TLover wrote:I knew he had a knee issue..didn't know about the back.

For the most part Lopez in on low contract $ and has a small history of bad back... my guess is that if they want to move him it would be because he has too much of a bad back.

They prob would move Frye, Warrick, Childress, all of those were pretty much silly contract extensions.

Anyway, PHO is like $7M over cap, so I would assume they would do something to move a contract and get under cap.

TLover wrote:Successful Trade Scenario
Congratulations on a successful trade.

New York Trade Breakdown
Change in Team Outlook: -3.9 ppg, +0.6 rpg, and -0.9 apg.

Incoming Players
Goran Dragic
6-4 PG from Slovenia (Foreign)
8.1 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 3.5 apg in 18.9 minutes
Robin Lopez
7-0 C from Stanford
7.5 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 0.1 apg in 19.8 minutes

Outgoing Players
Anthony Randolph
6-10 PF from LSU
11.5 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 1.5 apg in 21.0 minutes
Toney Douglas
6-2 PG from Florida State
8.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg, 3.0 apg in 20.7 minutes

why does PHO do this trade?

TLover wrote:Dragic has one year remaining and may go back to Europe. TD gives them a Barbosa type who plays great D and has a few years left on his rookie deal. Randolph gives them potentially the best player in the deal. Suns have Gortat on a long-term contract making Lopez expendable.

fair enough. I got a feeling Nash will be done after another year(or done in PHO), so PHO will def be in the market for a PG. I think they try to lock up Dragic, who is better than TD.

TMS wrote:

martin wrote:

TLover wrote:Dragic has one year remaining and may go back to Europe. TD gives them a Barbosa type who plays great D and has a few years left on his rookie deal. Randolph gives them potentially the best player in the deal. Suns have Gortat on a long-term contract making Lopez expendable.

fair enough. I got a feeling Nash will be done after another year(or done in PHO), so PHO will def be in the market for a PG. I think they try to lock up Dragic, who is better than TD.

Dragic would be an awesome addition but martin's probably right, Phoenix will want to lock him up to a contract extension... he's the heir apparent at PG on that team.

He's learning a lot from nash and i see it everytime i watch him play, especially in the playoffs last year. I don't think we will be making any deals with the suns for a long while..