Could Amare Be Traded?

[SouthJersey]

A dark horse to aquire Amare is Toronto. They have some young guys, and bc of the Colangelo connection. An Amare-Bosh front court would be very nice.

[The Guilty Party]

In a weird way, we got some good news today when a member of the Phoenix F.O. said that the team will NOT be trading any of their core players and are going to allow them to make another run at a championship.

In order for us to even enter the Amare talks... the Suns would need to wait until this summer to deal him and not before the deadline.

[sixers_610]

why would we want him? I mean I know why we would want him, but will that knee be great in four or five years?

[The Guilty Party]

I think this is a chance of medium risk/high reward. Anyone with a knee injury in their past is going to be questionable but he's been solid since coming back.

I'm willing to take the risk in this situation.

[IggyTheBEaST]

Perhaps it would need to be a 3 way deal with:

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/t ... &te=&cash=

to Philly- Amare
to Denver- Miller and Willie Green, Utah's #1 pick from Korver trade
to Phoenix- Camby and Reggie Evans

What do we think? We could use the cap room to sign Calderon in the summer.

Im gonna tweak your idea.

How about:

to Philly- Amare
to Denver- Miller and Utah's #1 pick from Korver trade
to Phoenix- Nene, Rodney Carney and Phillys 08 1st Round Pick

(Summary: We Give up Carney, Miller and 2 Firsts for Amare)

[tk76]

I see no way Amare is dealt unless the Suns get a relatively big name back. I have seen very few proposals that meet this.

The closest I could come would be us sending #1 + Iguodala + Smith +Trade exemption (cap space)

-but I doubt that this would be enough, as Iguodala and Smith is not enough to keep them in contention while Nash is still playing at his high level- but at least it gives them a name (iguodala) money and a pick.

I really doubt we will be part of a deal for him because they would want a big name Center in exchange, and Sam is not a big enough name to satisfy them.

[IggyTheBEaST]

As of right now I agree with you, but if the suns fall short yet again, this type of deal may be possible in the offseason depending on where the sixers are drafting