2014 Official FA Thread 2

letsgosuns · Post #1281 » by **letsgosuns** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 4:12 am

This Suns front office really does keep it extremely quiet. The first day of free agency is nearly over and you have heard nothing from local guys saying who the Suns have been in contact with. Completely different feel than past front offices.

ImNotMcDiSwear · Post #1282 » by **ImNotMcDiSwear** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 4:14 am

Qwigglez wrote:
I doubt that. And we'd still have one of the quietest crowds in the league if we got Lebron. These senior citizens need to watch their games at home!

Fortunately, a bunch of old-timers left after that 2012-13 debacle. A whole lot of new season ticket holders coming in. (And can anything really be quieter than the Heat arena? Despicable!)

Post #1283 » by **Qwigglez** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 4:15 am

Cutter wrote:Top 5 protected 2015
Top 3 protected 2016
Top 3 protected 2017
Unprotected 2018

All that for a worn out Steve Nash .

Nash has been secretly working for the Suns. He completely botched the Lakers roster with forcing Dwight out and being "injured". He's gonna get bought out or waived by whatever team the Lakers trade him to and then he will sign a veteran's minimum contract with us, so he can finally win his first championship with the team he should be winning it with.

Post #1284 » by **lilfishi22** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 4:20 am

Qwigglez wrote:
Cutter wrote:Top 5 protected 2015
Top 3 protected 2016
Top 3 protected 2017
Unprotected 2018

All that for a worn out Steve Nash .

Nash has been secretly working for the Suns. He completely botched their roster with forcing Dwight out and being "injured". He's gonna get bought out or waived by whatever team the Lakers trade him to and then he will sign a veteran's minimum contract with us, so he can finally win his first championship with the team he should be winning it with.

If they turned that story into a film, I'd watch it.

Post #1285 » by **Qwigglez** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 4:20 am

cosmofizzo wrote:
Qwigglez wrote:
I doubt that. And we'd still have one of the quietest crowds in the league if we got Lebron. These senior citizens need to watch their games at home!

Fortunately, a bunch of old-timers left after that 2012-13 debacle. A whole lot of new season ticket holders coming in. (And can anything really be quieter than the Heat arena? Despicable!)

The Heat arena is super loud. I don't think most of the fans understand what they are rooting for, except for Lebron and Wade to make dunks. Gawd their fanbase is 90%bandwagon fans, lol.

SunsFanSSOL · Post #1286 » by **SunsFanSSOL** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 4:20 am

letsgosuns wrote:This Suns front office really does keep it extremely quiet. The first day of free agency is nearly over and you have heard nothing from local guys saying who the Suns have been in contact with. Completely different feel than past front offices.

Because they don't know anything. I think Gambo has sources that will confirm or deny a rumor, but they're not going to tell him anything. Last time I remember him reporting a trade before it happened was 2 years ago. Last time Coro reported a trade prior to it happening was probably 2009.

DirtyDez · Post #1287 » by **DirtyDez** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 4:26 am

Chris Broussard ‏@Chris_Broussard 20s
Sources: the Knicks will not entertain any sign-&-trade deal with Chicago that includes them taking back Carlos Boozer.

Bulls better hope he's willing to take well less than max.

Post #1288 » by **Qwigglez** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 4:29 am

[tweet]https://twitter.com/SJMoss41/status/484190978497335297[/tweet]

:rofl:

Post #1289 » by **lilfishi22** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 4:33 am

Qwigglez wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/SJMoss41/status/484190978497335297[/tweet]

I'll pass on this film. Bit too cheesy for my taste

JMac1 · Post #1290 » by **JMac1** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 4:34 am

SSOL wrote:
ray ray wrote:
matt131 wrote:@ESPNSteinLine: RT @WindhorstESPN: 24 HRS into free agency LeBron has been quiet. Teams hoping to engage mostly unable. No doors closed but teams moving on

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His agent hasn't..

Ray ray, I hear you. Windhorst has been fairly unreliable thus far. However, the words were "Lebron has been quiet" not "his agent." I think at this point the longer we don't hear about who the Suns are working deals with and the more we hear about Miami's targets drying up, the better the chances are that LeBron looks seriously at the Suns.

Son of Ra · Post #1291 » by **Son of Ra** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 4:41 am

DirtyDez wrote:Chris Broussard ‏@Chris_Broussard 20s
Sources: the Knicks will not entertain any sign-&-trade deal with Chicago that includes them taking back Carlos Boozer.

Bulls better hope he's willing to take well less than max.

Don't the Bulls have the amnesty still?

Gorilla Warfare · Post #1292 » by **Gorilla Warfare** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 4:43 am

Son of Ra wrote:
DirtyDez wrote:Chris Broussard ‏@Chris_Broussard 20s
Sources: the Knicks will not entertain any sign-&-trade deal with Chicago that includes them taking back Carlos Boozer.

Bulls better hope he's willing to take well less than max.

Don't the Bulls have the amnesty still?

They do, but why wouldn't they at least try to trade Boozer before they amnesty him?

NaturalBuns · Post #1293 » by **NaturalBuns** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 4:50 am

SunsFanSSOL wrote:
letsgosuns wrote:This Suns front office really does keep it extremely quiet. The first day of free agency is nearly over and you have heard nothing from local guys saying who the Suns have been in contact with. Completely different feel than past front offices.

Because they don't know anything. I think Gambo has sources that will confirm or deny a rumor, but they're not going to tell him anything. Last time I remember him reporting a trade before it happened was 2 years ago. Last time Coro reported a trade prior to it happening was probably 2009.

He beat woj to the draft tweets lol.
If I remember he also was on record saying suns have 10 possible options at trade deadline lolol

SunsFanSSOL · Post #1294 » by **SunsFanSSOL** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 4:53 am

NaturalBuns wrote:
SunsFanSSOL wrote:
letsgosuns wrote:This Suns front office really does keep it extremely quiet. The first day of free agency is nearly over and you have heard nothing from local guys saying who the Suns have been in contact with. Completely different feel than past front offices.

Because they don't know anything. I think Gambo has sources that will confirm or deny a rumor, but they're not going to tell him anything. Last time I remember him reporting a trade before it happened was 2 years ago. Last time Coro reported a trade prior to it happening was probably 2009.

He beat woj to the draft tweets lol.
If I remember he also was on record saying suns have 10 possible options at trade deadline lolol

He also said he thought we were going to draft Rodney Hood the day before, when Chad Ford and Marc Spears had been saying Warren. And saying who we draft 2 minutes before it happens isn't really breaking much, even Coro does that.

DRK · Post #1295 » by **DRK** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 5:08 am

ray ray wrote:People might not be giving the Suns a chance to get Lebron. But after today's conversation with his agent.. The Suns are more optimistic than yesterday.

I don't know the details or what was talked about. But there IS a chance. I'll bring more detail as I get them. However, the Suns FO are very quiet and Are keeping everything close lid as they should.

Let me be clear!. I'm not reporting that we're going to sign Lebron. But we do have a punchers chance.

Frank Lee · Post #1296 » by **Frank Lee** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 5:11 am

So let's imagine.... James signs here... 4 yr 90 mil ... You have to think he'll put in an early opt out for yrs 3 and 4 . Because he can. He doesn't get his ring in yr 1 or 2 ... We'll be going through these same shinanigans . He is likely to take his ball ( and his new pursetoter Bledsoe) and go home (Cleve). Any reason to doubt that?

Is this what you want? Just to be a rung in his ring ladder? I know the ultimate prize for us fans is a championship...but this scenario has a stink to it. At least we traded for Barkley... Built the Sunderella squad... We did 'buy' ' Nash but bygod we had him first and he wanted to be here....

All this goes down, including a tickertape, I won't be able to aviod the taint.

Be clear about one thing,
Lebron isn't coming here for us... And he's not staying here for us.
It's good to be king. :-/

Post #1297 » by **Qwigglez** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 5:18 am

At that point he could leave and join the Lakers with Kevin Durant if he put an opt out clause for year 3 and 4. I think if we maintain the same roster, even without Lebron we would still be in good standing. And we'd have a little money to spend for other free agents at that point. As long as we don't give up long-term future for Lebron I'm fine with him staying for what could be only two years.

LukasBMW · Post #1298 » by **LukasBMW** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 5:18 am

Frank Lee wrote:So let's imagine.... James signs here... 4 yr 90 mil ... You have to think he'll put in an early opt out for yrs 3 and 4 . Because he can. He doesn't get his ring in yr 1 or 2 ... We'll be going through these same shinanigans . He is likely to take his ball ( and his new pursetoter Bledsoe) and go home (Cleve). Any reason to doubt that?

Is this what you want? Just to be a rung in his ring ladder? I know the ultimate prize for us fans is a championship...but this scenario has a stink to it. At least we traded for Barkley... Built the Sunderella squad... We did 'buy' ' Nash but bygod we had him first and he wanted to be here....

All this goes down, including a tickertape, I won't be able to aviod the taint.

Be clear about one thing,
Lebron isn't coming here for us... And he's not staying here for us.
It's good to be king. :-/

Exactly my thoughts.

It's almost like having sex with a hot girl who has a sex addiction. Yeah, you just nailed a perfect 10, but she banged a bunch of dudes before you and she's going to bang a bunch of dudes after you. As you said, our championship would be tainted.

gaspar · Post #1299 » by **gaspar** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 5:18 am

[tweet]https://twitter.com/GoodmanESPN/status/484182337714810881[/tweet]

Post #1300 » by **lilfishi22** » Wed Jul 2, 2014 5:19 am

LukasBMW wrote:
Frank Lee wrote:So let's imagine.... James signs here... 4 yr 90 mil ... You have to think he'll put in an early opt out for yrs 3 and 4 . Because he can. He doesn't get his ring in yr 1 or 2 ... We'll be going through these same shinanigans . He is likely to take his ball ( and his new pursetoter Bledsoe) and go home (Cleve). Any reason to doubt that?

Is this what you want? Just to be a rung in his ring ladder? I know the ultimate prize for us fans is a championship...but this scenario has a stink to it. At least we traded for Barkley... Built the Sunderella squad... We did 'buy' ' Nash but bygod we had him first and he wanted to be here....

All this goes down, including a tickertape, I won't be able to aviod the taint.

Be clear about one thing,
Lebron isn't coming here for us... And he's not staying here for us.
It's good to be king. :-/

Exactly my thoughts.

It's almost like having sex with a hot girl who has a sex addiction. Yeah, you just nailed a perfect 10, but she banged a bunch of dudes before you and she's going to bang a bunch of dudes after you. As you said, our championship would be tainted.

So Miami's last two championships are tainted? They're not "real" titles.