Marcin Gortat Rumors & News

As has been rumored for weeks in real life, my "mock" front office saw the logic in making a trade Marcin Gortat to the Portland Trailblazers in exchange for Joel Freeland (2 yrs, $3 mill per year) and the #10 overall pick. SB Nation Mock Draft Suns acquire #10, draft Gobert Trading Gortat It's time to get the most possible for Gortat, and the Trailblazers obliged with giving back the #10 pick. While the Blazers need to get "older" with a veteran center to play next to LaMarcus Aldridge, the Suns need to get a lot younger. The trade, as rumored in real life and executed in t...

The Phoenix Suns need help at every single position. If you had to pick one position not to bother with at the moment, it might be point guard. But shooting guard, small forward, power forward and even center are major question marks for even the near future of the franchise. The Suns lineup does boast a starting quality, veteran center in Marcin Gortat. Gortat can give you a double-double and protect the paint with good weak side and help defense. A team can do a lot worse than Gortat. The problem is that the Suns are rebuilding, while Marcin Gortat is 29 years old and has only one ye...

Marcin Gortat was outstanding in 2011-12, his first full season as the Suns' starting center. The Polish [insert noun of choice here] put up a double-double with over 15 points and 10 rebounds per game and was a devastating finisher in the pick-and-roll alongside Steve Nash. With Nash's departure, a drop in production was to be expected. However, I don't know how many of us expected to see his numbers decline across the board. Gortat was still effective and his numbers aren't bad by any means, but due to a combination of a couple different factors, he was not the difference maker he w...

Dave, I think you're underrating Marcin Gortat. He's not a superstar but he's good at everything and comes at a reasonable price. He's just what the Blazers need. Eddie I agree. I'm finding it increasingly helpful to think of potential Blazers center acquisitions in two broad tiers. The first tier contains players who would be game-changers in their own right...stars or guys with a couple overwhelming skills whose presence would transform this roster. In this tier you're not asking about expense, value, being well-rounded. All you want to know is how talented the guy is and how...

Injured Phoenix Suns center Marcin Gortat is always honest and is burdened with fewer PC filters than most. He says it like he sees it. He started simply enough, like everyone else has done. "I don't understand what's confusing about playing hard." -Marcin Gortat "I think we need some changes," he said regarding what's missing from the team. "We need some serious conversations. First of all, I'm going to look at myself. Hopefully the management and personnel guys will do the right thing." And then Marcin got on a roll and let it all out. "We are missing character," he said. ...

Each week, azcentral sports spotlights a member of the Suns. This week's visit is with Gortat, who has been out since suffering a foot sprain March 6 but has begun to travel with the team and do on-court work in hopes of a brief comeback. Question: What things have you started doing to pass the time during your rehabilitation period?

Suns center Marcin Gortat would like a chance to suit up, enter a game and say goodbye to fans ... for this season, not forever. Gortat has a remaining contract year for $7.8 million, although there is no guarantee that next season's highest-paid Suns player will return.

The Indiana Pacers are rolling while the Phoenix Suns are getting rolled. Since losing starting C Marcin Gortat to a foot injury, the Phoenix Suns are 2-10 and looking worse by the day. The Indiana Pacers, on the other hand, have been missing their best scorer, Danny Granger, almost the entire season and have thrived. The difference? Better collective talent, and an excellent, defense-based gameplan. Pacers a model? If you are looking for a model the Suns might want to emulate, you might want to look at the Indiana Pacers for inspiration. After making it to the Eastern Conference Fina...