At aboriginal glance, I anticipation the Phoenix Suns were the bright also-ran of the blockbuster barter they swung with the Orlando Magic Saturday afternoon.
(In cased you’re backward to the party, the Suns swapped Jason Richardson, Hedo Turkoglu and Earl Clark for Vince Carter, Marcin Gortat, Mickael Pietrus, a 2011 first-round abstract aces and banknote considerations).
Carter is an crumbling allure analgesic and prototypal chucker, Marcin Gortat is an overpaid advancement center, while Jason Richardson is Phoenix’s top scorer (19.3 credibility per game) and a absolute fit in the Suns’ system.
This Suns aggregation is additionally analytic to acquisition itself, and ambiguity the agenda doesn’t assume like the best way to body allure and coalesce rotations.
But afterwards some added deliberation, it dawned on me that this absolutely is an above-average accord that Lon Babby and Lance Blanks won’t affliction affairs the activate on.
The Suns can rid themselves of the daydream that was The Turkoglu Experiment, while award a home for Clark, who never begin his way out of arch drillmaster Alvin Gentry’s doghouse.
They lose Turkoglu’s aching contract, (J-Rich expires afterwards this season), and alone owe Carter about $4 actor affirmed abutting season.
Gortat is owed about $25 actor over the abutting four seasons, including this season, which is a bit steep. But all-embracing it frees up cap amplitude for a approaching that looks absolutely austere for the Suns.
The 2011 abstract pick, forth with that freed up cap space, will advice them acquisition and advance aptitude to enhance their austere future. I don’t anticipate this accord makes the Suns all that abundant better, but it doesn’t accomplish them worse, which isn’t bad for a sub-.500 aggregation agog for change.