1. If we do pull the trade for Amar'e, which we should, do we still have enough space to sign another FA this summer? (Scola,Dragic,NY pick) 2. If we get Amar'e, do we still have enough assests to acquire Kaman?
You really think it is a good idea to trade for a breaking down player who was given a 100 million over 5 year contract?
Depends on who we trade. If it was Martin and Scola for Amare we still could offer a player max money next year. I'd consider that trade because we get to keep Lowry. Amare isn't at his best without a good pg so any trade that gives up Lowry for Amare isn't worth it.
I say go for it. Were not getting anywhere with this current roster, just another 12-14 Lottery pick.
Its a very high risk/ medium reward due to his contract. Not worth it. It would T-mac all over again (in the bad way).
Are you kidding me? Breaking down!?!?! Did you not see him before the Carmelo trade?!?! He was playing like an all-star. Its the system. What about luis scola, who is 32 and having a pretty terrible year Amare is still young and has time to still.improve. mchale: specialist in big men. Why wouldn't amare flourish. Dont say amare is breaking down when scola is going thru the samr only he csnt really get better.
He's much better than Hill. He plays defense and blocks shots. Hopefully he won't take so many jumpers on a team with actual offensive threats.
Truth is, Amare has had micro fracture surgery and has a bad back. His knees right now are time bombs, and from what Stephen A. has already hinted at, he looks to be on the decline. He doesn't rebound or defend, and his athleticism is really the only thing that has set him apart from other 4's in the league. To say he still has room to improve just doesn't makes sense given the shape his body is in right now. Amare played in D'Antoni's system in Pheonix and produced. He played in D'Antoni's system in NY last year and produced. To say its the system just doesn't make sense given the fact he is playing in the same system that gave him his success. Aside from the obvious contract difference, Scola has never relied on his athleticism for production. This will allow him to be effective for more years to come. I am puzzled as to why you claim Scola is going through the same thing as Amare, as Scola has not had micro fracture surgery or any significant injury that would require a surgery that drastic. In any case, to compare Scola to Amare is just ludicrous. Scola is making around 8 million this year and should be productive until the end of his very friendly contract. Amare is on a contract worth 100 million dollars over 5 years. Given his injury history and recent play, why would you take on that contract? Do you want to be the Pistons? As if it weren't enough that you started a thread claiming we should give max money to an injury riddled player who didn't deserve the max to begin with, through a trade, likely losing key pieces and pay him max money well past his prime. (poor rebounder, bad defender, injury history, having a terrible year) You want to compare Amare to Scola with absolutely no regard for the cap situation. Please......
