Nash to Magic

by abohmer11 on Jan 21, 2012 1:08 PM MST

There have been rumors swirling about the Magic going after Nash in a last attempt to keep Howard in Orlando past the deadline. I think there is potential here to make a trade that makes sense for both sides. Here's my proposal:

Suns get:

-Ryan Anderson

-J Nelson

-JJ Redick

-2012 1st rounder

Magic get:

-Steve Nash

-Channing Frye

Why the Suns do it:

Phoenix is stuck in mediocrity for a second straight year, and it seems like the right time to send Nash to a place where he has a chance to win. The Suns want to get youth in return, but seem adamant about retooling rather than rebuilding.

Anderson would give the Suns a young, viable starting option who is having a breakout year. A front court of Gortat and Anderson is one with great potential that could serve Phoenix well for years to come. Nelson is a serviceable pg, who paired with Aaron Brooks (if he ever returns from China) wouldn't leave us completely screwed at the point at least until we find a long term option. Redick gives us the shooting we need from a sg, and would be a better choice at starter than anyone we currently have while giving us a valuable trade chip moving forward. And, the 1st round pick gives us another pick in a deep draft or a trade chip.

This would leave Phoenix with a possible starting 5 of Nelson, Redick, Hill, Anderson, Gortat, and a bench of Price, Brown, Dudley, Morris, and Lopez. We would probably tank this season, end up with a high draft pick, and move forward with a core of (at least) Gortat, Anderson, Morris, and Redick, with some decent trade chips in Dudley, Lopez, and Nelson. Even if we can't land a big name in free agency, we could still go after guys like Dragic and Jeff Green. I don't know about you, but I'd be pretty excited/interested/optimistic going into next year with a young team of Dragic, Redick, Green, Anderson, Gortat, Brooks, Brown, Dudley, Morris, Lopez, and Suns high 1st rounder, Magic low 1st rounder.

Why the Magic do it:

They Magic seem adamant about keeping Howard in Orlando for at least the remainder of this season, with little indication that they plan on moving him for a guy like Bynum or STAT. Adding Nash and re-signing him for two years could at least convince Dwight to stick around for 2012-2013. This would also give Nash the opportunity to contend both this season and next - something we all want to see for him before he retires. A team of Nash, Richardson, Hedo, G Davis, and Dwight could definitely make some noise.

Thoughts?

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If we're going to give them Nash, then they have to take Childress

http://espn.go.com/nba/trademachine

I’d only do this deal if we could amnesty Nelson after the season, but I don’t think we’d be allowed to with a traded player. We need cap space going into next summer. Also, the Magic just don’t have any assets to give us that aren’t expiring. Reddick is all they got, but he’s not worth the 6 mil for two years. I’d rather we save up the money for next summer. All they have is a 1st round pick and it’ll be a late first rounder. If they still had Brandon Bass, then I might give this deal some more consideration.

I’d rather we just go after Eric Gordon next summer. I’d like to get Dwight Howard and D-Will, but we don’t have a good enough supporting cast to get them. Morris, Dudley and Frye aren’t enough. They look better if you group them with Gortat, but he won’t be sticking around if we’re going to get Dwight. Although, we could always trade him, but that’s too risky.

If we can get Eric Gordon, re-sign Nash, trade Lopez for another 1st round pick and add a good role player to replace Hill like Chandler, Batum or Gallinari, then that’d be a really good summer. We do that and we could use 1 of our 1st round picks to select a PG. We’d be a pretty good team again.

Don't trade Dudley!

by Beavis 25 on Jan 21, 2012 1:49 PM MST reply actions

+1

Also why do we want Anderson when we have Keiff? IMO Keiff could be just as good if not better than Anderson.

by Will Smith on Jan 21, 2012 2:02 PM MST up reply actions

Never hurts to have two good young stretch 4s instead of just one

But I agree with Beav

Steve Nash, the league's MVP, is a longhaired Canadian who spoke out against the war in Iraq and reads The Communist Manifesto. Quentin Richardson declared after a game-winning shot that it "was like Hamlet. It was a suspense thriller, and I killed them at the end." Amare Stoudemire, when asked to comment on a 22-point third quarter against the Kings, said, "I've got a tendency to jump over some guys' heads and throw it down."

by rsavaj on Jan 21, 2012 2:56 PM MST up reply actions

Anderson is just a better version of Frye

so give them Frye and get back Anderson

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by jc79 on Jan 24, 2012 12:40 PM MST up reply actions

I say do it, but send Nash as a double agent

Dwight will find out how awesome it is to play with Nash and then Nash will convince him that they will both sign with Phoenix in the offseason. BOOM!

BAMF goes HAM.

by brian13 on Jan 21, 2012 2:45 PM MST reply actions 7 recs

I love this!

Don't trade Dudley!

by Beavis 25 on Jan 21, 2012 4:35 PM MST up reply actions

This sounds like the plan the Lakers had in letting us take Brown.

by lixuec on Jan 21, 2012 6:10 PM MST up reply actions

Awesome idea

"Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose"

by phxpurple on Jan 22, 2012 12:15 AM MST via Android app up reply actions

thinking outside the box

I like it

by 2NASHTY on Jan 22, 2012 9:40 AM MST up reply actions

Whenever I hear this, I think about this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E-rJu0sRAM

Just because Steve Nash has that "dirty hipster" look doesn't mean he's in need of a shower. Steve Nash bathes in the tears of his victims on a nightly basis.

Mark of a Beast, baby. Mark of a Beast.

by NashMV3 on Jan 23, 2012 5:03 PM MST up reply actions

Olando has nothing we would want

Except Dwight “I’m crying like a baby because i can’t do it by myself so i wan’t to be traded where i can win and be the man without being the man if you know what i mean” Howard.

by Sunderstruck on Jan 21, 2012 3:35 PM MST reply actions

I love my city

I wanna be traded to LA

"Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose"

by phxpurple on Jan 22, 2012 12:24 AM MST via Android app up reply actions

I wanna do some car trading with you guys.

I could use a brand new Lexus for my ‘95 Mercury Marquis. I’ll throw in a Schwinn bicycle with a banana seat.

"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
"In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip."

by haremoor on Jan 21, 2012 4:03 PM MST reply actions

lol

Blogging Suns Basketball at Bright Side of the Sun

by Alex Laugan on Jan 21, 2012 6:00 PM MST up reply actions

Does the bicycle come with a horn or a bell?

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by jc79 on Jan 24, 2012 12:41 PM MST up reply actions

I don't think Nash wants to go anywhere

They came close with a couple different teams here in Phx, and he believes they can do it again. Why else would him and Hill still be here, wasting their last few years. I could be wrong, but he seems to like the camaraderie here. After the disaster last season, if he was all about the ring he would have jumped ship by now.

by rdgroce on Jan 21, 2012 5:26 PM MST reply actions

would be nice

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=78amuat

by miketheboss on Jan 22, 2012 8:28 PM MST reply actions

bored at work lol

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=7l2p3n3

by miketheboss on Jan 22, 2012 8:44 PM MST reply actions

I would do this one

Too bad the MagIc wouldn’t.

by LouDub on Jan 25, 2012 3:54 PM MST up reply actions

"Deserves" a trade

Sorry but this is a business. No one gets traded because he “deserves” a chance for a ring. If he signs in the offseason with a team where he thinks he can get a ring fair enough, he decided that and rolls the dice. But for a team out of the goodness of its heart to send a guy to a better team without it returning a favor to the team just does not and should not happen.

This trade and most others I have seen involving Nash do little for the Suns. A first round pick that isn’t lottery bound isn’t really worth that much in the world of guaranteed contracts. Relief from a bad contract is not an asset unless an organization is shooting for a free agent signing and needs to clear the cap space. While Sarver isn’t going to spend into the stratosphere like the Lakers or the Mavs, he’s not a big enough fool to think he can cut costs faster than he loses revenues from declining ticket sales if all he did was cut payroll with every trade.

by Fakers Stink on Jan 22, 2012 11:30 PM MST reply actions 1 recs