Stat or Shaq...else you will pay with the trey.

[Miklo]

Why would either team do this. I honestly was ready to give the good old FO another chance after the Barnes signing etc but there is just no justification here. Its not even a salary dump nor does it provide any other benefits, just a straight up swap just when DJ started to look like he had a shot. Seeing as how both he and DJ played in the ACC against my boys, I can tell you that he does not bring anything to the table that DJ didn't already have.

[daveang]

I don't understand this move. Strawberry impressed in the limited minutes he was given last season, he had a whole season with the Suns under his belt, and was only owed $711,000 or so on his new contract.

Depth at the backup PG position now is increased, my only thought is that Suns' Management knows something we don't know about Singletary. As with the Goran Dragic signing, I hope that's the case.

[hunterxaz]

Great trade. I hated Strawberry, he was a slug and sucked. He averaged more TOs than assists most times.

Waste of time on him. This new Singletary guy will do us some good. We will have depth at the PG spot now, and this guy can play defense, and do offense. Great versatile player.

Word, I'm REALLY liking our looks now.

[walkingart]

I don't really know a lot about Singletary, so I can't compare him to DJ with strengths and or weeknesses. Nor do I think, most of you commenting on how bad a deal this is are doing.

Facts are, DJ is ill equiped to play the point, and doesn't shoot the ball well enough to get any serious burn behind Raja, Barbs, Tuck and even Dragic at SG. With Raja being our best perimeter defender, Dragic "supposedely" being as good a defender as DJ, and the athletic abilities in LB and Tuck to be good defenders it left him as the odd man out.

Singletary is not going to get any serious burn, most likely, but he can be a more usefull practice player with his ability to shoot and run an offense than DJ was. And while his size may be a liabiltiy, his speed may come in handy against teams like SA, and NO who have smaller, faster PG's than most teams.

Anyway we disect this trade, let us all remember he is the 12th man on a 13 man roster.

[ray ray]

Sean Singletary is a Eddie House but much quicker, better defender and better athlete. I hate to see DJ Strawberry go and much rather would of wanted to see Alando Tucker get traded.However, Sean Singletary can really shoot the ball! Singletary is going to challange Barbosa speed wise, he reminds me a lot or Aaron Brooks from the Rockets but much faster and much better shooter. You guys wont be disappointed.

[HtownPA]

Why would either team do this. I honestly was ready to give the good old FO another chance after the Barnes signing etc but there is just no justification here. Its not even a salary dump nor does it provide any other benefits, just a straight up swap just when DJ started to look like he had a shot. Seeing as how both he and DJ played in the ACC against my boys, I can tell you that he does not bring anything to the table that DJ didn't already have.

I can offer a reason from the Rocket's point of view. Our team will be at or slightly above the luxury tax after we sign Landry and Mutombo with the MLE. Singletary was trade fodder from the Artest trade and has a partially guaranteed contract. DJ Strawberry has a non-guaranteed contract. Sinc they are over the cap, they save $2 on every $1 of Singletary's contract.

As for the Sun's benefit, I have no idea what they gain.

[nba_addict]

It sucks to see DJ getting traded and its hard to understand why he was traded. I can only speculate on the following:
(1) This trade could be an attestation of how high our FO on Drajic as primary back-up for Nash. Singlary is just an insurance guy who will burn his butt mostly in NBDL next season.
(2) DJ's an expiring contract next season and resigning him next year will not help Suns cap space situation. Whether he will have a breakout year or not is still an uncertain thing. Fact is DJ's still a project.

[b-ball forever]

Dam.

Well, as soon as we drafted Dragic the first thing I said was that him and DJ Strawbs have EXACTLY the same skillset, and 1 of em were gonna have to wind up getting traded down the road. Got it right again.
Didn't expect it to happen so quickly tho...

Don't particularly like the Rox that much but hey, good luck in Texas DJ.

I highly doubt Singletary gets even a little playtime (this year at least) given how high the FO seems to be on Dragic, and doubt the guy stays on the roster too long.
Hope he surprises me tho, of course. The guy has an impressive college resume (but then again, so do Tucker and DJ...) and his scoring off the bench might wind up becoming useful for our new look 2010 roster, when Barbs will prolly either be starting, or playing on a diff team.

Still wuda rather kept DJ, ggrrrrr.

[Sarlonus]

I actually threw around Sean Singletary's name once before the draft. I thought he fit the mold of what Kerr likes. He is a tough kid that comes from Philadelphia area. He is supposed to be a high character guy too. I think the FO sees Tucker as SG so that may have placed DJ behind him in the lineup. GD is also a combo-guard so making the trade for that true PG to be the third PG might be a good thing.

I am sad to see DJ go but at least they got something for him.