Good decisions are made using your head and not your heart. If it was available earlier I would have held onto it to wipe out Ewing or the water boy as well. No player is more important than the team, I would do what's in the team's best interest if it were up to me.

jrodmc wrote:

evil wrote:well, be prepared to potentially see a shell of the former Amare. back injuries are just not something you want to deal with if your [job involves running and jumping for 40 minutes, over 82 nights, during the span of 6 months.

between his back and his knees, Amare, even with his tremendous heart, will be so badly slowed down if the injuries persist that he could potentially set the franchise back for many years.

don't forget we traded many first round picks in pursuit of cap space and Melo. by doing so, we really put pressure on this team to play at a very very high level for the next 4 seasons. imagine using the Amnesty on Balkman, witnessing a slowed down Amare limp through the remaining 4 years of his deal, and surrendering high first round picks on a yearly basis. it'd be another down decade at least.

Jayyyyysus! One season and the death watch has begun already. The man singlehandedly made our team relevant again. Let's at least give him another year before we're making plans and configuring contracts/draft picks in prep for kicking the dude under the bus.
You people are a fickle bunch of "fans".

Oh well, at least we're not talking directly about CP3. Oops, sorry.

in fairness, many people questioned the Amare signing due to his pre-existing injuries. now, he's got the back injury to go along with those. would be sorta ironic for the "forget Gallo" crowd to get their panties in a bunch over waiving Amare.

NYKBocker wrote:^ Billy "Sky" Walker is the key to our season. If he finally puts it together and works hard then I see this team going far into the playoffs.

And that Randolph kid had a tremendous upside potential. I see him as a major trade bait in 5 or 6 years; hopefully we can get him back.