Posted by Rich:
Posted by playa2:
How can you say phoenix was stupid? They knew with marbury ,marion and amare they weren't gonna supplant the favorites in the west. What they are really doing is dropping some salary at sg(penny) and getting a team together who will be in their prime when Kings and Dallas will have to break up because of salary cap and free agent contracts and the Shaqs and Duncans either get older or have no more supporting cast that can handle playoff pressure. I see that as being "BRILLIANT MOVE". Getting the Suns ready to make a run as soon as the favorites lose a their edge. When milos learns to play in the NBA game along with Lampe Phoenix will be better they have 2pg's Milos and Barbosa to grow with. Joe Johnson is a STUD and so is Stoudemire along with Marion and all will still be young. You have to be blind not to see their future is BRIGHT!
[Edited by - playa2 on 02/07/2004 21:39:43]
You think it was a "BRILLIANT MOVE" because you're are making unwarranted assumptions:
1) That they will use their draft choices well.
2) That Duncan will show signs of age any time soon, which considering he is only 27 years old, is unlikely.
3) That Amare, with his potential emotional problems, won't implode.
4) That the Nuggets and the Clippers, with abundant talent, won't replace Dallas and the Kings, if in fact they eventually face cap problems.
5) That a gutless player like Vujanic, who was too scared to play in NY, will ever be anything more than a marginal talent.
6) That slow footed, unathletic Lampe, with a questionable work ethic, will ever be a good player.
A "BRILLIANT MOVE" would have been to make it work with Amare, Marion, Johnson and Steph, and then add to that core with a player acquired with the MLE, or through a trade.
You continue to show your bias with every new post.
[Edited by - Rich on 02/08/2004 05:55:36]
excellent post rich, just excellent, playa shows his foolishness again. Duncan is 27, parker 21, they have hedo Turkoglu and ginobili all young players, they will be around for a while( i guess since they are not 17 they are headed for social security....LOL)
Next like you said, the nuggets are a young team on the rise, and IMO with better talent than the suns... And what about the warriors? playa shows his biases everytime he post.
This trad had salary dump all over it for the suns, really if they wanted to compete, marbury had supreme trade value, why not trade him for some young cheaper talent, I mean marbury is only 26, so it is not like he was not young enough to build around just expensive.. I am sure the clippers would have loved to give up Q, richardson, and wilcox and a future pick. The warriors would have definately traded some of their talent and a pick, all which could have been better than lampe and milos. but the key here was the knicks giving up expiring deals and taking on penny, and the suns saw SALARY DUMP..
That was obvious!!
Anyone who sits around and waits for the lottery to better themselves, either in real life or in sports, Is a Loser...............
TKF
2/23/2004 9:37 PM