Re: Team Source Says It's 50/50 That The Suns Trade Marion <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Source: Marion Trade About 50-50Arizona Republic - 06/07 - 12:14 PM ESTSteve Kerr's first and perhaps biggest assignment as GM of the Suns will be to solve their salary situation.One team source said it's about 50-50 that Shawn Marion will be traded.</div>They do have a pretty bad cap situation cause of Kurt Thomas exercising his option for about 8mil. It will be interesting to see how Kerr tries to solve this problem.
Re: Team Source Says It's 50/50 That The Suns Trade Marion If the right deal comes along I'll do it. If we also get Camby in a deal for KT and get good talent for Marion we can still compete.
Re: Team Source Says It's 50/50 That The Suns Trade Marion This is where losing that Atlanta pick hurts the most. Had they landed that pick they could have taken someone like a Brandan Wright or a Corey Brewer and would find themselves in a better position to trading Marion. A couple Marion rumors that have floated around that could have a realistic chance of happening if they do indeed deal Marion.Shawn Marion to Charlotte for Gerald Wallace and the #22 pick (or)Shawn Marion to Washington for Antawn Jamison and the #16 pickWith Gerald Wallace you basically get a Marion clone who is a few years younger, he can defend, rebound, block shots, play the passing lanes and even play the #4 effectively (at times).With Jamison you get someone who is better offensively, he can stretch the defense with his long range shooting and he is a pretty good rebounder but his defense is lacking.Also either of these trades would allow the Suns to put together a better package for say a Marcus Camby with a combination of picks, KT and James Jones.
Re: Team Source Says It's 50/50 That The Suns Trade Marion I would not mind getting Jamison and the #16 pick if we get Camby. Like some of the guys at ASFN said, getting Camby and improving the interior D will help us get over losing Marion's rebounding + defense and with Jamison we get a guy who steps up in the playoffs, can give us some scoring at the position and also is a good rebounder. Then they could also use one of the draft picks to get rid of Banks and then have those other 2 to try and trade up like they want to do...
Re: Team Source Says It's 50/50 That The Suns Trade Marion Getting Gerald Wallace would be my top choice (besides getting the number 5 from Boston). I think something could be worked out too, it would benefit both teams, lets just hope Charlotte are interested.
Re: Team Source Says It's 50/50 That The Suns Trade Marion <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Shawn Marion to Charlotte for Gerald Wallace and the #22 pick (or)Shawn Marion to Washington for Antawn Jamison and the #16 pick</div>Neither move seems to reduce cap by much.
Re: Team Source Says It's 50/50 That The Suns Trade Marion <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rok @ Jun 7 2007, 08:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Neither move seems to reduce cap by much.</div>Depends on what Wallace gets, there aren't loads of teams this off-season that can make a run at him, so if he were to sign for $10/11m a season then it would drop enough for it to be worth it.
Re: Team Source Says It's 50/50 That The Suns Trade Marion <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Rok @ Jun 7 2007, 12:06 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Neither move seems to reduce cap by much.</div>Sarver needs to be realistic in his salary demands this off-season there aren't that many teams out there under the salary cap and the Suns don't really have that many desirable trade assets. Unless the Suns go out and trade Marion in a sign & trade with Orlando for Darko or Charlotte for Wallace they aren't going to dump 8 million off the cap this summer as he has ordered. The only thing they could do is to deal for expiring contracts (I.e. Marion/Jamison or Banks/Ollie etc...) and have those come off the books next summer.
