Free Steve Nash! idea (not rumor)

[Fan from VT]

So Nash is on a terrible team. We know Sarvar, Suns' owner, is a cheap penny pincher.

Clippers have benched Baron for the time being. They've got some intriguing pieces; Bledsoe looks solid for the future but is still very young to run the team without expecting a lot of growing pains. Baron just seems to be a giant Turd in the Clipper Punch Bowl.

Now, the only way to trade Baron at this point is for an equally bad or worse contract. Turkoglu. His deal is a little less than Baron's per year but is a full year longer. And Phoenix has tons of SF's.

The Suns need to rebuild. They are in no man's land with a poor core. Sarvar likes to save money.

So here are 2 potential deals:

If Now:

Baron, Aminu, Deandre Jordan, Minny's #1 pick,
for
Nash, Turkoglu



The Suns get rid of Turkoglu's deal, pick up a top 5 pick and Aminu to rebuild. Tough out the Baron contract with the transition to Dragic at the point.

Clip's go:
Nash/Bledsoe
Gordon/Warren
Turkoglu
Griffin/Gomes
Kaman/Smith


or, after 12/15, Gomes, Foye, Butler, Cook, and Smith become tradeable, so they could swap in Gomes and an LAC #1 for the Aminu/Jordan part if Phoenix wants the pick and salary filler rather than Aminu but still make the salaries match.

[Fafnir]

No way do the Suns trade Nash anywhere without him giving his blessing, nor do I think they take a guy like Baron Davis back for him.

[Fan from VT]

No way do the Suns trade Nash anywhere without him giving his blessing, nor do I think they take a guy like Baron Davis back for him.

yeah i think nash is going to want out.you wouldnt pay baron to get rid of turkoglu and get aminu and top 5 pick?

[Fafnir]

No way do the Suns trade Nash anywhere without him giving his blessing, nor do I think they take a guy like Baron Davis back for him.

yeah i think nash is going to want out.you wouldnt pay baron to get rid of turkoglu and get aminu and top 5 pick?

Why would Nash want to go to the clippers? Why would clippers give up a lottery pick to get Nash and Turk?

I don't think the Suns trade Nash unless its to a contender and I don't think the Clippers would be interested in dumping Davis and getting a deal like Turk's back. (especially not losing a high pick to boot!)

From what I understand Sterling has refused to part with Minny's pick in any trade previous to this, he knows its value. (How much is Blake Griffin worth after all!)

[Fafnir]

Oh and aren't the Clippers going to try and have Bledsoe be their PG going forward?

[Fafnir]

http://nba-point-forward.si.com/2010/11/10/trading-steve-nash-its-complicated/#more-1727

Zach Lowe talks about something like you proposed.

[pearljammer10]

Cant really see Nash in a clipper uni. I could see Nash ending up either with Portland, Atlanta, or Houston. All three of these teams could do some damage with Nash at the point. The only reason I see Houston being hesitant is because they are god awful on the defensive end of things.

[dpaps]

This thread seems like the perfect place to repost this classic...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7Od4H9uIJ8