I wonder if they'll have more bodies in the frontcourt than they can find playing time for. Marion, Kurt Thomas, Diaw, Amare, Tim Thomas, and James Jones seems to be a bit too deep to keep everyone happy. I think the Suns are going to have to cut someone out.
Colin wrote:With the roster as is you've got a starting center and PF with a good backup (Amare and 1 of the 3, with the other 2 off the bench.) And you've got Marion at SF with James Jones off the bench. Kurt Thomas isn't going to be able to play that many minutes with him getting older. You pretty much have to re-sign Tim Thomas unless he wants a huge deal. And he seems to really want to play for the team, so I don't know how much of a problem that is. Things sure would be easy if Kurt's contract was up within the next 2 years.
One question though, how long does Tim Thomas get money from Chicago for? Or is that time already up.
Agreed we will most likely only be able to keep one of them but keeping towo is possible, Getting rid of Kurt Kurt though will be tough with his contract and I havn't heard of much teams being interested in him.Dro wrote:Unfortunately, I don't see him accepting any less than 3 years. I just don't see us being able to keep both Thomas' (Thomases, Thomas's?).
Suns close to signing Jalen Rose
By Jerry Brown, Tribune
November 2, 2006
Apparently piqued by the opportunity to play in the Suns' up-tempo system, veteran Jalen Rose was on the verge of signing a one-year deal with the Phoenix Suns Thursday night.
NBA sources said the deal would likely be completed by the end of the night. The 33-year-old Rose would earn the NBA minimum salary of $1.178 million — $744,551 of which would be paid by the Suns and the rest coming from a league fund created for that purpose.
Rose was also looking hard at Miami, but sources said the Heat was also offering only the NBA minimum (they could have offered as much as $1.7 million and stayed under the NBA's tax threshold).
While the Heat play a more structured, half-court style, the Suns like to run and so does Rose. Rose's agent, Arn Tellem, also represents Tim Thomas -- who signed a minimum deal with the Suns last year and turned it into a four-year, $24 million deal with the Clippers in the off-season.
At 6-foot-8 and 225 pounds, Rose has played point guard, shooting guard and small forward — which fits in with Phoenix's penchant for interchangeable parts. He averaged 20 points or more three times in his career and 18.5 points a game as recently as the 2004-05 season.
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