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callmened
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7/10/2013  1:58 AM
how many other teams were bidding to get amare? and

did we sign him after lebron (since we couldnt get him) or before (in an effort to attract)

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7/10/2013  6:22 AM
No one wanted to give him 5 year guaranteed money which is what he wanted. Phoenix was offering him a 5 year deal with only first two years guaranteed. Even at that time my take was we should have given him a 5 year deal with 70-75 max and 60 guaranteed for first 4 years. And he would have taken it because it was more guaranteed money than anyone thought he was worth. But we bid against ourselves to pay him $100M instead with no options.
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7/10/2013  8:41 AM
Amare was plan Z...thanks Donnie!
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7/10/2013  8:44 AM    LAST EDITED: 7/10/2013  10:13 AM
I'm sure Amare is happy. At least someone is
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7/10/2013  8:46 AM
gunsnewing wrote:I'm sure Amare is happy. At least some is

Don't forget Donnie, he screwed the Knicks good.
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7/10/2013  8:56 AM
suns were offering a 5 year deal with only 3 years guaranteed.

knicks came up with a 5 year guaranteed deal w/o insurance.
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7/10/2013  10:00 AM
callmened wrote:how many other teams were bidding to get amare? and

did we sign him after lebron (since we couldnt get him) or before (in an effort to attract)

I think Nets, Clips, Bulls only teams that had cap space and real shot at any of the big free agents. Clips prob weren't real contenders for Amare.

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7/10/2013  11:02 AM
There wasn't a lot of talk surrounding Amare but that's not too surprising since Lebron dominated the conversation. We signed him before Lebron made his announcement that he was going to Miami.
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7/10/2013  11:12 AM
callmened wrote:how many other teams were bidding to get amare? and

did we sign him after lebron (since we couldnt get him) or before (in an effort to attract)


I really hated this signing
loweyecue
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7/10/2013  7:25 PM
Like Martin said Bulks, Nets and Clips also wanted him as did Phx - but no one was going to guarantee more than two years. The 5 -year guaranteed thing was wrong, $100M was beyond bad.
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