OK...who has IN?, ESPN lists Amare as a possible trade candidate Options

[Wanne]

Just wondered what Sheridan had to say about it.

[Chicago Bulls Fr...]

Sorry I don't have it but I'll comment about Amare for a minute.

If I were Paxson, I'd give my right nut for Amare. Give them whoever they want except our first round draft pick. That means, Tyrus Thomas, Luol Deng, Gordon, whoever.. He could be our centerpiece of a quick rebuilding process. I doubt they'd want Wallace but I would be super excited to see him go in just about ANY deal. I don't know how adamant Kerr is about trading a player like Amare, but hell if he did want to trade him, Chicago better be one of the teams in the running!

[Balta1701-B]

If you're talking about this article, it's on a free preview for me.

Amare Stoudemire, Suns
The Suns were willing to move him over the summer when they thought they could get Garnett, and then his name pretty much dropped out of the rumor mill. But one source close to the team told ESPN.com that the Suns very quietly revisited the idea of moving Stoudemire early in December, which would lead one to believe they'll at least be open to fielding offers as the deadline nears.

Just a thought, but doesn't Stoudemire and Atlanta's No. 1 pick, which the Suns own from a prior trade, for Gasol and Hakim Warrick make some sense for both teams? If not that one, what about Stoudemire for Rasheed Wallace?

A couple of his others mention the Bulls.

Ben Wallace, Bulls
We could put anybody from the Bulls on this list, but Big Ben is the only one of them making beaucoup bucks. Also, his salary drops from $15.5M this year to $14.5M and then $14M over the next two seasons.

Again, just a thought: But wouldn't Wallace for Zach Randolph make sense for two teams that are more or less due to make another deal with each other?


Pau Gasol, Grizzlies
When the Bulls wanted him last year, their refusal to include Luol Deng killed the deal. If that line of thinking has changed in Chicago, the Bulls can get him with some combination of Deng, Tyrus Thomas and/or Joakim Noah (and P.J. Brown in a sign-and-trade to make the salaries match). A source close to Gasol said the Cleveland Cavaliers were also trying to obtain him, but the Cavs' big man who interests them most, Anderson Varejao, cannot be traded until the summer. (NBA rules state a player cannot be traded for three months after he signs a contract, and Varejao was signed on Dec. 4, with the trade deadline looming on Feb. 21.)

[ZoomSlowik]

They're going to want a competent big man that can help them on both sides of the floor for THIS season, assuming they even trade him. In other words, he's not going to be a Bull.

The only reason I'm still holding out any hope at all for Gasol, who's not as athletic but would bring an awful lot of the same things, is that they're more inclined to go young and we have a much better chance of starting a deal with Tyrus or Noah, and they've shown interest in Nocioni before. If it takes Deng though that doesn't make a whole lot of sense for us, especially considering that we'd be in far worse shape than the current 10-28 Memphis personnel-wise if we did it.