And I have to say that I was very surprised to see Suns fans dissing this deal at all. Richardson is one of my favorite shooting guards to watch in this league and he will bring it every night. But I honestly think that Jared Dudley is as good or better for the Suns than both Bell and Diaw. He is a glue guy that will do whatever is asked of him and he prides himself on playing solid defense. He will be a perfect complement to Amare and Shaq. You guys should be happy. Before this trade I was thinking that the Suns were who I would want the Jazz to face first round in the playoffs, but now I think it will have to be Dallas, NO,or Houston. Anyway, you guys will love J-Rich and Dudley. Also, J-Rich is shooting a gaudy 46% from 3, but he also shoots some of the most 3 pointers in the league, so he is a volume and an accurate 3 point shooter. Those are rare.

Listen, I was shocked. I had no idea what was going on…this just caught me off guard. At first I felt bad for Raja and Boris who were part of something really special but let’s be honest with ourselves: Raja was not happy here and the organization was not going to wait for Boris Diaw stick his head out of his ass and play at his full potential.

J-Rich is a very good and I mean very good offensive player. He can shoot 3s, He can drive to the basket, he can dunk and elevate, he will spread the floor. Now, imagine a guy like this playing along with Steve Nash. I mean look at Matt Barnes for Christ sake!

I don’t know anything about Dudley but if he is half of what people are saying…then this trade is indeed a steal.

I just hope it doesn’t take long for the players to get used to one another and I’m hoping Porter can get the rotations right.

Even if Raja was getting torched, he’s not nearly as bad as Richardson on D.

And now we only have two consistent guys off the bench: Barnes and Barbosa. How isn’t that scary? Amundson is a great hustle guy, but he’s not skilled, and Lopez is raw as hell. Don’t get me started on Tragic.

This is far from massive win. Richardson isn’t JJ-esque; he’s not that adept at creating his own shot. He is NBA Jam: dunk like crazy, jack up treys like crazy, no in between.

That power forward on thedirty.com was outplaying Amare pretty often over the past 10-15 games; check the plus minus numbers.

Worst of all, this just proves what a lying scumbag Kerr is. He wants to “improve” our defense by trading away Kurt Thomas, Shawn Marion, Raja Bell and Boris Diaw. He wants to shift in a more defensive direction, so he ditches D’Antoni for Porter, and our offense and our defense are much worse. Then he flips and says, “WE BELIEVE PART DEUX” and trades for an all offense player.

I’d understand this trade if this happened February of last year. Then you’d roll with Nash/Rich/Hill/Marion/Amare and just go run and gun like crazy, but it doesn’t make any sense to trade your best run and gun weapon for a half court guy(Shaq), ditch your run and gun mastermind for an incompetent as hell halfcourt coach(Porter), and then trade a chea 45% from the arc shooter and a player who with all his flaws was turning around and producing off the bnech and had turned into our second best post defender for super RIcky Davis(Richardson).

I’m sorry if I’m being a “downer”, but I can’t see how this noticeably improves our team. I really can’t.

They had kept Rudy Fernandez??

Thanks, Blazer fan

and Nate Robinson!! I’d be happy if he was our backup point guard right now. But we used him to get Kurt Thomas (and then used two #1’s to get rid of him..).

“With the XXth pick of the 20XX NBA draft, the Phoenix Suns selects… 3 million dollars!!”

http://www.nba.com/suns/news/qa_richardson_081210.html

What should fans know about you?
I’m an exciting player. I do everything to win games. I have a lot of energy, I can dunk and shoot the threes. I give everything I can on the court. I’m not trying to take anyone’s spot. I just want to come in and do what is needed. I’ll fill the void where it is needed. Whatever it is – defense, scoring, rebounding, whatever it is. I just want to help the team to win and get deep in the playoffs.

I always love hearing players talk like this. This is the type of attitude that helps win championships. The question is though, will that type of talk show on the court.

Oh, and Rajon Freaking Rondo! He was ours too, right?

Bummed a bit about losing Raja, but he was looking like he was a few days past his expiration date. Boris, he of the tantalizing skill set, was more of a problem of the production to salary ratio. This maybe a bit of a step back defensively, but the defense hasn’t looked all that good anyway.

I like this trade; one of the ESPN articles put it nicely—this team needed to get younger and faster, and I’m pretty sure that just happened. J-Rich is a top tier offensive 2-guard just entering his prime age years. As JSun put it, you can’t judge this trade by pointing out other flaws. Those draft picks that were sold are long gone. The team is what is is now, and I think this trade just made it a better one.

Don’t know about being out of the shadow of Boris’ bloated contract. Isn’t JRich signed through ’11? 6 Years $70 mil? Not sure of the loading of the money, but that averages $11.7mil per year.