Suns Land Carter, Pietrus, Gortat

The Suns acquire Vince Carter, Mickael Pietrus and Marcin Gortat from the Orlando Magic in exchange for Jason Richardson, Hedo Turkoglu and Earl Clark. Disappointing to see J-Rich go, but Carter should at the very least come close to duplicating Richardson's scoring, and the move was more about getting rid of Turkoglu's ridiculous contract than anything else. It remains to be seen if we'll see the Vince of old with the Suns, but his play of late with Orlando doesn't seem to indicate so. Carter did play some of his best ball with Jason Kidd in New Jersey, so perhaps he will be rejuvenated by a similar pairing with Steve Nash.



Though Carter is the bigger name, the centerpiece of the deal appears to Marcin Gortat, who gives Phoenix an additional presence inside that they've been sorely lacking. Mickael Pietrus will serve as a decent perimeter stopper and another shooter to help spread the floor, and his days with Golden State are a pretty good indication that he'll be effective in the Suns uptempo attack. If nothing else, Pietrus and Gortat have proven that they can be effective bread in a Sasha Vujacic sandwich, and that alone makes this a worthwhile trade.



On another note, with Gilbert Arenas in Orlando, I think it's safe to assume that we'll see him breaking out the Orlando Air Pennys at some point. Something to look forward to.