Would you do Pau for Amare right now?

[Knicks_Fan2]

Amare is kinda the reason the knicks are turning it around. He made the knicks a desirable place to play and he deserves a chance to be part of it.

People seem to forget that after february, he was close to his old self. He was shooting something like 56% the last two months of the season and when he and melo and chandler played under woodson, they were like 9-2. Yeah, he got hurt in preseason but he has worked hard and from all reports looks pretty good.

I would rather go with the devil we know then the one we do not know.

There is a possible distinction between him putting up good offensive numbers and the team being better as a whole.


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[MeloStateOfMind]

yall finna eat your words when Amare starts dominating

he looked freaking great during pre game these past couple nights they showed him, dude could've played last week it seemed like

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[blue and orange]

Man you can see Nash and Amare still love each other. You think this would be a win win for each team? Pau is pretty bad defensively, but he's not as bad as Amare. Also, Pau is used to the low post and would thrive being the #2 scoring option. His talents are being wasted in LA, whereas Amare has that midrange shot that D'Antoni wants. I think it would be the best for both teams.

Guess what guys in the NBA have friends on other teams, so just because Amare and Nash are friends means we have to trade Amare lol. No way we are trading away Amare, give it a chance.

[jakoub]

there all only 5 pfs i would want on the knicks in an amare trade: serge ibaka, kevin love, chris bosh, josh smith and kevin garnett. I hate garnett as a person but him and tyson would be a terror in the paint. I dont think we have a shot at anyone of these players.

[RottenApple]

yall finna eat your words when Amare starts dominating

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[Leaguepass]

I might be in the minority but I'd definitely turn it down. It doesn't even have a whole lot to do with Pau. I personally believe Gasol is still a very good player and will regain his form but IMO the minor improvement he'd bring in rebounding and passing aren't really worth doing another big trade.

These guys are all on the same page, have great chemistry, great camaraderie....as long as a trade isn't gonna bring some substantial improvement I wouldn't mess with what we have at all.

Like someone pointed out....we have good spacing with Brewer out there and a healthy Stat is much better from midrange. I think most issues are in people's heads....We have to finally realize that we have 3 guys that make good and quick passes....that have no ego and keep the team running. There is no doubt in my mind that Woodson and our 3 PGs are gonna make Stat fit in nicely.

Last year we had Douglas and Bibby running the point mostly (and Douglas couldn't hit an outside shot to save his life)and D'Antoni asked Melo to play some point forward...essentially it didn't work out and everybody panicked and nothing worked. This year the personel and is completely different. I'm still absolutely reluctant to believe that two players with the abilities of an Anthony and Stoudemire can't play on the same team. It would be absolutely mind boggling. Are there better fits out there?Probably but this duo can still get the job done. I want to see this bunch of guys succeed. And frankly, Stat has been working his ass off the past 2 years to fit in, to be in shape,to make this thing work. I desperately want to see him succeed. I like our guys so much I want everybody on this team be part of this ride, especially the guy that made the very first step to bringing this franchise back.

[RHODEY]

Man you can see Nash and Amare still love each other. You think this would be a win win for each team? Pau is pretty bad defensively, but he's not as bad as Amare. Also, Pau is used to the low post and would thrive being the #2 scoring option. His talents are being wasted in LA, whereas Amare has that midrange shot that D'Antoni wants. I think it would be the best for both teams.

That's nice that they love each other , really beautiful but....Nash spurned us for the Lakers and probably would have picked Toronto outside of that.

Why are we looking to help out the Lakers?

We trade a player that gives you 18 and 8 @ a 48% clip in his worst year for a guy who gives you 12 and 8 @ a 42% clip in his worst year. Both were/are hurt ok. But Gasol is 2 years older and certainly looks it.

Gasol's assists and (arguably) slightly better defense make up for all that?


Why are we looking to help out the Lakers?

After watching the geriactric Lakers last night why would anyone want to take on some of that age?

We are the #1 team in the East.

They will be struggling to make the playoffs..



Why are we looking to help out the Lakers?

[gavran]

No other team in the NBA wants Pau. He's pretty much done.
Why should we take him off the Lakers hands?

Cuz no team wants Stat either. We are talking about fit right now, both players are at about the same level.

Well, you don't know if Pau is the better fit, considering he played 0 minutes with these Knicks. Amar'e at least had practises.

[NYKFANest1995]

I want to give Amare a chance, i still believe he can be a good player, maybe he has slowed down a little but he stays in great shape and really does care about winning. I want to see how he plays with this team. I want to see how he looks with felton and Kidd in this offense he has a center in sheed that can help stretch the floor for him. He can still hit the mid-range jumper on the elbow. Like someone said either defense will be the problem i'm not worried about the offense.

[Sark]

No other team in the NBA wants Pau. He's pretty much done.
Why should we take him off the Lakers hands?

Cuz no team wants Stat either. We are talking about fit right now, both players are at about the same level.

Well, you don't know if Pau is the better fit, considering he played 0 minutes with these Knicks. Amar'e at least had practises.

Amar'e and Melo were great together last year under Woodson. I'll take that over a "maybe Gasol is a better fit, but we just don't know".

[omerome]

I just don't see how Amar'e will make us worse at all. He gives us another dimension we're lacking.

As good of a contribution that Rasheed has been, he is still slow and shoots way too many three point shots.

Amar'e will be closer to the basket and I don't see how he can play horrible when he has several PGs and players who can get him the ball where he likes. If Chandler is out, he is the best pick and roll big man on our team by far. He can't be worse offensively than Rasheed, Camby, or Kurt Thomas.

As for Pau, I have no idea what he can give us. He is not the same player he used to be. Why take a chance at messing with our chemistry? Might as well see what Amar'e can do. I mean he did spend training camp with the team and has been around the players so he won't come in completely blind sided.

[SelbyCobra]

Here's the Amare deal I was thinking about last night:

Amare for Cousins and Chuck Hayes' contract.

Of course its wildly unbalanced in terms of youth/ceiling, but Cousins himself is wildly unbalanced.

The Kings need some solid veteran leadership with all the young pieces they have wilding in Sleep Train Arena, and Cousins has now been suspended twice this season already for actions related to what are rumored to be legitimate mental health issues.

Kings probably say no, but I thought it was an intriguing idea.



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[nykballa2k4]

Man you can see Nash and Amare still love each other. You think this would be a win win for each team? Pau is pretty bad defensively, but he's not as bad as Amare. Also, Pau is used to the low post and would thrive being the #2 scoring option. His talents are being wasted in LA, whereas Amare has that midrange shot that D'Antoni wants. I think it would be the best for both teams.

That's nice that they love each other , really beautiful but....Nash spurned us for the Lakers and probably would have picked Toronto outside of that.

Why are we looking to help out the Lakers?

We trade a player that gives you 18 and 8 @ a 48% clip in his worst year for a guy who gives you 12 and 8 @ a 42% clip in his worst year. Both were/are hurt ok. But Gasol is 2 years older and certainly looks it.

Gasol's assists and (arguably) slightly better defense make up for all that?


Why are we looking to help out the Lakers?

After watching the geriactric Lakers last night why would anyone want to take on some of that age?

We are the #1 team in the East.

They will be struggling to make the playoffs..



Why are we looking to help out the Lakers?

Here is why Knicks are crazy not to do the trade:

Should Knicks get Pau Gasol, we actually would have a low post big man. Amare has "worked on" that this summer, but we have yet to see a back to the basket game. Pau, in his older age, is now BEST USED in that low block.

All we have to do is make sure when we have Pau and Chandler on the court at the same time, we also have Felton, Kidd and Melo.

We have more shooters than LA does. Right now they have a perimeter of Duhon, Kobe, and Artest. None of them are scary shooters from 3. Kidd, Felton, JR, Melo, Novak all have them beat easy.

Heck, Chandler is even a better mid-range guy than Howard is, so we could even utilize that.

Amare is a great player, and a wonderful person who, along with Lin, restored hope to a franchise which seemed masochistic at times.

Having said that, when you have a chance to bring on the dynamic that won 2 rings over 4 years, you do it. Gasol + Kobe + team = finals. Riddle me this: Who guards Gasol from the Heat? If we go "small ball" with Gasol playing center we are at a huge advantage, rather than playing Amare who does not have the defensive impact we need from a center.

[Sark]

ITT: people still think Gasol has something left in the tank.

[knicksnation1]

Gasol is a better fit next to Tyson and Melo. We're gonna give the Heat A LOT OF trouble by adding him and the Lakers are not a true champ contender, from what I see,without Gasol. I'm not worried if Amare's beasting on the offensive end or not once he's returned, at the end of the day it's all about the Knicks winning bball games as a team.
But if that means we have to lose Shump or Novak in the trade that's a BIG HELL NO. I dont want to see the Knicks getting robbed by the Lakers.