I can foresee the Warriors giving up Biedrins and Turiaf. Then we’d be fielding Don Nelson’s dream team: a starting lineup with absolutely zero rebounding or defense.

Ellis
Crawford
Maggette
Jackson
Stoudemire

Then we could move our team out of the NBA, travel around the country playing on playgrounds, and take over the And1 tour.

Stoudamire will never rebound. monta has NO limit to his potential!!

Do we really want Monta to be the next Gilbert Arenas?

I dunno about you guys, but I don’t want to spend every game until I’m 30 thinking “oh god I wish we never let this stud go.”

I can see what you’re sayin, no team loses. Portland gets something for Lafrentz, and good pieces at that, and the trade is equal for everyone.

keep dreaming.

That trade would be mindblowingly great for us, and I say that as someone who likes Maggette more than most. Would definitely fit the bill for the Suns, too. I just think Portland will be able to do a little better than that when they finally move the LaFrentz contract… guys like Jefferson and Caron Butler are a little better than Maggette, and their contracts aren’t quite as long.

Definitely the most plausible Amare-to-the-Bay scenario I’ve seen, as the Suns would actually achieve their goals here. So bewitching to look at it. Must… resist… lineup…

PG: Jamal Crawford/CJ Watson
SG: Kelenna Azubuike/Marco Belinelli
SF: Stephen Jackson/Anthony Morrow
PF: Amare Stoudemire/Brandan Wright
C: Andris Biedrins/Ronny Turiaf

…argh. That looks pretty nice. I’m still not totally on board with the Jamal Crawford part of town, but we could draft a point guard this summer. (And hell, even if we gave Portland our pick, this trade would be more than worth it.)

Even without a new point guard, I’d think that team would make the playoffs in 2010. A very strong offensive team and a completely presentable rebounding team. Still quite a deep team — you’ve got a somewhat intriguing young guy backing up every position. The defense would still kinda stink, but it certainly wouldn’t be any worse… Amare Stoudemire’s more of a defensive 4 than Maggette is.

I hate that this won’t happen.

Other than Monta Ellis, none of our swingmen is a significant upgrade to their roster.

And even if we were willing to give up Monta Ellis, there’s no way in hell the Suns would be dumb enough to allow a Nash – Ellis – Barbosa backcourt to happen.

It would be nice to get Amare if we didnt have to give up Beans or Monta….but they are too vital to the team we have assembled….our chemistry would be in the rebuilding process once again with little time to capitalize on it……But I WOULD give up Crawford AND Maggette but thats pretty much it (cap relief for Allstar..no problem)

ellis/watson/bellie
jackson/morrow/belli
buike/wright
stoudimire/turiaf.randolph
biedrins/turiafrandolph

I say we make a lesser trade for say somebody like CHRIS WILCOX ( I would give them Belli + M-Will…hell i’ll even give em maggette if it means dumping his contract)….who would definitely be a solid up grade on anybody in our frontcourt, without the name Ronny or Andris and could flourish in a nelson system….

From HOOPSWORLD:

“The Portland Trail Blazers have made a strong play for Amare Stoudemire, discussing a package that includes LaMarcus Aldridge, Jerryd Bayless, and Raef LaFrentz’s $12.7 million expiring contract.”

We can’t get anywhere near that kind of offer.

I would pull the trigger if it got us Amare. Anti-Amare guys need to realize a couple of things. First, when we made the playoffs 2 years ago, think about how it happened. We barely made it in on the last game of the year, had a unique one of a kind matchup against Dallas and we’re absolutely dismantled by Utah because we had no one who could play D on their bigs and grab rebounds…and that was with a team filled with more talent than what we have now. Monta is money, no doubt, but he is definitely worth giving up for Amare. As it stands now without Monta, we have Jackson, Maggette, Crawford, Bellinelli, watson and Azabukie all capable of holding down a guard spot. We have biendrins and turiaf holding down our PF/C position. We need more depth up front, plain and simple. And why is it a natural assumption that Amare would just up and leave. First, if he wanted to go play with Lebron or Wade, he would probably have to take a paycut and be willing to play 2nd fiddle to those stars. 2nd, with the Warriors, he’d be playing on a young, talented team in a fast paced, pass oriented offense in which he would be the main offensive focal point and marketed superstar, and when his contract is up, the Warriors would be capable of offering him more money than any other team! Amare has this desire to be considered among the best in the game today, and he definitely has that potential. Amare can rebound and score plenty. He draws double team, can shoot the 3 ball, post up….the only reason his numbers are down this year are due to Shaq, the slowed offense, and his lack of trying due to being unhappy. Plus I have no faith in Brandon Wright, that guy is a tool who is definitely overrated. We would need to keep Randolph, that guy will be a stud, but I also see him as more of a long, athletic 3, at least until he puts on more weight. But as he develops and does put on more weight, there is no reason why he couldnt be a combo forward, alternating between the 3 and 4. Bringing in Amare would give us a solid PF that we have been lacking for years who would fit perfectly into the warriors system, round out the team and give us a lot more balance, and most importantly, provide rebounding and a star presence that this team needs.

Since we probably wont get him, I agree with the idea posted above about giving up a young guard or two and bringing in someone like Wilcox…a lot more under the radar kind of trade that can, to a much lesser extent, provide some of the things that the warriors need from the PF position