It may be surprising, but I honestly think they're going to be completely fine. Nash will carry the team, and Amare will show his true colors (or maybe not as d'antoni suits him also). Either way, Suns will be 40+ win team I think until someone interesting joined them.
That's cause sarver is all about the $$$. He doesn't really care about winning, and from a $$$ its more profitable to be a playoff team then rebuild, because of the extra games in playoffs and the fact that winning teams get lots of fans. Nash is like AI such that he's a fan magnet, as long as he's on the team the b-ball will be entertaining and fun. OTH if they dismantle the team it'll take 2-3 years for them to rebuild, maybe even more. During that time they won't reach the playoffs and they won't make the extra $$$. Anyway that team lost all chances of winning as soon as Sarver bought it, if they hadn't sold their picks for $$$ every year they'd probably have won several rings already.
When tumbling downhill, resist the urge to move your remaining big name players to reboot the franchise - Season Ticket holders will keep your seats full even if you aren't above 0.500 Signed, Drayton M.
well first, i wouldn't have spent 60 million on frye and warrick. not the best way to start the rebuilding process.
I think they'll lose a few more games next year, but I don't think they'll go in the tank. Like I said about Nash, that offense is conducive to plugging in new players and having them succeed. Just look at players while they were with the Suns and after the left the Suns...Quintin Richardson, Shawn Marion, Joe Johnson to a degree. As other have alluded to, Hakim Warrick will improve. Jared Dudley will take on a bigger role and Nash will keep plugging along.
They win. Frye and Warrick are good pick ups. Amare will be missed, but that team is now on the right side of 30 for a while now.
I bet they get David Lee. He makes sense in Gentry's offense, and they won't have to COMPLETELY break the bank for him. I bet he signs for somewhere around $10-12MM a year, and him and Nash can form a pretty formidable duo. They probably won't get to the Western Conf. Finals anymore under Nash's tenure there, but they'll be competitive.
I'm in the trade-Nash camp. He'd be very interesting to teams wanting to contend and would yield enough compensation to put Phoenix well on its way rebuilding. I don't think they'll be too bad this year, but they aren't in a position to give Nash the help he deserves and there's no point in wasting the last couple of years of his career to be an also-ran.
Their instant concerns should be the Center and PF positions. For the future, Steve Nash and Grant Hill don't have that much longer, do you think they will try and rebuild now or give it another year or two and try and patch the holes. Meanwhile Nash's trade value will decrease over time.
Nash sells tickets. With the economy like it is in Arizona and their dwindling ticket sales... Nash will be very hard to pry from the Suns. Amare was their franchise player but he wasn't popular there like how Nash is.
EXACTLY - Nash makes them entertaining at the least and that's enough to sell tickets in a small market like Phoenix's.
....I imagine the Suns don't go after David Lee unless they get a serious bargain but I could see them trying to get Lamarcus Aldridge from Portland. I'm not sure who the new GM will be, but chances are they will be a huge leap in quality from Pritchard and LA is just the type of guy who could benefit from a playmaker like Nash who I think still has at least 2 more good years left. I know Nash is 4 years older than Kobe, but Nash keeps himself in impeccable shape(eats healthy, works out all the time) and he didn't get significant run until his 5th year in the league. In terms of minutes, Nash has played 6000 less than Kobe who also keeps himself in good shape. That averages out to about 2 seasons less mileage on his body than Kobe....barring some sort of freak injury which could happen to anyone, I think Nash is still relevant over the next few years. Certainly NOT worth dumping to rebuild.
I think the Suns will still be competitive, as long as they can get a competent replacement for Amare. Warrick may be able to do it. David Lee would be nice. Think about it, the Suns made it within two wins of the NBA finals last year, and gave the Lakers all they could handle, with Amare dominating in only one of those games. The Suns have a deep, talented squad, led by a two-time MVP still playing at top level. Why just blow it up until you see if it works? Keep in mind, the season the Suns had last year was better than any season the Rockets have had in the last 13 years.
