SB Nation User Blog: toto_l2003

Why not Bosh or Boozer..

toto_l2003 — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:23:09 -0000

or any other star forward to try to trade for stoudemire. The GSW rumor is good enuf with S. Curry or Randlolph but i dont think GSW would give em up. Bosh would be better an instant replacement , might not be as explosive as Amare but definitely more dependable and willing to defend/ rebound and can run with Nash. Colangelo just might bite making sure Raptorsget something for Bosh who they can extend if his eye/ knee turn out ok have free cap space by 2010.

Boozer would be tricky as we'll probably need a third team - i doubt if Sloan would like a defensive stiff like Stoudemire; but i think the Jazz are also looking coz Boozer can go to Pistons or other teams as a free agent. This way theyget something for him. Concern of course is if he can play up-tempo. But i like Boozers toughness.

High Scores

toto_l2003 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:58:16 -0000

Suns just won another hi-scoring game - 113-103 over the Pacers - and shooting percentages in mid 50's%! With all the emphasis on defense i never thought i would be seeing these numbers.

Somebody help me out though - are these numbers coming from a more efficient half court game or D'Antoni-style offense of shooting less than 10 second into the possesion?? I live in the philippines and not all the games are broadcast and some games i miss due to work (if games are broadcast they come on at around 9AM)- so ive only seen one game to date vs New Orleans - the one game where they didnt hit over a 100 points and listened to a couple of audio (internet).

Amare with a ton of points! maybe he's on track to contend for MVP - but what i really liked was his 11 rebounds.

Bench

toto_l2003 — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 03:08:18 -0000

Very good win for the Suns and i think the biggest plus is that Porter played the bench EXCLUSIVELY for a lot of vital minutes (even early 4th quarter) and they didnt get blown away - they should get better as Lopez, Dragic gets more experience. Barbosa was great on offense putting down a lot of Spurs comeback tries! One observation though is that they lacked rebounding off the bench - Diaw with 1 rebound!!! Maybe they should put Barnes on the second unit instead for his rebounding (plus i think Grant Hill beat him out shooting wise for that starting spot). If Diaw keeps coming up lame on the boards lets get Amundson in there - the guy will kill for those rebounds!

Shawn Marion??

toto_l2003 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:37:43 -0000

First time to post here so i dont really know how this works.... but im a big Suns fan since the Majerle, Barkley, Kevin Johnson days. Anybody give any thought to getting Shawn marion back to the Suns? i tried it on some trade machine and it will work if we trade Barbosa and Diaw for him. It would solve our need for a wingman and defender outright, plus a chance to unload Diaw's contract. We lose Barbosa's scoring (and reasonable contract) but shooting guards should be the easiest to pick up from the free agents available.

Big question is if Miami will go for it... or even more important if MArion will?? I think Barbosa's reasonable contract would be acceptable to Miami and a third team involved can get Diaw. TEam that comes to mind is the Knicks if you can believe that D'Antoni realy loves Diaw. Knicks can send Eddy Curry to play alongside Beasley with the Heat (while Barbosa plays alongside Wade) or send David Lee/ Balkman/ Malik Rose - which will give Miami depth with Barbosa/ Lee/ Balkman in exchange for Marion with Rose a salary cap saver by next season. I know the scenarios are kind of out of this world but if it goes thru and marion decides not to re-sign with the Suns we still get to shed Diaws bloated contract.