Suns Wanted Blair And Hill For Amare

[Thompson]

Kerr: "We'll give you Amare, our unconditional 2012 and 2014 picks and take back whoever you want us to for cap relief if you give us Blai... o? o?"

[jesterbobman]

If Jefferson, Blair and Hill would've gotten it done, It's an interesting option. You'd need to have made another deal to get a backup PG, and Try to pry away someone like Dudley/Hill from the Suns to fill our hole at SF.

Are those two worth giving up to hit refresh on RJ, Fill his spot with a role playing y shooter and hope for a contract year contracted Amar'e to catch fire. That's debatable. If you're giving up Manu, a TP-Bogans-RJ-Amare-TD lineup probably doesn't have a chance, so I wouln't do that.

[nkdlunch]

I might have done Hill + Blair + RJ for Amare + Dragic

[sabar]

Yeah, this team needs another scorer that needs the ball. Four isn't enough.
Best non-trade in recent history.

[SenorSpur]

They never talk about his stellar defense? No disrespect but the last thing we need on the Spurs is a "scorer" with a suspect head on his shoulders. Spurs are already scoring more points than ever, we need a selfless big who will help with weakside defense and also stretch the floor with an outside shot. Defense is more important than scoring at this point, being a professional, team player great at ude guy who doesn't complain about not being the #1 or #2 option is what we need. Amare doesn't fit the bill in any sense.

If we had dumped our future for Amare, bad Knees (isn't there an issue with his retna), bad 'tude, and the chance he wouldn't resign... that would have been even more disastrous than the RJ deal. At least we can recover next year from the failed experiment that is RJ and get Timmy some help in his final year/s. Turns out the best move the FO made was in NOT making this deal. Amare has "bust" written all over him for this team.

which is all why trading for this guy never made any sense. And the thought of giving up Hill or Blair or even both, for a half-season rental is even more unappealing. Amare would be a luxury item, not a need.

[Obstructed_View]

Too tall.

[baseline bum]

That would have been a horrible trade. Then you'd be forced to re-sign Amare.

[Sobe_Kucks]

Too tall.

Niiice!

[spurtech09]

no way dude

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Smart move. We'd lose most of our depth and all of our youth for a ty playoff nonrebounding non defensive power forward.

[exstatic]

Should have pulled the trigger on that deal...

Are you on ing crack? Amare is going to OPT OUT THIS SUMMER!!! You'd be giving them two cheap productive players for a 2 month rental.

[exstatic]

Amare is a fantastic offensive player, mediocre rebounder and defensive dumb-ass.

For his size and hops, he's a piss poor rebounder. His r/48 minute number is 12. The Spurs have three players who rebound better than that: Blair at 16.9, Duncan at 16.4, and Dice at 13.2.

[Spursfan092120]

[xtremesteven33]

Im pretty sure Pop didnt even consider trading Blair/Hill for Amare. Blair has the potential to be a more complete player than Amare.

I and most people are very high on Dejuan. He seems to have the "it" factor. Pop just needs to loosen the chains on him a little more and see what he can really do.

[vander]

I would have given up Blair for Amare, It's not like Pop is going to use Blair in the playoffs anyways, and we'd have a big man who actually demands a double team. this would open it up for our shooters again

Blair + Manu + Fin for Amare

Mason gets a lot more minutes and plays well

that would have worked, that would have brought #5

it would have made a lot of sense for the Suns to, Manu and Blair would work great with Nash


also: Blair will never be as good as Amare, a lot of people are kidding themselves here

[ElNono]

I would have given up Blair for Amare, It's not like Pop is going to use Blair in the playoffs anyways, and we'd have a big man who actually demands a double team. this would open it up for our shooters again

Blair + Manu + Fin for Amare

Mason gets a lot more minutes and plays well

that would have worked, that would have brought #5

it would have made a lot of sense for the Suns to, Manu and Blair would work great with Nash

[Mel_13]

Blair + Manu + Fin for Amare

that would have worked, that would have brought #5

So the gap between the Spurs and the Lakers would be completely overcome by adding Amare while subtracting Manu and Blair.

Sorry, but that math doesn't work.

[ashbeeigh]

ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Never.

[lefty]

Should have pulled the trigger on that deal...

no.........

[Supergirl]

I am so glad the Spurs FO agrees with me on this one. I would trade anyone other than the big 3 or Hill or Blair to add the offense of Amare into the SPurs mix, but I wouldn't budge on trading away any of those 5. Amare is a defensive liability and you don't trade two solid defensive young players for someone like that.

[vander]

So the gap between the Spurs and the Lakers would be completely overcome by adding Amare while subtracting Manu and Blair.

Sorry, but that math doesn't work.

not a lot of subtraction going on, Manu is against quality teams. but for all you indignant CoM members, don't fret, Manu could come back next year with the LLE or something

[ElNono]

not a lot of subtraction going on, Manu is against quality teams. but for all you indignant CoM members, don't fret, Manu could come back next year with the LLE or something

Are you coming back if Bonner walks?

[JMarkJohns]

Back in 2007 PHX wouldn't give up Amare to get Garnett, now they can't even get teams to give up JJ Hickson, George Hill, or DeJuan Blair.

That's not true at all... Suns first offer was Amare/filler/two mid-round/late 1sts, this way they could become better defensively with Bell at SG, Marion at SF, Diaw at PF and Garnett and Thomas at the PF/C positions depending on the lineup. However, Minnesota didn't want to have that much of its CAP wrapped up in a player coming off major knee surgery... Oops!

After Minnesota turned down Amare, Phoenix offered Marion/Diaw/picks or Maron/Thomas/Picks but Minnesota was determined to get a young star and didn't rate Diaw as highly as Jefferson.

[timtonymanu]

losing our future for good for a guy who may sign somewhere else next season if he did come here. good decision by the FO.

[ezau]

lol Blair and Hill for Amar'e