Years90Suns wrote:The latest news say that we are trying to include Chandler in the trade.
I do not get it.
Chandler is making us be competitive. Chandler has this year and another year signed.
Chandler is not demanding a trade.
Above all, Chandler is teaching the young guys.
Does or GM think that the young pals can learn for themselves?
Chandler is our defense anchor. As correctly said on tv, we are more talkative in defense, comunicating movements, screens, rebounds... and Chandler is the main tool there.
Chandler has looked like a shadow of his former self since signing with, before Triano's tenure. That includes not only Watson, but Hornacek as well. The rebounding is not worthless, but it's no substitute for the interior D we weren't getting. But EVEN THAT hasn't been the problem - the problem has been our failure to get him on the move going to the rim for the lob. This season - but really, the last two games - we've been a lot better in that respect. And when Chandler is hitting a high FG% and getting a decent number of rebounds, he's solid. It's the lob on offense that sets him apart.
But it's just a couple games. And even while Chandler's been good - so has Alex. Would Alex be good as a starter this year? Hasn't worked in the past! It's hard to know! But most of us like the fact that while Alex doesn't have the lob game, he does have more to offer defensively. We have Alan Williams coming back in a few months, too - and he was our best center of the three last year, yo.
The point is, I want Chandler's $$$ to spend on Len. I want to know if Len is worth that $, so I want him starting. I think we've established a good relationship with Alex, and in any case, we have two draft picks lined up in a center-heavy draft. I think we can afford to lose Tyson.
We don't need to pay *much* to lose Tyson, but you almost always pay a premium for liquidity in any market. Looks like we're (IMO wisely) attempting to leverage some of the excess value out of Bledsoe and convert that into additional cap flexibility. We will need to be able to keep this team together if *shocker* we end up near or even ahead of teams like DEN or MIN in the standings.
My preference is to trade Bled and Chandler for expirings and draft assets - as much as we can get, but at least one solid first, which I think is reasonable, even in this market.
