According to RealGM....

[jezmund]

Phoenix is close to moving Jahidi White to Charlotte. If the deal involves the #7 I will be pretty upset we didn't get in on it. I'm almost positive we could offer a better deal to Phoenix having a mid-1st this year and the Philly 1st.

[Weez]

you do realize that PHX wants no contracts back in return. That's there goal...to get enough money to sit at the table that is Kobe. They have a nice argument for him, Marion'd be a perfect compliment to him...and Amare, Johnson...so many. They'll trade all but one of those pieces to get Kobe. In those terms, we have little to offer in a trade...we don't have enough contracts/worth to play a hand.

[KB21]

The 7th pick is also not involved in this deal. A future pick is what is being discussed.

I beleive the Suns are saving that 7th pick to make a run at McGrady.

[Diesel]

If the Suns were trying to do a Sign in trade for Kobe, I would think that they would love to have a contract coming back... Namely JT....

Think about it. IF we send JT to Phoenix for White/#7... Phoenix can turn around and give the Lakers: Marion, JT, and Johnson in exchange for Kobe...

The other part to that is that I think that Charlotte is not doing a SNT of Kobe but would rather get him outright and add him to: Matrix/Amare.

[Plainview1981]

It sucks for the Hawks if this is true and they didn't

move in but it rules for the Bobcats. I hope they load

up on picks=) As long as it's not the second pick.

[JB20]

Mitch Kupchak said that the Lakers WON'T be doing a sign and trade with Kobe, so any deals that you come up with involving Kobe and sign and trade are null.

The article is on ESPN somewhere.

[SunsFan]

After those comments from the Lakers GM, I think Kobe is a lock to re-sign with the Lakers. I used to think we had a shot but not anymore. Kobe will be a Laker for life.

That being said, I have no clue why the Suns are using up a pick to dump Jahidi. Excluding Kobe, there is no other FA this year that is worth dumping salary for. White's contract only has 1 more year and it should have positive trade value come next year's trade deadline. We shouldn't give up a pick to move him if we have no shot at Kobe.

Tough to figure out what Suns brass is thinking right now. Maybe they just want to save $$$. Colangelo is turning into Donald Sterling part II. I'm glad he finally sold the team.