Suns trying to add Lue also
March 1st, 2008, 6:44 pm · Post a Comment · posted by jerrybrown
While the Suns wait for Gordan Giricek to clear waivers on Tuesday, they still aren’t done with their free agent shopping.
Still looking for a little backup help at the point guard position, the Suns are attempting add point guard Tyronn Lue – who had his $3.5 million contract bought out by Sacramento Friday, leaving him eligible for the playoffs for a team that signs him.
Denver is also interested in the 30-year-old Lue, a 10-year NBA veteran who was shipped to the Kings in the Mike Bibby deal last month. He didn’t play in a game for
Sacramento before being waived.
In 33 games with
Atlanta this season, Lue hit 30 of 69 3-pointers (43.5 percent) and is a 38.7 percent shooter in his career. He’s also a teammate and two-time winner with Shaquille O’Neal in
Los Angeles.
He would be the smallest (6-foot, 175 pounds dripping wet) of what is already a small group of
Phoenix guards. But like Giricek, the move would by at minimal cost to the Suns – the prorated veteran’s minimum – and give the team some insurance at the point after Marcus Banks was shipped to
Miami in the O’Neal deal.
If both Giricek and Lue are added, the Suns would have a full roster of 15 players for the first time since the 2004-05 season.
