Suns have enough offense, its time to balence this team, and make them an all around team with a defensive front court of Amare and Dalembert Joe Johnson, Richardson, Amare are capable of point up 20 any given night, but who's gonna play defense? You need a guy who's going to play defense 100% of the game. Yeh talent wise its oversided, but this trade makes the suns very balanced. lol do you really want Marion as your PF? He's a great player a top 3 - 5 SF, but Dalembert is a rising center in the league, and Richardson can step up since he'll be the 3rd option having a breakout year Nash/Barbosa Joe Johnson/Jim Jackson Q Richardson/Walter McCarty Amare Stodimire/Ike Diogu (1st round)/Amir Johnson (#57) Dalembert/Steve Hunter
Richardson won't step up, their's not much he can step up, maybe go from 15 PPG to 17 PPG. If he actually had good value, he'd be their best trade option, but he isn't going to get much back for them. The only problem is I haven't heard of this deal being proposed, and Phoenix is not stupid, they can get a lot more for Marion who just averaged 19-11, 2 steals, and 1.4 blocks, was a top defensive player, and can be very valuable to any team. I think it would be a smart move for them to trade him considering their situation, but Amare has accepted the C role, and has made plans for his role next season at C. If they can get a decent PF for Q-Rich, that would also be good, then they can slide Marion to SF, and have the rest of the lineup the same.
i don't see how they get better defensively. the only thing they do is get taller. i would much rather give up q, barbosa, and anyother bench warmers not named jim jackson. i do have ome ideas but that is for another thread.
The Suns did manage to make it to the Conference Finals, but once they played a real contender and a championship-caliber team, their flaws became painfully obvious. The team that the Suns put out on the floor was cool in the regular season, but you don?t need a whole different year to realize it isn?t going to work. Right now the Suns need a center to put everyone back at their right positions, however, going about it by trading Dalembert for Marion is ridiculous. No disrespect to Samuel Dalembert because I like his game and he can be a good player in the league, but trading a two-time all-star for him is a stretch. In terms of efficiency, Marion is one of the best in the league and can do it all; rebound, block shots, score, defend, and on top of that, he is a true leader. Dalembert has too many question marks for him to be even. If I were the Suns I would try to get an expiring contract, a first round draft pick (maybe next year) and a young player from them like Willie Green although the trade will still be uneven and with the nod going to the Sixers. The Suns should go about trading for size through Q, not Marion. I think if you trade Marion, the Suns will not be as good as they were this past season.
I don't like that trade for the 76ers. Reason being is because it leaves them two shallow at the center position. At this point they should be looking for centers/big men not trading them away. Not to mention they don't even need a player of Marion?s substance they already have plenty small forward and guards.
haven't you guys leaned anything this year? marion is a most valuable piece of the suns in terms of rebounding and defense. suns will not trade him
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting TwinTowers:</div><div class="quote_post">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</div> I think the Lakers are going to end up with him. They have an overload of SF's, and they can trade two or three for Marion. I also heard the Lakers are looking for a consistent shooter, where I don't know they are going to find, and a good defensive player, which they would have in Marion.
Trading Shawn to the Lakers isn't bad. We could get Odom and maybe even Divac. That's not bad at all.
This is a terrible trade for Phoenix in my opinion. They can get much more for Shawn Marion than Lamar Odom. Odom is a good, can play multiple positions and can handle the point guard duties and exploit the scoring abilities of Steve Nash, but they have Joe Johnson who can do the same things for them. Besides, the Suns don?t need a point forward-like player. That will only put them in the same predicament they were in last year ? killing in the regular season but once playoff time rolls around and they start playing the Tim Duncan?s of the league they weren?t able to handle it. Shawn Marion truly is an underrated player. He is a top defender, top rebounder, and top all-around player in the league and has had consistent high efficiency seasons with this one being no different I?ve been hearing offers for players like Odom? Come on, we can do much better than this. Marion is a two-time all-star and arguably the best small forward in the entire league and has made great contributions to the Suns both statistically and intangibly. Vlade Divac is okay, but remember, this guy is 37 years old! How in the world do you expect him to fit in with the Suns? system? It?s not like he?s a stellar defender or anything like that. If that were the case, he might be worth the trade, but a washed up, injury riddled, old player with not much left in the tank for my boy Shawn Marion? You?ve got to be kidding. Let?s do better here, people.
Are you kidding me? They are definetly not, or should not trade him. This would be a dumb*** move! Why would you trade somebody that get you like 20+ points and 12 rebounds a game. He is also their best defender! In my opinion he is the best on the team and without him I doubt they will even pass the Mavericks next year. And they would trade him to the division rival too, and that makes it worse. But this is just a rumor so i'll try to calm down.
