The Suns will add at least one more player which will almost certaly be a big. Of the bigs on the free agent market, several are gone but many more still remain:
Gone:
Mikki Moore - Kings
Magloire - Nets
Voskuhl - Bucks
Joe Smith - Bulls
Milicic - Griz
Croshere - Warriors
Bass - Mavs
Hayes - Rockets (re-signed)
Oberto - Spurs (re-signed)
Unrestricted:
PJ Brown
Olowokandi
Sweetney
Pollard
Willis
Pops Mensah-Bonsu
Dale Davis
Webber
Josh Powell
Mutombo
Singleton
Alexander Johnson
Doleac
Skinner
Marc Jackson
Louis Amundson
Potepenkio
Cato
Malik Rose
Corless Williamson
Ely
Sow
Araujo
Booth
Ruffing
Restricted
Varejao
Blatche
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It's not a very inspiring group.
Skinner is probably the only unrestricted who could get many regular season minutes on the Suns, but probably would not settle for what the Suns want to offer until close to training camp.
PJ Brown seems intent on retiring unless he gets a very strong offer. There are a lot of suitors, but none seem inclined to throw a lot of money at him. (Dallas would pay the most just to keep him off the Suns).
Mutombo: Following the Hayes signing with the Rockets, his name is now coming up. Seems like a bad fit for the Suns, but he can still play. For the same price he'd be more likely to go to Boston.
ELY: He's underperformed his entire NBA career, but still has more talent than most of the veterans on the list with experience at practicing against Duncan. You would hope the Suns could do better.
Maybe I'm missing somebody, but it is not a great bunch.
Prospect Types:
The three guys who best fit this Louis Amundson, Alexander Johnson, and Pops Mensah-Bonsu. Based on summer league, Amundson could be the best fit but Johnson is also intriguing.
Johnson was let go from the Griz due to being redundant (they have a lot of athletic bigs). Last season he averaged 4.4 ppg in 12.8 minutes, shooting 53.8% (only 66.1% from the line however). His 3.1 rpg was a credible 0.24 per minute.
Gone:
Mikki Moore - Kings
Magloire - Nets
Voskuhl - Bucks
Joe Smith - Bulls
Milicic - Griz
Croshere - Warriors
Bass - Mavs
Hayes - Rockets (re-signed)
Oberto - Spurs (re-signed)
Unrestricted:
PJ Brown
Olowokandi
Sweetney
Pollard
Willis
Pops Mensah-Bonsu
Dale Davis
Webber
Josh Powell
Mutombo
Singleton
Alexander Johnson
Doleac
Skinner
Marc Jackson
Louis Amundson
Potepenkio
Cato
Malik Rose
Corless Williamson
Ely
Sow
Araujo
Booth
Ruffing
Restricted
Varejao
Blatche
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It's not a very inspiring group.
Skinner is probably the only unrestricted who could get many regular season minutes on the Suns, but probably would not settle for what the Suns want to offer until close to training camp.
PJ Brown seems intent on retiring unless he gets a very strong offer. There are a lot of suitors, but none seem inclined to throw a lot of money at him. (Dallas would pay the most just to keep him off the Suns).
Mutombo: Following the Hayes signing with the Rockets, his name is now coming up. Seems like a bad fit for the Suns, but he can still play. For the same price he'd be more likely to go to Boston.
ELY: He's underperformed his entire NBA career, but still has more talent than most of the veterans on the list with experience at practicing against Duncan. You would hope the Suns could do better.
Maybe I'm missing somebody, but it is not a great bunch.
Prospect Types:
The three guys who best fit this Louis Amundson, Alexander Johnson, and Pops Mensah-Bonsu. Based on summer league, Amundson could be the best fit but Johnson is also intriguing.
Johnson was let go from the Griz due to being redundant (they have a lot of athletic bigs). Last season he averaged 4.4 ppg in 12.8 minutes, shooting 53.8% (only 66.1% from the line however). His 3.1 rpg was a credible 0.24 per minute.
