"Lampe may be steal of deal"

http://www.azcentral.com/sports/suns/01 ... b0111.html

An NBA insider in New York is saying that in five years, the recent multiplayer trade between the Knicks and Suns will be known as the Lampe trade, not the Marbury trade.

So far, 18-year-old Maciej Lampe (MAH-chick LOMP-ay) has not made an NBA appearance. The Knicks put him on the injured list Oct. 27 with shin splints, and the Suns put him on the injured list Friday with back spasms to make room for the return of Amare Stoudemire and Zarko Cabarkapa.

Lampe, 6 feet 11 and 240 pounds, was regarded as a lottery pick before last year's draft, but fell to the first pick of the second round (No. 30) due to questions over his contract status in Europe.

"I really like him. He has a lot of talent," Suns coach Mike D'Antoni said. "This kid is going to be really good. He just needs more age. As a coach, I know I can give him more years. We'll just have to wait awhile. But he has all the skills.

"He needs to get stronger (upper body) and get experience. He has some things that you can't teach, like a feel for the game and shooting ability. It's a lot easier to wait and let him mature than it is to reconstruct the game. He already has the game."

I Came accross this interesting article and it got me thinking, it's probably more wishful than anything else, but what if Lampe becomes the next Dirk Nowitzki? the deal wont be as silly as the media made it out to be if that will be the case.

Imagine the suns next year if everything falls into place. Here's a look at what could happen to the Suns.

Cap relief. The two biggest contracts on the Suns roster (Dice and googs) are expiring at the end of this season. Moochie moochie! $$$... they can sigh in relief now that they have some ball space to move around with in the offseason, they should be able to sign somebody decent, some say Kobe, but pfft, that's probably just too far-fetched. Still, they should pickup somebody decent.
Also Suns have a poor record, and doesn't look like improving too much. So we will have a lottery pick... What if we came away with 2nd overall pick? That's a very slim chance, but it could happen. I would say 5th pick looks good. Not to mention the first round pick we got from Knicks, could be anywhere from 8th to 21st really.
So with all this young talent, you would expect Suns to pick up a vet from the FA market to tutor them, a la Scot Williams.

Now what i just said there is all pretty certain, But the big "what if" here is Lampe.

He hasn't played an NBA game yet, it's a tough call, but lets say the maximum "what if".... What if he develops into an NBA superstar?

They get Quentin Richardson in the summer, they draft Pavel Podkolzine starting lineup: Barbosa, Quentin, Marion, Amare, Pavel (Phoenix isn't small anymore are they?). 6th man: Joe Johnson, Rotation players: Carbakapa, Milos?, dont think Lampe will be good enough yet but by the next year.

i doubt Qrich will want to go to the Suns
i think Suns should make more trade.. like get rid of antonio mcd, they want to start fresh..

Suns organization can wait.. i mean.. they are saving big bucks

lol me neither, actually I want him to stay on the Clippers cause I like them, Maggette, Brand and QRich are sick. They just don't win that much. Why would they trade Mcdyess though, his contract is expiring and thats more reason for the Suns to keep him, they don't need anything long term from another team.

Next Season's Unrestricted Free Agents (didn't put some of them)

Stephen Jackson (option)

Dion Glover

Walter McCarty

Mike James

Kendal Gill

Eric Williams

Bremer

Travis Best

Jon Barry

Brent Barry

Voshon Lenard

Foyle

Cardinal

Darvin Ham

Reggie Miller

Kobe (option)

Payton (option)

Malone (option)

Boozer

Kapono

Nash (option)

Camby (option)

Chris Andersen

Rodney White

Dampier (option)

Van Exel (option)

Mike Miller

Bonzi (team option)

Rafer

Rasual Butler

Haslem

Malik Allen

Kukoc

Gadzuric

Damon Jones

Sprewell (option)

Hudson (option)

Gary Trent

Eddie Griffin

The Plastic Man

Magloire

Tractor Traylor

Penny Hardaway[option)

Kurt Thomas (option)

Pat Garrity

Giricek

Steven Hunter (maybe will finally develop)

Shammond Williams

Korver

Willie Green

Googs

Mcdyess

Sheed

Dale Davis

Person

Stepania

Divac

Songaila

Mercer

Ginobili

Ward (option)

Rashard Lewis

Frahm

Micheal Bradley

Baxter

Roger Mason

Moiso

Ostertag

Clark

Jarron Collins

Arroyo

Bell

Lopez

Memo Okur is a restricted FA, but will most likely stay with Pistons

Lampe might develop into a superstar...but the Knicks already looked at him and guessed that he wouldn't. Vujanic could be there 3 years from now. Maybe Kobe Bryant will sign for them. But Marbury is a superstar.

In my book...I'll take "is a superstar" over might, could and maybe any day. That's why I like the deal for the Knicks.

This wasn't a "what if superstar" for "superstar" trade. It was a Superstar for cap relief trade.

In the offseason, I think the Suns will be trying to score Steve Nash or Kobe....I wonder if they colud get both- lol!

Guys don't forget K-Mart is a FA this offseason too (not that the Suns would be interested, with Amare and all).

This wasn't a "what if superstar" for "superstar" trade. It was a Superstar for cap relief trade.

Yess, some people still don't understand the reasoning behind the Suns trade. They wanted cap relief and they know they have Marion and Amare, and also Carbakapa who was real good before the inury, and now Barbosa. They weren't thinking yea we are going to get Lampe, they were more like we are getting Mcdyess who's contract expires, and might as well get Lampe and work on him.