You could play him at the point if you really wanted to, but you'd never be able to run the offense you're running now with Nash. I guess you could say that about a lot of guys, though, since Nash is pretty tough to replace.

Long-term, I'd probably leave him where he is. He's an excellent 6th man. Too small to guard the league's upper echelon SG's, and most coaches will tell you they don't want a shoot-first PG. Between those 2 factors, I'd keep him as my first guy off the pine.

I like Tucker, and yes, he should help them immediately. He'll be their GF off the bench that covers the guys that Barbosa can't.

I like Amare, but Tim Duncan has a hand full of rings, and it none of them were flukes.

And Marion would still be ranked high. They call him The Matrix for a reason. Steve Nash has nothing to do with him getting steals, blocking shots, rebounding on both ends, etc.

His contract is a bit generous, but there are far worse all over the league. I doubt he's traded. The Suns are still tough with Nash & Amare, but they're much more scary with Marion running around as well.