Ford: Suns' big contract shed might be... Amare???

[Skywalker]

Does Kupchak post on ISH? lmao

JO and Pau over Amare, HUH?

[Soccer10]

I'm also not much of a stats guy but...

Gasol 20.7 ppg - Amare 20.6 ppg
Gasol 9.7 rpg- Amare - 9.6 apg
Gasol 3.4 apg- Amare 1.0 apg
Gasol 2.2 bpg - Amare 1.3 bpg
Gasol - 2.76 tpg - Amare - 2.82 tpg
Gasol - 53.7 % FG - Amare 57.5 FG
Gasol - 2.30 PF - Amare - 3.60 PF

Gasol pretty much beats him at everything.

Gasol's style would be so much more suitable for the triangle.

[Skywalker]

if you want the better player, you take Amare.

if you wanna go by all that triangle BS, then go ahead and take Gasol while Amare dominates the league

[Kobe24]

Amare started out extremely slow. You have to take off a couple of months.

[Soccer10]

Originally Posted by Kobe24

Amare started out extremely slow. You have to take off a couple of months.

So did Gasol.

[Baller1986]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-nfAJJJV_M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fVJpeo7PvE

Matador defense by Pau Gasol

[Younggrease]

Amare = big time player, excells on the big stage

Pau = shrinks on the big stage and gets abused.

Amare is that much better and more clutch than Pau that the style difference doesnt matter. Pau is not a championship player thats why Chicago didnt trade for him.

[Skywalker]

Pau = shrinks on the big stage and gets abused.

bah, he just won the World Championship in the summer as the best player on his team.

[Kobe24]

Originally Posted by Skywalker

bah, he just won the World Championship in the summer as the best player on his team.

He was injured for a while though.

[Soccer10]

Originally Posted by Skywalker

if you want the better player, you take Amare.

if you wanna go by all that triangle BS, then go ahead and take Gasol while Amare dominates the league

Triangle BS has won 9 rings.

What does Amare do so much better than Gasol?

Is he smarter? No. Does he pass better? No. Is he a better rebounder? No.
IS he a better shotblocker? No. Is he a better defender? No.
Is he a better scorer? Yes, you may argue that although he scores less than Gasol and has certain disadvantages over Gasol.

Let's see which team wins championship first. The one where Gasol would fit better or the one where Amare fits better and yes, I'm aware of how good are the Suns and how crappy are the Grizzlies.

[JtotheIzzo]

Originally Posted by Younggrease

Amare = big time player, excells on the big stage

Pau = shrinks on the big stage and gets abused.

Amare is that much better and more clutch than Pau that the style difference doesnt matter. Pau is not a championship player thats why Chicago didnt trade for him.

you dont watch the game do you?

this summer?

WC and MVP?

your h8ting consistently makes you dumb

[Younggrease]

Originally Posted by Skywalker

bah, he just won the World Championship in the summer as the best player on his team.

Pau didnt even play in the final.... Every playoff series I see Pau getting abused by somebody.

I have never seen any1 abuse Amare in a playoff series... I have seen Amare abuse the GOAT power forward though.

[Soccer10]

Originally Posted by Younggrease

Pau didnt even play in the final.... Every playoff series I see Pau getting abused by somebody.

I have never seen any1 abuse Amare in a playoff series... I have seen Amare abuse the GOAT power forward though.

And yet Gasol won the MVP.

[adamcz]

Originally Posted by DoubleTech

doesn't make sense... who are the suns going to play at the 5? ty thomas/kurt thomas combo? diaw again? nah... they're a better team with amare in the lineup.

Don't forget about the draft pick they're likely to have. If they draft #4, they could end up with Horford.

The only thing I don't believe about this trade proposal is that Chicago isn't under the cap, and can't help them shed salary. That was supposed to be the whole point of Phoenix dumping one of their great players.

Amare is supposed to get 13.2 million next year. Tyrus (3.5) and Deng (3.3) don't get the trade done, and Chicago doesn't have extra players they could throw in to make it work. Ben Gordon and Chris Duhon aren't really "throw in" players to make a deal work. Sefolosha and Griffin make no money, so throwing them in doesn't help.

If the Bulls trade their draft pick for a future 1st, they might have a couple million of cap space to absorb a little bit, but they'd probably have to dump another couple million to prepare. Dump Duhon and the draft pick to a bad cap space team for an unprotected 2008 first, and they could get this deal done. Bobcats and Grizzlies are probably the only cap space teams who you could expect to be in the lottery in '08. Maybe Atlanta.

[ZHAKIDD532]

Originally Posted by Baller1986

No Marion and No Amare= Phoenix Sinks

I like the idea of Cavaliers getting a guy like Amare Stoudemire the guy can fit in the well oiled machine of the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers are not a well-oiled machine...