I have some thoughts about the Amar'e talk from Marc Stein

by Bedhead on Feb 7, 2009 9:53 AM PST

Of course this this is pretty much just a rumor right now, take with a grain of sat accordingly:

Marc Stein has been dropping hints about the Blazers talking with the Suns about Amar'e here and more specifically here. In the first link, he suggests a trade of Travis, RLEC and Jerryd could work. He then mentions that the Blazers do not want to trade Bayless. If, and I know it's a big if, the Blazers are talking about shipping RLEC, Travis and some other piece for Amar'e, what are your thoughts? I wonder if a starting lineup of Blake, Roy, Amar'e, LaMarcus and Oden be too congested on offense. Would smaller teams run circles around them, or would having three athletic big men be able to snuff out almost any team? On offense, I don't know if there would there be enough balance. Would everyone be able (I'm looking right at LaMarcus) to get their shots? I'm also not sure how Amar'e would ease into our system. From Stephen A. Smith, earlier this season:

When asked about his situation, Stoudemire said, "You've got LeBron James who's a featured guy. You've got Dwyane Wade. He's a featured guy. Dwight Howard? They go to him. Chris Bosh? They go to him.

"Bottom line: I want to be that guy. I want to show the league and the world that I feel like my game has improved to that level."

When asked whether he felt Porter's new system was helping that cause, Stoudemire said, "I'm not sure."

When told it wasn't good for him to feel that way, his response: "It ain't great!"

Do you think it'd be worth it to pull the trigger? I'd love to hear other people's thoughts.

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No.

He wants to be ‘the man’ He would be the 3rd or 4th option here…

by tmundal on Feb 7, 2009 9:58 AM PST reply actions

That's absurd. He'd be the first option here.

by howlingfantods on Feb 7, 2009 10:07 AM PST up reply actions

Okay you are probably right...

We would have to rebuild the whole offense though. Which come to think of it….may not be a bad thing.

by tmundal on Feb 7, 2009 10:24 AM PST up reply actions

no

I only trade for Amar’e if it is to send him somewhere else like Detroit for a player who is a better fit for PDX, like Prince.

by usmcr3049 on Feb 7, 2009 10:10 AM PST reply actions 2 recs

I like your thinking

and knowing KP he might like your thinking too.

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by Idog1976 on Feb 7, 2009 11:50 AM PST up reply actions

I agree with you and Idog1976 on this one...

The only way the Blazers should be acquiring A’m’a’r’e’ is not to replace LMA but so that he could be traded for Prince. which would be the most awesome trade I can imagine. Plugging Prince into our starting lineup would make the Blazers a juggernaut.

IMHO the Blazers could go deep in the playoffs with that lineup.

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by LaMarvelous on Feb 7, 2009 1:10 PM PST up reply actions

Well, we'd probably need to change coaches.

Amare kind of reminds me of one of the engineers I manage. Prima donna, difficult as hell to work with and to keep focused, and just a royal pain in the ass generally. But if you can keep him focused and not wasting too much of his time complaining, does fantastic work, can’t be touched by anyone else in our group.

I don’t think Nate’s the right coach for someone like that.

Also, he’s like a much more explosive Karl Malone — you need a point guard who’ll run pick and rolls with him all day long. Sergio’s the only one who fits the bill, and Nate won’t stand for it.

We’d also need to get someone to play defense in the middle. I know we have Thrilla and we’re hopeful about Oden, but we’d need a post defender who could switch off between C and PF depending on matchups to pair with Amare. Like Andy Varajao.

So a starting 5 of Sergio, Roy, Batum, Amare, Varajao-type. Yeah, looks pretty good to me, to be honest.

by howlingfantods on Feb 7, 2009 10:14 AM PST reply actions

KP HAS to talk to Phoenix about Amare

Not necessarily to really acquire him. And he doesn’t have to really plan to send them the best assets they could get, namely Raef’s contract and LaMarcus. But as the general manager of a franchise in the NBA, you have to talk to a team apparently putting half their roster incl. one of the best big men in the game on the market. And so he calls and they talk. Will something come out of it? Probably not. But I would be much more shocked if I read Portland was NOT one of the teams talking with Phoenix about Amare. At best even if he doesn’t really want Amare, KP can get in a deal as a facilitator and land say Luol Deng from Chicago in the deal mentioned by Stein.

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by Norsktroll on Feb 7, 2009 10:59 AM PST reply actions

it would really suck

if the hornets got him.

that p-n-r would be nigh unto unstoppable

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by HurraKane212 on Feb 7, 2009 11:12 AM PST reply actions

Very True

Paul-Amare

with peja on the wing. woooo deadly.

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by Slickrex on Feb 7, 2009 11:23 AM PST up reply actions

our

untouchables i would have to say… ROY/ODEN/RUDY/PRYZ/BAYLESS

aldridge is iffy… and with the blazer history of trading PF’s after 2-3 years is pretty crazy… O’neal, randolph ect…

if they trade aldridge/outlaw la frenz/ sergio for say.. Amare/Hill be pretty interesting.

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by Slickrex on Feb 7, 2009 11:25 AM PST reply actions

I don't think Rudy is untouchable

I like him just as much as any other blazer fan, but I think we overrate him a bit.

by JTDuck22 on Feb 7, 2009 11:50 AM PST up reply actions

He is a

fan fav, i just think he has to much potential and would be the best 6th man in the next year or two.

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by Slickrex on Feb 7, 2009 11:57 AM PST up reply actions

but its worth trading for the starting PF on the allstar team

I'm afraid Chiekh Samb's kids are going to be born ducking

by GreatOden'sRaven on Feb 7, 2009 12:05 PM PST up reply actions

yeah...

and then leave after his contract is up?? in 2 years…. for some sorry team… so he can BE THE MAN.

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by Slickrex on Feb 7, 2009 12:19 PM PST up reply actions

This would give us a good leader

And no I dont mean Amare…Grant Hill would be an excellent addition to this team. Nate would love his work ethic as well as his defense. He could teach all theses young guys defense and how to win as a team. I am undecided on LMA for Amare but would love to get Grant Hill on this team

by RaiderVadar on Feb 7, 2009 2:07 PM PST up reply actions

3-way

I think if we can get him without giving up LA then we need to include another team. Maybe Detroit and Prince or Chicago and Deng. I would have to think long and hard about a deal that would send RLEC, Outlaw, and Bayless to Phoenix, Amare to Detroit and Prince to Portland. Maybe we could convince Detroit to give us Stuckey too. Imagine Stuckey, Roy, Prince, LA, Oden. One can dream.

by utblazer on Feb 7, 2009 11:27 AM PST reply actions

would be

too good of a dream. :)

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by Slickrex on Feb 7, 2009 11:58 AM PST up reply actions

Our starting line up would be a nightmare.....

for other teams

And Oden, once again, is a rookie, so non-stop fast break basketball is like fast-forwarding a song while he's trying to learn the lyrics.

by RipCity on Feb 7, 2009 10:37 PM PST up reply actions

It would remind me of the good old days when Mychal Thompson started at small forward for the Blazers. Wait a minute, those days were not so good. Ergo, thumbs down.

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by The Cactus Leaguer on Feb 8, 2009 9:40 AM PST reply actions