Posted by BRIGGS:

Please God bring us Shaq I don't ask for much 8 years of junk--give us atleast one year of excitement

Posted by Finestrg:

Man I don't get it. Before I get to Briggs contradicting himself on how we should proceed, ask yourselves this - why the hell does Phoenix do this???? First forget that they had Steph once before and got rid of him -- they already have Nash, a two time MVP, to run the club. I know he's a little older now but he's still productive - he's still an elite level PG that's gonna need to play 35-40 mins, esp. once they hit the playoffs. And they still have Barbosa off the bench as their spark plug. Where the hell does Marbury fit in?? The Suns have underachieved some but they're still right in the thick of the playoff hunt. They're a dangerous team that still has enough talent to go all the way a-la our '99 Knick club - in fact they're better than our '99 team. You don't think they're thinking playoffs out there right now? How does this make the Suns better??? And don't give me "they'll save $20 mil. next year trading Shaq now" nonsense. Cutting cost by dismantling that team isn't an option right now, not when they have enough talent to arguably win it all this year... They have plus talent at almost every position. Elite level talent in fact. Why break that up by dealing for a player they don't even need?? Makes zero sense for the Suns. Pheonix should be fine - Kerr thinks he has enough to win and that he just needed a coaching change and that's probably all he's prepared to do at the moment unless someone blew him outta the water with a deal for Stoudemire. They already made their major trade to get Jason Richardson - they're going for it!! J-Rich screwed up and he's paying the price right now but he'll be back - he only got 1 game right? I wouldn't screw with that team right now. If everything broke right and they met the Lakers in the conference finals and say Bynum never made it back or came back at less than 100% - you don't think Phoenix has a shot to beat them and go to the finals? Man I do...

Briggs, just stick to the plan you outlined the other day bro. The one where you said tank it out, get the best possible pick, maybe look to deal this pick for an up & comer like A. Randolph or Koufos or possibly trade down for multiple picks all while gearing up for 2010 free agency. That I support. That's the way to go. Not making some deal for an aging player who's still decent but doesn't get us past Boston or Cleveland. Shaq works on Phoenix - they have the rest of the horses in place already to make a serious run. We don't. And what's with "we would sell out every game next year and the rest of this year and have a chance to go DEEP into the playoffs with all that additional playoff money" comment you made mean exactly? I mean you sound like a Dolan employee or something. Who cares if we went 0-3 & got ousted in the first round but Dolan was able to pocket a little extra revenue from those games? I couldn't care less about that. It's all about being patient and building this thing the right way now - building a team to WIN IT ALL eventually not just make the playoffs and extending the season another 3 games or so. No excitement in that for me.

Posted by BRIGGS:

Posted by Finestrg:

Man I don't get it. Before I get to Briggs contradicting himself on how we should proceed, ask yourselves this - why the hell does Phoenix do this???? First forget that they had Steph once before and got rid of him -- they already have Nash, a two time MVP, to run the club. I know he's a little older now but he's still productive - he's still an elite level PG that's gonna need to play 35-40 mins, esp. once they hit the playoffs. And they still have Barbosa off the bench as their spark plug. Where the hell does Marbury fit in?? The Suns have underachieved some but they're still right in the thick of the playoff hunt. They're a dangerous team that still has enough talent to go all the way a-la our '99 Knick club - in fact they're better than our '99 team. You don't think they're thinking playoffs out there right now? How does this make the Suns better??? And don't give me "they'll save $20 mil. next year trading Shaq now" nonsense. Cutting cost by dismantling that team isn't an option right now, not when they have enough talent to arguably win it all this year... They have plus talent at almost every position. Elite level talent in fact. Why break that up by dealing for a player they don't even need?? Makes zero sense for the Suns. Pheonix should be fine - Kerr thinks he has enough to win and that he just needed a coaching change and that's probably all he's prepared to do at the moment unless someone blew him outta the water with a deal for Stoudemire. They already made their major trade to get Jason Richardson - they're going for it!! J-Rich screwed up and he's paying the price right now but he'll be back - he only got 1 game right? I wouldn't screw with that team right now. If everything broke right and they met the Lakers in the conference finals and say Bynum never made it back or came back at less than 100% - you don't think Phoenix has a shot to beat them and go to the finals? Man I do...

Briggs, just stick to the plan you outlined the other day bro. The one where you said tank it out, get the best possible pick, maybe look to deal this pick for an up & comer like A. Randolph or Koufos or possibly trade down for multiple picks all while gearing up for 2010 free agency. That I support. That's the way to go. Not making some deal for an aging player who's still decent but doesn't get us past Boston or Cleveland. Shaq works on Phoenix - they have the rest of the horses in place already to make a serious run. We don't. And what's with "we would sell out every game next year and the rest of this year and have a chance to go DEEP into the playoffs with all that additional playoff money" comment you made mean exactly? I mean you sound like a Dolan employee or something. Who cares if we went 0-3 & got ousted in the first round but Dolan was able to pocket a little extra revenue from those games? I couldn't care less about that. It's all about being patient and building this thing the right way now - building a team to WIN IT ALL eventually not just make the playoffs and extending the season another 3 games or so. No excitement in that for me.

Basketball is like life--you may have to change course on a daily basis if the opportunity presents itself. If we can get Shaq for MArbury I say do it.