Amar'e himself thought he was coming to Houston. I can understand the Suns waiting until now to take care of that, rather than pulling the trigger at the trade deadline. Especially when Tracy pulled himself off the market, so to speak. But let's not kid ourselves too much. TMac + Brooks + Scola for Amar'e + Barbosa (or Jrich) + 1st round draft pick We would have to yield Scola, at least. This would make some sense as far as the Suns keeping Steve Nash, he needs a good PF to play the pick and roll. I mention the 1st rounder because we would be saving them A LOT of money and because Tmac might just come back and contribute at the end of next season.
really ??? Amar'e/JRich - possible for McG/Brooks? Saves Phx 5 mm. When they trade Shaq to Cleve they'll be under LT ??? Interesting. I think?
Can Dallas give a better deal by including Dampier,Stackhouse's partially guaranteed contract vs McGrady's fully guaranteed contract even with the insurance bit, plus fillers like Wright/Shawne Williams for Amare and J-Rich? I'm talking from a financial point of view. I wonder if Rip Hamilton is our backup plan.
i would prefer barbosa over jrich but either one would be an upgrade for tracy at least they will contribute in the post season
Im not sure Scola would be included in such a deal. Clutch didnt say he would be. If Landry isnt traded for a pick, he would probably be included in the deal.
Clutch says Amare is the Rockets target right now and I can't agree more. He adds a legit scorer to the team that can back-up Yao, pick up the pace and play fastbreak ball with Scola and the second unit. He adds size to the frontcourt that we need desparately to play against the Lakers and taller teams. He would be a great addition to the team esp. if we only lose Tmac and Brooks for him. If we could get Amare I would see why the team would trade Carl Landry for a pick in this year's draft cause as Clutch stated earlier, they would likely use the pick plus the player they get for Landry to possible get a higher pick and draft a PURE PG that can start for us. Rubio and Jennings were mentioned as possibilies. I said this time and time again that Amare is the guy we are and should be targeting but people doubted it and hated the idea for obtaining a guy like him (don't like name dropping but Asian Sensation, roslolian, FLASH 21 to name a few ). Those are probably the same guys that would kiss Moery's ass if all this went down and the same guys that would buy Amare jersey the second it hit store shelves.
I do NOT want Amare....if Brooks is in the deal. Sure you get better at PF, but then Scola will leave at the end of next year because he deserves to start.....and our PG spot would be significantly weaker. Not to mention Amare doesn't play defense, doesn't rebound and is a selfish player. And his expensive contract will tie up so much of the cap room and not be a significant upgrade in production at PF than we are already getting out of Scolandry. I do not want another TMAC on this team......we need harder working talented guys. The Spurs did it right, adding Jefferson, we should have been in on that deal.....now we should be targeting Vince Carter.....or something ...we need wings.... Getting Amare would be a disaster......overall for the roster because of all the changes...... DO NOT WANT ...unless it is just for Tmac. DD
If we trade for Amare, Scola would be included. This is why I don't like the deal. Imagine that, without Scola and Brooks, what would happen in the last playoffs? The rockets were successful last season, it's unnecessary to make so big change. btw, who would play pg for us?
I think Amar'e has been our target all along. He was the target at the trade deadline and is still our target today.
The beginning of the luster falling off of Morey, and where he starts to look more like Cuban....swinging for the fences rather than building a team. DD
The idea of having Amare is a very exciting one. I know he didn't play as well in a half court offense, but it wasn't Adelman's half court offense, I would love to see what he can do. A trade of Amare/Richardson/#14 for TMac/Landry/Brooks would work under the cap I believe. Landry would just have to ok it due to him being a recent signee. We would be giving up some good players, but this is the type of move that would make us a contender. We would just have to find another PG to play along with Lowry, (who I feel is very capable of being a good starter) maybe Ty Lawson at 14? Lowry/Lawson Richardson/Artest/Wafer Battier/Artest Stoudemire/Scola Yao/Scola(would play the 4 and Amare the 5) This trade would make signing Wafer less important, because we would have a solid 8-man rotation even without him.
Amare is a superior talent which we all know,but Scola is a professional and will work hard within his limitations. Amare's main issue is his poor attitude.His eye injury makes it tricky too,although that will probably get resolved fairly quickly. Otherwise it will be all useless. I do like to gamble a bit but I would rather not go for Amare's baggage. J-Rich,Barbosa, for McGrady and Brooks won't get us that athletic PF/C that we need, but it works cap wise and comes without Amare's entitlement.
Hes trying or attempting to build a winning team. As I said in the recap, Morey isnt dissatisfied with Brooks or Landry but if he feels they can help upgrade the team by trading them, well then let Morey go to work. I find it hard to believe Morey would try to make the Rockets suck or would do anything to make them suck. Its not in his nature to do such a thing.
Amen brother.....the money Amare is going to cost for a minor incremental performance boost is not worth it. Not to mention he weakens the team on D, rebounding and at PG. It makes NO sense unless the team has a S&T for Bibby with Artest or something. You don't rob Peter to pay Paul. DD
