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Why would Amare want to go to Atlanta?
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Why would Amare want to go to Atlanta?
Phoenix is in a bit of an odd spot here. They only have another shot or two to win with Nash and they have yet to overcome either of the West's Biggest Beasts with or without Stoudemire. I could see why they're in Win Now mode. Better in their minds to win a le in the next 2-3 years and suffer for a few lean years than to let Nash's shelf-life come to its end without ever having won. It's a gamble, but I can see why they might think its a worthwhile gamble.
I'm still not convinced that this deal makes Phoenix better in the short-term, but I could see that they might think it would.
Way to alienate your best player, PHX. Idiots
Amare doesn't have to want to go to Atlanta. He's just gotten his extension before the 2005-06 season. He doesn't have a player option until the summer of 2010. He doesn't have a no-trade clause. Basically, he has none of the hammers that other guys have in balking about trades to particular locations. All that Amare could do is sit out and refuse to play, but in so doing, he'd be forfeiting his salary for that period of time.
He'd be leaving a Western Conference that is adding Oden and Durant. In the East he can really blow up with a young team. Phoenix's window is only as long as Nash can play at a high level.
According to the article, Amare welcomes a trade to ATL.
That's an interesting point. Amare has become about as vilified by the Suns organization of late as a superstar player can be. In Seven Seconds or Less (a highly recommended read, by the way), Jack McCallum pulls no punches in describing the Suns' disappointment at Amare's at ude during his rehab and in offering some pretty stunning perspectives on Amare's general personality. Now, the Suns are reportedly seriously interested in trading him to a perennial doormat. Amare might be impervious to all of that, but somewhere that has to hurt a little bit.
whos to say the minutes dont start to catch up this summer and he just isn't the 'same" next year?
He might be tired of the Suns. If he does join the Hawks he becomes the man there. In an Eastern Conference with no dominant teams.
fwd it was leaked for a pr move before they dump amare
Perhaps because of the very alienation that you mentioned. Perhaps because he's savvy enough to see that the East is a fairly weak conference right now and that he might have a chance to be a bigger star there. Who knows?
maybe I just like the way he plays, but I've always considered him to be the man in PHX
The media consensus seems to be that Nash is the franchise there.
This trade is gonna rank right up there for the suns.
Close to trading a Michael Finley before his prime.
Atlanta is closer to home for Amare, he is from Florida isn't he?
Well, I for one look forward to KG in a PHX uniform, but I'd hate to see a talented player like Amare waste his time with the Hawks
Maybe this is what picks up the Hawks from the NBA dustbin.
no one wanted to play for the hawks because they suck
they have young talent
they have amare and joe johnson
The hawks have talent, they need a good coach and a couple of vets to provide some leadership. Ohh ya they play in the east.
hawks are closer getting a coach now that they have amare and talent
look out Lebron if this deals happens, I guess.
Damn, Amare and Joe Johnson.
Only problem is they don't have a point guard.
But the Spurs have a couple they could use.
Beno for a first rounder
Well they would be trading BOTH of their picks.
I was hoping more for a Brent Barry and Beno for Josh Smith and a future first.
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