letsgosuns wrote:bwgood77 wrote:letsgosuns wrote:If the Suns trade Bledsoe and want to go super young, they can do it. I am all for it. Get the fourth pick in the draft. Make another trade like Tucker and/or the Morris brothers to a contending team in the East like Indiana for their pick. Do whatever you have to do to clear out Bledsoe's, Tucker's, and the Morris brothers' contracts. Re-sign Knight in the offseason. Bring in a couple of veterans and go with a team of Len, Knight, Warren, Goodwin, the new draft picks, Granger, and some vets. Wins will probably suffer but who cares. Suns ain't gonna make the playoffs next season anyway or in the foreseeable future with the core they have right now. Might as well go for broke with all young players and hope they turn into superstars/all stars. At least the Suns will have players that give it their all every night instead of players that McDonough said himself sometimes lack motivation to play. Of course this is just one of the many roads the organization can take though as there are lots of options McDonough can choose from.
I feel like I've read this from you quite a bit. I'm not against anything if we get proper value in trading the players. I agree that it is far fetched for us to make the playoffs, and especially get out of the first round in the foreseeable future. But I also want to see a fun product.
Oh yeah I want to see a fun product too. I think the Suns can be really fun to watch though with guys like Len, Warren, Goodwin, Knight, and some rookies running up and down the court. Two of the most fun games I remember watching were against Dallas and Golden State. The Dallas game where Goodwin hit that huge three pointer down the stretch in Phoenix and the Suns won that game. And the other game where T.J. Warren took over in the fourth quarter against the Warriors in Golden State. It was awesome to watch the young guys do that against top competition. Even though the Suns lost the game against Golden State, Warren was phenomenal and showed how much promise he has. However I want to reiterate that I am not interested in trading Bledsoe for garbage or a salary dump. The fourth pick in the draft is highly sought after and where you can potentially draft a superstar. Here is a list of all the fourth picks in the draft since 1980.
http://www.mynbadraft.com/nba-draft-picks/4th-overall/40509/ Not a bad list.
I'm not against trading him for the 4th pick. I might even trade him and 13 for the 4th pick, though that would be tougher. I'd rather take back Calderon if need be and keep 13. I'd love to get Porzingis.
We can hold off on the twins, or at least Kieff though because their trade value will improve and if we did get Porzingis, he couldn's start immediately anyway. If we did trade Bledsoe and got Porzingis, I'd want to use that extra cap space on throwing a big offer to Matthews, even though he is injured. I don't think Butler or any of those other top tier free agents will leave, but that one could be interesting.