Rumor has it that Shawn Marion is on the trading block. And he might be traded to the Sixers for Sammy D, and a couple of throw ins, and thinkng about this is not as bad as it sound. It moves Amare to his natural positon of the 4 and Dalembert has lots of potential. But what are your thoughts? http://www.realgm.com
hmmm this could be a good trade for either side. I think that Phopenix is going to ask for a defensive small foward along with Sammy D.
<font color="DarkOrange">05-06 Phoenix Suns</font> <font color="DarkOrange">C</font>- Samuel Dalembert <font color="DarkOrange">PF</font>- Amare Stoudemire <font color="DarkOrange">SF</font>- Joe Johnson <font color="DarkOrange">SG</font>- Quentin Richardson <font color="DarkOrange">PG</font>- Steve Nash Okay, they get better defensively, much better and moving Stat back to his natural position he will only get better naturally. Also Steve Nash will make Dalembert even better. But the major flaw I see to this trade is consistency. Quentin Richardson is easily the most inconsistent player in that starting five and Dalembert being very young and not even understanding some of the basic intangibles of basketball he can also be very inconsistent as well. Marion brought it every single night, nothing more and nothing less. So that would really be missed as well as his rebounding. Dalembert has the potential to be a guy that can average 12 rebounds or so for a couple seasons but he has yet to even average 9 RPG. I projected him averaging 10 rebounds or so this year and he could have very well done so but the lack of minutes O'Brien gave that prediction no hope. However, he did manage to average 10 Rebounds in series against the Pistons in the Playoffs so that?s definitely a sign. <font color="Red">05-06 Philadelphia 76ers</font> <font color="Red">C</font>- ??? <font color="Red">PF</font>- Chris Webber <font color="Red">SF</font>- Shawn Marion <font color="Red">SG</font>- Andre Iguodala <font color="Red">PG</font>- Allen Iverson That's a pretty darn good team if you ask me. Iverson is decent on the defense end, Iguodala is the best defensive rookie I've seen in quite a long time, and as we know Shawn Marion is one heck of a defensive player. So we get an upgrade on our defense overall, but interior defense wise we take a huge plummet. Webber is not much a defense player any longer in the interior, Marc Jackson can't get off the floor if his life depended on it so Dalembert was our only line of defense in the low block and that he would be gone it would hurt more than you think. So overall, I don?t really know what I would do. With me it would all really come down on who we would be able to get to fill in that C void, if we are not able to get a good C, personally I would not do the trade. But at the same time, this is Shawn Marion we?re talking about here. So I don't know, this is one of those trades where you would just want to know the outcome of the teams? success with the new players on their new squads. If this trade doesn?t happen and next season neither team makes it as far as they wanted a lot of ?What if? questions will arise especially regarding this potential trade.
I think the Suns shouldn't trade Shawn. He's very consistent. If they need to make room for contracts and the cap then they need to get rid of Richardson. Dalmebert would be a great addition but we need to get him in a different trade. That's my two cents.
Dalembert for Marion would be very unequal. Marion is an All-Star, defensive presence and 20/10 player. Dalembert, essentially hasn't had a full season of success. The throw-ins had better be very attractive for Phoenix to do the trade. Besides, contracts won't work either.
Interesting trade scenario, Avery, I would assume Marc Jackson starts at the center spot if Dalembert is traded. They also might play some small ball sliding Webber to Center, Marion to PF, and bringing in Korver to play SF. The Suns are risking a lot trading away an All-Star and their best defensive player to the 76ers for Sammy Dalembert. Both teams benefit, but if I were the Suns I would also want a future draft pick out of this deal or an expiring contract.
I think that's actually a very good trade for both teams. Dalembert provides the Suns some D that they DESPERATELY need, and Marion would be a big help to AI. The good thing about Marion is that he isn't a guy who has to dominate the ball to be effective for his team, which is a big problem Webber had when he got to Philly. I don't know how the contracts would work out, though, as I'm pretty sure that the Sixers are over the cap with that trade. Maybe they'd be able to throw in someone like Aaron McKie, who probably has some gas left in the tank and I think would be a good fit for Phoenix, a good defensive vet. There I go adding a rumor to a rumor. Oh well, we'll see what happens, but that sounds like a good trade, Towers.
WHAT!!?? Where did you see/hear this trade rumor?? I haven't heard this. I don't know if its good or not. Shawn Marion is one of my favorite players, I don't want the Suns to trade him! But if they are going to trade him I wouldn't want him to go anywhere else but the Sixers..I'd love for him to be on the Sixers but we can't give up Sammy!! This is really something you have to think hard and long about. wow
Yeah, I don't want the trade either. However Dalembert with Nash would be a great combo. I see that going far. That would also move Amare to the 4. It would definetly make the suns better defensivley.
It's nice and all to see everybody getting anxious about this "rumored" trade, but I'd really just like to know where you heard this from. Seem pretty far-fetched to me.
I Dont like this for PHX. Marion was a key to the wins. Dalembert wasnt that great. he did good in playoffs.. but not Marion-Like. PHX Better try and get more.
If this trade happens I will be very unhappy. I really can't see the suns topping their recording of 62(w)-20(l) without Marion. Though with Amare in his natural position I think he would destroy other teams with a big man like Dalembert out there, i'm quite sure the trade will help strenghten the bench as well. We'll have to wait and see.
i dont noe if this is such a good trade for PHX. i noe Philly would end up wit a better situation. Marion shoud not be traded but perhaps Richardson should be
I've seen this on other forums as well. I hate the idea behind this trade; lose an all-star player, 20/10 guy, and leader for a kid with upside. If Bryan Collangelo even thinks about this he'll throw us in a downward spiral like we faced in the nineties after his genius brought us Hot-Rod Williams for Dan Majerle.
I like the Idea of Amare moving back to the 4 position, that would definetly give the suns more defensive, but i dont' want marion traded
The suns were one team away fromt he Finals. Why would they want to dismantle their fab 5? Doesn't really make sense to me.....
Suns need to add not decrease their talent. The one guy they need to look to move is Q, there's no need to move a guy who played a huge part in most of their wins. If the Suns replace Marion for a guy like Sammy D they will likely win 8-10 less games than they did last year.
