<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>One of the juiciest Kevin Garnett trade rumors involved Amare Stoudemire, who had just been named First Team All-NBA. More or less, this three-way deal would've sent KG to Phoenix, the Hawks' two lottery picks to Minnesota, and Amare to the ATL. It was real enough that former Sun Joe Johnson called Stoudemire, who said he'd be fine with it. So what happened? Mark Stein has heard that, unbelievably, the Hawks wouldn't do it. And this wasn't just "inactivity" caused by their ongoing ownership crisis; this was Steve Belkin actually vetoing the idea of acquiring Amare. They would rather have Al Horford than a young All-Star who is still developing as a player. The Suns claim that they weren't ever considering it, but I don't buy it. Maybe Garnett is older, but that team is all about winning while they still have Steve Nash. And I don't see Minnesota balking at this, seeing as it would've potentially landed them two young stars. It would've taken something truly extraordinary to derail this trade, like the weakest party in the bunch refusing to let a blessing fall in his lap.</div></p> LINK</p>
Wow, Amare to the Hawks would of been amazing. However, we don't know how could Horford and Law could be. I mean, this could of been huge. We should of done it. More FA would of came to the Hawks. We could of got Earl Boykins. Then we would of had a good back court. And a solid front line. </p> Man, this is giving me chills. Hawks ownership should of pulled the trigger. They could of had one of the most dominate forwards in the game today. Stupid move, IMO.</p> </p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BG7 Lavigne)</div><div class='quotemain'>You can still get Earl Boykins if you want him. It won't take much more than the vets minimum.</div> Well I meant, if we didn't have those picks. But we have Law, so we are good.</p>
It's not, but right now Amare>Horford. So, I don't know. Amare is still young, and he will have a great career. However, how much of it is Nash, and how much can he do for himself.
Amare has expanded his game to the point where he can still be a superstar without Nash. Not to mention if ATL did get Amare, JJs passing ability would be able to flow alot better since he wouldnt have to score as much.</p> I had no faith in this rumor, Suns would have been stupid to do it IMO. They wouldalmost be putting themselves in a Miami Heat situation, win now...suck tomorrow. Except the Heat has Wade...and the only talented youth Phoenix would have would be Barbosa.</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Memphology)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> Amare has expanded his game to the point where he can still be a superstar without Nash. Not to mention if ATL did get Amare, JJs passing ability would be able to flow alot better since he wouldnt have to score as much.</p> I had no faith in this rumor, Suns would have been stupid to do it IMO. They wouldalmost be putting themselves in a Miami Heat situation, win now...suck tomorrow. Except the Heat has Wade...and the only talented youth Phoenix would have would be Barbosa.</p> </div></p> </p> Did Joe Johnson leave Phoenix to get away from the other stars of the team so he could establish himself as a star...or did he do it for the money?</p> because if it was the former, then i'm not sure he'd be all ecstatic about this trade, with having a bigger star around than him.</p>
I think JJ did leave to prove himself, but that doesnt mean he wants to be the only star. He'd still have the ball in his hands more than anybody else, with or without Amare.</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Memphology)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> I think JJ did leave to prove himself, but that doesnt mean he wants to be the only star. He'd still have the ball in his hands more than anybody else, with or without Amare.</p> </div></p> </p> I see. that makes sense. i still wanna see how the Hawks do with their current roster, with Law and Horford. it should be an interesting season for the Hawks.</p>
Acie Law and Al Horford are both unproven rookies with a lot of potental.</p> But both have to turn out prettygood to reject a deal for a big man who was All-NBA first team last year.</p>
J.J called Amare and told him, he would welcome a trade..it would have been interesting, but oh well, I'm happy with horford.</p>
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Memphology)</div><div class='quotemain'></p> I think JJ did leave to prove himself, but that doesnt mean he wants to be the only star. He'd still have the ball in his hands more than anybody else, with or without Amare.</p> </div></p> I don't thing that is what would happen. Amare could dominate the East. He is a great all around player and shoudl have the ball more then JJ. Joe Johnson had 25 per, because he needed to do that. He could easily get 20 per, with Amare haveing 18 and 10 rebounds. I think a starting lineup like this would be really attractive:</p> PG - Lue</p> SG - Johnson</p> SF - Marvin Williams</p> PF - Josh Smith</p> C - Amare</p> Off the bench you have</p> C - Pachulia</p> PF - Shelden Williams</p> SF - Josh Childress</p> SG - Salim</p> PG - Claxton</p> Maybe with Amare a guy like Boykins could of been signed or Brevin Knight. I think it could of helped the Hawks a lot, but we will have to see Law and Horford.</p>
Im not saying JJ is better than Amare...I mean, anybody in their right mind would take Amare over JJ. But JJ is the star guard of that team. Not only is he a star guard, but he has great passing skills. Im not saying he would play PG, but that im saying is, he would have his hands on the ball more than anyone else simply because of his skills.</p> </p> You dont want Amare doing the dribbling on the perimeter do you? Atleast since you have JJ...</p>
Even though Johnson will have the ball up the court, Amare would be my first option. Joe Johnson has very good passing skills for a SG, but he is really limited after his shooting and passing. He isn't explosive enough to lead a team deep into the playoffs. Amare, who can take over games, would be great on the Hawks. Offense to me is 85% athleticism. We would have on of the most athletic teams in the East, and on of the best up coming big men in the game today. To pass on a trade like that, just makes me wonder, what could of been.</p>
What a worthless article. I remember when this rumor came up, and it was just that, a rumor. Belkin's an idiot who's only owning a team for the publicity. But he's not so much of an idiot that he wouldn't take one of the top players in the league. Minnesota killed the 'deal', partially b/c KG wasn't completely sold on leaving Minny yet, and b/c Minnesota itself wanted more young talent than they'd be getting from Atlanta.</p> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The big question here: Does Minnesota pull the trigger? That'd be picks #3, 7 and 11 in the best draft we'll see in years. Worth considering, right?</div></p> Best draft we'll see in years? Seriously? It definitely wasn't weak, but outside of the top two picks, this draft was on par with practically every other year.</p> Basically, Atlanta couldn't have given away their entire roster last year in exchange for Amare, let alone their scraps.</p>
