Lopez To Test Value On Open Market... Yikes!

Maybe we could snag Brook instead. In my opinion, we should just have a rotation of Gortat, Morris, and Frye down low. The fro, hak, and chillz should be sent off for a casserole.

All very good points about lopez and his inconsistencies. I think babby probably shouldn’t have talked openly to the media about this.

As someone said above, it can only diminish his trade value(even lower than it is now,if that’s even possible. My biggest concern is that we"ll let lopez walk in free agency with out getting anything in return. There has to be some potential trade scenario that"ll work for both the suns and whoever wants lopez.

It wouldn’t be a wise decision to get rid of lopez with nothing in return, even though he’s injury prone and terribly inconsistent, he’s our only legitimate backup to gortat. I’d really hate to see channing as the backup center again!

The question we really have to ask ourselves is What teams are desperate enough to trade for lopez and what could we get in return?

Lopez to the bobcats for either dj augustine or bismack biyombo.

Augustine might be available because of his injury and kemba’s improved play. He could be a solid starting pointguard for us with his ability to score and pass.

Biyombo is an intriguing talent, he’s had a pretty disappointing season so far, but his defensive potential and athleticism are top notch. If we did move frye to the backup center position (assuming this trade scenario happens) biyombo would be a pretty good backup to markieff.

Lopez to the warriors for either brandon rush or klay thompson. The suns were high on both of these players before they were drafted.

Rush offers more from a defensive standpoint, while klay still has alot of potential as a pure scorer with a very soft shooting stroke.

Thompson has struggled as a rookie but could excell spotting up and waiting for the assist from nash. He’s also a very good free throw shooter, which is kind of a lost art now days.

Lopez for bayless or james johnson. Bayless doesn’t really have pointguard skills right now and is an undersized combo guard(albeit with tremendous athleticism and scoring potential) but could become an all-star guard for us under nash’s tutelage.

He may be a worthy gamble for the suns in a lopez trade. I remeber when the suns eventually drafted earl clark, they had a hard time choosing between him and johnson. Johnson could eventually take hill’s spot at small forward when he retires.

Lopez to the wizards for chris singleton and shelvin mack.

Singleton would provide excellent defense and athleticism at the small forward position as a potential replacement for hill.He’s not getting as much time in the wizard’s rotation as trevor booker(an amundson clone) right now, we may be able to snatch him up along with shelvin mack.

Mack resembles a bulldog physically and really abuses the man he’s guarding using his impressive strength. He’s also a good spot up shooter that could provide another perimeter threat for us on the break.

The bobcats really only have one center right now giving them productive minutes in bj mullens. Diop is still a project, they might view lopez as a potential upgrade at that position.

The bobcats also have a logjam at power forward, and even though biyombo was a lottery pick, he has had an up and down season so far and the bobcats might be intrigued by lopez’s size,aggressiveness and potential.

Most gm’s would take a young, playoff tested bigman over a raw but athletic rookie given the choice. Lopez would give them another “true Center”. They don’t necessarily need biyombo, they already have tyrus thomas, boris diaw and dj white at the four spot.

They’d have a greater need for lopez instead of trying to play the 6-9 biyombo at center. I wouldn’t want diaw back(aside from his expiring contract) he"ll only help us to be good enough to barely miss the playoffs and we"ll be stuck with the thirteenth or fourteenth pick again, instead of a pick in the top 10.

The money we could potentially use this off-season by aquiring diaw would be very tempting but with the way we’re playing now, i can’t see any star free agent accepting any offer we’d give them when they could take less money to play for a contender.

We can still get young talent in a trade using lopez, we just have to put the right spin on it when our front office makes the phone call.

I consider him to still be a project (even though he’s been in the league a very long time) due to his career averages of 2points 3rebounds and 1block per game. He’s athletic and a strong post defender, but he should be producing at a much higher rate for what he’s getting payed and considering that he’s a former lottery pick.

Lopez may be a headcase but when he does play,he has the ability to provide some offense to go with his defensive game(however limited it may be right now). One of the reasons the bobcats migth consider this trade is for the reasons i stated above.

Craziness and inconsistent play aside, lopez has playoff experience at a position where the bobcats are extremely raw and inexperienced at. He also is still fairly young at twenty three years of age and has shown glimpses of high scoring and rebounding potential, a change of scenery might help him finally find that consistency in his game and become better than he currently is now.

Certainly more polished and a better overall player than diop.

Where’s the option for let him bump an official like a dumbass, get ejected, get suspended for five games, and kill any shred of trade value that he had leading us to deal him for a 2nd round pick because of his attitude and distraction on the team?