holfresh wrote:NardDogNation wrote:holfresh wrote:NardDogNation wrote:In all seriousness, is Amare any better than Brandon Bass when you account for both ends of the floor? With the money we're talking about throwing at Amare, we could easily pick him up or even a Thaddeus Young, who I still think is a superior player. Out with the old, in with the new! I'd like to be compensated for Amare but would be content letting him walk if it meant that he'd no longer be on the team.
What gives??..You propose every trade possible for every aging overpaid/underachieving player in the NBA then u say no to Amare??
They actually have talent and are not glaring holes on one end of the floor. I still don't understand why people were throwing hissy fits about Kobe and Joe Johnson or Pau Gasol earlier this summer. The former two only have one year left on their contracts, while it should've been pretty obvious that the only thing wrong with Pau Gasol was Mike D'Antoni's hackish system.
I suppose you could also be talking David West, who I've had a mini-man crush on but the guy is also still producing. Not sure how an expirer for him and a Luis Scola could hurt. They are both capable of playing either end of the floor and are far superior team players than Amare.
AK47, McGee, Hibbert
You give to get in this league.
Yes, I would've taken a flyer on Andrei Kirilenko's expiring contract to acquire TWO of the Nets' second round picks. Those picks should basically be first rounders since the Nets are about to implode.
Yes, I would've taken a 25 year old JaVale McGee if it allowed me to land some combination of Aaron Afflalo, Danilo Gallinari, Timofey Mozgov and/or Wilson Chandler. Why? Because any member of the latter group would immediately be the 2nd or 3rd best player on our current team. That talent return seems reasonable for taking on a contract that only has one year left on it, as collateral (McGee's).
Yes, I would've taken on a 26 year old, former Defensive Player of the Year Candidate and all-star, Roy Hibbert if all it took was an expirer and some frivolous young talent (e.g. Shane Larkin) to make it happen.
What I wouldn't do is re-sign a dude to 12% of my cap and for multiple years who has missed 3 or so seasons of basketball due to injury; not when he is already 32 years old and out of his prime. Why? Because it's obvious that he'll never fulfill his contract and is a liability for the team unless he manages to get a shot off. Anything less is the textbook definition of insanity. I think that I'd like Amare "the person" but I've had my fill of Amare "the ball player".
