Lue to Milwaukee

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Lue to Milwaukee

Suns point guard Tyronn Lue may have said that Phoenix was his first choice but his real choice wound up being Milwaukee and money.

Lue's agent, Andy Miller, informed the Suns today that Lue has decided to sign with Milwaukee. It appears Lue has accepted the biennial exception, which gives him a two-year contract. Phoenix was firm in offering a one-year veteran minimum contract of $1.26 million to Lue because the Suns project to be over the luxury tax threshold.

Lue had made comments in recent weeks that indicated he would come to Phoenix, saying last week, "I think we're going to get it done in Phoenix," and talking about how he wanted to sign with the Suns when he was waived during last season but feared Mike D'Antoni's short rotation.

Lue was believed to be making a decision Boston and Phoenix, who he identified as his leaders, but Milwaukee entered the picture earlier this week.

 

[TRW]

Suns point guard? When did he play here?

Other than that, I think Milwaukee did Phoenix a favor. He is nothing special at all, even as a back up. Teams keep saving the Suns from themselves IMO.

Barbosa may just have to suck it up and, with Strawberry sharing the duty, back up Nash this year. Might be all the Suns are left with.

 

[JCSunsfan]

Good. Now give DJ minutes and get Goran here. If we can sign Livingston, fine.

This is good for the Suns to get snubbed by a FA here and there. It might teach them not to get into all the 2010 FA hype and make all kinds of foolish decisions in anticipation of it. We need to get Amare signed and then use Shaq's expiring to load up on promising young talent and picks from teams that are desperate for a 2010 FA.

 

[Nash2Amare]

Phew! Thank you Milwaukee!

 

[Mainstreet]

The Suns better to try to get Dragic over here now and hope he is as good as as how the Suns FO whooped it up in the war room when they selected him. Also the Suns better hope Strawberry can at least play some PG. Now roll the dice on Shaun Livingston and hope one of the three reserves produces at least midway through the seaon.

 

[YouJustGotSUNSD]

Good job Suns, you can't even accomplish mediocrity!

 

[JCSunsfan]

The Suns better to try to get Dragic over here now and hope he is as good as as how the Suns FO whooped it up in the war room when they selected him. Also the Suns better hope Strawberry can at least play some PG. Now roll the dice on Shaun Livingston and hope one of the three reserves produces at least midway through the seaon.

Pay the $500,000 for the buyout and then give him the $1.26 million they were going to give Lue. They will still be money ahead.

 

[Mainstreet]

Pay the $500,000 for the buyout and then give him the $1.26 million they were going to give Lue. They will still be money ahead.

True, but what amount of money will Dragic get if the buyout is more. The Suns better put a little more passion in their dealings for a backup PG. If Dragic was the second best PG in the draft... no excuses get it done. The Suns still are looking for a backup PG for Nash going into the fifth season. This would be ludicrous if it weren't tragic.

 

[Austin Zonie]

Best thing that could of happened. Sign Livingston!

 

[scXfreakX]

Well, this could be good or bad. This could be a blessing in disguise as maybe the Suns will press harder for Dragic and we will get him over here. Or we might press harder for Livingston? Or we might try to rely on DJ (which I highly doubt)? Who knows. Should be interesting.

 

[Mainstreet]

Well, this could be good or bad. This could be a blessing in disguise as maybe the Suns will press harder for Dragic and we will get him over here. Or we might press harder for Livingston? Or we might try to rely on DJ (which I highly doubt)? Who knows. Should be interesting.

Or maybe the Suns will rely again on DJ and LB as our Pgs.

I hope Kerr has his hands out of the popcorn and has a grip on reality.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

Yeah!! Why would we want a veteran back up PG anyway?

 

[Chris_Sanders]

My joke post about Kerr introducing Sean Marks as the new backup PG is looking better and better.

If we can't even address the same weakness we have had for years then lets stop pretending we have any hope in the playoffs.

 

[scXfreakX]

Or maybe the Suns will rely again on DJ and LB as our Pgs.

I hope Kerr has his hands out of the popcorn and has a grip on reality.

I hope that LB isn't any part of our backup PG plan. I thought I heard that the Suns don't want him playing PG anymore but more of a SG role.

 

[Mainstreet]

What are the Suns options? See East Valley Tribune article by Jerry Brown. What brought the Suns to such a lowly state... they used to pull All-Star PGs out of their hats. Now they can't even find a backup PG.

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/120954

 

[Chris_Sanders]

What are the Suns options? See East Valley Tribune article by Jerry Brown. What brought the Suns to such a lowly state... they used to pull All-Star PGs out of their hats. Now they can't even find a backup PG.

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/120954

The Suns options were to not sell multiple talented pgs for cash.

 

[Mainstreet]

I hope that LB isn't any part of our backup PG plan. I thought I heard that the Suns don't want him playing PG anymore but more of a SG role.

I'm just joking around. However, the worry is, what are the Suns thinking?

 

[Mainstreet]

The Suns options were to not sell multiple talented pgs for cash.

So true.

 

[Treesquid PhD]

Yeah!! Why would we want a veteran back up PG anyway?

we would rather have the cripple. of course no one realizes the cripple isn't able to practice they think they are getting the cripple that tore the suns up.

 

[Chris_Sanders]

I'm just joking around. However, the worry is, what are the Suns thinking?

The Suns are thinking that continuing to be the most profitable franchise in the NBA is more important than actually competing.

 

[scXfreakX]

The Suns are thinking that continuing to be the most profitable franchise in the NBA is more important than actually competing.

BINGO! It is said though, that they're wasting Nash's good years. It really is. Great PG's don't just fall into your lap. The FO has to realize this, but whatever, it seems like $ is more important than winning a title.

 

[Andrew]

I hate when guys do that, basically saying "I am signing with this team" and then poof going to another.

 

[Irish]

With Posey signing with the Hornets, I was sure the Celtic would finally go for Lue with the LLE.

Porter needs to spend full time working with Strawberry.

 

[YouJustGotSUNSD]

If we dont have an heir apparent once Nash retires I will be retiring my suns homerism.

I have been spoiled my entire basketball loving career with uber PGs in phoenix. Im willing to accept Chris Paul and Deron Williams wont be wearing purple and orange, but we better get the 3rd best PG of the future before Nash packs his bags

 

[Cheesebeef]

does anyone else find it absolutely ridiculous that Kerr a) comes out and says the plan is to rest Steve Nash for 12 entire games while expecting to get a PG to not only be a key member of what he says will be a title contending team but to also START for it for 12 games AND ONLY MAKE THE MINIMUM? What NBA Player in his right mind is going to do that and why in the world would you make it public that you're expecting him to start part of the season and then do the bare minimum $ to get him signed?

Does anyone find the above scenario positively galling not only from a practical standpoint, but even more so from a bargaining/negotiating standpoint? Even if Kerr doesn't intend to follow through with his mind-numbingly stupid plan to literally rest Nash for 12 entire games, putting that in the press puts an incredible amount of leverage into the hands of whatever PG they go after in FA. Why in the world would you show your hand like that? Was it to entice PG with the lure of playing time? Do they not realize that most of the time when you tell an prospective employee that you expect more out of them then normal that those people are going to expect to be compensated more than normal?

Everything about the above is incredibly stupid, contradictory and cheap. When are Kerr and the Suns going to realize that it's not considered "privelege" to play for this team and that the days of getting the "Suns discount" are over?

that being said, Tyrone Lue's horrendous and wouldn't have made a difference anyway (but the fact that he was our number one target in FA is just as much an indictment against the schmucks running this team as is the fact that they couldn't even get him).

someone wake me when Sarver and the rest of the bankers make enough money to flip the Suns like real estate and we get an owner who actually cares about something more than the bottom line because until then, this team ain't going nowhere.