Poll: Do you think we should pull the trigger on the Amare trade?

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Do you think we should pull the trigger on the Amare deal?

  1. Yes

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  2. No

    70 vote(s)
    95.9%
  1. Natebishop3

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  3. Natebishop3

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    I thought the bucks wanted to clear cap? Trading for Amare wouldn't clear cap.

    Either way, I feel this team needs to consolidate, and those two trades I posted would do just that. I'm not a huge Amare fan, but if we could get Wallace AND Amare, I'd be in heaven. Roy, Wallace, Amare, and Oden would be insane offensively, and pretty decent defensively.
     
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    It's true they want to clear capspace to rebuild. But with Amare being only 26 they can rebuild around him. It's not like they would be able to sign a better player at that age as a free-agent

    If they could deal Redd for a young SG an Exp contract and a pick they would be set
     
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  5. Natebishop3

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    Probably not, but I would be deathly afraid of him leaving and signing elsewhere. Shit, I'd be worried he'd leave Portland if he were traded here, and Portland is a paradise compared to Milwaukee.
     
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    Man, I just think we should get something more back in return.
     
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    I hear that....I'm sure a sign and trade or an extension might be talked about.

    The difference between Portland and the Bucks is that in Milwaukee...Amare will be "The Man" (once they trade Redd) and can get the spotlight that he seems to crave.
     
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    I'm really even surpised this poll got 3 votes for the trade. Probably Suns fans LOL.
     
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    I wish we'd stop talking about this rumor, it aint gonna happen. LMA isnt going anywhere! And I'd be very very suprised to see Bayless traded also.
     
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    I vote no because that trade probably never existed anyway because if it did it would have gotten done. We would be the ones getting Kerr-slapped.
     
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    No, I wouldn't trade Bayless, Outlaw, Sergio and RLEC for Jefferson and Sessions. No way. Bayless and Sessions are of similar value to me, so it's Outlaw and RLEC for a now-mediocre Jefferson. No thanks.

    I would trade Bayless, Outlaw, Sergio and RLEC for Amare, of course. I would just demand a lot more for either Amare or LMA than Jefferson and Sessions.
     

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