Latest Stoudemire Rumor Shot Down, But That Doesn’t Mean Suns are Finished Asking

This is more fun than you can imagine. I like seeing that the internet has evolved, so that rumors now get shot down as quickly as they rise up. Long live the new media!↵
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↵The matter at hand: That bizarre Amare/Jefferson trade scenario that greeted all of us this morning. And now, The Boston Globe clearin’ out the brush:↵↵⇥An NBA source said today that Minnesota forward-center Al Jefferson is not being traded to the Suns with the sixth overall pick for Suns All-Star forward Amare Stoudemire. An NBA executive told The Globe on Wednesday that both teams were discussing the trade. But another source said today that the Suns made the trade offer to the Wolves recently and were turned down. The source added that the Wolves new general manager David Kahn has even called Jefferson, an ex-Celtic, to tell him the trade would not happen. As for Stoudemire, the cost-cutting Suns definitely seem interesting in moving him and his hefty salary.↵↵Do you ever get this feeling that Boston feels like Jefferson is still partly theirs? Either because the Wolves don’t really exist, or because the Celtics really suckled him in his formative year. I mean, like, really suckled and nourished him. ↵
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Regardless, if there’s one thing we do know, it’s that the Suns want to get rid of Amare. I can’t help but wonder how this burning desire will figure into Kerr’s meeting with Nash. The latter doesn’t want to sign an extension because he wants to see what the Suns do this summer. I wonder if he wants to see Amare run out of town as badly as Kerr does. ↵
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↵My two cents: Amare isn’t James or Wade, but depending on your team’s needs, he could be more valuable than Bosh. And if the “Toronto wants Bosh gone” rumors are mere stirrings, it’s pretty clear that the Suns are out to just clear out Amare. Hello, teams hoarding 2010 flexibility . . . anyone want to grab one of the big names at a bargain price?↵

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