Posted by djsunyc:

players can make deals once eliminated from the playoffs but an official announcement can't happen until after the finals are over (at least i think so).

here is a post by a suns fan from another board:

i was a little shocked at first... but after it has settled, this trade is awesome

first, i think everyone could read the writing on the wall... Q was the odd man out from the get go... and what was needed back was a big man who could get boards (cover up amare's slight rebounding weakenesses), could bang around on defense (see spurs playoff series), and stay out of the lane on offense (so amare can have the interior to himself)

in light of these facts, thomas is almost the best in the league for this role... he got a lot of crap in NY cuz he was their best post player, and he's just not fit for the featured post player role... next to amare, he'll have another talented big with him and he can play within his role, which is running the pick and role (we do a lot of that if you didn't notice) and hitting mid range jumpers, which will bring the defense out away from the basket, so amare can go to work inside

aside from that, i don't think we lose a whole lot with Q... he's a good player, but because of the rest of our team, we didn't use him for all of his strengths (and weren't going to for the forseeable future), he's got a good interior and penetration game, but we didn't need that from his position... jim jackson can come in for the "small ball" lineup of last year and chuck up threes pretty much just as well, so that lineup will pretty much be unchanged if we wanna go that route

oh yeah, and we got a first round pick too!!!!

i don't think New York did too horribly in this deal, Q will give them a "true" shooting guard, which they don't have any (healthy atleast) right now... ariza is more of a sf imo, crawford is somewhere in between a pg and a sg... but in the end i'm sure it will be a bad deal, because isiah made the deal... he somehow manages to make their cap situation even WORSE... i seem to remember when he took this job he said one of his goals was to take the cap figure downward, and still try and put out a competitive team... you guys have stayed competitive, but damn... that cap is UP THERE

edit: forgot one last, and maybe the most important thing... the rest of the squad is gonna stay together: marion is gonna stay because of this, obviously this is their move to adjust to a more traditional team, it wouldn't make sense to trade him even for a good center now, cuz we wouldn't have a small forward... and this HAS to send a message to any of those teams looking to go after JJ that he's NOT leaving the suns... he's the future of the backcourt now, and this definitely says it

Posted by fishmike:

depending on the pick this is fair player value for KT. Q has a reasonable deal. Anything more than the Spurs 2006 is unwise IMO. There is no way we should trade the 07 pick, as that draft will be saturated. I do like guys that can play a couple spots and Q can certainly play the 2 or 3. He's not a bal handler or a play maker

Posted by technomaster:

I think Marbury would greatly improve Q's and Frye's games (if we're drafting Frye). He may be planning to use Q as the starting SF, featuring him sometimes on the perimter and sometimes in the post. I could see something like

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Whahaha. I don't know about Q-Rich's game being more improved by Marbury than it was by Nash.

Posted by Bonn1997:

http://www.realgm.com/src_fromtherafters/69/20050623/quentin_richardson_dealt_to_the_knicks_for_kurt

I'm not sure if this link (claiming the deal is confirmed) has been posted yet.

I think this is a pretty good analysis of Q's game from hoopshype for those of you who haven't followed him throughout his career:
"Scores a lot and does it from everywhere...excellent post-up game...likes to shoot from beyond the arc...explosive and energetic...outstanding leaping skills...very good rebounder despite his size...doesn't pass the ball much."

Posted by Bonn1997:

That's the wrong way to look at it. Q wasn't allowed to use his solid post skills in Pho, but he will be in NY. And Marbury can set him up nicely in the post.