Rumor: Blazers discussions with Suns

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  1. Ed O

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    http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/11838893/13515062

    It seems like this would be the Suns' asking price, right? Wouldn't the Suns take this deal and run if they could get it and were convinced they were going to trade Amare?

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    Also from that link:

    That's a very odd bit of information, in terms of if someone was just making something up. Dontcha think?

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    oh god I sure as hell hope this deal isn't for real
     
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    bwahahaha!!

    These people must be delusional to think we really offered that.
     
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    Worst trade idea EVER!
     
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    Don't want Amare, don't need him.
     
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    Prediction--100 posts on this thread before midnight.
     
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    If KP makes this deal, there goes all his credibility. Amare is great, but man...chemistry wise, contract wise...dunno man
     
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    Fucking shit. That's so overpaying it's not even funny.
     
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    If that deal was on the table, there's no way the Suns would turn it down. That would be highway robbery.
     
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    It says, "discussing a package", not "made an offer".

    I gotta think that if the Suns got that offered they'd take it and run.

    Further, if that WAS the deal that was being offered, why would Freeland be discussed, too?

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    if the blazers had actually offered that, this deal would already be done.
     
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    I don't know but the below statement in his article made it a lot less credible, IMO.

    "The Blazers lost any chance of being a major player in free agency this summer when Darius Miles came out of medical retirement and joined the Memphis Grizzlies"

    That is flat out wrong.
     
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    If that is what we have on the table that blows every team out of the water. It's not even close.

    Aldridge
    Bayless
    Freeland (who's playing great this year, btw)

    You gotta be fucking kidding me.
     
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    True, but this site linking to the original article posted says "offering."

    No doubt. That is overpaying to an extreme extent.
     
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    Why does that reduce credibility? We were in position to add TWO major players, including a max player. Now we'd need to renounce two of our six top rotation players to get to a max player, right?

    I guess that it's not entirely accurate to say "lost any chance", but that whole paragraph seems to be "person with direct knowledge of the talks" information.

    I would not be shocked if it was the Suns leaking it to put pressure on other teams to step up...

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    True--discussing a package could mean that Kerr requested that package, and then he and KP spent a couple minutes discussing how ridiculous that request was.
     
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    Yeah. That's a pretty significant change of the content by theknicksblog...

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