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Chris Sanders put it at the start of the thread but apparently it has not sunk in with everybody yet: The Suns SYSTEM's only core is the Amare-Nash duo.
With this, any decent swingmen combination that supply sufficient athletics and 3-pt shooting with adequate defense would make that system work. In this sense, losing JJ without compensation makes the task tougher but not hopeless. Say, we don't match for JJ, but trade Marion + right to Vujanic and next year's 1st rounder to Celtics for Pierce. Get Hunter back for 1.7mil. Pick up Finley and Grant to min after their waiver, and Travis Best for min. Our team would be:
Amare/KT/Pierce/Finley/Nash
Hunter/Grant/Jake/JimJ/Bell/Barbosa/Best
I think this is already much better than last year's lineup. Pierce is way better go-to scorer than Joe. Finley/Bell are about the same efficient 3pt shooter as Joe. This lineup will have a solid chance to beat the Spurs as we have now 3 great one-on-one scorers in Amare/Pierce/Nash to match theirs of Duncan/Manu/Parker. If we could convince Atlanta to do a s-n-t for Joe. Say a 3-way with Orlando with J.Smith, Cato, Diener to the Suns, Diaw and Jake + cash to Orlando. Our bench would be even stronger with a youn talent in JS on it:
Cato/Hunter/Grant/J.Smith/JimJ/Bell/Barbosa/Best
If you feel the pressure now that we are not gonna keep the same team that was successful last year, you might want to warm up to the idea that with the absolute core, Amare-Nash, still in place, the options to improve the team with adequate financial accountability are endless.
With this, any decent swingmen combination that supply sufficient athletics and 3-pt shooting with adequate defense would make that system work. In this sense, losing JJ without compensation makes the task tougher but not hopeless. Say, we don't match for JJ, but trade Marion + right to Vujanic and next year's 1st rounder to Celtics for Pierce. Get Hunter back for 1.7mil. Pick up Finley and Grant to min after their waiver, and Travis Best for min. Our team would be:
Amare/KT/Pierce/Finley/Nash
Hunter/Grant/Jake/JimJ/Bell/Barbosa/Best
I think this is already much better than last year's lineup. Pierce is way better go-to scorer than Joe. Finley/Bell are about the same efficient 3pt shooter as Joe. This lineup will have a solid chance to beat the Spurs as we have now 3 great one-on-one scorers in Amare/Pierce/Nash to match theirs of Duncan/Manu/Parker. If we could convince Atlanta to do a s-n-t for Joe. Say a 3-way with Orlando with J.Smith, Cato, Diener to the Suns, Diaw and Jake + cash to Orlando. Our bench would be even stronger with a youn talent in JS on it:
Cato/Hunter/Grant/J.Smith/JimJ/Bell/Barbosa/Best
If you feel the pressure now that we are not gonna keep the same team that was successful last year, you might want to warm up to the idea that with the absolute core, Amare-Nash, still in place, the options to improve the team with adequate financial accountability are endless.