Michael Pietrus traded to Toronto

[PetryJr]

Good grief, conditional pick.

I'd be totally fine with it even if it were for "future considerations." The important thing is that Pietrus is gone.

 

[Mainstreet]

Good grief, conditional pick.

These used to be the type trades where the Suns were sending the pick. An improvement in my book and the Suns lose a salary.

I hope the Suns are walking it back from the days of the KT trade.

 

[Griffin]

Essentially this is just a $1M buyout of a $5M final year on his contract. The Suns save $4M. They get nothing in return, since they will likely never see that pick. But that wasn't the point. Pietrus would have just been taking up valuable bench space. Now Siler has more room.

 

[Griffin]

Pietrus trade called off

The trade has been called off after Pietrus failed physical.

Coro:

The Suns' agreement to trade swingman Mickael Pietrus to Toronto has been called off because Pietrus had slight knee swelling after a workout for the Raptors, according to Pietrus' agent Bill McCandless.

McCandless said the trade has been "postponed" and that Pietrus did not fail his Friday physical exam. He said the Raptors medical staff determined that Pietrus needed two to four more weeks to be cleared for play. Toronto will likely move another direction to fill the roster slot.

Toronto's doctors flagged something they saw in Pietrus' MRI exam on his right knee, which underwent minor surgery this summer after he missed the final 12 games of the last Suns season too.

The Suns had agreed to send Pietrus, who will make $5.3 million this season, to Toronto with cash for a conditional second-round pick.

McCandless said Pietrus now plans to return to Phoenix, join the Suns and undergo rehabilitation on the knee.

"This is just an injured player," McCandless said. "Mike says he will be ready. He's been working out for two weeks. Is he in game shape? No."

Pietrus plays on the wing, where the Suns already have Grant Hill, Jared Dudley, Shannon Brown and Josh Childress.

http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/PaulCoro/150528

 

[Mainstreet]

I knew the Pietrus trade was too good. I hope the Suns do not amnesty him.

 

[Griffin]

I hope the Suns do not amnesty him.

They would really have nothing to gain from amnestying him. They aren't in LT territory with him on the books, they'd still have to pay him, and they wouldn't gain any cap room to sign anyone else this year, although they weren't going to do that anyway.

What I hope is that they don't turn around and try to trade him now along with draft picks just to save some money.

 

[Mainstreet]

They would really have nothing to gain from amnestying him. They aren't in LT territory with him on the books, they'd still have to pay him, and they wouldn't gain any cap room to sign anyone else this year, although they weren't going to do that anyway.

What I hope is that they don't turn around and try to trade him now along with draft picks just to save some money.

Good about the first point, bad thought about the second.