Tuesday, February 17, 2009

First he gets Marion back, now this?


Brian Colangelo is really taking this "Phoenix North" thing pretty seriously.

Last Friday, the former Suns' GM dumped (not so) Super-Jamario Moon and Jermaine O'Neill for Marcus Banks and former Sun, Shawn Marion.

Now, a rumour has been floating around the web that a three-way trade may be in the works between the Raptors, Suns and Chicago Bulls.
The details that are coming out are that the Bulls would get Chris Bosh, while the Suns would get a package of young players and/or expiring contracts and a few draft picks and the Raptors would pick up Amare Stoudamire from the Suns.

When Stephen A. Smith reported a week or two ago that Bosh wanted out of Toronto and the Raps would look at trading him before he becomes a free-agent in 2010, both Bosh and Colangelo dissed the rumour immediately. But now that there are specifics involved, I wonder how the story will change.

I understand, if Bosh truly wants to go, why this is good for Toronto. They'd be trading one of the most dominant power-forwards in the NBA but getting back an exceptionally talented center who is also part of that 2010 free-agent class.
But then who would play the four for the Raps? I assume that would mean Andrea Bargnani would slide down to allow Amare to play the five. But this also means that, assuming the rumours are true, Toronto believes it would have a better shot at resigning Amare than it would Bosh.

Consider a starting five of Jose Calderon, Anthony Parker, Marion, Bargnani and Amare. When healthy and effective, that would be a pretty scary group to go up against with all it's inside-outside potential and full court running style of offense.

Now, if Bosh does still want to stay, and the Raps think there's even a small chance he re-signs in 2010, I don't think you do this deal. He is the heart and soul of that team and can bring it every night. But assuming Colangelo knows something we don't about CB4's intentions...this might not be such a bad idea.

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