crzymdups wrote:i definitely think amar'e is playing for a contract right now. he's a dominant scorer, but to me not a dominant big man. he doesn't take over any other aspect of the game and has no defensive pressence.

i would take bosh over amar'e 100 times out of a 100.

I prefer Bosh over Amare too but if we cannot get Bosh, is Amare a bad backup plan? I honestly don't know at this point. Going into this season, I thought we should stay away from Amare at all costs. However, after watching him extensively this season, he really seems to be playing a HUGE role for a Suns team that is currently 15 games over .500 in the West. I mean the guy is simply dominating out there.

And it's not just because of Nash. The spacing certainly helps but the more you watch the Suns play, the more you see them simply dump it into Amare, who just wills his way to the basket and either scores or gets to the line.

I'll tell you what, Lee and Amare would be an interesting front court. Not saying I want to sign both of them in the off-season but I'd be curious to see them together as Lee's jump shot would complement Amare's inside game nicely.

If we don't get Lee back though and miss out on Bosh, Amare might not be a bad option depending on the price.

djsunyc wrote:suns 2k10 - joe johnson + amare. bring back raja + quentin as FA's too.

Funny part is if we traded for Nash on top of that, Suns East would probably be good enough to get to the Finals.

s3231 wrote:

crzymdups wrote:i definitely think amar'e is playing for a contract right now. he's a dominant scorer, but to me not a dominant big man. he doesn't take over any other aspect of the game and has no defensive pressence.

i would take bosh over amar'e 100 times out of a 100.

I prefer Bosh over Amare too but if we cannot get Bosh, is Amare a bad backup plan? I honestly don't know at this point. Going into this season, I thought we should stay away from Amare at all costs. However, after watching him extensively this season, he really seems to be playing a HUGE role for a Suns team that is currently 15 games over .500 in the West. I mean the guy is simply dominating out there.

And it's not just because of Nash. The spacing certainly helps but the more you watch the Suns play, the more you see them simply dump it into Amare, who just wills his way to the basket and either scores or gets to the line.

I'll tell you what, Lee and Amare would be an interesting front court. Not saying I want to sign both of them in the off-season but I'd be curious to see them together as Lee's jump shot would complement Amare's inside game nicely.

If we don't get Lee back though and miss out on Bosh, Amare might not be a bad option depending on the price.

i would rather sign Luis Scola & Manu to lesser contracts than overpay for Amare or David Lee.

martin wrote:^ Manu's gonna be 33 this summer.... you wanna pay him and watch him break down every year?

whereas Amare is durable? i'd rather sign him to a 3 year deal at ~$9-10 mil a year over signing Amare to the max for 5 or overpaying D Lee for 6... Manu keeps himself in tremendous shape, plays on both ends of the floor & is an excellent passer with a very high basketball IQ... i have no doubts he still has a ton of basketball still left in him... & we need a C who can play defense in the worst way imaginable... Scola is a solid low post defender & can produce on the offensive end as well... if we miss out on the top names this summer i'd rather build a real team w/2 way players than invest big bucks on 1 dimensional guys... both Manu & Scola play team oriented style ball & would fit in nicely into what we're trying to implement here.