Blazers make another pitch for Amare?

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yuyuza1 said:
Roy and Amare are already bonding.

Hm...
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I hope they are because you never know with KP. I think he won't let Amare go to another team unless it would cost us LMA, Roy or Oden. Anybody else we could include to get him.
 
Another interesting deal could be with Charlotte - sending Amare to them for Wallace and Augustin. I'd be all over this, in fact, I'd prefer this to any other deal. Not sure if Charlotte would do this though, out of fear that Amare wouldn't stick around.

Amare would be very familiar with Diaw and Bell. That chemistry could vault them into the Playoffs. They are only a couple of games out. We could sweeten the deal if necessary.

I really like Augustin's game. I think he has a more solid future than Bayless.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
If they got Amare for that they would not trade him or LMA. At least not until this summer. Why rush it? See how it works out. It would be interesting to say the least.
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Man... that would really remind me of when we had Reef and Zach, and trying to make that work. I think it would end up pissing someone off.
 
Crimson the Cat said:
Another interesting deal could be with Charlotte - sending Amare to them for Wallace and Augustin. I'd be all over this, in fact, I'd prefer this to any other deal. Not sure if Charlotte would do this though, out of fear that Amare wouldn't stick around.

Amare would be very familiar with Diaw and Bell. That chemistry could vault them into the Playoffs. They are only a couple of games out. We could sweeten the deal if necessary.

I really like Augustin's game. I think he has a more solid future than Bayless.
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I doubt the Suns would be interested in that trade. They want to save money and get below the luxury tax.
 
Crimson the Cat said:
Another interesting deal could be with Charlotte - sending Amare to them for Wallace and Augustin. I'd be all over this, in fact, I'd prefer this to any other deal. Not sure if Charlotte would do this though, out of fear that Amare wouldn't stick around.
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augustin is for practical purposes untouchable. if they do anything it would be for felton.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Man... that would really remind me of when we had Reef and Zach, and trying to make that work. I think it would end up pissing someone off.
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probably paul allen when has to pay 60 million in luxury tax in 2 years.
 
Natebishop3 said:
Man... that would really remind me of when we had Reef and Zach, and trying to make that work. I think it would end up pissing someone off.
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Yep. The only reason I could see for keeping both of them is if Nate and KP disagreed about which to trade away. Then maybe you have a bake-off for the rest of the season. But that seems kind of stupid, now that I typed it. If they can't figure out which to keep right now, well, they aren't very good. Neither of these guys are rookies or are coming off injuries. They know LMA, they know what they'd be getting in Amare.

barfo
 
Pinwheel1 said:
If they got Amare for that they would not trade him or LMA. At least not until this summer. Why rush it? See how it works out. It would be interesting to say the least.
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LMA biggest small forward ever!
 
barfo said:
Yep. The only reason I could see for keeping both of them is if Nate and KP disagreed about which to trade away. Then maybe you have a bake-off for the rest of the season. But that seems kind of stupid, now that I typed it. If they can't figure out which to keep right now, well, they aren't very good. Neither of these guys are rookies or are coming off injuries. They know LMA, they know what they'd be getting in Amare.

barfo
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I don't think they do know what they would get with Amare until they really get to know him. But there is a difference between this situation and the one with Zach and SAR. Number one is that LMA and Amare are both better the other two and both can be moved a lot easier in three months if it doesn't work out. I agree that it probably won't but I think adding him assures us that we get in the playoffs this year and it would also give KP more than just a week to work out a sweet trade for one of them (Amare).
 
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Pinwheel1 said:
If they got Amare for that they would not trade him or LMA. At least not until this summer. Why rush it? See how it works out. It would be interesting to say the least.
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I read 3 pages of this to make sure I wasn't walking over someone's post. Totally agree.

When Blake gets back on Wednesday, Bayless will be lucky to get 10-15 mpg. If you're trading him, RLEC and a 20-23 pick for 18 months of Amare? Uh, sign me up.

I'd like to see what KP can do with Outlaw, Blake and Amare and a bunch of cash at the draft.

In this economy, what's the over/under for the highest pick you can get for 3M? Do you think we could get Amare for JB, RLEC and our first and 3M, and then buy our 1st back at the draft for another 3m?
 
I flat out do not believe that Portland has any interest in landing Amare. It just isn't going to happen.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
I never heard about that. What were the details? KP loved Augustine on draft day.
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Not from what I heard from KP and I don't have a link. I think it was a smokescreen and he really didn't want Augustine. I also heard they tried trading him to us right after they drafted him and KP turned them down.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
I never heard about that. What were the details? KP loved Augustine on draft day.
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After the draft he said Bayless was his number one player. After Charlotte picked him they told Portland they wanted 13 and Outlaw for Augustine, Pritchard turned him down.
 
BrianFromWA said:
In this economy, what's the over/under for the highest pick you can get for 3M? Do you think we could get Amare for JB, RLEC and our first and 3M, and then buy our 1st back at the draft for another 3m?
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I think that's entirely possible. However, I disagree about keeping Amare until June. I think that turns LMA into Shareef.

"Uh, we just got this other guy, and he's, well, better than you, so, we're going to have you play SF. Cause we really think you are great, it's just that he's better. And then later we'll trade one of you. But it might not be you, because other teams probably value him more, just like we do."

barfo
 
Tortimer said:
I doubt the Suns would be interested in that trade. They want to save money and get below the luxury tax.
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Do you mean the Bobcats? Maybe that tune would change with a lineup of Felton, Bell, Diaw, Stoudemire and Okafor. That team with Coach Brown should be be able to get into the Playoffs. From there, who knows.

That's a not anymore coin to spend than they already are and for only one and half years, where as with Wallace the deal last longer.

They spend the same amount of coin yet increase profits, right?
 
barfo said:
I think that's entirely possible. However, I disagree about keeping Amare until June. I think that turns LMA into Shareef.

"Uh, we just got this other guy, and he's, well, better than you, so, we're going to have you play SF. Cause we really think you are great, it's just that he's better. And then later we'll trade one of you. But it might not be you, because other teams probably value him more, just like we do."

barfo
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Oh man, exactly.

KP may not be perfect, but I do believe he is decisive when he finally does pull the trigger on a move.
 
Crimson the Cat said:
Do you mean the Bobcats? Maybe that tune would change with a lineup of Felton, Bell, Diaw, Stoudemire and Okafor. That team with Coach Brown should be be able to get into the Playoffs. From there, who knows.

That's a not anymore coin to spend than they already are and for only one and half years, where as with Wallace the deal last longer.

They spend the same amount of coin yet increase profits, right?
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No I think the Bobcats might be interested but not the Suns. That doesn't save them any money. From what I read and with the Suns owner calling other owners I think he wants to save money so he won't be paying a luxury tax next year. That trade wouldn't save him any money and that is why he is looking at the Bulls, Cavs and Blazers for expiring contracts.
 
barfo said:
I think that's entirely possible. However, I disagree about keeping Amare until June. I think that turns LMA into Shareef.

"Uh, we just got this other guy, and he's, well, better than you, so, we're going to have you play SF. Cause we really think you are great, it's just that he's better. And then later we'll trade one of you. But it might not be you, because other teams probably value him more, just like we do."

barfo
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That's exactly what I thought.
 
Tortimer said:
No I think the Bobcats might be interested but not the Suns. That doesn't save them any money. From what I read and with the Suns owner calling other owners I think he wants to save money so he won't be paying a luxury tax next year. That trade wouldn't save him any money and that is why he is looking at the Bulls, Cavs and Blazers for expiring contracts.
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I think the proposal involves the blazers, not just the suns and the bobcats. Suns get RLEC.

barfo
 
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