Should Suns Resign Amare Stoudemire?

Barkley6 · Post #1 » by **Barkley6** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 2:15 am

With reports of Suns being front runners if STAT is bought out, thought I'd see how the board was feeling about this possibility.

jvovk22 · Post #2 » by **jvovk22** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 2:18 am

No. Stoudemire is the past - no need whatsoever to move backwards

Post #3 » by **bwgood77** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 2:30 am

I didn't really think he'd want to come, but if he does, might as well as long as he signs for minimum and we don't need whatever salary space we need for a trade. If we are already at the cap, then might as well sign him for the minimum. With Len being injury prone and possibly Plumlee being dealt, it might be nice. It might be good for Dragic too to give him a past Suns connection. He will probably be the only one Amare really knows so it might be good for chemistry as well. I'd like to see him and Dragic do some pick n roll or pick n pop. He'd be a decent backup big.

nevetsov · Post #4 » by **nevetsov** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 2:38 am

I think a trade would have to occur to free up front court minutes. As it stands, I don't think he should be getting minutes over Len/ Wright/ Markieff/ Marcus. You could move Marcus to full time SF but that would mean Tucker would have to go, or Green would have to go and move Tucke to SG... Gets kinda convoluted.

kennydorglas · Post #5 » by **kennydorglas** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 2:41 am

HELL NAW

jvovk22 · Post #6 » by **jvovk22** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 2:47 am

It's nostalgia for a time not too long ago the Suns could really be called contenders. I get that. That being said - there is 0 upside in bringing him in now. Hes older, worse, Nash is gone... Build for the future. Move forward

Jdiddy701 · Post #7 » by **Jdiddy701** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 3:29 am

Yes. Brings excitement at least back to the arena for the second half of the season. Also, would love to buy Stoudemire jersey with the new style.

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Post #8 » by **lilfishi22** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 4:33 am

Only issue is roster space. They'll have to make a trade to waive a player before he can be signed. Otherwise, if he'll sign for cheap, I don't much mind.

LukasBMW · Post #9 » by **LukasBMW** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 6:16 am

Locker room cancer. I don't want his sandbagging, stupidity, or his ego around our team.

WeekapaugGroove · Post #10 » by **WeekapaugGroove** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 6:24 am

While I don't think amare is a cancer I just don't see the point. Just play the young guys and see what happens.

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Revived · Post #11 » by **Revived** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 9:18 am

LukasBMW wrote:Locker room cancer. I don't want his sandbagging, stupidity, or his ego around our team.

Pure non sense. Amare may be a lot of things but he's never been cancerous in his entire life.

Hell, he should receive an award for not causing locker room turmoil in NYK considering all that's happened there.

Don't be mad because he took financial security and money instead of staying here. You and every single person in the world would have done the same exact thing.

spanishninja · Post #12 » by **spanishninja** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 3:12 pm

I still remember the classy move he made right after signing with the Knicks. Took out a full page ad in the paper to express his gratitude to Phoenix. That's not indicative of a cancer.

kennydorglas · Post #13 » by **kennydorglas** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 3:26 pm

Amaré was a cancer for Knicks after their trade for Melo.
He was so pissed when he lose the NYC reigns for the hometown boy hahaha

Now he's more aware about his role and stopped that 'diva's' thing.

snowthedirtbub · Post #14 » by **snowthedirtbub** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 4:43 pm

kennydorglas wrote:Amaré was a cancer for Knicks after their trade for Melo.
He was so pissed when he lose the NYC reigns for the hometown boy hahaha
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Even though he was a major part in bringing him to New York?

Barkley6 · Post #15 » by **Barkley6** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 5:04 pm

kennydorglas wrote:Amaré was a cancer for Knicks after their trade for Melo.
He was so pissed when he lose the NYC reigns for the hometown boy hahaha

Now he's more aware about his role and stopped that 'diva's' thing.

Stoudemire was playing like an MVP candidate leading into the Melo trade. Melo shows up and they start running the offense through him and Amare became second fiddle. I can imagine that was frustrating.

RunDogGun · Post #16 » by **RunDogGun** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 5:14 pm

I don't care either way. If we can move Green for a pick, we could use another big. He could be a good pick and pop partner for either of our main guards. If we had a young 6'10" guy waiting, I would say no, but we don't.

Post #17 » by **rsavaj** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 5:15 pm

Where is this Amare=cancer stuff coming from? Dude's honestly one of the model-citizens in the league.

kennydorglas · Post #18 » by **kennydorglas** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 5:20 pm

Barkley6 wrote:
kennydorglas wrote:Amaré was a cancer for Knicks after their trade for Melo.
He was so pissed when he lose the NYC reigns for the hometown boy hahaha

Now he's more aware about his role and stopped that 'diva's' thing.

Stoudemire was playing like an MVP candidate leading into the Melo trade. Melo shows up and they start running the offense through him and Amare became second fiddle. I can imagine that was frustrating.

No doubt about it man. He had a 'cinderella' year with them.

KLEON · Post #19 » by **KLEON** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 7:16 pm

Bring him back ASAP

ctorres · Post #20 » by **ctorres** » Thu Feb 12, 2015 8:01 pm

I would love to see A'mare finish his career in Phoenix. Also think you could set a pretty solid rotation with Bledsoe, Thomas, Dragic, Tucker, Green, the Morris twins, and Stoudemire. Len and Plumlee would be competing for the final spot. It would also put the Suns in a better position to secure the 8th seed in the West.

However, if Dragic is traded for a 1st round pick, then getting Stoudemire at that point would be more about evaluating him to see if he could fit on the roster next year.