The 4th of July weekend just got a lot less sunny here in Suns land. Looks like ‘your Phoenix Suns’ are moving forward without their All-Star big man. Word broke this morning that Suns owner Robert Saver Sarver has grown tired of waiting for Amar’e Stoudemire to respond to his latest contract offer. Instead the Suns overpaid locked up fan fav, Channing Frye with a 5 year $30M contract. However, the real news is they have signed a big-time replacement for the high-flying Stoudemire …

Suns fans, meet your new starting power forward, Hakim Warrick (pictured). Yes, the 6 foot 9 power forward who was so useless in-demand that the Suns will be his fourth team over his five year career. But don’t worry, even though he can’t score like Amar’e (10.1 points per game vs. 23.1), he’s considered a better defender who will make up for Amar’e lack of rebounding (4.3 rebounds per game vs. 8.9 for Amar’e). Wait, WTF? Looks like it’s going to cloudy in Suns land for a while now.

But how about those D’Backs?

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