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Richardson for Brand?

We already know that Philly is looking to move Brand but would they be willing to take Richardson in return.

If the Suns had winning on their mind they would have realized that they could have traded the Wallace contract for Brand's who both would have made about the same amount this year. Instead they pay $10M to buy out Wallace and get nothing in return.

Another thought is trading away Barbosa, recently acquired Pavlovic, and possibly Alando Tucker to Philly for Brand which would probably still put them over the cap. Here are the figures if your wondering.

 

Richardson- $13,333,334
Tucker- $1,071,720

for

Brand- $14,858,472

 

or

Barbosa- $6,600,000

Pavlovic- $4,946,250

Tucker- 1,071,720

 

This deal if Aaron Nelson can get Brand healthy would be an amazing deal and my guess is Phoenix would again be a contender.

Poll
Should Steve Kerr explore this deal?
Yes if they take Richardson
34 votes
No if Barbosa is involved
61 votes
Yes this makes PHX a contender either way
15 votes

110 votes | Poll has closed

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Phoenix is a contender now...

I like us as we are, I don’t feel we need to do anything drastic at this point. We have high scoring potential, a solid bench and a good coach that is well received by his team. We’ll have no problems putting up points.

Where we might struggle is at the boards, but Lopez is looking good so far and should keep improving, and I think Frye is going to really do well for us. Plus, Amar’e has something to prove….that he deserves a max contract and that he’s one of the elite in the league. Therefore, I believe he’ll have a monster season.

I think Phoenix will suprise alot of people this season.

Geo

by Galvara1022 on Jul 16, 2009 7:15 AM MDT reply actions   0 recs

As I said in another post ...

I’m starting to feel like the Suns’ rebuild/reload is nearly complete (assuming Amare is healthy and they sign him to an extension). They just need to get a starting quality point guard to eventually replace Nash, and they need one more guy going forward who can be counted on for 15 to 20 points a night. Richardson is that guy right now, but he’s not going to be here permanently. I don’t think the team needs an Elton Brand or a Carlos Boozer, unless they are still going to ship off Stoudemire. I’d love for Barbosa to stay. He’s a great guy and in many ways, the heart of the Suns.

by jburning on Jul 16, 2009 8:24 AM MDT reply actions   0 recs

Brand would not be a good fit for us

Don’t get me wrong, he’s a great player when he’s healthy, but we’d have to change our system to integrate him, as we had to with Shaq. To me, it isn’t worth it.

by ArithMattic on Jul 16, 2009 10:41 AM MDT reply actions   0 recs

exactly.

brand didn’t fit on the sixers because they ran a slightly fast pace…can you even imagine how horribly he’d fit in here?

by iamtrevorpaxton on Jul 16, 2009 2:51 PM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

Brand

Brand is like a 6’7" power forward. Where’s our need for another powerforward?

by eagleheart on Jul 17, 2009 1:28 AM MDT up reply actions   0 recs

No way

Considering that Brand single-handedly destroyed the number 1 fast break scoring offense of 2 years ago, I don’t think he would be good at all for the once again fast paced Suns.

by egp the great on Jul 16, 2009 11:34 AM MDT reply actions   0 recs

our syste, is up and down like the sixers and brand wasent good in it

by Lebrontophx2010 on Jul 16, 2009 11:37 AM MDT reply actions   0 recs

what we need is a center

with that in mind why not try and get brook lopez from the new jersey so we could either pair him with robin or have him start at center before robin

by Spit_Fire on Jul 17, 2009 3:41 AM MDT reply actions   0 recs

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