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Cavaliers to Reach out to Amar'e... Safari?

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Would a possible S&T for David Lee be able to go down? Someone inform me.
 
Jake said:
Would a possible S&T for David Lee be able to go down? Someone inform me.
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Very doubtful.
For one thing, the Knicks are likely to renounce his rights, so as to get rid of his cap hold and maximize their cap space.
Secondly, even if they didn't renounce him, the Knicks almost certainly wouldn't want to take back any salary in a sign & trade, which they would have to.
 
The Knicks are becoming desperate because they are not feeling confident with landing any of the big three free agents. Joe Johnson was high on their list, but he looks like he will be staying in the ATL. For New York not to land any top tier free agent would be a pr nightmare and fans will start to call for heads. Amare' is the most vulnerable free agent because the team he was on has shown they are heading in another direction and other teams that have common sense know he is not a max contract player. I really do not think this has anything to do with if the Knicks land Amar'e then it will lead to LeBron signing with them. After watching the Donnie Walsh and D'Antoni interviews, I have a feeling that they really did not feel as good as to what let on.
 
LeBron is gone either way, but Amar'e to the Knicks makes them pretty attractive. I'd still say LeBron is a Bull, but this will give him more to think about.
 
Knicks near deal with Stoudemire
By Adrian Wojnarowski and Marc J. Spears, Yahoo! Sports
1 hour, 1 minute ago

Amar’e Stoudemire(notes) and the New York Knicks are making progress in talks on a five-year, $100 million max contract and a deal could be completed as soon as Friday, league sources told Y! Sports.

The framework of the deal, which would give Stoudemire a $17.2 million starting salary next season, is in place and the two sides are expected to talk again soon, sources said. Stoudemire is expected to travel to New York on Saturday.

The Knicks and Stoudemire aren’t each other’s first choices, but Stoudemire wanted a fifth year guaranteed and the Knicks needed to have something to show for years of losing and working to clear cap space.

As Yahoo! Sports first reported, Stoudemire’s departure from the Suns was all but clinched after the Phoenix Suns reached agreement with forward Hakim Warrick(notes) on a four-year, $18 million contract , league sources said.

The Suns moved forward with Warrick after negotiations with Stoudemire stalled. Stoudemire’s agent Happy Walters had a late-night conversation Thursday with Suns owner Robert Sarver, who insisted he couldn’t wait any longer on Stoudemire’s decision and would need to consider other options. Stoudemire was not ready to commit, sources said, because he wanted to see how the rest of the free-agent market played out and he believed he could get a better offer from the Knicks or another team.

The Suns made a last-ditch proposal to Stoudemire, offering him a five-year contract that guaranteed him $71 million, sources said. The first three seasons were fully guaranteed. The fourth season contained a 50 percent guarantee that could become fully guaranteed based on the number of minutes Stoudemire played in the first three seasons. The fifth season of the contract also could become guaranteed based on a minutes incentive.

The Suns put in the incentives because of concerns over Stoudemire’s past knee and eye injuries. Insurance won’t cover Stoudemire’s salary if he can’t play because of any additional problems to either of his knees or his right eye.

The Suns believed the Knicks were prepared to give Stoudemire a maximum offer with all five seasons guaranteed and weren’t prepared to go that high. The Heat expressed similar concern about Stoudemire’s previous injuries, but were preparing to make an offer if they don’t land Chris Bosh(notes). The Houston Rockets tried to deal for Stoudemire in February and also explored possible sign-and-trade scenarios with him in free agency.

Stoudemire has played all eight seasons of his NBA career with the Suns since they took him with the ninth pick in 2002.​
 
Never thought the Cavs had much of a chance for Amare anyway. Knicks would be the perfect fit for him. Amare doesn't like defense and it isn't important to D'Antoni.
Amare has great raw talent and I'd be fine with him here but he does have holes in his game and isn't as perfect as some make him out to be. Also don't believe at all that Amare in NY is any big incentive for LeBron to go there too.

The big time option for the Cavs is and always has been Bosh. The odds might not be fantastic but I don't buy the ESPN and national media story that Bosh has zero interest in coming to Cleveland to play with LeBron and would absolutely refuse to do it.
 
Amare game goes down a notch playing without Steve Nash.
 
Amare Stoudemire is on his way to New York now to meet with Knicks. Both sides expect to reach an agreement on a max deal.
http://twitter.com/AlexKennedyNBA​

Looks like Safari might be over unless somehow Amare & Knicks doesn't agree, LeBron decides quickly, LeBron ultimately picks the Cavs, he then recruits Amare to the Cavs, the Cavs offer a full max deal to Amare and Amare demands S&T to Cleveland..

So realistically, it looks like the chance of Amare coming here is .00001%...
 
Smooth said:
Amare Stoudemire is on his way to New York now to meet with Knicks. Both sides expect to reach an agreement on a max deal.
http://twitter.com/AlexKennedyNBA​

Looks like Safari might be over unless somehow Amare & Knicks doesn't agree, LeBron decides quickly, LeBron ultimately picks the Cavs, he then recruits Amare to the Cavs, the Cavs offer a full max deal to Amare and Amare demands S&T to Cleveland..

So realistically, it looks like the chance of Amare coming here is .00001%...
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Lets see if anyone has paid attention to Splitz thread. This would be the perfect time for someone to post one of his newly retired posts.
 
Jigo_oi said:
LeBron is gone either way, but Amar'e to the Knicks makes them pretty attractive. I'd still say LeBron is a Bull, but this will give him more to think about.
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I honestly dont see how anyone can be leasning toward LBJ leaving at this point...I thought so after the playoffs but the Tour being cancelled and alot of the feedback people are getting just seems to make me think he is staying...hell I think other than the delusional Knicks whom even Allan Houston said that LBJ didn't give much feedback that the teams visiting are doubting that he leaves....just curious but as of right now I think he is gonna stay and has known that for awhile and Scott and his relationship with Paul 1 of LBJ's best friends just may have sealed the deal...now it is time to add a player of significance to this team to get us over the top
 
Amar'e, Knicks nearing deal
3:20 PM ET
Amare Stoudemire | Suns TopEmail

UPDATE: Howard Beck of the New York Times sees it this way: "My read on Amar'e/NY: Not done deal, but likely because Knicks offering the most money. Issue: Is he willing to be savior if no one else comes?"

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In recent days, some have characterized the Knicks as a team that might completely strike out on big-name free agents.

But a report from Adrian Wojnarowski and Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports on Friday could signal a change.

They report that the Knicks and Amare Stoudemire are "making progress in talks" on a max contract worth $100 million over five years.

"The framework of the deal, which would give Stoudemire a $17.2 million starting salary next season, is in place and the two sides are expected to talk again soon, sources said," they write. "Stoudemire is expected to travel to New York on Saturday. The Knicks and Stoudemire aren't each other's first choices, but Stoudemire wanted a fifth year guaranteed and the Knicks needed to have something to show for years of losing and working to clear cap space."

We stress that there still appears to be some work to be done before this becomes a done deal.

Stoudemire is reportedly done with the Suns, and as Spears and Wojnarowski note, a guaranteed fifth year -- and more money -- seems to be luring Stoudemire.

Stoudemire could be used to attract LeBron James, though word is he's not giving the Knicks serious consideration at this point.

Outside of Joe Johnson, this is about the closest a big name has gotten to biting on a contract so far.

Stay tuned.
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Looks like we can flip the light switch on this one pretty early after all...
 
This may from Safari to Amare hating' Safari:

Source close to Amare Stoudemire on whether or not a second big name player will be joining him in New York. "We're hoping. We'll see."
http://twitter.com/AlexKennedyNBA​
 
Amare going to the Knicks might be the best thing that could happen to all new york haters.

They've already gone 10 years with complete morons running their team then took a bad team and purposely tanked it for 3 years in order to land 2-3 TOP free agents this year. If they only walk away with Amare Stoudemire that's reason enough to celebrate. If that weren't bad enough, how great would it be if Amare's injuries catch up to him and he becomes a boat anchor contract the size of Zach Randolph and Eddy Curry combined?

My evil plan is coming together nicely!
 
From what I read yesterday (about 3 or so pages on RealGM Knicks board), the majority of the fans seemed pissed about Amare going to NY.
 
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