Amare Stoudemire a Rocket? The Rockets will try but come up short

Yes DD this is one opinion I totally agree with you on.

 

He's also the reason they have a title.

 

He would be a bad fit. They need to get a point guard.

Amare is a terrible defender and rebounder for the athleticism he has. It's all about desire in those departments and he lacks it. I've caught a lot of his games on league pass this year and Suns fans have had enough of his talk of wanting to be the man but getting out worked.

 

If Landry plays beside Nash, he can be as good as Amare. If somehow we can get Artest for Nash, then we'll have Yao, Landry (=Amare), Tmac, and Nash! This roster can beat any team!

 

true. but we're going nowhere as of now. maybe we need to shake things up a little. if it doesnt work for the remaining 1 1/2 seasons by 2010, we can blow everything up and start from scratch.

 

Nobody denies his offensive ability, the big problem is he won't improve his defense because he doesn't want to. Defense will cost his energy on offense. Since day one in NBa, he's been a true STATS guy, doesn't want to do anything hurting hist stats, even at the expense of his team. The nickname STATS fits him well.

Both Scolar and Landry have good FG percentage too, and both of them hustle more than Amare, played more in the concept of team. There weakness: Defense. Replace them with Amare simply won't be that much an upgrade, and the differenc in salary will kill Rox too. Not to mention Scolar never missed a game, while Amare's knee may broke any time.

 

Artest & Rafer = Nash

 

Nash to Rox will be much much bigger an upgrade than Amare to Rox.

 

Would Nuggets trade Melo for Amare? I doubt it. I'm jealous, whoever gets Amare. I hope Kings can get him. Would they trade Durant for Amare? I'm assuming a young stud will be the one who wins the bid for Amare.

I hate it when Stars get moved and my teams (Kings and Rockets) aren't apart of it.

And a while back, I believe many posters were saying they'd trade Yao for Amare straight up. I guess that isn't the case anymore? Amare is having a down year. I can't decide whether or not that's a good trade for the Rockets...

...I know many will say Les would never do that because China brings in the cash cow. I am aware, thank you.

 

Suns won't get a star in return for Amare, I seriously doubt that. Especially Durant, OKC should get slapped if they did that

 

nash probably wont resign with phx, but kerr wouldnt just accept any PG trades for nash. he knows he needs an above average PG to keep phx competitive.

so, no luck there.

 

Yao for Amare is always a joke unless it's for health reason. Yao's impact on court is much bigger than Amare.

 

Amare doesn't play defense, I rather try to land Hinrich or another PG that can shoot the ball over 40%.

Plus if we want Amare we would probably have to package Scola into the deal, I probably wouldn't want to trade my only fairly consistent player (after Yao).

 

Imagine Yao+Shaq on the same team. Should be pretty hilarious.

As many ppls have pointed out, we need to upgrade our PG instead of PF. So say no to Amare unless it's highway robbery.

 

Exactly, he owes his career to Steve Nash and the pick and roll. This guy is a diva, complaining about D'Antoni when his offense was perfect for his game and now Shaq, stop biting the hand that feeds. Everybody just likes Amare cause of his dunks and whenever he blocks shots, other than that I don't know what he's good at besides having a big nose. Watch for him to slowly decline in the next couple years ala T-Mac/SF3, so of course the Rox would want him. The Rockets are like a pawn shop of basketball players, even if it looks nice in the you're taking a risk buying something that could break down at any second, and unfortunately we have a knack for fragile goods.

 

Sorry. I am bored. Don't flame me as "that guy"...
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agreed. but nash ain't for sale, though.

maybe kerr will change his mind and take an artest-head (or one of rafer and brooks) for nash deal? that's two 2009 expirings.

i'll keep dreaming.

 

he's never been coached under a defensive coach. terry porter may stress defense, but he hasn't achieved anything as a coach for anyone to respect him. that's why you saw raja bell, steve nash... always countering what he said about their offense earlier in the season.

not much of an upgrade from scola/landry? um.. amare demands attention from defenses. you think anyone is going to leave him to double yao/tracy? really, you gotta watch him some more. he's shooting that high % v. defenses focused on him, even before shaq arrived. and the nash effect is vastly overrated. look at diaw and raja bell in charlotte now. they're playing JUST FINE.

you have a chance at a superstar, you get it. you worry about making it fit later.

that's why portland didn't draft michael jordan and draft bowie instead b/c they thought they didn't "need" a guard.

 

A real PG would be nice... Ron Artest is extra fat anyways... trade him with Landry.

Landry is nice but doesn't have the consistency of Scola.

 

their owner is having serious money pressure. that's why they consider the trade possibility. it's not about being competitive. if the money situation becomes dire enough, it's likely they'd abandon this season altogether. because of this, trading with a west or east team is not likely going to be their big concern, as long as it makes sense for them financially.