We need to win now and thats what its about in Houston these days. RIGHT NOW, Amare gives us the best chance to do that out of any player that we could get in a trade right now. Some people would argue that VC gives us a better chance, I dont know. But I would agree to this trade, because I mean look at what we have now. Its basically Yao and everyone else. IF Amare doesnt work out, keep him till the offseason and make trade offers then.
the key for this question is whether you want rox to be a run & gun team or not. if you do, you better trade yao ASAP and get nash and d'antoni here. w/o nash and d'antoni, rox won't be what you look for.
here's whats bothering me: if it didn't work out with shaq, how is it gonna work with yao?? amare can't really do what he use to do back then because yao is going to plug up the lane, thus he can't really drive to the basket like he usually does.
however, he'd be a good back up center. he's quick, agile and can be very aggressive and if u would put him in with our quicker lineups, i think we can find some offense with him.
who will be the first offense option? amare or yao? you think amare will be happy as the sidekick? you think yao (and team yao) will be happy if amare comes here and makes Houston the amare's team?
If I could make this trade: http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=ajshv3 + a pick. I would do it. That would set us up nicely for our run this year and next year. And then the 10-11 season, we would have a bunch of money to spend on that big free agent year.
My quote was accurate. According to NBA Hot Spots, Amare takes 67.4% of his shots from inside the paint. That's down from 74.2% in 07-08, and 76.1% in 06-07 before Shaq was in town. Amare is not a bad jump shooter, but he's far more effective in the paint, and if he's going to be utilized properly then that's where he needs to be. Now, I looked at 82games.com and their stats are quite different. They claim that this season Amare has taken 44% of his shots from "in close" and 56% of his shots on jumpers. I tend to believe the statistics actually reported by the NBA itself, but even if 82games.com is correct, that still doesn't falsify my statement. I said Amare "gets most of his points", not "attempts most of his shots". According to those stats, he still scores most of his points in the paint (8.0 inside, 7.0 outside). And that's not considering the 6 points he gets from the line, which for the most part are probably earned on shots nearer the rim. Look, it's no mystery why he's shooting his lowest FG% since his sophomore season, and his lowest by far since Nash joined the team. He's a good jump shooter, but it's not his strength and if he were to join this team that's not what I'd want him doing. Maybe I misunderstood your argument?
I would only make a move for him if it didn't cost us Aaron Brooks. That would leave us with no PG, and if we did we would need to recieve Barbosa along with Amar'e. I don't want to see any part of Scolandey get dismembered but if we would have to that would be fine. I see AB as too vitale a player to let depart. Plus if you wouldn't trade him for Artest why would you trade him for Stoudemire.
