The only way to build the Suns is to tear it down first By Tom Haberstroh Is Suns owner Robert Sarver looking to play hardball with the National Basketball Players Association or is he a dove in the labor talks? Well, one thing's for sure: His team stands between a rock and a hard place. In all likelihood, the Phoenix Suns are going nowhere with the team as currently assembled. They finished with a lukewarm record of 40-42 with their three top scorers all over the age of 34. They have more than $55 million due next season already -- mostly to journeymen with low ceilings -- which leaves them with little spending power if the salary cap looks anything like it did in 2010-11. But of course, it won't; the next cap will likely handcuff them even more. As painful as it sounds to Phoenix faithful, the Suns exist in NBA purgatory: lottery-bound, but nowhere close to earning first dibs on the next great player in the draft. No team wants to be caught in this in-between world where they can't reap the benefits of a playoff appearance, but also lack the hope of landing the next Blake Griffin or John Wall. So how can they find basketball heaven? The only way out may be to trade Steve Nash. http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/stor...ilding-phoenix-suns-starts-trading-steve-nash ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Can someone please post the rest of this article...
Steve Nash is the only 30 + star who doesnt seem to have ambition of playing for a contending team. he has the right to whinge for a trade and the club owes it to him let him pursue a ring elsewhere. They will get the chance to get rid of Childress in the process. And they'll get something good in return for sure. Something like Nash and Childress for JSmoove and Teague would be nice. Smith and Gortat is a front court they can build around for the future.. But if the season is locked out then Nash should sign with a contender in 2012.
No team? The Rockets seem to specialize in being average, not good enough to be a serious contender, but unwilling to tear it down and rebuild through the lottery.
BTW, what team would even give up anything of significance for him? Almost all the teams are set at the PG position or have a project whom they want to rebuild with.
Because Nash dominates the ball, I don't think he fits Miami or Minny. The Knicks & Clippers would work well. Maybe the Hawks.
I really don't think it's so much the fact that Nash dominates the ball, as it is that Wade and Lebron can't play off the ball. If Nash plays in Miami, his incredible decision-making skills and BBIQ would allow him to make the following conclusion on how to score efficiently: Give the ball to Lebron or Wade. You don't need someone as smart and savvy as Nash to make that decision. Rafer Alston can make that decision. VSpan can make that decision.
I guess it's how you look at it. Because of Wade and LeBron, the last thing the Heat need is another guy that must have the ball in his hands to be effective. Miami needs an athletic, defensive PG that can hit open 3-pointers and finish on the break. Chalmers fits the bill but his brain is the problem. Maybe if he were about 3 years older.
Am I missing something??..Last I heard the guy shoots lights out from anywhere on the court...Nash/Wade pick n roll ...Nash/james pick n roll....Nash/Bosh pick n roll..... Nash and whoever can jump out the gym pick n roll.........Well worth the risk to me....Yall kill me with anti Miami chemistry talk....
He's the only contending team I can think of that would need him. That being said, what do the knicks have to trade for him? Fields? A 2035 1st rounder? The Suns would get almost nothing for him.
That's what I was wondering. The Knicks would be perfect, IMO, but how do they get him? Perhaps a 3rd team would need to be involved.
