To be fair, they sold him for 3mil + Rudy F and then sold Rudy for 3mil plus JR's contract.
Hahahaha! That is so painfully funny!
To be fair, they sold him for 3mil + Rudy F and then sold Rudy for 3mil plus JR's contract.
Rondo for the Celtics is >>>> Nash playing for the Celtics.
Rondo doesnt need to score as much, although he could improve shooting wise.
But rebounding, defense, athletism... everything Celtics need.
With the thinking that HOUSTON plans on keeping TMac and resigning Artest.....and would consider renting Nash for a year to try to get over the hump in the West. They would still have Brooks to share minutes with Nash and take over when Nash's deal runs out.
This deal really guts Houston's depth though so its very unlikely that they'd consider it.
Their starting 5 would look good:
NASH
TMAC
ARTEST
SCOLA
YAO
ROCKETS trade:
Battier $6.4 mil (2 yrs left)
Landry $3 mil (1 yr left)
Lowry $1.1 mil (1 yr left)
SUNS trade:
Nash $12.2 (1 yr left)
Tucker $1 mil (1 yr left)
Suns could go with:
DRAGIC/LOWRY
JRICH/BARBOSA
BATTIER/DUDLEY
AMARE/LANDRY/LOU
SHAQ/midget clown
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or.....we could give the Rockets backcourt an offensive lift, relieve them of TMac's undependable services and have 2 expiring contracts worth $40 mil next season(Shaq/TMac).
Hope that between Dragic and Lowry that one of them emerges as our PG of the future.
ROCKETS trade:
TMac $20.3 mil (1 yr left)
Lowry
SUNS trade:
Nash
JRich $12.2 mil (2 yrs left)
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HoopsWorld cited an "informed source."
Kidd said that he would take the holiday weekend to mull over offers from both New York and Dallas.
Barring an unforeseen development, Kidd is expected to tell the Mavericks on Monday that he will accept the offer.
http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/60320/20090703/source_kidd_intends_to_stay_in_dallas/
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http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=nd68vd
http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_a.../nash_looking_for_extension_but_likes_knicks/Steve Nash remains confident that he'll sign a contract extension with the Suns at some point this summer.
However, Nash added that he'd love to play for the Knicks if an agreement isn't reached with the Suns.
"I would preface it by saying that I love Phoenix and that's what I'm focusing on right now," Nash told the Globe and Mail. "But I live in New York City, and I love it there, and [Knicks head coach] Mike D'Antoni was one of my favorite coaches. If it didn't work out in Phoenix, obviously that would be a place I'd consider."
The Knicks have been linked to Jason Kidd on the free agent market, and are known to be looking for an experienced point guard.
Does this set the market for Nash? I like keeping him for $8mil/yr, not at $13mil/yr.
Jul 03, 2009 7:35 AM EST
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Steve Nash remains confident that he'll sign a contract extension with the Suns at some point this summer.
However, Nash added that he'd love to play for the Knicks if an agreement isn't reached with the Suns.
"I would preface it by saying that I love Phoenix and that's what I'm focusing on right now," Nash told the Globe and Mail. "But I live in New York City, and I love it there, and [Knicks head coach] Mike D'Antoni was one of my favorite coaches. If it didn't work out in Phoenix, obviously that would be a place I'd consider."
The Knicks have been linked to Jason Kidd on the free agent market, and are known to be looking for an experienced point guard.
http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_a.../nash_looking_for_extension_but_likes_knicks/
With Artest gone,Ariza added and Yao's future an uncertainty I'm going to revisit this HOUSTON/PHX trade.
My thought is if they think that Yao's not going to be back,it's going to very difficult to replace him. Who's out there? Nobody. They may think that refocusing on a more uptempo system they can be more successful.Do you seriously think Houston will trade for guards when they need to fill the hole created by Yao's absence?
Wow. Let's just trade him now. He's not going to want to be here during the rebuilding. Let him go home. He'd probably be one of the pieces New York wants anyways to lure Lebron. Maybe we can get their 2010 1st rounder.
Maybe we can get their 2010 1st rounder.
With Artest gone,Ariza added and Yao's future an uncertainty I'm going to revisit this HOUSTON/PHX trade.
-TMac(expiring)
-Lowry(decent young guard who can defend and shoot)
-Landry(good young PF[undersized]that IMO hasn't been given an
oppourtunity)
-Future 1st rd pick(unprotected) '2011 or '2012
-Additional considerations (2nd rd picks/cash)
for
-Steve Nash
-JRich
-Robin Lopez
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=n3km8l
SUNS can then sign a cheap garbage center like Frye,Wilcox,May.
Start:
Dragic/Lowry
TMac(if healthy)/Barbosa
Clark/Dudley
Amare/Landry/Lou
Wilcox/Amare/Lou
Why for us:
TMac's $20mill expiring in '10.
JRich is overpaid IMO and I'd like to see Barbs get a shot sooner rather than later.
Unload Nash to a better team so we can move on and let Dragic/Lowry compete for the starting PG.
I'm a fan of Carl Landry,undersized but he's tough and he's got some skills.
For those that like Amare at C, Landry would fit in nicely at the 4.
Adding future picks.
This move would officially signal that we're rebuilding instead of lingering in no man's land.
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Why for Houston:
They desperately need help in the backcourt. Retooling with Nash and JRich would reinvigorate that team IMO. Two proven veteran starters.
No more TMac injury distractions.
Scola wouldn't be competing w/Landry for minutes any more.
Lopez is a young, inexpensive insurance piece behind Yao.
Nash/Brooks
JRich/Wafer
Ariza/Budinger
Scola/Battier
Yao/Lopez
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In hindsight yeah, maybe. Nash is playing lights out,like it's a contract year and the team is steam rolling thru the regular season thus far. I hope he can stay healthy ALL year & keep blowing up the boxscore.Dragic/Lowry
TMac(if healthy)/Barbosa
Clark/Dudley
Amare/Landry/Lou
Wilcox/Amare/Lou
Sorry, have to LOL a bit there. Thank God that didn't happen.