I'd take Amare back in a second, I love the guy and it'd certainly be partly sentimental.
He's certainly not worth his contract, but it is expiring. Maybe the medical staff here could help extend his career a bit. Maybe he'd sign a real cheap deal to retire on here, which would be nice.
If he can be a 10/5 guy in 20 minutes a game until he retires with an occasional flash of his old self, I'd take that.
I don't know if the Knicks would really even throw in sweeteners beyond say a 2nd round pick. If you were taking Amare last year, maybe thats a different story. As is, its only 1 year left on his deal, and if they move him, its not like there are any FA's left for them to nab. It'd strictly be to help them not pay the tax.
If they'd consider acquiring an expiring contract like Amare's for one season, why not Bargnani's instead? Big, not very good at defense, but can shoot from the outside.
Nope.
That's his calling card, yet he stinks at it. Lets look at his 3 point shooting percentages the last few years (going from most recent and then backwards):
27%
30%
29%
34%
He hasn't shot over 35% since 09-10. 35% is the demarcation line of "if you can't hit this percentage, you should probably stop shooting many 3's."
Barg's is awful at everything.