Garnett is definitely the better player. Not sure I'd do the trade because of the age difference, but there is no doubt Garnett is better. Amare works great in the system as well but you gotta remember his stats are way inflated because the Suns are a team that is geared to stat stuffing.
I have waded through all of this elongated crap that everyone has written and I am going to greatly simplify it for the lay people.
I believe the question is:
Why would the Phoenix Suns trade Amare for KG?
The Accurate Answer:
Because the Suns would like to have a chance to win an NBA Championship?
p.s. they can forget about winning a championship until the real dream team dissolves
The Real Dream Team
Duncan
Parker
Ginobli/Finley
Horry
Oberto/Elson
BigPig with all due respect my friend, if Amare doesn't get suspended the Suns would of won that series and of course would of won the Championship as well..
Love ya Gyno, but I'll call bullshit all day and night on that statement.
They've proven in recent years they can't beat top defensive teams in the playoffs. Losing Amare for one game wasn't what turned that series. They were lucky to be in it at all.
Damn, McHale is now calling up the Bobcats.
Minnesota would get the #8 pick and an "undisclosed" player.
Phoenix gets KG
Charlotte gets Stoudemire
Is it just me or is Minnesota now acting desperate? They don't HAVE to trade Garnett right now.
It just seems to me that getting the #8 pick and salary cap relief is really a pittance when trading your franchise player.