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Are we preserving Amar'e so we can trade him?
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EnySpree
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11/24/2013  12:00 PM
Amare looks like he could actually make a comeback. He is very quick with his moves inside. He's not a good defender or rebounder but he's a superb finisher.

Maybe this bull**** restrictions is to keep him healthy enough to trade. Only explanation. Salary dump and try to get value and cap space to accelerate this reload.

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11/24/2013  12:06 PM
I don't know. I think they'd inflate his minutes and his stats if they wanted to trade him. Still, I expect that the only way to trade him is to take back an overpaid player with a longer contract. It might be a less overpaid player who's less of a health risk but it would be worsening our cap situation for the long-term.
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11/24/2013  12:18 PM    LAST EDITED: 11/24/2013  12:19 PM
Wishful thinking, a competent front office couldn't move amar'e for anything substantial. The only deals you're getting for him are packages like the celtics offered, which are clearly counterproductive.
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11/24/2013  12:54 PM
He actually said he wants to be in the hall of fame. He's said it before. It sounds crazy after a loss during a dive bomb of a season.

I personally can't take him. I'd rather see him play 30 minutes a game. He wants to be good so let him dictate his own career. I'd rather he burn out than pay him every once in a while. I'd rather put him on the shelf all together and let him earn it in practice. He's a joke right now unless he's dunking the basketball.

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11/24/2013  1:06 PM
People will only take him as an expiring contract, which means any trade would mean us taking back a longer deal or two, which would mean less cap space in 2015. We stink so badly it's just not worth taking on salary for a minor improvement this season.
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11/24/2013  2:38 PM
amare is all ours until his contract is ova!!
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11/24/2013  4:00 PM
I think most believe he won't last these 2 remaining years. So spreading out his playing time will make it seem like we got more out of him.

And I think the extra recovery time will help delay or lessen future injuries.

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11/24/2013  4:12 PM
Amare is untradeable right now. nest year he is an expiring contract so tahts the only possibility but certainly nobody will take him now
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11/24/2013  6:40 PM
smackeddog wrote:People will only take him as an expiring contract, which means any trade would mean us taking back a longer deal or two, which would mean less cap space in 2015. We stink so badly it's just not worth taking on salary for a minor improvement this season.

Agreed but I bet Dolan wants to do whatever it takes to make the 8th seed
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11/24/2013  7:16 PM
ToddTT wrote:I think most believe he won't last these 2 remaining years. So spreading out his playing time will make it seem like we got more out of him.

And I think the extra recovery time will help delay or lessen future injuries.

We neeed to win some games to get 8 place so they should run him into ground while he has some left.

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11/24/2013  7:27 PM
arkrud wrote:
ToddTT wrote:I think most believe he won't last these 2 remaining years. So spreading out his playing time will make it seem like we got more out of him.

And I think the extra recovery time will help delay or lessen future injuries.

We neeed to win some games to get 8 place so they should run him into ground while he has some left.

I think playing him more minutes would probably land him on the IR within a couple of weeks. I think it will also expose us too much on defense. He can give us a nice offensive boost... but too much Amare would be a bad thing I think.

I'm looking forward to getting Tyson back soon. I hope he remembers how to shoot that mid-range jumper he teased us with.

Until then, only the Raptors have fewer losses than us in our division. Sad, but helpful.

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11/24/2013  8:19 PM
no one is dumb enough to trade for Amare unless it is to unload bad contracts on us. A few flashy dunks will not change anyones mind. He had a few flashy dunks last year also and we saw where that got us.
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11/24/2013  10:52 PM
No one's taking Amar'e. The rest of the league is laughing at the fact that he's on our team.
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