Magic Inquire About Chandler/Stoudemire for D12 Swap?

Is Dwight ok with playing for the Knicks … and Melo?

Well seems that Amare and Carmelo not on the same page at all. I think ultimately the Knicks have to trade 1 of the 2 as clearly they are not going to win as presently constructed.

That said, I can’t imagine Orlando taking on a massive uninsurable contract (Amare). Remember, the Knicks had no competition for Amare – but they were a laughingstock at the time and just went out and gave him the max (when they realistically could have offered less) since he was uninsurable. It could be the double whammy of crippling a franchise for the next decade – losing your star player (Dwight) and replacing with a gaping salary for an injury riddled player (Amare) – if Amare gets hurt you are about 6-7 years from respectability.

And I still don’t buy that Orlando dumps Dwight Howard when they are in the thick of the championship discussion. Chicago has injury issues, Miami has not looked good, Dirk looks like he is breaking down, Lakers are beatable, etc. I really think that Orlando holds onto Dwight and rolls the dice in the offseason.

No team wants to make that kind of $ commitment to a big man – especially one that’s not even playing that well (relatively speaking). The Magic are, at best, trying to create a bigger market so that if/when they deal DH, they can get more for him, a la Denver with Melo.

Hey the Knicks suck, Amare is playing terrible so let’s help them out by taking their fragile overpaid PF and an over paid role player. It’s Orlando being smart here trying to get leverage cause right now they don’t have any.

this trade is not as bad as you people are saying..yes Amare Knees are uninsured but the KNicks took a chance on him why won’t another team? Hes an all star and he was playing great until Melo arrived, adding Chandler to the deal gives it more credibility, maybe add Fields or Shumpert and I can see Orlando doing this deal. I would love for Dwight to come the Nets but its obvious Orlando doesn’t want to give its star what he wants. and whos to say he wouldn’t sign with the Knicks? why wouldn’t he? Remember we are Nets fans so we are trained to hate the Knicks but to the rest of the world they are a big name team. if hes willing to sign with an old Kobe in LA why wouldn’t he sign with a young Carmelo in NYC?

so why would the magic look to bring them both to orlando? Amare’s game doesn’t mesh at all with Chandler’s, he reduced to more of a perimeter player with Chandler clogging up the paint. I can’t see this trade giving the magic a better chance to win than they have now, so if their owner really is all about going for the title right now, this trade doesn’t seem to make much sense

The Magic have already said they don’t want Amare because his contract couldn’t be insured because of his bad knees. The only Knick-loving a$$-kisser worse than SAS is Broussard, and they’re both buffoons.

but how great would it be if the knicks trade for dwight and he bolts to come here?

people would be forced to respect us then

I’ve been hearing about this news a lot and I cringe every time I do. For once the Nets are a preferred destination of a superstar and no one in the NBA or sports world can swallow the truth, and they disregard it as if they forgot Dwight said he would like to go here. What messed this whole thing up for us are the Magic FO they pulled the chord on what would have been a solid deal and made us look like fools, especially with Brook Lopez’s injury. We’ve been losing but so have the Knicks, our records are almost the same except the Knicks have been playing subpar teams and have way more talent than us. Why would Dwight want to go there? The only teams I’m worried about are the Lakers and Mavs, but as some people here say Dwight’s chances of going to the Mavs or Knicks are pretty slim. I hope Dwight comes to the Nets just so we can finally have the respect we deserve. Even when Jkidd led this team to the finals back to back we never had anyone’s respect and it’s annoying.