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thats a few days old and PHX would be idiots to do that deal
Reaaly isn't much but I found this one rather interesting.
Amar'e Stoudemire Could Be Heading to the Denver Nuggets
The Nuggets made a blockbuster about three games into the regular season last year. I sort of expected the same in the offseason. Currently they have not made any major moves to help their championship run.
A person close to the Nuggets have told me that there are currently some small whispers going around between the Phoenix Suns and Denver Nuggets. Those talks have been reportedly about bringing Amar'e Stoudemire to the Mile-High City.
Although it is still being talked about, this is the NBA, where, in Kevin Garnett's words, "Anything is Possible," and also where "Amazing Happens."
Amar'e has been shopped by the Suns since around the trade deadline, and he has also stressed his displeasure with Suns management. The Suns are currently in rebuilding mode, yet they go out and re-sign Grant Hill. The guy is 36 and will be 37 when the season starts.
The current proposed trade would be:
Nuggets Get
Amar'e Stoudemire
Suns Get
Kenyon Martin
Linas Kleiza
Future Draft Pick
Cash Considerations
Kenyon Martin might opt out of his contract 2010 giving the Suns $15 million in cap space. Linas Kleiza is also a young forward who would fit into the Suns rebuilding process.
However, it doesn't seem to make the Nuggets any better, but it would make them worse on the defensive end.
Kenyon Martin is a better defender then Amar'e at the four spot. He is more physical and isn't afraid to make a statement. Ask Mark Cuban and Dirk Nowitzki. He shoved Dirk Down in game one of the second round.
Denver has already lost Dhantay Jones, a defensive specialist, and losing Martin, another great defender that doesn't take away from Carmelo's and Billups shots would hurt the team.
Sure Amar'e would be a force, but it's too good to be true. Every plan has it's flaws. Amar'e, Carmelo, JR Smith and Billups have that scoring mentality and at times take over games. Nene can come up with 20 on any given night as well.
Having the majority of your starting lineup being offensive threats and no defense isn't going to win you a championship. However, Billups would be able to level out Amar'e and control a starting line up of Billups, Smith, Melo, Amar'e and Nene.
JR has proved that he deserves to start, but I don't think it should be the case. The Nuggets gave up a key part in their bench, Linas Kleiza and the bench is already weak enough.
Ty Lawson, Chris Andersen and Renaldo Balkmen would be the first three to come off. Arron Afflalo is rumored to be heading to the Nuggets so he would take that Shooting Guard position.
Afflalo should start, and let JR continue to ignite the bench.
Overall this deal should no go down as it may look good on paper, but it won't work out during the regular season. Again talks are small but they can heat up quite fast.
thats a few days old and PHX would be idiots to do that deal
It's a done deal then.
I feel PHX can do better. I like trading Stoudamire but that's a crap deal.
Bull .
For real what the are they gonna do with Kenyon "Always hurt" Martin?
1) Nothing, which is why this is just a rumor and not an official trade
2) The Carl Landry poo poo platter being offered for Amare isn't a whole lot better than this
I love it when posters put up their ridiculous trade ideas and then post their even more ridiculous "reasoning".
For example: Kenyon Martin might opt out of his contract 2010 giving the Suns $15 million in cap space.
Yeah....and I might win the lottery tomorrow. I might get hit by a lightning bolt on the way home. Both are more likely to happen than Martin opting out of that deal.
Edit: Double post.
I AGREE WITH GINO!!!!!!!
It's a of a lot better than Kenyon ing Martin and garbage. Brooks, Landry, T-Mac, for Amare is somewhat fair deal. Two young prospects both which play positions that need youth and talent + a large expiring...decent.
I guess if that trade was legal under the salary cap it would be fair.
Interesting. It will help the Nuggets score more points. But their defense very likely gets worse. K-Mart is probably their best defensive player. Amare can't play a lick of defense.
Then again... something that people don't realize when they bag on offensive minded teams... its the teams that do nothing but run-and-gun that can't win crap, because they can't play half court basketball. What makes the Nuggets different is that they actually have the players to succeed in a half court set, so if they can play at least a LITTLE defense, and keep creating turnovers and scoring efficiently... this trade may be able to get them a le. They had every opportunity to beat the Lakers this year in the playoffs, but their lack of experience and maturity is what did them in. So it could be interesting. My main concern is Amare's ego. I wonder how well he would mesh with the rest of the team.
I'd pull the trigger on this one if it was still on the table.
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMa...tradeId=mvf3rf
with Stevey kerr as GM, impossible is nothing
If I were a Rockets fan I would too considering it's highway robbery.
why the would martin opt out of 15 million dollars???
Because someone wanted to fabricate a rumor so they made something up.
The hilarious part of that is, Amare is A LOT more likely to opt out of $16 million than Wal-Mart is to opt out of $15 million.
Unless the Suns are rebuilding, this trade makes no sense.
How does it make sense if they are rebuilding?
No, canīt be. No matter how horrid a GM Kerr has been, he canīt be this stupid. Itīs just not humanly possible... Isiah aside, that is.
In situations like this, Kerr just has to look at the mirror for a long second and say to himself...
"What would Memphis do?"
"Bhavik Darji
Im a 15 year old teenager. Currently live in BC Canada. I am currently enrolled in high school at grade 10. Been a Denver Nuggets fan since basketball was introduced to me."
Excellent source, this was definitely worth creating a thread over
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