Amare Stoudemire has little interest in joining the Warriors, according to two sources.  The sources also indicated that the likeliest scenario at this point is for Stoudemire to stay with the Suns this season.

Stoudemire has told associates that he believes the Warriors could be giving up too much in the proposed deal, which would include Andris Biedrins, Brandan Wright, Marco Belinelli and possibly Stephen Curry.

Stoudemire is also reluctant to play center.

Suns general manager Steve Kerr expects to meet with free-agent forward Grant Hill on Wednesday.

"I look forward to talking to Steve and getting a feel for things and what's going on with my role," Hill told the Arizona Republic. "I sure would like to stay. It's been like home. We've enjoyed being there."

Hill played for just $1.83 million and $1.97 million in each of the last two seasons, as Phoenix used their biennial exception on the forward.

The Suns cannot use the exception on Hill again, so part of their midlevel exception might have to be used if they retain him.

Even if Sasha Pavlovic is waived by the Suns, it's unlikely that the guard will return to the Cavaliers.

The News Herald writes that Pavlovic "needs a change of scenery."

Pavlovic was part of the deal that sent Shaquille O'Neal to Cleveland last Thursday.

Amar? Stoudemire and his agent have not heard from any other NBA team about the possibility of acquiring him or any interest in securing his future with a contract extension.

Stoudemire's agent, Charles Grantham, said he would like to hear a commitment from the Suns.

"Either he's in or out," Grantham said Sunday while in Phoenix. "You're going to have to really make a commitment to him that he's part of your program going forward and that you're going to work around him. Those decisions seemingly are still up in the air. They are going to have to be made at some point. You'll have to talk about either committing to him or trading him.

"Those discussions haven't happened yet."

Stoudemire is looking for an extension this summer.

Stoudemire commented this month to media in other cities about how well he would fit in with other teams if he was a 2010 free agent.

"It didn't come from Amar? saying, 'I don't want to be in Phoenix,' " Grantham said. "If the Suns are committed to him, he doesn't have to become an unrestricted free agent."

Shaquille O'Neal claims that the Trail Blazers were interested in trading for him this past February.

O'Neal says he vetoed a trade to Portland in a conversation with Suns general manager Steve Kerr.

"During the middle of the season, Steve said Portland was interested," said O'Neal. "He said was I interested in going to Portland? I told him no, so he stopped that."

However, Portland is denying O'Neal's claims.

"Why would we when we've got Greg (Oden) developing and we've already got (Joel) Przybilla?" said a Blazers official. "If were in go-for-it mode, maybe we would be more interested."

The Amare Stoudemire to Golden State talks have continued since Thursday, but are moving at a slow pace.

"Dialogue has been had, but nothing relevant," said one executive involved in the talks.

Suns general manager Steve Kerr discussed the decision to trade Shaquille O'Neal to the Cavaliers on Thursday.

"We felt it was imperative going forward that we gain the kind of cap flexibility and roster flexibility that allows us to start making some basketball moves," Kerr told the Arizona Republic.

"That's critical, especially with this day and age with this economy. You can see from the deals that are going on around the league that if you have the upper hand financially, then you're going to make a pretty good deal.

"We've been on the decline and things have not worked out as well as we had hoped. So now it's time to adjust and you adjust by gaining flexibility, by putting together assets that you can build around, that you can move, that give you the kind of leverage to re-establish yourself as a great team," Kerr added.

The general manager also admitted that acquiring O'Neal from Miami roughly 17 months ago didn't turn out as he planned.

"Team-wise, it didn't pan out as we hoped," Kerr said. "I believe, if you have a chance, you go for it and we knew that team before the deal was not going anywhere in the playoffs because of our lack of size in the front court and we were starting to decline a little bit. You can make the argument that we should have let that team go, let it tail off and then make a move. I know I'd be taking a lot less heat right now if that had been the case."

The Stephen Curry pick was possibly made for the Suns, according to the Arizona Republic.  An announcement on Amare Stoudemire going to Golden State in a deal for Andris Biedrins, Stephen Curry and some other Warriors players like Marco Belinelli and/or Brandan Wright could happen next week.

According to NBA sources, Steve Nash expressed his displeasure with Shaquille O'Neal during a meeting last week in New York with general manager Steve Kerr.

O'Neal was traded to Cleveland on Wednesday night/Thursday morning.

While there is no truth to the possibility of Amare Stoudemire being moved to Houston in a package for Tracy McGrady, Ben Wallace could be flipped to New Orleans for Tyson Chandler.

Wallace is an expiring $14 million contract that could also provide the Suns more immediate financial relief with a buyout (although he would still count as a $14 million salary for luxury tax purposes). Chandler's contract goes into the 2010-11 season at about $13 million.