But I wouldn’t rule out the Suns moving not only to 10 but even to 13. I don’t think they’re necessarily shooting for a high-end prospect, but rather for depth and youth. I really think they may be looking for a Speights/Rush, Alexander/Lopez, Batum/Lopez type of combo. Also, could we turn down an offer of Diop and the 21st pick from the Nets for Leandro?

Of course, we can’t ignore the irony of trading away Leandro so we can get younger.

I think the hardest thing about “projecting” the Suns’ pick right now is that it’s really hard to tell what the hell we’re doing. If we really are in cost-cutting mode, then I have little faith left in Steve Kerr. Indecisive, indecisive.

I think it’s implicit in the post, tho not very.

The EVT article is easy to mis-read, I was so surprised to read that Diaw or LB might go for a 2nd-rounder that I had to go back and more carefully read that they might go for a second 1st-rounder.

Also, I’ve posted this before, LB is one of the top bang-for-the-buck players in the league. You could certainly trade him to get a better player, but that would cost you against the cap. I’m just an armchair GM, but i wouldn’t trade him for a pick any higher than #5. Diaw, on the other hand, is the exact opposite.

First, we’re talking about a second first round pick, so I’m not sure what the point of your post is. Second, you can’t trade 14 million dollars of salary for a draft pick unless you have a trade exception, which we do. But it’s only 8M. So we could technically trade Leandro but not Boris.

Of course, this would never happen, so we probably shouldn’t be talking about it anyway.