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Imagine this team for the Suns - These are all Suns draft picks
95 - Michael Finley
96 - Steve Nash
97 - Stephen Jackson
98 - no pick
99 - Shawn Marion
00 - Jack Tsakalidis
01 - no first round pick
02 - Amare Stoudemire
03 - Leandro Barbosa
04 - Loul Deng - trade to Chicago
05 - Nate Robinson - traded to NY Knicks
06 - Rajon Rondo - traded to Boston
06 - Sergio Rodriquez - traded to Portland
07 - Rudy Fernandez - traded to Portland

Starting Lineup
PG - Nash
SG - Finley
SF - Deng or Jackson
PF - Marion
C - Stoudemire

Bench - Barbosa, Deng or Jackson, 1 of many point guards drafted in the past 3 years

It is painfully obvious that the Suns can at least draft good players. Recently, they love to trade those players. Lets analyze the trades.

07 K. Thomas & 08 and 2010 first round draft pick for nothing. Winner Seattle
07 Rudy Fernandez & James Jones for 3 million cash. - Winner Portland
06 Sergio Rodriquez for 3 million cash - Winner Portland
06 Rajon Rondo for Cleveland's #1 in 07 (#24 - Rudy Fernandez, traded to Portland) -Winner Portland
05 - Nate Robinson & Q for K. Thomas (eventually traded for nothing) - winner no one
04 - Loul Deng for Jackson Vromen and Future first turning out to be Nate Robinson who was traded for K. Thomas, who was trade for nothing. Winner - Chicago, NY Knicks, and Seattle, big loser Suns. This trade allowed them to go after Steve Nash in Free Agency.

Every Draft day trade for the Suns has ended poorly. When they draft a player and let him play it ends very positive. Maybe they can learn a lessons here. I am not worried about the 08 first rounder to Seattle because we still have Atlanta's First next year, and the 08 pick should be late in the first round. The 2010 first round pick to Seattle scares me a lot. Steve Nash and Marion may be retired or gone leaving Barbosa, Amare and who knows. That pick could be anywhere in the first round. What happens if Amare has to get his knee surgery redone and is out that year. Seattle may have just received the #1 pick. The reasons the Suns are in Salary Cap hell is because they do not have the picks from 04 - 06, who would be on rookie pay scales and making next to nothing, but filling out the roster. The immediate future of the Suns is still very bright for the next two years, but after that it gets very cloudy and scary. Marion will come off the books and save 17 million, but you have to assume they will try to resign him in the 10 - 13 million range, thus not really saving much money. Young talented players will be leading the way in Barbosa and Stat, but behind them are Diaw and question marks. The future is getting scary.