Value wise, Amare for Curry/Wright/Beans/one of Beli/Azu is good, but it just leaves such a need for frontcourt scoring. Beans would be perfect NEXT to Amare, not in PLACE of Amare. The same goes for the Wallace for Chandler trade. Why make that trade once you have Beans? Just buy-out Wallace, waive Sasha and save a bunch of money while adding additional space for 2010. Otherwise, the team looks like this:

Nash / Goran /
Richardson / Barbosa / Beli or Azu
Hill / Dudley / Tucker
Chandler / Wright / Clark / Griffin
Beans / Amundson / Fropez

And somehow Curry’s in there too. First of all, 16 players means that something is going down. Secondly….i really hate that starting frontcourt. Yeah, were solid defensively and on the glass, which is fantabulous, but you know who would fit in really, REALLY well in place of Chandler/Beans? AMARE!

i’m really confused at this point

just trade Wallace for Chandler and keep Amar’e
forget Sarver’s wallet, he’ll make his money once the team starts winning playoff series

AMARE STOUDEMIRE TO GOLDEN STATE?

Getting greedy after the trade run we’ve just witnessed is understandable. You undoubtedly expected and wanted to hear that the Amare Stoudemire deal was going to go through Thursday night, lest we be forced to settle for the Vince Carter deal hours earlier as the last landscape-changer connected to a draft completely overshadowed by the manuevering that proceeded it.

The good news? The Warriors still might wind up with Stoudemire, whom they’ve coveted since February when the Suns first made him available as part of what is looking like a full-scale roster disassembly. Our tap-the-brakes disclaimer? Sources with certified knowledge of the teams’ negotiations say the deal is “still a maybe” and “not anywhere close” to completion. For a variety of reasons.

The Warriors would love to keep No. 7 pick Stephen Curry out of the exchange, and the Suns naturally are pushing for Curry’s inclusion. The Warriors also have to be sure Stoudemire’s eye and microfracture-repaired knee check out and hammer out the framework of a contract with him before completing the swap, or else they’re surrendering the likes of Andris Biedrins, Brandan Wright and Marco Belinelli (and/or Kelenna Azubuike) for someone who can leave them in free agency in 2010.

The motivation, though, is believed to be there on both sides to push this through in July. With new general manager Larry Riley launching his tenure as aggressively as David Kahn’s in Minnesota, Golden State is convinced it has a face-of-the-franchise opening that will appeal to Amare’s superstar longings as well as a coach in Don Nelson who has been waiting his whole coaching life (or at least since Chris Webber’s youth) for a power player with Stoudemire’s mobility and elbow jumper.

Suns president Steve Kerr, meanwhile, clearly is driven to swing a talent-based deal for Stoudemire — bringing back the best firm offer that materializes, from the Warriors or otherwise — after the financially motivated shedding of Shaquille O’Neal. If he also can parlay Ben Wallace’s expiring contract into Tyson Chandler, perhaps Kerr will have taken enough steps to convince Steve Nash to recommit his long-term future to Phoenix.

Here’s from the twitter of a warriors beatwriter

Ws GM Larry Riley: Can’t see a scenario in which Curry is traded, hopes he’s a Warrior for 10 years. “We drafted him to play here.”43 minutes ago from TweetDeck

curry flying to the bay area, chose #30 jersey

this is either the biggest tease, hoax, whatever if he’s getting traded in a week.

http://twitter.com/StephenCurry30

Oh and just found out that #30 is available on the Warriors so #30 will stay

On the plane first class gonna catch some z’s on this cross country flight

I hate to say this, but i dont think this trade is happening. The longer it takes the more and more they are going to Love Curry and not going to want to send him to us.

Say hello to the newest sun: Stephen Curry
strong possibility barbosa is included in the deal.

frack you kerr

The Curry situation

When Minnesota picked Jonny Flynn with the sixth pick Thursday night, the Suns basketball operations office erupted in elation audible from a floor below. They had their guy … or at least they thought they did and still believe they do.

The Suns had an agreement in principle with Golden State about a deal that would send Amare Stoudemire to the Warriors for Andris Biedrins, Brandan Wright, Marco Belinelli and the No. 7 pick. It was the Suns’ understanding that the Warriors were drafting Curry for them.

But with Biedrins’ base-year compensation status, a deal can’t be completed immediately because his cap number is lower than his actual $9 million salary until July. Phoenix was expecting to have to wait about two weeks (until July 8) for the deal to be completed.

That is a lot of time, especially when there already is a lot of talk out of Golden State about the Warriors keeping Curry. That about-face would apparently would nix the deal for Phoenix. Even today, there is still a belief in Phoenix that the deal will get pushed through under the initial agreement but you have to wonder if Golden State was shocked that Curry was available and is having a change of heart. There was nothing binding about the agreement.

“I was concerned at one time that we might not be able to get him,” Golden State General Manager Larry Riley told reporters in Oakland. “I thought he might go ahead of us but as the draft turned out, it came to our favor.”

He also added that Curry will “definitely be a contributor to our team as a rookie” but also was asked about reports that Curry was part of a trade. He said, “I’m operating as though Stephen Curry is a Golden State Warrior. We’re in contact with a lot of teams and have been throughout this draft. We’ve been extremely busy and at this stage I’ll have no comment on potential trades or anything that involves movement in the future. I will tell you that we would seek to improve our ballclub throughout this summer by whatever means.” That’s not exactly a guarantee that Curry is staying.

The Warriors, overloaded at guard, have wanted Stoudemire for a while to fill their desire for a versatile power forward. Stoudemire assumably would like to be a team’s focal point and also would want a contract extension, something the Suns were not prepared to give him. Stoudemire could walk in a year so the Suns felt like this was the best deal they could get with four players coming back in it, including a point guard in Curry who they feel has Steve Nash qualities as a playmaker and shooter.

Stoudemire’s ability to walk in a year and his health history (knees, eye) would be issues that Golden State would seem to need addressed, if they have not been already.

The deal would also shave more money off the Suns’ payroll and could put them under the luxury tax threshold. But if such a deal occurs, where do the Suns’ points in the paint come? The starting big men would probably be Biedrins, who is scores off easy stuff, and Wright, a power forward who scores off a mid-range game. But the Suns would play as fast as ever.

Wright is important in the deal because the Suns would have a void in the frontcourt and need a shooting power forward for their system. They would have to seek another big man who can score in free agency.

Curry said the right things about wanting to be a Warrior but a source in the know said going to the Warriors was his worst-case scenario. The possibility “terrified” the Curry contingent and that would be made clear to the Warriors.

On other fronts, it does not appear that a Ben Wallace-for-Tyson Chandler deal will come off. The Suns can save millions by working out a buyout with Wallace while acquiring Chandler would add another year of salary. Acquiring Biedrins would also lessen the chances. He is the type of center who rotates well on help defense, can cover a pick-and-roll and can show on screens and recover with his mobility and length.

We didn’t share much about the Suns’ second-round pick, Oklahoma forward Taylor Griffin, who Suns Senior Vice President of Basketball Operations David Griffin (no relation) said measured at 6 feet 8 inches and 235 pounds at the Portsmouth Invitational. The Suns have an affinity for the less-heralded brother in drafts after taking Robin Lopez last year.

“He’s got tremendous athleticism,” Griffin the executive said. “He’s extremely aggressive, both offensively and defensively. Somewhat in the mold of a Lou Amundson, he’s going to guard multiple positions. We feel he’s a high-end offensive rebounder. The thing that distinguishes Taylor from a lot of people of his makeup is he really has tremendous feel for the game. He’s an outstanding passer. Playing with his brother, there were quite a few times he’d play the high post for his brother’s low post. He’s a very good transition player and somebody who we know is of the absolute highest character and really fits what we’re trying to build here. It was a pick that almost invoked executive privilege for Steve. We’re very connected to the player.”

Suns General Manager Steve Kerr said, “A winner. Plays hard every possession. He does a lot of things well. I think he can continue to develop his jump shot. If he’s got a smaller guy on him, he’s got a little post game. He’s a good passer, can put the ball on the floor a little bit. He’s just a guy who’s a basketball player. Pretty big and athletic. I’m pretty surprised people weren’t higher on him.”

Griffin the Sooner told the Tulsa World, "Phoenix was actually a favorite team of mine growing up, so that’s kind of cool. I loved watching them play when I was in high school.

"I think I can fit in well there. I’m not sure what they want to do with me. I’ll have a chance to show them what I can do on their summer league team. They’ve also talked about possibly sending me overseas. We’ll have to wait and see what happens."

This thing is so F’d up, bc the deal couldnt get done on draft night this is going to make it so much more complicated. Now barbosa( who i love) is getting thrown in there for 3 unproven players and a rookie? I just dont get it, now i fear kerr will pull the trigger beacuse they havent discusses an extension with amare and they dont want to lose him for nothing. So my gut tells me that kerr will just do the deal without curry just so he can get something in return.

I go

Just kidding…Kinda…He’s my Suns man-crush.

Seriously though I hope LB stays, even if he’s hit his ceiling. Like Nash, I enjoy watching him play, whether or not we win a championship.

this has gone to far to turn back. What do you think Amare’s camp is thinking? He probably at this point wants to move on also.
 I like the deal, if Curry is not in the deal I would make it as long as Golden ST. puts a 1st rounder in for next year, and 2012.

Suns won’t get Curry for Stoudemire
37 comments by Paul Coro – Jun. 26, 2009 05:31 PM
The Arizona Republic
If the Suns make an Amaré Stoudemire trade with Golden State, they won’t be getting Stephen Curry in the exchange.

Multiple league sources said Golden State is unwilling to part with Curry, who the Warriors did not expect to be available with their seventh overall pick in Thursday’s draft.

The Suns and Warriors were prepared to make a deal that would have sent Stoudemire to Golden State for the No. 7 pick, Andris Biedrins, Brandan Wright and Marco Belinelli until Curry became available at No. 7.

The Warriors introduced Curry at a Thursday press conference, where Golden State coach Don Nelson told reporters, “He wasn’t drafted for somebody else. He is not going to be traded. He was drafted because we think he is going to be a terrific player and he’s going to be right here. So he can unpack his bags, he can relax, go buy a house, because he ain’t going any place.”

The team’s general managers, Phoenix’s Steve Kerr and Golden State’s Larry Riley, acknowledged having trade talks but denied any agreement.

The teams will continue talking about how a trade could be worked out but it is now just among several conversations the Suns are having.

What would you guys like to see in terms of roster moves?

As for me, Chandler would be my ideal scenario.

( 2nd round picks, sign and trade with barnes, tucker or CASH (fat chance)….)

Breaking News!! Amar’e Stoudemire to Golden State. What do you think?
43 minutes ago from TwitterFon

From what I believe is Amar’e’s twitter account.
Of course he also posted this earlier today:
Breaking News! Amar’e Stoudemire to the Lakers!!
about 7 hours ago from TwitterFon

I was at work for 7 hours and I come home to this. WTF is going ONNNNN?