Bobcats and Suns trade. Not big.

[Kobe101]

From yahoo sports.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=a ... &type=lgns

Phoenix clears salary with Voskuhl trade to Charlotte

July 27, 2005
PHOENIX (AP) -- The Phoenix Suns have agreed to trade center Jake Voskuhl to the Charlotte Bobcats for a conditional second-round draft pick, Voskuhl's agent said Wednesday.

The Suns made the move to clear salary in their bid to re-sign guard Joe Johnson.

``I think this is a great opportunity for Jake,'' agent Mark Bartlestein said. ``He'll get to play a lot of minutes on a young, growing team.''


Voskuhl will make $2 million next season, money the Suns can now use to try to re-sign Johnson, a critical part of the Phoenix team that won 62 games last season.

Suns president Bryan Colangelo said he could not comment until the new collective bargaining agreement with players is finished. The free-agent signing period has been delayed twice and is expected to begin next week, possibly Monday or Tuesday.

The Atlanta Hawks reportedly are ready to offer Johnson, a restricted free agent, the maximum five-year, $70 million contract he can get under the new bargaining agreement. If Johnson signs the offer, the Suns have seven days to match it.

Voskuhl, who played collegiately at Connecticut, averaged 2.1 points and 2.4 rebounds in 38 games last season. He played four seasons with the Suns. His best was 2003-04, when he averaged 6.6 points and 5.2 rebounds.

[Kemp]

I see. Voskuhl will steal some minutes from Ely.

[[L3]1101]

the suns bench gets thinner and thinner.....and cap gets bigger and bigger

[Kemp]

That is because Suns play most minutes on their starters.

[BOSS]

Ye.

C : Thomas
PF : Stoudamire - McCarthy
SF: Marion - Jackson - Thompson
SG: Johnson - Bell
PG: Nash - Barbosa

That's who they got so far.

[NNpF]

That is because Suns play most minutes on their starters.

Yes, but when you go to your bench you don't want to lose momentum or make your line-up that much worse.

When you go to your bench you should get guys who can give you energy and make some plays, not just take up space.

[Andrew]

Agreed, it's one of the reasons the Suns fell to the Spurs 4-1 in the WCF this year. Not to take anything away from the Spurs, but Phoenix could have been better equipped to take on a team like San Antonio if they had a bit more depth. At the very least it provides a Plan B when there's foul trouble, injuries etc.

[Cloudy]

That is because Suns play most minutes on their starters.

because their bench is weak..

[Jugs]

That is because Suns play most minutes on their starters.

because their bench is weak..

Agreed.

This trade won't make too big of an impact in the land of Bobcats

Maybe they can use him as a filler in trade for a better Shooting guard or somfin, I have no idea how the Bobbycatts line up looks like

[Indy]

Are you kidding me? Not big???

Jake Voskul is the key to every single teams success!

[maes]

No Voskul?! This is worse than the Shaq trade.

They'd better sign Paul Shirley to max.

[Kemp]

Why the Suns won't trust their bench? This is suppose to be teamwork. Is like all 5 starters playing at least 38-46 minutes a game. Fatigue is a big issue here as they can't keep up in the 4th quarter. I know their age is young, but still it won't do them any good.

[BOSS]

Ye man of course you need a bench.

[Its_asdf]

Why the Suns won't trust their bench? This is suppose to be teamwork. Is like all 5 starters playing at least 38-46 minutes a game. Fatigue is a big issue here as they can't keep up in the 4th quarter. I know their age is young, but still it won't do them any good.

It's not a matter of trusting them.... It's just that they're so crappy.......

[Bang]

Eventually...the Suns will end up paying max contracts to every single one of their starters...so that's a lot of money to handle on just the starters alone! They better milk their money's worth!