2020 Offseason Speculation, free agency, summer trades (keep draft prospect talk in draft thread)

Ghost of Kleine · Post #721 » by **Ghost of Kleine** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 3:15 pm

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WeekapaugGroove · Post #722 » by **WeekapaugGroove** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 3:29 pm

BobbieL wrote:
timetoshinebaby wrote:Bolden has been okay. Not going to get too excited as the opposition's best big is Chrissssssssssssssssssssssssss but better than stinking it up. He probably needs a bit of confidence given his run lately. Might be worth giving minutes for the rest of the season.

Nice game. Granted its just one game against the Warriors but he might be worth signing for the rest of the year.

Having a guy making the minimum for next year as a back up 4 would be a nice option with the way the cap will be for the Suns - meaning, pretty tight to make the moves needed.

Bolden, Jerome and Cam Johnson getting plenty of minutes the rest of the year - would consolidate 8 of the rotation heading into the offseason. Kaminsky might be 9.

Good sign for Bolden that Monty trusted him enough to play him 26 mins even though he's never even had a practice with the team.

He was setting some good screens and playing hard. Definitely want to see him get some run down the stretch.

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bwoolf2 · Post #723 » by **bwoolf2** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 3:54 pm

Book an All-Star and well deserved... Good for him and good for the Suns...

Crives · Post #724 » by **Crives** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 3:55 pm

Yay! A bright spot for the season

BobbieL · Post #725 » by **BobbieL** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 4:00 pm

WeekapaugGroove wrote:
BobbieL wrote:
timetoshinebaby wrote:Bolden has been okay. Not going to get too excited as the opposition's best big is Chrissssssssssssssssssssssssss but better than stinking it up. He probably needs a bit of confidence given his run lately. Might be worth giving minutes for the rest of the season.

Nice game. Granted its just one game against the Warriors but he might be worth signing for the rest of the year.

Having a guy making the minimum for next year as a back up 4 would be a nice option with the way the cap will be for the Suns - meaning, pretty tight to make the moves needed.

Bolden, Jerome and Cam Johnson getting plenty of minutes the rest of the year - would consolidate 8 of the rotation heading into the offseason. Kaminsky might be 9.
Good sign for Bolden that Monty trusted him enough to play him 26 mins even though he's never even had a practice with the team.

He was setting some good screens and playing hard. Definitely want to see him get some run down the stretch.

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In a post I talked of trying to win 14 of the 27 games just to finish above .500 for the final third of the season, get to 35 wins going into the offseason on a positive note.

But Ty Jerome and Cam Johnson need plenty of minutes these games too. It looks like Bolden will get playing time because lack of bigs - but good for Jerome and Cam to get a lot of play. Try to build something for next season.

matt131 · Post #726 » by **matt131** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 4:09 pm

@TheSteinLine: The NBA announces that Devin Booker will replace the injured Damian Lillard in the All-Star Game

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Ghost of Kleine · Post #727 » by **Ghost of Kleine** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 4:13 pm

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Beat me too it guys! But Congratulations to Booker! :clap:

Hopefully this can help garner some positive interest/attention to our franchise for a change!

Mjee · Post #728 » by **Mjee** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 4:14 pm

Justice Served !!! Congrats Book

This morning has been great

Jarlaxle0204 · Post #729 » by **Jarlaxle0204** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 4:38 pm

Congrats to Book. Well deserved. Now mingle with the other stars and convince one of them it will be in their best interest to come here.

Fo-Real · Post #730 » by **Fo-Real** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 4:52 pm

Jarlaxle0204 wrote:Congrats to Book. Well deserved. Now mingle with the other stars and convince one of them it will be in their best interest to come here.

AD!!!

WeekapaugGroove · Post #731 » by **WeekapaugGroove** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 5:21 pm

Good for Booker! I probably still won't watch the ASG

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Crives · Post #732 » by **Crives** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 5:52 pm

Too bad Ayton is out

Stark · Post #733 » by **Stark** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 6:20 pm

Well deserved. I hope he gets hot and wins the all star MVP to send a message.

LV-Suns · Post #734 » by **LV-Suns** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 6:20 pm

Jarlaxle0204 wrote:Congrats to Book. Well deserved. Now mingle with the other stars and convince one of them it will be in their best interest to come here.

I am more worried Klutch will be in his ears now that his Agent took off for the NY job.

Post #735 » by **Qwigglez** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 6:30 pm

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Blonde · Post #736 » by **Blonde** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 6:33 pm

Whenever the link to buy Booker’s all star jersey comes up please post it here because I'll definitely be buying one.

Revived · Post #737 » by **Revived** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 6:45 pm

Crives wrote:Too bad Ayton is out

Oh is Ayton not playing in the rising stars game? Bummer.

King4Day · Post #738 » by **King4Day** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 8:12 pm

Revived wrote:
Crives wrote:Too bad Ayton is out

Oh is Ayton not playing in the rising stars game? Bummer.

I bet the staff told him to sit so he's ready to return post break. Sucks for him but our season is more important than an exhibition game.

Fo-Real · Post #739 » by **Fo-Real** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 9:01 pm

King4Day wrote:
Revived wrote:
Crives wrote:Too bad Ayton is out

Oh is Ayton not playing in the rising stars game? Bummer.

I bet the staff told him to sit so he's ready to return post break. Sucks for him but our season is more important than an exhibition game.

I thought he sat the last couple so he could be ready for the allstar stuff.

Post #740 » by **Qwigglez** » Thu Feb 13, 2020 9:53 pm

I can't seem to find it anymore, but I believe there was a tweet that mentioned before the trade deadline the Magic and Suns were discussing a trade involving Aaron Gordon. The Magic wanted Kelly Oubre, and the Suns were only offering Ty Johnson, Cam Johnson, and the Suns 2020 1st.

First off I want to say glad we didn't downgrade by trading Oubre for AG. The Suns counter offer seems a bit rich too and I'm surprised the Magic didn't accept that. Likely because Isaacs is out the rest of the season, I believe if he was healthy that offer would have been accepted. Also want to mention, glad we didn't sell 80 cents on the dollar. I believe this summer a lot of teams may want to retool or rebuild where they could potentially have a fire sale. The Suns front office was smart not to be so short-sighted (giving them too much credit here). Markkanen might be a lot cheaper as he enters the 2020-21 season with looming RFA in 2021, AG might be even cheaper (unless he plays well in the PO's).

*edit* found the tweet.

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