Suns/Wolves Trade Proposal. Is it Good for Both Teams?

It’s not as if we are the real GMs of these teams and I’ve trying to swindle you. I’ve been as open as possible in this trade because I’m curious to see what Suns fans think.

Last time I checked I am a wolves fan and have probably seen Pekovic play way more than you have and he is clearly a power forward. K-Love lost like 20-25 lbs in the offseason and it has made him a much better player but the other side of the coin is that he can get abused physically by bigger and stronger players. Frye is a good 2 inches taller than anyone else on our team not named Darko or Anthony Randolph and Randolph is not very good and super skinny.

I’m not denying that Frye is the best player in this trade. I think I made it clear that much of the appeal for the Suns from my point of view would be to save a ton of money on someone who is going to a bench player sooner or later.

Nice try, but seeing as how I have skimmed through some posts while I was here and am now very familiar with your roster, I know that Shannon Brown is not good.

How about Wayne Ellington and 3 walleye for Shannon Brown.

Honestly I had no idea on what you guys were thinking on Frye and his contract since Markieff Morris and Gortat have been pretty impressive so far this year.

However, if you really want Frye and Brown then a 2012 #1 draft pick would be enticing, if you’ve got one to spare…

Actually, they don’t… CLIPPERGEDDON!!!!!

But to give him up he better be in a package for a really, really good player. Frye has tremendous value to a team that runs the kind of offense we do. He can hit the 3 when he is on his shot, he can post up decently (I do mean decently (meaning he can usually beat a smaller man)) and is playing much better defense and rebounding than he was giving us when he arrived. He is a pretty big key for our team because if Frye is struggling, we usually are as well. We played him a TON of minutes last year and he won quite a few games for us.

It is not that I adore Frye so much but really you are giving us some role players and that is it… Frye is a pretty solid NBA player and with only a few players under contract next season he is considered a core player at this point in time. We need help elsewhere but this trade addresses none of our needs to be honest. This team needs someone who can create their own shot and get to the foul line on their own. We need a star, or something close to that, and that is the only thing (I think) that would lure Dudley, Frye, Gortat, or Morris off this team.

I gave some thoughts above on Dudley but I guess I can elaborate. He is struggling somewhat as a starter (this shouldn’t be his role) but he is such a key piece for us. He has been known in his time in Phoenix to just change games when he comes in with his hustle and determination. He is a very good knockdown shooter from 3 or coming off a screen and he has improved his off the dribble and pull up jumpers. He is one of the better role players in the league (as someone who doesn’t provide a scoring 6th man role) IMO. He is more of a defender/3 point shooter.

The premise of this trade proposal is that the Suns are in a position that they need to trade Frye, and that’s false.

1.) The only value I’ve given Frye is that I think he’s worth his $6M on the Suns. He’s a starter now and in the future will at least be a very valuable backup.
2.) Such adoration? I like Frye as a role player. I don’t like the guys this trade proposal would send us. That’s it.
3.) We love Dudley around here but he’s a better fit as a backup than as a starter. Warrick isn’t truly all that appealing but he looks more comfortable and has been more consistent and productive this year as a wing player than he was as a PF, where his slight build and poor defense and rebounding were exploited by opponents.

he was signed as much for mentorship for Rubio and ability to speak Spanish as for his on court production. He’s been really good for us so far when not hurt.

I think that’s actually a pretty reasonable trade offer for Ridnour. Price would work as 3rd PG and as I’ve already stated Brown is an upgrade over what we have at SG.

Why on earth would we give up Frye for Ridnour? Price is doing fine as our backup PG. Why get rid of our constantly-improving starting PF to create an unnecessary logjam at PG? Lopez playing well doesn’t make the trade make any more sense either. It still leaves us with a hold at PF and a logjam at PG.

No to the second one. Frye is a good enough shooter/rebounder/defender not to give up unless we are improving the roster.