OT-Who cares about the Celtics; Cavs making a trade?

If Amare goes to Cleveland for Hickson, picks, and fillers, we can wave our championship dreams goodbye.

I think if this happens, we gotta try and obtain a CP3, DWade, or Bosh (now, before anybody says CP3 and Wade aren't going anywhere, Miami has to be worried about losing DWade for nothing, and, last I've heard, CP3 isn't exactly happy in NO).

And if you are not worried about this happening, you are plain crazy.

 

The Lakers and Cavs would be more evenly matched. And I still think the Lakers would pull through.

 

We couldn't in our regular season matchups, however, in the Finals, I think we would prevail over these Cavs. HOWEVER, with AMARE?

I don't like our chances, honestly. I think Mitch should cook up some acquisitions and go through with them if such a trade were to happen.

 

amare can score thats about it, i think yall still got hand.

 

Good point.

I guess I'm freaking out b/c my lil brother is a major LeBron fan and is saying "Kobe is old, Pau is a pussy, LeBron is the best player in the league. Just look at their numbers."

If Cleveland were to face us in the Finals, I would like us to thrash them. Also, I would like Kobe to put a stamp on it saying "sorry LeBron, as long as I'm around, you're only gonna be second best."

 

And ask him how your ass taste.

 

Amare could make Cleveland that much better, or that much worse. He'll only take touches away from Lebron/Shaq offensively, and we all know he won't play a lick of defense. Amare playing means less playing time for Varejao, who always kills us. They'll have three alpha dogs in Lebron, Amare, and Shaq. Who knows what'll happen in the locker room.

Or of course they could just dominate with all that talent.

 

and to have a front running race with him

agreed, it takes a while to work in a player of Amare's caliber into the offense, and the one guarantee is that the Cav's defense (which has been their biggest weapon this year) would take it

 

You assume. We don't know how well Amar'e would work in that system. He's never played on a team that's a defense first, halfcourt style team like the Cavs are. His strength lies in his athletic ability to move in a fast paced offense and get easy hoops in transition. The Cavs don't really run. I realize he's got a nice face up game and mid range shot, but I don't know how successful he can be on a team that's not running and gunning. I think he'll still succeed, but he's less dangerous.

Oh yea, he also sucks on defense, and Pau, Bynum or Odom will have an absolute field day on him.

 

I feel like Troy Murphy in CLE would be more dangerous than Amare tho.

 

Those sources have been refuted though. Amare has since came out and said he wouldn't mind a trade to Cleveland.

I'm still a bit mixed on the trade. I think it's a high risk, high reward type of thing. They have enough talent on their roster already to win a championship. They need guys who can fit with the team and know their role on the team, and both are question marks with Amare. I'd much more scared if they acquired someone like Jamison to be honest. But with Amare, they have the potential to be dominant, if he accepts a lesser role and everything falls into place.