I saw this. I don't know how much real information he has. KP knows he has some good pieces so I hope he does hold out for the home run. To continue the baseball metaphor, I don't want to see bunts and a sac fly right now. I want a grand slam or just wait until summer.
WOW!!! Oden coming off the bench to Amare? Guess that says a ton on how people are looking at the #1 draft pick Oden huh? Amare isn't a center to boot!
Amare has played plenty of center over his career and in today's NBA C and PF are interchangeable. If you're going to go there than there are only 3 true centers in the league (Shaq, Yao, Oden) and even Dwight is just a 6'10 power forward.
I am going to throw this out there again. I believe Lamarcus can play SF. Go with the absolutely huge front line. Lamarcus can defend all 5 positions on the court. He can shoot from outside. What more do you need?
LMA's lateral quickness isn't good enough to stop most SFs. If we go for Amare, Greg is headed to the bench for the rest of the season.
I disasgree, Lamarcus keeps PG in front of him all the time. But lets say you are right. Ok so a few slip by. And then run into 2 more 7 footers. I can live with that.
Isn't Amare about the same size has Hakeem was? I know he doesn't have the post skills, but athletically he could handle it. It would be a novelty to see LMA at SF, but I don't think there is any way he can guard elite level SFs on a regular basis.
at this point nobody knows anything. saturday we heard the miller talks were dead. now SI says sunday they heard that we were going after miller. RJ talks have gone from discusiions to dead to a possible deal Carter has emerged Amare possible then dead then started back up Salmons denied weeks backed now we are front runners for his service NOBODY KNOWS AT ALL WHICH MEANS SOMETHING WILL GET DONE
How in the world do any of you see Greg ever emerging as a confident go to center bringing in Amare? He'll never see the ball. We need help at the SF, that's where we should be focusing our time.
I don't know. He can guard the 3 in spurts, but not for extended minutes night in/out IMO. Having to check guys like Ginobli, Rudy Gay, KD, etc for 30 + minutes/night is a lot to ask for a 6'11" guy like Lamarcus. Plus, in this scenerio you have to assume he's basically Channing Frye offensively (all he does is shoot 20' jumpers) which is kind of a waste. LA can shoot that, but I like him down in the blocks when the match-up favors that. Not much room for him down there with Oden and Amare.
Look at it this way: Toronto turned TJ Ford, an injury-riddled point with an unfortunate contract, and Rasho Nesterovic into Shawn Marion in less than one season. I'm not saying Marion is an incredible find for the Raptors, but he's a much more ideal fit than Ford or O'Neal were. And on talent alone--irrespective of position or fit--I don't think Miami would have done a Ford/Rasho swap for Marion at any point. If Portland is prepared to take a chance on Amare for a period of time, they may have a higher likelihood of landing the PG/SF they're looking for using Amare vs. any RLEC or Trade Exception deal this summer.
They'll be guarding him on the perimeter though b/c Oden and Amare are clogging up the paint. LA 20' away from the basket isn't that scary. Like I said he can shoot the pick-n-pop, but he can't create anything out there. So unless he's open . . . not hard to defend.
