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Shawn Marion??

First time to post here so i dont really know how this works.... but im a big Suns fan since the Majerle, Barkley, Kevin Johnson days. Anybody give any thought to getting Shawn marion back to the Suns? i tried it on some trade machine and it will work if we trade Barbosa and Diaw for him. It would solve our need for a wingman and defender outright, plus a chance to unload Diaw's contract.  We lose Barbosa's scoring (and reasonable contract) but shooting guards should be the easiest to pick up from the free agents available.

Big question is if Miami will go for it... or even more important if MArion will?? I think Barbosa's reasonable contract would be acceptable to Miami and a third team involved can get Diaw.  TEam that comes to mind is the Knicks if you can believe that D'Antoni realy loves Diaw.  Knicks can send Eddy Curry to play alongside Beasley with the Heat  (while Barbosa plays alongside Wade) or send David Lee/ Balkman/ Malik Rose - which will give Miami depth with Barbosa/ Lee/ Balkman in exchange for Marion with Rose a salary cap saver by next season.  I know the scenarios are kind of out of this world but if it goes thru and marion decides not to re-sign with the Suns we still get to shed Diaws bloated contract. 

 

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Not a fan of this idea.

First, he was shipped out for attitude issues. It was never clear that he was a cancer of any sort and it didn’t seem to affect his on-court performance, but I don’t think he’d be welcome back in Phoenix. Second, it’s trading to of our better and younger players for an older player… the last think we need. And it would decimate what little bench the Suns have.

Besides, I far prefer the math of trading Shawn Marion for Shaq than what it would become if they executed this trade, which would be Leandro Barbosa and Boris Diaw for Shaq. Ouch.

by Mike Lisboa on Jul 9, 2008 4:46 PM MDT   0 recs

Uh, No.

Reasons, hm, well, how about we just got rid of a guy who demanded a trade out of here before last season…Pretty good idea he was the cancer….Yes he’s getting old….And um, we just traded him…All good enough reasons. Let’s let this one go and hope Alando Tucker is the real deal.

It's the Arizona talking, really.

by RD74 on Jul 9, 2008 4:52 PM MDT   0 recs

Personally

I think we should trade Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire for Shawn Marion and Mark Blount. That will solve the Heat’s problems at C and PG. We should also throw in several first rounders to sweeten the pot.

by RealTangiblesGuy on Jul 9, 2008 6:36 PM MDT   0 recs

LOL

"Yeah I could have been king, but maybe I already am king. Hail to the king baby." Ash from Army of Darkness

by Turambar on Jul 9, 2008 9:30 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh, Trade Machine...

Trade Machine is fun, but should not be taken seriously just because salaries happen to match.

Marion’s a prick and the last thing the Heat want is Diaw’s bloated salary, or Barbosa’s length of contract – for multiple reasons. The Heat just signed James Jones (to an interesting 5 year deal, where the last 3 are conditional), drafted Beasley, and have Haslem – Diaw fits nowhere. The Heat are also intent on freeing up cap space to be in the running for the 2010 max contract seeking class (hence the parameters of James’ deal).

Quick thought – I don’t believe Diaw has much value at this point with that contract. If he’s going to regain some value, we’re going to have to stick with him this year, let him start at the small forward position, and develop some consistency.

If Tucker plays up to potential, I would love to trade Barbosa (Tucker is a slashing, 6’4-6’5 SG, he’s not 6’6 if anyone has actually watched him play), perhaps to d’antoni for newly acquired Duhon!

by sdot on Jul 9, 2008 6:58 PM MDT   0 recs

marion??

ok that post stirred up a hornets nest!... i do like marion (the player, not the prick hahaha! – but in this league except for few – who isn’t a prima donna or prick?) but ok that trade scenario was outright out of this world.

I do believe Tucker has a lot of potential and yes at SG – but with Bell and Barbosa there he simply wont get the chance, unless Barbosa actually learns how to play PG. Yup, Duhon would have been great!

Diaw – i just hope he finally plays with consistency at SF. Or puts up enough rebounding at the backup PF spot. Maybe the new coaching staff can light a fire under his ass!

by toto_l2003 on Jul 10, 2008 1:24 AM MDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm finally over this and here you come

For a tortured history of this, start here. Then, if there are any more ideas, shoot me first.

Since you’re new here, I won’t take it personally. Next time, though, put me out of my misery first.

Mmmmm ... Guinness

by JSun on Jul 9, 2008 11:41 PM MDT   0 recs

Come on guys! Its Shawn Freak of Nature Marion!

I don’t like trading Diaw and LB for him but if you could get Marion in a sign and trade that lands him at about $9m over 5 years I am certainly interested.

His attitude problems left on a jet plane that landed in NYC.

by Phoenix Stan on Jul 10, 2008 2:31 PM MDT   0 recs

Come on!

I’ve got your freak-of-nature right here!

Rackstar!

Suck on that.

Although, you do tease me with the thought. I’d gladly trade Boris for the Rackstar-loving-low-self-esteem-Energizer-bunny. If couldn’t get along with Amare, how is he going to handle The Big Attitude?

Mmmmm ... Guinness

by JSun on Jul 10, 2008 6:16 PM MDT to parent up   0 recs

The ship has sailed

It’s a nice thought, and I would love to have seen this team minus Shaq, with Marion, a young, energetic Robert Lopez taking over at center, and Grant Hill coming off the bench. Might not work. Might be horrible in fact. But I bet we could have done the Shaq for Marion’s now-expiring contract this season anyway if we were bound and determine to have the Big Marketing Tool on the team. But that ship has sailed. At this point, I’d rather try Boris out at the three spot and make it work with what we have than to bring The Disgruntled One back into the fold.

by TexSUN on Jul 10, 2008 7:20 PM MDT   0 recs

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