Newz Forum: BASKETBALL: Suns reportedly offer Quentin Richardson a 6-year contract

PHOENIX (AP) - The Phoenix Suns have offered restricted free-agent guard Quentin Richardson a six-year contract worth up to $48 million, a newspaper reported Thursday.

The Arizona Republic said it got confirmation of Richardson agreeing to the offer sheet Wednesday from an unnamed person close to the negotiations.

Richardson, who has spent his entire four-year NBA career with the Los Angeles Clippers, can't officially sign with the Suns until July 14.

Should he do so, the Clippers would have 15 days to match the Suns' offer or let him go.

The 6-foot-5, 238-pound Richardson started 64 games last season and set career-high averages in points (17.2), rebounds (6.4) and assists (2.1).

i think this would be a bad move by the suns although i like q & want him to go to the suns but they need a big man more than anything now. after signing nash they have him amare, marion, & jj startin but q would have to sit b/c amare isnt a center & marion isnt a pf so it would work better if they went for a big guy so everyone could play their own positions

They already are very solid in the backcourt with Johnson and Nash, perhaps they should focus on securing Eric Dampier(12 pts 13 boards per game) instead of Richardson...

A frontcourt with Stoudemire, Dampier, and Marion (assuming they dont trade him) would be quite dynamic on the rebounding and scoring end...paired with the Nash/Johnson backcourt....the Suns would have as good of a starting lineup as any team in the west.