ESPN insider Rumors: Amare-to-Nets getting more likely

[arif1127]

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The Nets would look pretty nice next year if they signed Amare and got the 1st or second pick and took Evan Turner, with little depth, but their starters would be 4-6 seed worth in the East.

C - Brook Lopez
PF - Amare Stoudemire
SF - Evan Turner
SG - Courtney Lee
PG - Devin Harris

That is a team I would be very excited about if I were a Nets fan. And, with the looming move to Brooklyn and deep pocketed Russian owner, it could turn into a powerhouse team in two or three years.

[OremLK]

I think they'd be better off trading Devin Harris for a wing and drafting Wall (if they get the first pick). But yes, the Nets stand to make the biggest jump of any team next season. I'm going to laugh so hard at the Knicks when the Nets get into the playoffs next season and they don't.

I figure maybe they sign Stoudemire and another free agent, maybe Manu or something. Then draft Wall, and trade Harris for Iggy or someone like that.

Wall
Manu
Iggy
Stoudemire
Lopez

That's a pretty formidable team. They will need to release every other player on the team and replace them all with D-Leaguers though.

[A_3PO]

I think most people agree the Nets are primed for a huge turnaround if they get Wall or Turner and sign a top free agent.

I'm not so sure Brook Lopez and Amare would play well together.

From what I've read the last couple of weeks, Amare to Miami is most likely if he leaves the Suns.

[OremLK]

They could also take a small step down and sign Lee or Boozer to man the 4. Or who knows, maybe they can even woo Bosh, though I doubt it.

[Cokebabies]

if lopez was unhappy with yi taking shots away from him, he is going to be super pissed when amare comes to town.

[ScolaIsBallin]

They wouldn't be that bad... still not playoff caliber

[YallMean]

Talented on paper yes, but many teams look that way. Not impressed at all, no character guys, no leadership.

Playoff bound, maybe, contender in the east, not even close.

[SuperBeeKay]

Talented on paper yes, but many teams look that way. Not impressed at all, no character guys, no leadership.

Playoff bound, maybe, contender in the east, not even close.
Uhhh? Turner would be a leader/ Brandon Roy type. Having Brook Lopez who knows his role would give them the inside presense. Give them a good head coach and they'd be a pretty big force...

[YallMean]

Uhhh? Turner would be a leader/ Brandon Roy type. Having Brook Lopez who knows his role would give them the inside presense. Give them a good head coach and they'd be a pretty big force...

Too early to say a guy yet to play a NBA game a leader in the league.
I just don't think you can turn around a 10 win team around by adding Amare and a rookie to the roster. The talents on paper don't mesh well.
Now I think if they do get JVG back in New York(jersey is close enough), he is going after some gel and glue to that team. We all know JVG's fetish about Shane and Amare's signing makes their other bigs like Yi dispersible. Of course we will want more than Yi for Battier. ;) Battier for Yi+Lee?

[tinywang]

amare just gots to pretend its robin lopez.

[OremLK]

John Wall is a leader type with good character, too.

[King1]

Amare is going to Miami if he leaves Phoenix

[steddinotayto]

A frontcourt of Yi, Amare and Lopez with a solid coach like JVG CAN and WILL get the Nets to the playoffs.

[showtang043]

I would rather invest in Lee than Amare, lee's passing can help brook lopez stay in the flow of the game too.

[MrAwe]

I think they'd be better off trading Devin Harris for a wing and drafting Wall (if they get the first pick). But yes, the Nets stand to make the biggest jump of any team next season. I'm going to laugh so hard at the Knicks when the Nets get into the playoffs next season and they don't.

I figure maybe they sign Stoudemire and another free agent, maybe Manu or something. Then draft Wall, and trade Harris for Iggy or someone like that.

Wall
Manu
Iggy
Stoudemire
Lopez

That's a pretty formidable team. They will need to release every other player on the team and replace them all with D-Leaguers though.

But if they are gonna develop Wall, I don't think they will end up doing too well.

[BetterThanEver]

I think they'd be better off trading Devin Harris for a wing and drafting Wall (if they get the first pick). But yes, the Nets stand to make the biggest jump of any team next season. I'm going to laugh so hard at the Knicks when the Nets get into the playoffs next season and they don't.

I figure maybe they sign Stoudemire and another free agent, maybe Manu or something. Then draft Wall, and trade Harris for Iggy or someone like that.

Wall
Manu
Iggy
Stoudemire
Lopez

That's a pretty formidable team. They will need to release every other player on the team and replace them all with D-Leaguers though.

No team is trading Iggy for Harris.

[BetterThanEver]

Nets getting an injury prone Amare is a bad idea for them. The Suns staff does a good job of rehabbing Amare from his surgery, then he gets some kind of eye injury.

[arif1127]

The above mentioned lineup works if JVG is hired as coach, and Amare buys into his defensive scheme.

[moestavern19]

The Turner/Wall debate is a pretty interesting one, but it seems to me everyone is forgetting that the team with the most ping pong balls often doesn't end up with the #1 pick.

[ASidd_1990]

The Turner/Wall debate is a pretty interesting one, but it seems to me everyone is forgetting that the team with the most ping pong balls often doesn't end up with the #1 pick.
True dat playa! Look at the Kings last year, they had the worst record in the league but ended up with like the 5th or 6th pick. They actually ended up with the better player overrall in Evans, but that was because Griffin hasn't even played yet.

That was a bad example, but the Rockets didn't have the worst record when they drafted Yao, the Bulls didn't have the worst record when they got Rose and so on and so on.

The team with the worst record always comes out being dissappointed at the draft lottery.

We have .06 chance at winning the lottery. Maybe we can sign Stevie Franchise for a 10 day contract during the Lottery and have him represent us for some good luck :grin:

[OremLK]

No team is trading Iggy for Harris.

Might be the best Philly can get... a little salary relief, a shorter contract, and an actual good player. They'd probably demand a draft pick in addition though.

[ASidd_1990]

Might be the best Philly can get... a little salary relief, a shorter contract, and an actual good player. They'd probably demand a draft pick in addition though.
I think Philly might actually accept because they lack that true point guard ever since Miller left. They really missed Miller and that was the main reason why they went from almost taking down the Eastern Conference Champs in the 1st round last year to being one of the worst teams in the league this year. Miller was sorely missed.

[devilsdandruff]

rumour.

Nets offering Coach K 12-15m.

[bloop]

that's a decent team but still a couple of flips away from getting where they want to be.

Prokhorov isn't dumping half a billion into this team in cash and loan guarantees for a 6-8th seed.

that roster needs to be turned over a couple times over the next few years to be a threat to the top 3 teams in the East

Nets offering Coach K 12-15m.
better off with JVG than an inexperienced college coach.