I am seeing the benefit of having KT vs. Nene or Ratliff (or any other C/PF). If Amare is truely going to have a roll as a "point center", Thomas would be great with the pick and roll for Amare. Thomas can hit the 15 footer if they double Amare, if they switch the opposing center is matched up with Amare, giving them the mismatches that had last season with STAT at the 5.
I am beginning to see the logic of this deal, I just did not realize that KT took 90% of his shots from outside the lane and inside the arch (which on the Phoenix new paint scheme is in the wood stain, to which I will now refer to the 15 foot range as "the stain").
This may be another reason that I see the Suns trying to move up and get Joey Graham, he could also set a mean pick on the opposing PF and roll and hit the shot in "the stain". In this case, Amare gets matched up against the opposing SF, advantage Amare. Garcia would snap in half if he had to set any pick.
It would also make me believe that SAR would be a better fit than Donyell Marshall for a FA pickup.
In both of these offensive sets, it leaves both Nash, Johnson and Jackson around the arch to nail the 3's. This definitely sets up Amare as the focal point in the half court offense taking the pressure and the wear and tear off of Nash. That is where Nash was getting beat up last year was on picks. Diener would be effective as well just lurching around the arch instead of setting picks.