<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The Toronto Raptors and Phoenix Suns have had discussions about a potential Boris Diaw for T.J. Ford and pick 17 swap, the Arizona Republic is reporting. According to the report talks cooled but might reignite with Terry Porter, who coached Ford in Milwaukee, aboard as coach of the Suns.</div> Source If this happens it has the potential to be the greatest trade by BC, he would be a great help to bosh and his an excellent rebounder!
Really? He's a poor defender, an iffy shooter, and he has an ugly contract. If you're okay with all of those, then I guess he's your guy!
I don't know about excellent rebounder, but I do like Diaw. He's a solid role player that can do a bit of everything. Just gotta keep him away from all the crepes in France.
Yea, I'm not all that excited about this either. He's been really inconsistent and unmotivated since he got his big contract and that's exactly the opposite of what this team needs. Our players are already too passive as it is.
Diaw has skills. That being said, he showed up to Phoenix's training camp fat and unready to compete, and had a lackluster season despite signing a big contract. Diaw is right for a different kind of team than ours.
I don't want him. With the 17th pick, we can get someone who will be better than Diaw. Also, I think just Ford is enough. They need a PG, and so I think a 1 for 1 is alright. But for Diaw, I'm not in for trading the pick.
you ppl did hear about the Shaq trade right? lol how do u expect a player like Diaw to b motivated and play hard when his minutes decreased and he was out of position?
Diaw's got all the skills. When Amare went down a couple seasons ago, Diaw stepped up and played C and excelled at it. He can play any of the 5 positions. His issue is that with Amare and Marion, he was relegated to 6th man, and the numbers in the post above show he was pretty good at it.
we need toughness, toughness do u guys think Diaw brings us toughness i like his game, but to fit Toronto, for Ford AND 17th, na Ford str8 up maybe not with 17th
because of BYC or w.e its called ford for diaw isnt enough, and i understand he doesnt have the toughness but raps NEED SOMEONE TO BACK UP BOSH, whenever bosh goes down raps loose like theres no tmrw!
I like his skillset and he'd be a great addition to replace what Garbo used to give us. But I don't want to include the 17th pick in any deal. That's too much of an investment in a player that has quite a few question marks surrounding him.
I could see this happening but only for Ford not the 17th pick, and also if the Raptors are able of grabbing a SF at 17th like Rush or Greene then they might do that. Ohterwise I am not interested at all, Diaw's contract is really ugly and this only adds more so called "depth" to the Raptors instead of adding a second go-to scorer. If this trade goes through we are looking at a mirror image of the Raptors 07-08 roster next season with the addition of Diaw and subtraction of Ford.
