Suns Emerge As Contenders For Dampier

BurningHeart · Post #1 » by **BurningHeart** » Wed Oct 6, 2010 9:59 pm

ESPN.com free-agent latest: Two new teams emerge as possible destinations for FA center Erick Dampier ... Chicago and Phoenix about 1 hour ago via ÜberTwitter

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via Marc Stein. Expected to meet with us during the week. I say get it done. We need him.

Post #2 » by **Miklo** » Wed Oct 6, 2010 10:01 pm

Dwayne Jones, Dampier, Janning, Atkins...unfortunately something (likely 2 things) gotta give.

hunterxaz · Post #3 » by **hunterxaz** » Wed Oct 6, 2010 10:15 pm

easy choice. jones and atkins.

nashrambler13 · Post #4 » by **nashrambler13** » Wed Oct 6, 2010 10:20 pm

Miklo wrote:Dwayne Jones, Dampier, Janning, Atkins...unfortunately something (likely 2 things) gotta give.

hunterxaz wrote:easy choice. jones and atkins.

Really?? I'm goin Dampier/Janning 10 times out of 10!

BurningHeart · Post #5 » by **BurningHeart** » Wed Oct 6, 2010 10:24 pm

I like Jones a lot (more than Dampier personally), BUT is he really going to get PT to show how great of a rebounder he can be? Dampier is "proven" to be solid enough to be a backup for Lopez.

I don't know. I dont mind not keeping Atkins. Big "who cares" on that.

phx#7 · Post #6 » by **phx#7** » Wed Oct 6, 2010 10:28 pm

nashrambler13 wrote:
Miklo wrote:Dwayne Jones, Dampier, Janning, Atkins...unfortunately something (likely 2 things) gotta give.

hunterxaz wrote:easy choice. jones and atkins.

Really?? I'm goin Dampier/Janning 10 times out of 10!

Jones/Atkins being the guys that are cut.

YouTube · Post #7 » by **Kerrsed** » Wed Oct 6, 2010 10:30 pm

phx#7 wrote:Jones/Atkins being the guys that are cut.

hunterxaz · Post #8 » by **hunterxaz** » Wed Oct 6, 2010 10:46 pm

WTFsunsFTW · Post #9 » by **WTFsunsFTW** » Wed Oct 6, 2010 10:53 pm

Dampier will be our Jarron Collins

Nash/Dragic/Janning
JRich/Dudley
Hill/Childress
Hedo/Warrick/Clark/Lawal
Lopez/Frye/Dampier/Jones

Sarver might consider it if he keeps under the tax!

YouTube · Post #10 » by **Kerrsed** » Wed Oct 6, 2010 10:58 pm

Other teams in the mix for Dampier include the Raptors, Rockets and Bucks.

SUN · Post #11 » by **SUN** » Wed Oct 6, 2010 11:07 pm

I want Chucky.

. But, I'll be smart and have Janning and Dampier.

Sun Scorched · Post #12 » by **Sun Scorched** » Wed Oct 6, 2010 11:18 pm

Interesting. So I guess we'd be using our Bi-Annual exception for the acquisition.

Post #13 » by **Miklo** » Wed Oct 6, 2010 11:40 pm

I don't know if we can give Dampier the minutes he could get on, well, any of those other teams. Lopez and Frye will spend about all their combined time at center since Hedo, Warrick, Lawal and Clark are all fighting over PF minutes. So Lopez and Frye combined should easily be 48 minutes...we'd be using Damp for like 2 minutes per game, if that - possibly benching him until injuries arise. Don't know if he'd bite on that.

nashrambler13 · Post #14 » by **nashrambler13** » Wed Oct 6, 2010 11:50 pm

phx#7 wrote:
nashrambler13 wrote:
Miklo wrote:Dwayne Jones, Dampier, Janning, Atkins...unfortunately something (likely 2 things) gotta give.

hunterxaz wrote:easy choice. jones and atkins.

Really?? I'm goin Dampier/Janning 10 times out of 10!

Jones/Atkins being the guys that are cut.

Oh ok. Lol, I was super confused.

Sun Scorched · Post #15 » by **Sun Scorched** » Wed Oct 6, 2010 11:54 pm

It is funny that we are finally worried about having too many legitimate front-court players...

Nando88 · Post #16 » by **Nando88** » Wed Oct 6, 2010 11:56 pm

Dampier would be a GREAT insurance policy if Rolo goes down... (honestly i have a feeling he won't stay healthy)

sunsfever68 · Post #17 » by **sunsfever68** » Thu Oct 7, 2010 12:12 am

I'll ride the optimism train and say let's get him! In all honesty he'd be a good signing for us.

Will it get us a title?

No.

Not when the Lakers and Heat and potentially Boston stand in your way.

Now if we had kept Amare and then added dampier maybe.

I still say we get him though.

Frank Lee · Post #18 » by **Frank Lee** » Thu Oct 7, 2010 12:16 am

Chicago needs him more, with Boozer out.
Damp would get more minutes there, and I could still dislike him.

I think Jones can hold his own during the same minutes. He's much more active which better suits our bench.

sunsfever68 · Post #19 » by **sunsfever68** » Thu Oct 7, 2010 12:17 am

Yeah Frank but who would you rather have guarding Bynum or Duncan in the playoffs? Jones or Dampier.

No brainer.

He wouldn't make an impact in the regular season really it'd be the postseason we'd see an impact from Dampier.

But we might regret signing him if teams play hack a dampier because he's horrible from the line

phx#7 · Post #20 » by **phx#7** » Thu Oct 7, 2010 12:30 am

Sun Scorched wrote:It is funny that we are finally worried about having too many legitimate front-court players...

Suns currently have 1 and may possibly get 1 more. Hardly seems like too many, especially since it doesn't address the problem at PF.