Amare

But you can’t just acquire depth, especially when Nash, Shaq, Amare, Diaw, and Barbosa will eat up $60.6 million next season. Oh yeah. There’s that too. The Suns will be lucky if the cap increases enough to still have them under it. And that’s with only five players. Thank Shaq’s $20 million. Just in case some people don’t understand this fact, every dollar the Suns spend after these five players will be taxed dollar-for-dollar. Yikes.

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Well, this would give him his shot. Sure, Shaq’s past his prime, but Amare’s the next big thing. This doesn’t fix the Suns’ defensive shortcomings, but as long as they have Shaq and

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quiring Shaq for Marion, who, regardless of what people think about the importance and necessity of Amare, IS the whole reason the Suns are able to do what they do. Sure, Nash is the conductor, but Marion represents the woodwinds, brass and strings.

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Duncan’s 260. But he’s on the wrong side of 30.

How about Amare? Stat weighs in at a paltry 245. And it shows, while he can lay a hurting on any other player, he himself gets abused by any center. And I mean any center. Look at how Mehmet Okur tore him up last night. Okur! The jump shooting, 3 point specialist grabbed 17 boards, 5 of which were offensive.

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He gave up his body. Dove for loose balls. Banged with Marion and Diaw and Amare. His performance in the loss inspired me so much that I signed onto his website and wrote him a message and thanked him for his efforts. I’ve never done anything like that before, but I was too moved by his effort and I had to let him know that he was appreciated by at least one fan.

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