The One And Only Offseason Thread!

[TheLoon]

predicting what the Suns will do right now is useless...all I know is that beyond the initial reports that we met with James' agent in Cleveland we have heard NOTHING...Suns are being quiet...almost...too quiet

Why do people keep saying this?

I have heard like a million times now.

Ooooo you know the Suns are gonna make a move cause their "too quiet". WTF does that even mean, I don't understand.

Which team is "loud"?

no...but every other team with any kind of maneuverability has been linked to MULTIPLE players...we have more wiggle room than any team in the league and we have been about as active as the Bucks...that doesn't intrigue you at all?

[Revived]

predicting what the Suns will do right now is useless...all I know is that beyond the initial reports that we met with James' agent in Cleveland we have heard NOTHING...Suns are being quiet...almost...too quiet

Why do people keep saying this?

I have heard like a million times now.

Ooooo you know the Suns are gonna make a move cause their "too quiet". WTF does that even mean, I don't understand.

Which team is "loud"?

no...but every other team with any kind of maneuverability has been linked to MULTIPLE players...we have more wiggle room than any team in the league and we have been about as active as the Bucks...that doesn't intrigue you at all?

I'm too bored with the NBA Free agency to be intrigued now.

And we were linked to multiple players as well. Just not recently.

I think Suns could be standing PAT for the most part with minor signings here and there maybe.

[TheLoon]

predicting what the Suns will do right now is useless...all I know is that beyond the initial reports that we met with James' agent in Cleveland we have heard NOTHING...Suns are being quiet...almost...too quiet

Why do people keep saying this?

I have heard like a million times now.

Ooooo you know the Suns are gonna make a move cause their "too quiet". WTF does that even mean, I don't understand.

Which team is "loud"?

which team(s) are loud? Rockets, Lakers, Celtics, Knicks, Wolves, Cavs, Heat, Hawks, Golden State, Magic, Bulls, all teams with far less to work with that have had their hands in WAY more pies than we have...at least publically

[TheLoon]

Why do people keep saying this?

I have heard like a million times now.

Ooooo you know the Suns are gonna make a move cause their "too quiet". WTF does that even mean, I don't understand.

Which team is "loud"?

no...but every other team with any kind of maneuverability has been linked to MULTIPLE players...we have more wiggle room than any team in the league and we have been about as active as the Bucks...that doesn't intrigue you at all?

I'm too bored with the NBA Free agency to be intrigued now.

And we were linked to multiple players as well. Just not recently.

I think Suns could be standing PAT for the most part with minor signings here and there maybe.

we were linked to Lebron's agent for a day...two weeks ago...who else? Besides idle message board speculation

[NaturalBuns]

Sign Ed Davis and Brandon Rush. Let Tucker leave when he gets that fat $5M+ offer from some dumbass team.

Bledsoe, Ennis
Dragic, Goodwin
Rush, Warren/Marcus
Kieff, Davis
Plumlee, Len

Credit to BWGOOD for reminding me of Rush.

That 5 will get out rebounded every game without tucker and the defense...

Kieff is a better rebounder than Frye and he is still developing so hopefully that make up for missing Tucker along with Plumlee learning a thing or two from year 1 and being a better rebounder this year.

Rush is about as good a defender as Tucker so we won't lose much there.

Lol rush is not even close to tucker if his price tag does become super high.
I would consider bringing back Shawn Marion with parsons going to Dallas

[Revived]

Sign Ed Davis and Brandon Rush. Let Tucker leave when he gets that fat $5M+ offer from some dumbass team.

Bledsoe, Ennis
Dragic, Goodwin
Rush, Warren/Marcus
Kieff, Davis
Plumlee, Len

Credit to BWGOOD for reminding me of Rush.

Rush is 29 and injury prone. In his best season he wasn't better than Marcus last year (LINK) and was completely useless last season in Utah.

I'm not saying he's a stud, he's a cheap 3 & D player. If Marcus played D as well as Rush then we can compare the two.

[Revived]

That 5 will get out rebounded every game without tucker and the defense...

Kieff is a better rebounder than Frye and he is still developing so hopefully that make up for missing Tucker along with Plumlee learning a thing or two from year 1 and being a better rebounder this year.

Rush is about as good a defender as Tucker so we won't lose much there.

Lol rush is not even close to tucker if his price tag does become super high.
I would consider bringing back Shawn Marion with parsons going to Dallas

I like that idea as well but I'm not sure Marion would be up for it.

[Revived]

no...but every other team with any kind of maneuverability has been linked to MULTIPLE players...we have more wiggle room than any team in the league and we have been about as active as the Bucks...that doesn't intrigue you at all?

I'm too bored with the NBA Free agency to be intrigued now.

And we were linked to multiple players as well. Just not recently.

I think Suns could be standing PAT for the most part with minor signings here and there maybe.

we were linked to Lebron's agent for a day...two weeks ago...who else? Besides idle message board speculation

Gordon Hayward, Greg Monroe, Trevor Ariza, and Isaiah Thomas.

[TheLoon]

my point is we started FA as a team that could offer max contracts almost like tic-tacs...and nothing...YET...not one big name has signed yet, just mid level players getting overpaid as hell...it's been rumor city on these boards the last few days...if Lebron was going to Cleveland he'd have signed by now...same with Melo and the Knicks and Bosh and the Rockets...these guys aren't waiting to see who signs first...they have a killer deal they're taking it...I'm not saying PHX gets any of these guys but all is not what it seems

[NaturalBuns]

Kieff is a better rebounder than Frye and he is still developing so hopefully that make up for missing Tucker along with Plumlee learning a thing or two from year 1 and being a better rebounder this year.

Rush is about as good a defender as Tucker so we won't lose much there.

Lol rush is not even close to tucker if his price tag does become super high.
I would consider bringing back Shawn Marion with parsons going to Dallas

I like that idea as well but I'm not sure Marion would be up for it.

We can pay him what he would make in two years in one.
Give him like a 1 year 8mil offer

[TheLoon]

I'm too bored with the NBA Free agency to be intrigued now.

And we were linked to multiple players as well. Just not recently.

I think Suns could be standing PAT for the most part with minor signings here and there maybe.

we were linked to Lebron's agent for a day...two weeks ago...who else? Besides idle message board speculation

Gordon Hayward, Greg Monroe, Trevor Ariza, and Isaiah Thomas.

yeah maybe in tweets and conjecture on this board...which are both nonsense

[Revived]

we were linked to Lebron's agent for a day...two weeks ago...who else? Besides idle message board speculation

Gordon Hayward, Greg Monroe, Trevor Ariza, and Isaiah Thomas.

yeah maybe in tweets and conjecture on this board...which are both nonsense

In articles too.

And pretty much every player that's been "linked" to a team has been through tweets.

If tweets don't count as 'link" then no team has talked with any FA so far.

Twitter is the NBA's FA link. The NBA wouldn't survive without Twitter because of how much it relies on it. More so than NFL, MLB, NHL or any other sports.

[Kerrsed]

[RaisingArizona]

Kerrsed is secretly T-Will. I know it.

[jcsunsfan]

They have to do something. I say give Gasol a 14-15 mil one year deal. We have to spend the money anyway and it won't hurt us for next year.

[technoviking]

Cleveland has sure made it tough on Lebron not to go back there, they've set him up to look like a total dick if he goes anywhere else. On top of that, if he does go back, he's pretty much staying there for the rest of his career. I cannot see him leaving Cleveland twice.

[asudevil]

predicting what the Suns will do right now is useless...all I know is that beyond the initial reports that we met with James' agent in Cleveland we have heard NOTHING...Suns are being quiet...almost...too quiet

Why do people keep saying this?

I have heard like a million times now.

Ooooo you know the Suns are gonna make a move cause their "too quiet". WTF does that even mean, I don't understand.

Which team is "loud"?

no...but every other team with any kind of maneuverability has been linked to MULTIPLE players...we have more wiggle room than any team in the league and we have been about as active as the Bucks...that doesn't intrigue you at all?

We said the suns were "too quiet" during the trade deadline and then again just before the draft. "Too quiet" more often than not means absolutely nothing is going on. We had a ton of flexibility then, we were "too quiet" and nothing EVER materialized.

Granted, the lack of leaks and talk doesnt mean that nothing is going on right now. but implying that because its too quiet, something must be in the works is nonsense.

[JTrain]

I don't understand why we seemingly aren't even throwing our hat into the ring for Pau Gasol. We need a PF with Frye gone and he's the top one available, unrestricted and we have the money.

[mikefly3113]

Honestly so far so good for the suns offseason. You took a shot at lebron knowing they probably weren't going to get him but atleast they tried, which other players will notice. You let Frye walk with that ridiculous offer from Orlando, thank goodness we didn't come close to that. I think you have to find away to keep both bled and pj, if that means overpaying then so be it. Bledsoe is a solid two way player that could only get better, you have pay him injury risk or not. I honestly still can't believe how much people under value tucker, the guy is the best defender and rebounder on our squad. A guy that guards the best player every single night, can hit the corner 3, and grabs over 6 boards every games is extremely valuable and the dude should get paid.

I'm just hoping we don't waste our money on worthless journey men like we have recently, whether it be childress, warrick, beasley, etc.... The great thing is we were a pretty damn good team last year with some young talent that didn't get to play that much. If they strike out on a superstar don't waste it on scrubs just roll with what you have and try to get a superstar during the season or next offseason.

[Kerrsed]

I don't understand why we seemingly aren't even throwing our hat into the ring for Pau Gasol. We need a PF with Frye gone and he's the top one available, unrestricted and we have the money.

Because we have Markeiff. Let the kid shine. He should have taken over the starting spot last season as his Per36 stats blew Frye's away. Im more than fine with him as our starting PF.