Pretty simple, if you could go back in time, should the suns have pulled the trigger on mcgrady for marion/jj?
The team obviously had an amazing year, more amazing than any of us could have imagined. Marion, this series not withstanding, was great all year and played clutch in big moments, such as the entire Dallas series. JJ played with great consistency for most of the year, and most importantly seemed to gain consistent confidence in his game, the primary barrier in his way of becoming a borderline all-star talent.
But all that being said, in my opinion they should have pulled the trigger. The money would have still been enough to sign nash and q. They certainly would not have had as successfull a regular season, and probably would not have gotten past the point they are at now. But in the long run, putting two top ten talents in mcgrady/amare and steve nash playing at his current level (which you would assume would continue for at least 1-2 more years), a suns team with mcgrady and his superstar talent, and more importantly superstar confidence, just strikes me as a team with better potential to win the title.
It's one of those things, where if the suns won the title this year, obviously in retrospect it is a trade they shouldn't have made, but with them on the verge of elimination, and having clearly proven they are just short of that true championship contender level, you have to ask would a team of nash/q/mcgrady/amare/hunter (assume a traditional line up, and more traditional style) be a team that could step up that one level to true championship contender.
The team obviously had an amazing year, more amazing than any of us could have imagined. Marion, this series not withstanding, was great all year and played clutch in big moments, such as the entire Dallas series. JJ played with great consistency for most of the year, and most importantly seemed to gain consistent confidence in his game, the primary barrier in his way of becoming a borderline all-star talent.
But all that being said, in my opinion they should have pulled the trigger. The money would have still been enough to sign nash and q. They certainly would not have had as successfull a regular season, and probably would not have gotten past the point they are at now. But in the long run, putting two top ten talents in mcgrady/amare and steve nash playing at his current level (which you would assume would continue for at least 1-2 more years), a suns team with mcgrady and his superstar talent, and more importantly superstar confidence, just strikes me as a team with better potential to win the title.
It's one of those things, where if the suns won the title this year, obviously in retrospect it is a trade they shouldn't have made, but with them on the verge of elimination, and having clearly proven they are just short of that true championship contender level, you have to ask would a team of nash/q/mcgrady/amare/hunter (assume a traditional line up, and more traditional style) be a team that could step up that one level to true championship contender.
