"Poor economy influencing trade decisions"

I didn't see it as that bad of a deal for Phoenix, essentially it's 2 trade rumors thrown into one. The Nets supposedly offered Yi and Anderson, and the ESPN thing had Bayless and Outlaw (of course your version took out Bayless and put in Sergio). It would save them a lot of money with decent prospects littered throughout. I'm not sure of Amare's value around the league, but it doesn't seem THAT high right now.

I figured it was bad from the Nets perspectives, because I saw some of their fans saying they wouldn't even wanna trade Yi and Anderson for Amare, throw in VC and Dooling, their fans would say hell no. But their fans are different from ownership and probably just as big of homers as us

 

Surprisingly plausible! I think Phoenix can do better, though. I think NJ would jump on that with one caveat: apparently Thorn thinks Stoudemire is a C, and their young C (Brooke Lopez) is looking pretty damn good.