Suns 2024-2025 Season Discussions

[BirdGangThing]

he still wants to be in phx

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[Proximo]

I see what is coming. Miami is going to take Beal for the three firsts and Dunn in a separate deal, and I am going to become an OKC fan.

 

[95pro]

Ishbia will cave.

 

[BirdGangThing]

miami should be the desperate team - beal isn't refusing to play or demanding the trade - our locker room likely won't be screwed if beal stays - ish better keep all this in mind and fleece the ever loving sheep outta miami - but he'd have to stay patient - like right up to the deadline - beal for butler straight up no picks

 

[BirdGangThing]

beal for butler no picks - take it or leave it miami - we need those picks to unload nurk

 

[Yuma]

miami should be the desperate team - beal isn't refusing to play or demanding the trade - our locker room likely won't be screwed if beal stays - ish better keep all this in mind and fleece the ever loving sheep outta miami - but he'd have to stay patient - like right up to the deadline - beal for butler straight up no picks

I agree. At the end of the day, we shouldn't blink.

 

[Cheesebeef]

I see what is coming. Miami is going to take Beal for the three firsts and Dunn in a separate deal, and I am going to become an OKC fan.

Wouldn’t put it past us.

 

[Superbone]

I see what is coming. Miami is going to take Beal for the three firsts and Dunn in a separate deal, and I am going to become an OKC fan.

Dunn isn't going anywhere.

 

[BirdGangThing]

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[Phrazbit]

I see what is coming. Miami is going to take Beal for the three firsts and Dunn in a separate deal, and I am going to become an OKC fan.

I feel like the NBA would see right through that and nix the deal as an attempt to subvert the apron rules.

 

[Phrazbit]

miami should be the desperate team - beal isn't refusing to play or demanding the trade - our locker room likely won't be screwed if beal stays - ish better keep all this in mind and fleece the ever loving sheep outta miami - but he'd have to stay patient - like right up to the deadline - beal for butler straight up no picks

Given what happened last night, I guess anything is possible, but I think this scenario is impossible.

The Heat would, literally, be better off getting absolutely nothing for Butler than getting Beal on that contract.

 

[GatorAZ]

I don’t think we could unload him even without a NTC. Nobody wants to blow thru the aprons/tax for a borderline top-50 player. We made our bed.

 

[Covert Rain]

miami should be the desperate team - beal isn't refusing to play or demanding the trade - our locker room likely won't be screwed if beal stays - ish better keep all this in mind and fleece the ever loving sheep outta miami - but he'd have to stay patient - like right up to the deadline - beal for butler straight up no picks

Anything is possible it seems but I wouldn't count on it. Miami isn't going to take Beal's contract without pick compensation. That would be fantastic if they would but I am not counting on it if this happens.

 

[BirdGangThing]

Anything is possible it seems but I wouldn't count on it. Miami isn't going to take Beal's contract without pick compensation. That would be fantastic if they would but I am not counting on it if this happens.

they don't have a choice - it's either that or keep butler - and that they can't do

 

[95pro]

they don't have a choice - it's either that or keep butler - and that they can't do

This is why we stand our ground, but we know the suns will cave just like they did with KD.

 

[BirdGangThing]

miami is stuck between a rock and a hard place - we don't need to move the rock - we're not giving them water - we're not calling for help

hey there - i see you're stuck and that sucks - but it looks like if i take that jimmy butler edition wrist watch of yours off - i bet you can get your arm out

hell no im not paying you for the watch - i did you a favor - you can have this beal edition watch if you want but it gets stuck more than the butler edition

you can stay here stuck or you can **** and stay still while i get this watch off you

 

[BirdGangThing]

the nerve of teams asking if book or kd are available

the nerve of ish-bia saying they aren't

 

[Covert Rain]

they don't have a choice - it's either that or keep butler - and that they can't do

They do have a choice but it's not a great one. Again, I hope the Suns can do a straight up but that Beal contract is an albatross and everyone in the league knows it.

 

[BirdGangThing]

They do have a choice but it's not a great one. Again, I hope the Suns can do a straight up but that Beal contract is an albatross and everyone in the league knows it.

choice is they can overpay beal or keep butler

i didn't want jimmy but the man is giftwrapping himself and paying for his own postage - he'll eventually do us the same when given a chance - but we should expect and anticipate his repeated exit strategy

 

[BirdGangThing]

if they want to fafo we should start demanding picks if we agree to take jimmy butler off their hands for them

 

[BirdGangThing]

tick tick tick - longer this draws out better it is for us - nurk is a different story - can we make miami take both?

 

[Covert Rain]

choice is they can overpay beal or keep butler

i didn't want jimmy but the man is giftwrapping himself and paying for his own postage - he'll eventually do us the same when given a chance - but we should expect and anticipate his repeated exit strategy

It's not that often a great player forces his way to a specific team. That will be KD and now Bulter if this happens. It's a bit of a catch 22. It's very rare for that to happen, especially a market like the Suns, yet we have seen how that could potentially blow up.

At least it makes for interesting commentary for the next few weeks.

 

[Cheesebeef]

they don't have a choice - it's either that or keep butler - and that they can't do

So they have to take a WORSE contract for Butler?

Uh… no. They could just send his ass home like Houston did with Jon Wall and then next year, Jimmy becomes a big fat expiring.

 

[BirdGangThing]

So they have to take a WORSE contract for Butler?

Uh… no. They could just send his ass home like Houston did with Jon Wall and then next year, Jimmy becomes a big fat expiring.

i don't see them doing that at all - but possible i guess - i still wouldn't budge - beal for butler

 

[Covert Rain]

So they have to take a WORSE contract for Butler?

Uh… no. They could just send his ass home like Houston did with Jon Wall and then next year, Jimmy becomes a big fat expiring.

I have heard some analysts say this as well. His expiring contract will have a ton more value than anything they likely get back at this point.