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I wonder how many on this board would be griping and complaining about how much we paid Amare, if we had stepped up and resigned him. Seems like we were all on board with this last trade too. Interestingly enough, the Spurs path to success is to keep a team together, even if it underachieves one year.
At this point, this team has no identity and no abilitly to play fast or slow.
I still don't have a problem with not re-signing Amare. I wanted us to do it earlier in the season but his price tag clearly rose during the season. I loved watching the guy play (still do) and often commented that people were overstating his faults while ignoring his strengths. Still, we offered him about the best contract we could justify and I don't fault anyone for the way it eventually played out. Like many here, I'm more bothered how we then chose to spend the money we saved by letting him walk.
I still haven't soured on our latest trade. Gortat isn't everything we hoped for but he's the best big guy on our roster and my biggest regret is we didn't have him last season. I'd love to see him playing next to Amare in a Suns uniform.
You're right about the identity. Unfortunately, that direction is usually identified in the preseason and fleshed out in the early days of the season. We're pretty much stuck with this mess until they start cleaning house (and for quite a while after). It's past time to move Nash and receive full value but he needs to be traded even if all we receive is a late first rounder.
Steve