Jake is gone to the bobcats

[Chaplin]

I guess this makes re-signing Hunter out of the question.

This doesn't make any sense--since we no longer have Jake and his salary how does this make Hunter signing with us LESS possible?

 

[scoutmasterdave]

FWIW, this also gives us a $1.875M trade exception...

 

[Cheesebeef]

This doesn't make any sense--since we no longer have Jake and his salary how does this make Hunter signing with us LESS possible?

Me confused also - maybe it means that JPlay sees this as a sign of us REALLY not spending any money on anyone but JJ thus we won't try and sign Hunter.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

i will now breath a big sigh of 'thank-f***ing-god." i was actually more surprised to see we didn't have to throw in another friggin' first rounder to get rid of jake.

i could see us getting jj and hunter now. and our offseason would be terrific in my eyes.

 

[Chaplin]

i will now breath a big sigh of 'thank-f***ing-god." i was actually more surprised to see we didn't have to throw in another friggin' first rounder to get rid of jake.

i could see us getting jj and hunter now. and our offseason would be terrific in my eyes.

Amen brutha

 

[Yuma]

i will now breath a big sigh of 'thank-f***ing-god." i was actually more surprised to see we didn't have to throw in another friggin' first rounder to get rid of jake.

i could see us getting jj and hunter now. and our offseason would be terrific in my eyes.

That, and someone reporting Ginobli as a terrorist so he can't reenter the US next season and play for SA, and I'd say the off season wasn't so bad!

 

[Ballamania]

just read on another site that the suns might be interested in someone named pat burk. oh well

 

[Chaplin]

just read on another site that the suns might be interested in someone named pat burk. oh well

Another message board?

Burke was on Orlando a couple years ago and wasn't too bad, but then he disappeared and played overseas or something last year.

 

[Ballamania]

yeah another board. they were saying that on the radio they were talking about him playing at auburn, orlando and overseas. he played in about 62 games.i vaguely remember that name but i cant picture him.

 

[JPlay]

Me confused also - maybe it means that JPlay sees this as a sign of us REALLY not spending any money on anyone but JJ thus we won't try and sign Hunter.

Exactly this may mean Hunter is out of our price range if we are doing everything we can to stay out of the luxury tax. Very simple to understand.

 

[Mainstreet]

Maybe I'm reading too much into this story, but is there not a message contained in this article that the Suns are going to sign/match JJ.

Certainly clearing Jake's contract saved the Suns some money, however, the wording in the ESPN story indicates Sarver has put the Suns management in charge of keeping Phoenix out of the luxury tax threshold so they can match the proposed offer sheet from Atlanta.

I think the Suns management is more than competent to do this, if there was ever a real threat of the luxury tax for next season.

IMO, the big story is the Suns intend to match for JJ.

 

[Chaplin]

Exactly this may mean Hunter is out of our price range if we are doing everything we can to stay out of the luxury tax. Very simple to understand.

You do know that in the 2005-2006 season we won't have luxury tax to worry about if we sign both because Amare's extension wouldn't kick in, right?

 

[Mad Psyentist]

wow!...this makes me almost as excited as if we actually signed someone! We got rid of 2 mil salary without having to give up anything! Ive been hoping for this for a while now but thought we might have to go into the season with Jake on the roster.

This is definately a good sign in my eyes and gives me a lot of hope now of us resigning JJ.

 

[Chaplin]

yeah another board. they were saying that on the radio they were talking about him playing at auburn, orlando and overseas. he played in about 62 games.i vaguely remember that name but i cant picture him.

Actually, my mistake, it was 2 years ago that he was on the Magic.

Since then, I believe he was on Real Madrid's team and has been playing on the Irish national team.

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[JPlay]

You do know that in the 2005-2006 season we won't have luxury tax to worry about if we sign both because Amare's extension wouldn't kick in, right?

Yo do realize that all the moves they are making are geared towards saving money for 2006-2007 when Amare's contract is expired. Obviously Amare's new contract will put him with the highest payed players in the league. Yes it would be great if Hunter signed a one year contract, but he's not going to.

 

[Ballamania]

he looks like he has an attitude. thats at least a start.i just wish i could remember what his game was like. hopefully he just wont be the designated blog writer. maybe come in and foul somebody or something.

 

[Mulli]

Irish basketball? no comment.

 

[SweetD]

Yo do realize that all the moves they are making are geared towards saving money for 2006-2007 when Amare's contract is expired. Obviously Amare's new contract will put him with the highest payed players in the league. Yes it would be great if Hunter signed a one year contract, but he's not going to.

You must be right because Jake's contract ended after this year.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Actually, my mistake, it was 2 years ago that he was on the Magic.

Since then, I believe he was on Real Madrid's team and has been playing on the Irish national team.

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he looks more like a soccer hooligan than a basketball player.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

You must be right because Jake's contract ended after this year.

oh, burn!

 

[Mainstreet]

Here is a stat link for Pat Burke while he was with the Magic.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/players/statistics?statsId=3666

He doesn't sound like a world beater and he turns 32 in December, however, if it means the Suns keep JJ, who am I to quibble.

 

[Chaplin]

he looks more like a soccer hooligan than a basketball player.

And that's bad because... ??

 

[JPlay]

Yes if Jakes contract ends after next year why not keep him to back up Kurt or Amare and clear space for 2006/2007. Instead you trade his salary and resign Hunter for multiple years, possibly putting you at risk of signing Amare.

Now we have Nash, Marion, JJ, Amare and Hunter making good money.

 

[Chaplin]

Now we have Nash, Marion, JJ, Amare and Hunter making good money.

LOL, how much "big money" do you think Hunter will get? My guess is he'll get (if he stays) around the same amount Jake got.

People are saying trading Jake helps in signing Joe Johnson--I disagree, I think it helps in signing Steven Hunter. So here's the decision process...

JJ resigned
Voskuhl on the roster
Hunter walks

or

JJ resigned
Voskuhl gone
Hunter resigned

Which scenario is better?

 

[coloradosun]

I think it helps in signing Steven Hunter.

JJ resigned
Voskuhl on the roster
Hunter walks

or

JJ resigned
Voskuhl gone
Hunter resigned

Which scenario is better?

Exactly what I was going to say, this is a way to keep players that actually contributed last season on the roster. Tischer can sit as many minutes as Voskuhl, doesn't take much talent to produce the number of DNP-CDs that Jake racked up last season.

The signing of Stephan Graham should come next, just to fill out the 14 players.