Comments on: Trade offers for Nash may keep coming, but Suns’ plan to keep him hasn’t changed

By: bknowledge

bknowledge — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 00:04:29 +0000

Utah would benefit by:
Dumping Devin Harris’ contract which is 9 million this year and 8.5 million next year. He hasn’t worked out there.
Grant Hill has no contract for next year.
so they save money/free up money to spend elsewhere
Phoenix’s first round pick will likely be a high lottery pick in a strong draft.
Jared Dudley is a pretty good young small forward with a very reasonable contract (4.25 million a year for the next 3 years).
Derrick is set to make 4.7 next year, 6 million in 2013, 7.8 million in 2014.

To sum up:
Utah would save about 9 million this year and next year by getting rid of Devin.
They get a good lottery pick from Phoenix.
They get a solid and affordable small forward.

Utah would still have solid front court with Al Jefferson, Paul Milsap, Enes Kanter…

By: gd200799

gd200799 — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:31:26 +0000

They might as well do it to get some value for him. Instead of letting him ,possibly, leave in FA

By: thekingdave

thekingdave — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:12:38 +0000

Utah would dump Favors for nothing why?

By: bknowledge

bknowledge — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:51:24 +0000

I don’t believe Knicks will trade Melo either…

but…
Nash lives in NYC for summers…
if he became Knicks back-up pg/finished games with Lin, we’d have 48 minutes of great offense every night…
Derrick Favors looks like a young Amare- maybe better because he also rebounds…

Carmelo is a great player- one of the best scorers in the league. But- my theory is that the great scorers in the league don’t play with (real) pgs. They play with 3 point shooters that stretch floor/play off the elite scorer/maybe provide good defense. Kobe never played with pg. Jordan never played with pg. Nowitski didn’y have pg last year (Kidd really isn’t pg anymore). Larry Bird didn’t play with real pg (Dennis Johnson was starting sg on Seattle when they won championship).

I’d love to see Knicks get great pg for Melo (they should go all out for Steph Curry).
send:
Jermey Lin
Amare
for
Steph Curry
David Lee

for all the people that don’t believe D’Antoni can win…Knicks spend money…not like the Suns…Suns never had a center like Tyson…and….other teams have won championships with an offense that starts outside in- Dallas last year (a bad example), both eras of Detroit champions (good example), even Miami this year plays a dribble penetration based half court offense…

By: rushbacker

rushbacker — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 08:08:15 +0000

What’s all this “your team” stuff? I’m a Denver fan.

By: newyorkfootballjets

newyorkfootballjets — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 07:12:51 +0000

Nash to dallas would be a good ending

By: losangelasbasketball

losangelasbasketball — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:43:44 +0000

Love nash, type of kid you want to ball with… Love to see him play with stat again…those were the days…

By: asublimeday

asublimeday — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:26:15 +0000

I’m going to throw out an insane concept. See if the derelicts on these boards can keep up: a player AND management both honor a contact. He finishes it and goes elsewhere, they sell tickets for the rest of the season and move on with no hard feelings.

I can type it one word at a time, if that was too much.

By: hawknuts

hawknuts — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:51:33 +0000

he has given you everything and you still want more? that is just plain wrong. without him your team would have been an afterthought for the last decade.

he has a contract that he will not break unlike plenty of selfish players, and your being disappointed in him is besides the point. if he was a mercenary he would have left you high and dry in the middle of this or any of the last couple of seasons for a chance at a ring.

he doesn’t owe you anything, he plays hard and makes the team relevant as well as putting coin in sarvers pocket. he has fulfilled his end of his contract and more.

he is leaving this summer regardless of what sarver or the fans in phoenix want. your team won’t get another player like him again and that is why you all want him to suffer in mediocrity for the rest of his career.

its not like he only played for your team, he was a maverick and chose to join you, so he has a right to choose to leave you.

After watching your owner/gm gut the team time and again he is supposed to stay and rebuild again with that terrible roster you have? He is the best player your franchise has ever had and your owner is only keeping him due to financial benefits he receives from having a single marquee player

By: rushbacker

rushbacker — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 04:14:04 +0000

Hmm. Personally, I might find abandoning his team to chase a ring more disappointing. Phoenix has been good to Nash, what’s wrong with an athlete showing some loyalty back to the organization, fans and community rather than going mercenary?

By: kinggw

kinggw — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 03:01:29 +0000

This is a perverse example of loyalty. It really doesnt make sense for either side for Nash to stay. The Suns arent going anywhere with him. They should deal him to expedite their rebuilding process. One way or another Nash shouldnt be on the Suns roster next season. At least if they deal him they can get something for their trouble.

By: cubs103years

cubs103years — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:26:18 +0000

Ny is not trading melo

By: hawknuts

hawknuts — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:21:30 +0000

the guy has put his time in and deserves to play on a contending team, plain and simple. he makes good money and likes living in phoenix but if he doesn’t consider other options this summer that will be disappointing

By: bknowledge

bknowledge — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 01:31:17 +0000

rumoring:
Knicks get:
Steve Nash
Derrick Favors

Phoenix gets:
Carmelo Anthony
Devin Harris
Toney Douglas
Josh Howard

Utah gets:
Grant Hill
Jared Dudley
Phoenix 1rst round pick

By: losangelasbasketball

losangelasbasketball — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:37:03 +0000

Nash is going to pull “a decision” and take his talents to toronto…

By: aschwartz2011

aschwartz2011 — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 23:49:35 +0000

since he won’t be geting a bird contract anyways the suns should trade him to a contender to get some more solid pieces. then he gets a shot somewhere this year and he can re sign with the suns in the off-season and have a better team next year.