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Posted on: Thu, 07/02/2015 - 9:44am #60773

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Phoenix has traded Marcus Morris, Reggie Bullock and Danny Granger to Detroit for future picks, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.
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Posted on: Thu, 07/02/2015 - 9:49am #997188

SoIntentional
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The Suns have cleared $20M in salary cap space, allowing them to potentially sign LaMarcus Aldridge without the need for a sign-and-trade.
Dumb move I believe. You dnt even know for sure if LA is coming. Also is this gonna effect Mark. Morris’s game? Him and his brother have played together their whole lives just abt.

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- Posted on: Thu, 07/02/2015 - 9:57am #997196
  
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  I’m with you on that. i don’t understand why teams announce/agree to a trade to clear cap space before getting the word that the free agent will go to your team. If Aldridge doesn’t end up going to the Suns how is Morris going to feel about the Suns trading his brother?
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- Posted on: Thu, 07/02/2015 - 9:57am #997343
  
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  I’m with you on that. i don’t understand why teams announce/agree to a trade to clear cap space before getting the word that the free agent will go to your team. If Aldridge doesn’t end up going to the Suns how is Morris going to feel about the Suns trading his brother?
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Posted on: Thu, 07/02/2015 - 9:49am #997335

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The Suns have cleared $20M in salary cap space, allowing them to potentially sign LaMarcus Aldridge without the need for a sign-and-trade.
Dumb move I believe. You dnt even know for sure if LA is coming. Also is this gonna effect Mark. Morris’s game? Him and his brother have played together their whole lives just abt.

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Posted on: Thu, 07/02/2015 - 10:00am #997202

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You have to assume maybe Phoenix has gotten some sort of verbal from Aldridge’s camp? Also, the Morris twins are grown men. If not playing with his brother affects Markief’s game, maybe they should explore the trade market for him too….
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- Posted on: Thu, 07/02/2015 - 10:17am #997210
  
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  Aldridge is still meeting with teams. The Knicks and then the Lakers again today. So I don’t see any word of commitment yet. The Kings just cleared cap space to go after Wes Matthews, Monta Ellis(who went to Indy) and Rondo. They did that before even meeting face to face with Rondo or Matthews.
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- Posted on: Thu, 07/02/2015 - 10:17am #997357
  
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  Aldridge is still meeting with teams. The Knicks and then the Lakers again today. So I don’t see any word of commitment yet. The Kings just cleared cap space to go after Wes Matthews, Monta Ellis(who went to Indy) and Rondo. They did that before even meeting face to face with Rondo or Matthews.
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- Posted on: Thu, 07/02/2015 - 10:36am #997216
  
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  Adrian Woj just tweeted that the Suns have no commitment from Aldridge. His interest in the team led them to make the moves to open space for him. I do agree that the Morris twins are grown men and this shouldn’t be an issue. However they did play much better when together. So there might be an issue now that you move one brother.
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- Posted on: Thu, 07/02/2015 - 10:36am #997363
  
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  Adrian Woj just tweeted that the Suns have no commitment from Aldridge. His interest in the team led them to make the moves to open space for him. I do agree that the Morris twins are grown men and this shouldn’t be an issue. However they did play much better when together. So there might be an issue now that you move one brother.
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Posted on: Thu, 07/02/2015 - 10:00am #997349

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You have to assume maybe Phoenix has gotten some sort of verbal from Aldridge’s camp? Also, the Morris twins are grown men. If not playing with his brother affects Markief’s game, maybe they should explore the trade market for him too….
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Posted on: Thu, 07/02/2015 - 10:07am #997208

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I think Markieff is probably more upset that he would see a dip in his playing time from 31.5 minutes a game to probably like 25 minutes if he’s lucky. The west is too much small ball and between Aldridge Chandler and Len it would be difficult for all four guys to get 30+
But at the same time he could be extremely pumped to be playing with two all-stars in chandler and aldridge.
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Posted on: Thu, 07/02/2015 - 10:07am #997355

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I think Markieff is probably more upset that he would see a dip in his playing time from 31.5 minutes a game to probably like 25 minutes if he’s lucky. The west is too much small ball and between Aldridge Chandler and Len it would be difficult for all four guys to get 30+
But at the same time he could be extremely pumped to be playing with two all-stars in chandler and aldridge.
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Posted on: Thu, 07/02/2015 - 2:41pm #997448

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I don’t think splitting the twins is a big deal. They may have tried to ship them both but Detroit didn’t want the other Morri twin? At any rate, I don’t think Morris, Bullock, or Granger are any great loss. Especially if Phoenix has cleared 20 mill of cap space.
The real problem with this news as I see it is that even with LA and Chandler, the Suns are not going to be in the conversation to win even the west, much less contend for a title. The fact that the Suns seem to have abandoned the youth movement of developing younger guys and go with a guard-heavy rotation, for the old "sign a guy in his mid-to-late prime to win now" signifies desperation in Phoenix.
The best that signing LA is going to do for the Suns is to help them make the playoffs. That’s about it.

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Posted on: Thu, 07/02/2015 - 2:41pm #997302

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I don’t think splitting the twins is a big deal. They may have tried to ship them both but Detroit didn’t want the other Morri twin? At any rate, I don’t think Morris, Bullock, or Granger are any great loss. Especially if Phoenix has cleared 20 mill of cap space.
The real problem with this news as I see it is that even with LA and Chandler, the Suns are not going to be in the conversation to win even the west, much less contend for a title. The fact that the Suns seem to have abandoned the youth movement of developing younger guys and go with a guard-heavy rotation, for the old "sign a guy in his mid-to-late prime to win now" signifies desperation in Phoenix.
The best that signing LA is going to do for the Suns is to help them make the playoffs. That’s about it.

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Posted on: Thu, 07/02/2015 - 8:31pm #997471

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Even if they dont get Aldridge, i still like the trade. Shed salary for picks. PHX is looking to make some major moves it looks like.
Do they still have the Lakers pick this year? I forget how that pick was protected.
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- Posted on: Thu, 07/02/2015 - 8:59pm #997481
  
  tblazer_NZ
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  Lakers pick got sent to Philly in the Brandon Knight trade.
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- Posted on: Thu, 07/02/2015 - 8:59pm #997626
  
  tblazer_NZ
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  Lakers pick got sent to Philly in the Brandon Knight trade.
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Posted on: Thu, 07/02/2015 - 8:31pm #997616

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Even if they dont get Aldridge, i still like the trade. Shed salary for picks. PHX is looking to make some major moves it looks like.
Do they still have the Lakers pick this year? I forget how that pick was protected.
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Posted on: Fri, 07/03/2015 - 6:04am #997710

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^^^thanx brotha
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Posted on: Fri, 07/03/2015 - 6:04am #997565

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^^^thanx brotha
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