Reports: Portland no longer an option, Amare to Chicago for Tyrus Thomas

http://sportstwo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=135148

 

http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/57270/20090215/suns_and_bulls_talks_heating_up/#


Alternate link. And lol @ the pathetic Suns if they're actually doing this.

 

If true, that's a sincerely bullshit trade a la Pau Gasol. Merry Christmas, Chicago!

 

A "report" from a random blog is less than compelling.

 

Tyrus Thomas is fool's gold. He hurt the Bulls on draft night and now might hurt the Suns at the trade deadline.

If the Suns pull the trigger on a deal where he's the centerpiece coming back, they deserve the decade in the lottery they will be headed for.

 

Hard to believe WHATEVER Blazers offer wasn't better than THAT garbage!

 

I'm not overly excited about Amare joining Portland, but I'd be upset if that's all it took to land Amare and Portland couldn't or wouldn't beat it.

 

Well Kerr is a former Bull... I'm hoping that this is all Sarver though.

 

And CBS is reporting a similar story. I provided a link.

 

wow. screwjob if Deng isn't included back to Phx.

 

Not the same, I know...

 

Haha I did not know he was a former Blazer. His Bulls career is more noteworthy though.

 

The blog on CBS is a bit more credible, though still doesn't seem any more credible than all the reports to this point. I don't see any reason to believe that this is the correct one.

As for the quote from the Bulls fan about the blog, that doesn't attest to the validity of it. He basically said "He talked to two people who would know, but this report probably doesn't come from them." Okay then.

 

How exactly does this trade help Phoenix???? LoL.

 

that's a nice fools gold lineup for chicago. i'm not a big hollinger guy but looking at his anaylsis of the trade is quite interesting. i don't like amare here but if we could trade bayless and a 1st for hinrich/deng you gotta pull that trigger.

 

It doesn't.

 

Well, on the BRIGHT side - if this trade goes down, we are a LOCK for the playoffs since Phoenix is going buh-bye!

 

The trade idea for Tyrus Thomas is pretty simple imo. You have Lebron and Dwight. Tyrus Thomas is the third best physical specimen in the NBA. He is starting to show that he might fullfill his potential, so his value started skyrocketing, given he's only 22 years old.

And as JA Adande said in his chat today. Phoenix was looking for smaller expirings, because the bigger expirings just meant more luxury tax dollars.

 

Athleticism doesn't directly translate into being a good basketball player.

 

You're not a homer, are you? Nah. Impossible.