LaMarcus Plays Defense, Amare does not…
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McMillan Values Defense

for my $ Bosh > Amare

It’s way to early to give up on him. Amare is a cry baby, I want to give LaMarcus a chance, we need to extend his contract now.

Kerr would take LMA for Amare straight up if the salaries weren’t an issue, and rightfully so. Luckily KP would not…

LA could still be great; we already know he’s good. Amare just came off a serious eye surgery, has a horrible HORRIBLE selfish attitude, and micro fracture.

No question he was better than LA… but I’d be totally against trading for him until his eye issues are gone. I seem to remember reading somewhere that he could go blind pretty easy… by someone smacking him in the face… Not sure he’d even be worth the risk.

And I’d rather go for Bosh too.

That would not happen here since we have a guy named Brandon Roy. A’m’a’r’e will never be a Blazer.

cringe at the idea of losing lma.

‘how am i supposed to find someone to go up in that musty old claptrap?’

‘…THE CABIN, yes.’

Regarding Stoudemire, I keep telling myself that he belongs on the New York Knicks. I once mentioned how that’d be a good idea from not only New York’s perspective, but also that of the Phoenix Suns.

“Yeah, the only way that the New York Knicks should tie up future cap space is if Donnie Walsh could, oh, magically pry Amar’e Stoudemire away from the Phoenix Suns. Personally, I’m not a fan of Stoudemire; however, if Walsh could hypothetically obtain him for rookie big man Jordan Hill, Cuttino Mobley’s heavily insured expiring contract, Chris Hunter and Joe Crawford’s non-guaranteed deals, and $3,000,000 in cash considerations, then he should do it as a way to appease Mike D’Antoni and hopefully entice LeBron James to leave Cleveland for the Big Apple come 2010.

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=klr9zs

For the Suns, the only way this trade would ever happen is if Robert Sarver demanded that Steve Kerr cut costs for this upcoming season. In this example, here’s what the Suns would save by making my abovementioned trade proposal.

1. From the trade, the Suns would cut $2,922,205 in payroll and save $2,922,205 in pending luxury tax payments.

2. By waiving both Chris Hunter and Joe Crawford, the Suns would cut $1,472,840 in payroll and save $1,472,840 in pending luxury tax payments

3. Due to Cuttino Mobley’s contract being 80% insured, the Suns would recieve a $7,600,000 check to reimburse the team’s costs.

4. In total, that’s a savings of $16,390,090 for a player in Stoudemire who’s reportedly stated that he’d like to play elsewhere after this season."

http://www.blazersedge.com/2009/8/30/1008188/more-on-the-david-lee-speculation#20484647

“Yeah, there’s also some other benefits to it.

1. Jordan Hill was a star for the Arizona Wildcats, so he’s got some local ties in Phoenix.

2. With Amar’e Stoudemire joining the Knicks, that hurts the Utah Jazz’s chances of getting a top-five or so pick from New York in the 2010 NBA Draft.

3. I’m not a fan of Hill — who I think too closely resembles Chris Wilcox and Drew Gooden — but at least trading Stoudemire for him on top of cap relief gives casual fans a reason to buy tickets."

http://www.blazersedge.com/2009/8/30/1008188/more-on-the-david-lee-speculation#20485106

Back to the original topic, there’s no way in hell Stoudemire will land in Portland. I like to keep it that way, too.

Want your own debit card, the latest rap artist, a big all-star party? Amare got you covered. He is his own marketing machine. Perfect fit for the Knicks next year.

He got mad at Suns fans when he asked what he needs to do to win a title with Phoenix and a number of people replied “play defense”.

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Batum and Pendergraph for Hansbrough

Hansbrough is a banger and he has good character, he helped find a little girls dog.