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I can say at this moment there isn't another player I would trade him for. No not even Kobe! The guy get get 30 points in about half the shoots that kobe or iverson would take! He is a blocking machine! Getting about 10 boards a game. Its getting to the point where anytime he shoots I expect it to go in, i get surprised when it doesn't. Even when he gets fouled I expect it to go in.

I hear myself every game saying give the ball to Amare. Its like he as much a guarantee for points as anything.

Nash made this team, Amare said thanks but I got it now.

I agree to some degree. I absolutely love Stat he's been my favorite player since he first played a game as a Sun. Watching him grow and progress and get better and better and better has been such a treat and I only hope this trend continues.

(P.S. Amare is probably the most genuinely nice guy you'll ever meet in your life.)

as much as i love amare, i'd take LBJ in a heartbeat

what amare lacks right now is leadership...but it can be developed. he should take advantage of having shaq, nash and hill even bell around him.

I would trade him for Lebron but thats it. I love Amare and at some point in the next few years, the keys of this franchise will be handed to him and by that time, he'll be ready to take and run with it.

i wouldnt trade amare for any other big man in the league right now

people say dwight, but hell no! dwight is a beast, but he doesnt have the offensive arsenal that amare does.

@ seattlesun - agree re leadership, he is developing it, but i think right now he doesnt get to be the leader because the whole team knows its nashs team and listens to him above all others

shaq will teach him well and definately in 2 years, this team fully becomes stats and thats when he will be barking orders and gaining respect

defense must be improved, but if he plays next season like he is now, he will be discussed for MVP for sure

I think Amare is the second best big man....and he has a nice touch too....

LBJ is about all I'd trade him for as well. There doesn't seem to be any young guys in the league that still have the upside Amare does. Defensively he can improve and he can get a few more back to the basket moves...if he does that...look out.

I'd trade Amare for Dwight pretty quickly, personally.

Howard's much less of a defensive liability and if the Suns' coaches could teach Amare how to shoot, then they could do the same for Dwight. Amare wasn't all that and a bag of potato chips when he hit the league, he wasn't a good shooter at all.

Dwight's a better defender and rebounder, comparable in run-jump-athleticism to a pre-surgery Amare and way, way stronger.

Amare right now is certainly a more versatile scorer than Dwight because of his J and the freedom he has to face-up and work in that respect but I think Lebron and Dwight are both equally attractive options for trades that will never happen.

Besides them, though, I agree that there really isn't anything else that is compelling with a view to the future.

personally i dont think dwight could ever be the offensive force that amare is with his ability to play inside out, finish many different ways, take his man off the dribble and run the pick and roll to perfection

for a team with a star pass first PG like nash, i personally wouldnt replace amare with dwight

tsherkin wrote:I'd trade Amare for Dwight pretty quickly, personally.

Howard's much less of a defensive liability and if the Suns' coaches could teach Amare how to shoot, then they could do the same for Dwight. Amare wasn't all that and a bag of potato chips when he hit the league, he wasn't a good shooter at all.

Dwight's a better defender and rebounder, comparable in run-jump-athleticism to a pre-surgery Amare and way, way stronger.

Amare right now is certainly a more versatile scorer than Dwight because of his J and the freedom he has to face-up and work in that respect but I think Lebron and Dwight are both equally attractive options for trades that will never happen.

Besides them, though, I agree that there really isn't anything else that is compelling with a view to the future.

I also worry about Dwight and the need for microfracture down the road. High flying bigs almost always run into that problem. Hopefully not but I would be paranoid if I were Orlando.

Shaq never needed microfracture surgery, and he's been as beat-up as it gets for well over a decade. I know he's an exception, but they're comparable.

i think they are incomparable, amare is a natural power forward and dwight is a natural center.

i dont think there is a "style" of player who is more prone to require microfracture player myself

Only two that I'd trade him for are LeBron and Dwight.

-SDU- wrote:i dont think there is a "style" of player who is more prone to require microfracture player myself

Amare
Oden
Kenyon

Is likely what is driving my hypothesis

But you have Kidd and Penny to refute it. So, your likely right.

Add Zack Randolph, Chris Webber, Brian Grant & Antonio McDyess to the big man list. And Terrell Brandon, Jamal Mashburn, Darius Miles, John Stockton & Alan Houston to the smaller.

A few more big guys...but certainly nothing to say that it's a procedure that only hits the bigs.

Amare is definitely a beast.

What taints his value is his fragile knees... but so far that has been silenced.

Still, people are sceptical about how long till new problems with the knees arise.

But bar that, Amare is a beast.... offensively, probably tied with Nowitski but Nowitski is more of a jump shooter.

Amare eats Dirks for breakfast. I would never trade a 7 foot shooting guard with no paint game for STAT, let alone tie them offensively.

Its not April fools day yet.


LBJ is the only player I would trade him for. Although it may not even come to that, as Shaq's checks stop at the same time The King will be shopping for some new ones.

tell me noone actually mentioned dirk as being equal to amare?
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