New Phoenix Suns Rebuilding Plan...

[pja123]

Trade no.1 (between Phoenix & Washington)

Suns get:
Javale McGee
Nick Young
DeShawn Stevenson
Mike James
future 1st round pick (top 5 protected)

Wiz get:
Amare Stoudemire (agrees to extension)
Alando Tucker

WHY IT COULD WORK FOR THE SUNS:
They get a good youth package in exchange for Stoudemire. McGee has boatloads of potential and could bust out if given more PT. Young has also show a lot of promise. Stevenson and James are servicable vets with short-term contracts. To top it off, they get a 1st round pick.

WHY IT COULD WORK FOR THE WIZ:
This makes the Wiz a top-4 team in the East. A quartet of Arenas, Butler, Jamison, and Stoudemire would be sick-nasty.


Trade no.2 (between Phoenix & Dallas)

Suns get:
Jerry Stackhouse
Matt Caroll

Mavs get:
Jason Richardson
Jared Dudley

WHY IT COULD WORK FOR THE SUNS:
They save money immediately with Stack's non-guaranteed deal. Carroll's deal is long, but for only 3.5 mill a year.

WHY IT COULD WORK FOR THE MAVS:
They add a 20ppg 2G to bolster the backcourt in JRich. He would give them another good shooter and a good wingman to pair with Howard. Dudley is a versatile wing who would add depth to the bench.


Trade no.3 (between Phoenix & New Orleans)

Suns get:
Tyson Chandler

Hornets get:
Ben Wallace

WHY IT COULD WORK FOR THE SUNS:
With Stack's contract coming off the books immediately, they'd have the room to take on the extra year of Chandler's contract. He and McGee would make a potent frontcourt combo.

WHY IT COULD WORK FOR THE HORNETS:
Salary dump. Plain and simple.


Trade no.3 (between Phoenix & New Jersey)

Suns get:
Eduardo Najera
future 2nd round pick

Nets get:
DeShawn Stevenson

WHY IT COULD WORK FOR THE SUNS:
Najera adds decent depth to the frontcourt.

WHY IT COULD WORK FOR THE NETS:
With Vince gone, they could use a vet 2G to help in the backcourt.


NEW SUNS ROSTER:

PG-Steve Nash/Mike James/Goran Dragic
SG-Nick Young/Leo Barbosa/Matt Carroll
SF-Earl Clark/Louis Amundsun/Sasha Pavlovic
PF-Tyson Chandler/Eduardo Najera
C-Javale McGee/Robin Lopez

[KB20]

My only problem with this is that I can't see Steve Nash wanting to stay if they head in this direction.

[The CrucifiXioN]

We're not giving up Dudley to get rid of J-Rich.

[djthesonicsfan]

Of course we love it!

The other issue is the missing 2010 1st.

Is there a three way Amare deal out there somewhere which gets the Suns their 1st back & gets the notSonics an elite center?

[old rem]

We're not giving up Dudley to get rid of J-Rich.

That should be obvious. With all this dismantling the Suns would skip the Dallas segment. Otherwise they have hardly any scoring punch.

[deviljets7]

Nets decline.

The Nets used Dooling and Harris together at the same time a lot last year. With Rafer on the roster, you could very well see Dooling even more at the SG spot this year. The need for a backup SG isn't big enough to justify the $1.1 million cap hit in 2010/11.