I'm not entirely sold on the idea of moving Amare, but it sounds like its going to happen, so I hope we can at least get something reasonable. Here would be my plan for blowing it up, Id love to hear everyone's thoughts:
Deal #1
Phx sends:
Amare Stoudemire
Alando Tucker
OkC Thunder sends:
Kevin Durant
Chris Wilcox
Mouhamed Sene
#1 pick
OKC now has a sick combo for the 1-4 P&R w/ Westbrook and Amare. The Suns get a franchise type player in Durant, 2 expiring deals and a #1 pick.
Deal #2:
Phx sends:
Shaq
NY Knicks send:
Stephon Marbury
David Lee
#1 pick
D'Antoni gets a big guy he apparently likes, Shaq gets to be in a huge market and be the center of attention and NY gets rid of the cancer that is Marbury. The Suns get out from under Shaqs deal, get an expiring and a #1 pick. The Knicks seem to think they're going to lose David Lee and maybe the Suns would be able to resign him after the year is over and convince him he'd be a major piece here. Maybe all this is too much for Shaq though? Perhaps not, Starbury has negative value, so its really just Lee+ #1 for Shaq. The Suns could also throw in Grant Hill to sweeten the deal.
Deal #3:
Phx send:
Steve Nash
Matt Barnes
Toronto sends:
Andre Bargnani
Jose Calderon
Roko Ukic
2nd round pick
Toronto gets the national hero, but Im not sure this is really a deal that would actually interest them. Nash isn't that much better than Calderon at this point, and they'd be losing Bargnani. Giving them Barnes gives them a more natural front line w/ O'Neal at the 5, Bosh at the 4 and Barnes at the 3. I don't think the Suns would be able to receive a #1 pick in this deal, but perhaps a #2 would be doable.
The Suns lineup for the rest of this year would be:
C. Andrea Bargnani 13.5ppg 5.2rpg
PF. David Lee 15.9ppg, 11.7rpg
SF. Kevin Durant 25.1ppg 6.7rpg
SG. Jason Richardson 16.3ppg, 41% 3pt
PG. Jose Calderon 13ppg, 8.5APG
with a bench of:
SF Grant Hill
SG Barbosa
PG Marbury
C. Sene
PF. Wilcox
PF. Amundson
PG. Dragic
SF/PF. Dudley
Now thats a pretty bad team, and headed straight for the lottery, but hey, we're blowing it up, right? It gives the Suns a nice young PG, a future star in Durant, they keep a good scorer in JRich and get two 1st round picks to build with (as well as tons of cap space of course). They'd be pretty thin up front, but with all the picks and potentially lousy record and some lottery luck maybe they'd finally get the #1 pick and get Blake Griffin.
EDIT: Also, I fully realize 1, if not all 3 of these trades probably suck in your opinion but Im just thinking out loud here.