Is Amare’s reported attitude. He doesn’t sound like much of a “team first” kind of guy, wants to be the main show in town. Pretty selfish if you ask me, and definitely doesn’t fit the Blazers attitude.

and they would do this trade. You say that he won’t back down to KG, but he just had one of the most pitiful performances of his career against him.

Amare is a poor defender with a poor tude and will never get one

He’s only signed for this season and next. That isn’t exactly our window.

yes yes yes yes yes

and I don’t believe for a minute that he would do this deal.

The only way that I am wrong is if Amare agrees to sign a longer contract. There is no way KP would take a chance on having his star PF just walk away after a year and a half.

yes.

But a big part of the reason Amare wants out of Phoenix is that they’re playing a slower game based around a very large center who is taking up real estate from him. I don’t see how things change for him here. Obviously Oden isn’t as much of a force as Shaq is right now but sooner or later that battle for the paint would come to a head unless you just flat-out send one of the two outside, thereby taking away the best part of his game.

—Dave

It gets a step price, if Amare decides he doesn’t like it anymore in Portland in 2010 and opts out of his contract.

Bill Simmons had an interesting idea on his podcast, which would be kind of intriguing for both clubs since both are about equally valuable, equally unhappy with their situation and equally likely to bolt in 2010 from their current team: Toronto trades Chris Bosh, Anthony Parker and picks to the Suns for Amare and Barbosa, and does the rumored Jermaine O’Neal for Shawn Marion deal. Then the Raptors could run the old Suns offense with Calderon as Steve Nash :)

We could all wear our old Stoudemire jerseys again.

attitude wise, HECK NO. He is a selfish diva who whines about “being the man”. Who needs to deal with that?

You might as well get the better player and trade for Chris Bosh. Better rebounder, defender, attitude. Stoudemire has more offensive potential, but that’s about it. His head isn’t always in the game, and that’s why every season there’s always some rumor that Phoenix will trade Amare.

A’m’a’r’e’s pros < A’m’a’r’e’s cons

Pros: terrific post player, explosive offensively, good weak side defender

Cons: shoddy man-to-man defender, limited range, diva, underachieving rebounder

He’s a glorified Zach Randolph with hops, but Zach rebounds better and has better range.

IMO, it’s safe to say at this point that we know what to expect from AS. He’s been in the league for 7 years… his game isn’t likely to change much now (except that he’ll lose athleticism as his knees age). LMA has more that we haven’t seen yet. His defense is better and his attitude is way better. LMA might not be able to drop 40+ like Amare does on occasion, but I don’t care so much.

For me, I don’t touch A’m’a’r’e with a ten foot pole if it means swapping LMA for him.

and this is not because im a blazer fan.

amare has the potential to be a locker room cancer, at the moment everyone knows the blazers have a great locker room atmosphere, why would we want to affect that.
i think a good locker room is good for a few wins per year, although there is no stat for it

Plays even worse defense than LaCharmin and is all about mememememe

lockerroom cancer..glorified zach randolph (really?)

and if i hear another thing about the power of potential i’m gonna vomit. Amare is a star. Whether or not this is a good idea, he is a superstar and a real good player. LMA has the CHANCE to be as good, or arguably better than him one day. But still, that’s a CHANCE-not a sure thing. We’ve had plenty of people who coulda been great and didn’t pan out, so please ease up on the love of potential!

If you answered no, then why would Oden + Amare work any better?

If you answered yes, you’re drunk and need to try answering this question again.

Have you noticed how common it is to see LMA at the front of a fast break. There are NO other big men that can streak across the floor in transition like him. That is RAW talent and athleticism, whereas the post play and defense is learned, and will continue to get better.

Amare plays NO defense whatsoever, and he has one of THE HUGEST egos in the league.

He could be…but you’ll never know because neither of them would ever try.

Seriously do not let blocks fool you, Amare is an absolutely horrible defender.

No thank you.

We know what Amare brings to the table and he’s an all star right now, but no one can argue that L.A. has only bettered his game in each of the years we have had him. He’s a quality guy in the locker room and I don’t think you can say that Amare is a better shooter. I’m just worried that the Blazers tend to make moves prematurely. We take these young guys put in the work to make them NBA players and get rid of them before we can see their full potential. Also didn’t Amare miss an entire season due to a knee injury ? Thats a little scary. Anyways the chances are, if he goes anywhere it’s going to be either Chicago or Detroit. I guess anything is possible when you got K.P. at the helm.