As you've likely heard by now, multiple sources are telling Adrian Wojnarowski that the Spurs are exploring the idea of potentially trading for Phoenix big man Amar'e Stoudemire. The thinking goes that the Spurs are in full-on win-now mode, and though it may cost San Antonio Manu Ginobili plus rotation parts, the trade off might still be worth it.

For Phoenix, going big-to-small and young-to-old in picking up Manu-for-Amar'e comes down to simple finances. The Suns have been bent on cutting costs since Robert Sarver made his first big splash as Suns owner back in the summer of 2005, costing them a series of young players, and they don't think Amar'e will re-sign in Phoenix after he opts-out of the last year of his contract this summer. They think he's gone, so you might as well try to secure some contributors for his services right now.

That's the logical thinking, for now. We're still not sure about that, but we'll hold off on those thoughts until later in this post.

The immediate reaction, from the comments that dot these pages to the mainstream media bloviators on TV, runs along the line of, "The Spurs wouldn't make that deal. Amar'e Stoudemire isn't what the Spurs are all about."

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