I would trade our 4 best players for either one

Amare only because it seems that his numbers have gotten progressively better over the last 3 years, and rite now he's amazing and u have no idea how far he can go.

Dirk. Because he is a reliable scorer in the playoffs and Amare is having his first breakout season. If Amare does like he is doing this year for 3 years straight, I flip my vote. But neither has won a championship yet so we'll see in the next couple of years. It's interesting that Nash has now played with both, but Dallas had some great regular seasons with Nash and Dirk too, they just collapsed at playoff time.

I would take Amare. He is basically an unstoppable force in the paint.
This is only his 3rd year in the league and he's making a strong case for MVP.

This is a no brainer. You take Dirk because he can create his own shot. That was the biggest advantage that Micheal Jordan had on most players he faced.

Thanks for everyone's contribution. I was able to solidify my argument against my father using this poll.

Posted by TMS:

"when the rim hits his eye
as he dunks on that guy,
that's A-ma-re."

when your coach is a jerk,
and your vioxx is from Merk....


Thats a Diiiiiirk-aye........

If your team needs a Kraut.....
and you want to scream and shout....

Thats a Diiiirk-aye.......




I love Amare! No hate by not picking him, but he is an athletic freak who is younger, and more athletic than anyone!

But I am a fundamentalist and would pick the "skilled basketball player" than the "athlete" in this situation. A 7 foot small forward is killer! Put him with an athletic defensive stopper (Damp? hes a good idea on paper) with a Sweetney/Brand paint banger and you got a hell of a front line.

Amare is just wonderful in the Suns game with Nash. If he had Kidd he would do even better! Kudos for the suns to put it together, and while Nash's contract is outragious, its a good value as it makes the suns a much better team. I think they are getting their moneys worth this year. Time will tell. Dirk does not need a Nash type point to excell. Thus, I take Dirk, but would not think twice (like denver did when they passed over him)about Amare. Imagine a core of Amare and Nene on the front line? Be hard to say if they had those two they would have been in a postition to draft Carmello, but imagine that front line? All under the age of 20! There are other variables of course, like leadership and court IQ.