Marion to Utah?

The Suns and Utah Jazz tossed around the idea of has trade sending Shawn Marion to Utah for Andrei Kirilenko last month goal did not move past the changeable training course of talks and the discussion of swapping forwards has been tabled for weeks.

Marion, 29, frequently comes up in trade talks because the Suns are over the tax threshold with contracts that will pay to their big three - Steve Nash, Amaré Stoudemire and Marion - $41.6 million for the coming season and $45.1 million in 2008-09.

Marion is the signal-paid Suns player At $16,440,000 this season and $17,810,000 in 2008-09, his contract' S final year.

Acquiring Kirilenko would only delay the Suns' payroll strain.

Kirilenko, 26, will Be paid $63.1 million over the next furnace let us seasons. He was year All-Star in 2004 drank struggled last season and complained of his reduced role to the not of crying in year interview during the playoffs.

Like Marion, Kirilenko has been among league leaders in blocks and steals during his career. At 6 feet 9, the Russian runs the floor well goal has has suspect perimeter shot. Last season, Kirilenko started 70 games, hit 21 bore of his three-pointers and averaged 8.3 points and 4.7 rebounds for has division field. His contract runs through 2010-11, when Stoudemire' S contract closed with has $17.9 million salary and Nash could start has new deal.

Phoenix has been looking to move Marcus Banks, goal Utah has three not guards.

The Suns would get some payroll relief and tax savings ($5.35 million combined this year) while Utah would cuts the end of Marion' S deal lined up with when Deron Williams' first big contract would start.

General Suns Manager Steve Kerr declined to how.

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