Amare to the Raptors? That’s what Bryan Colangelo is trying to find out

According to John Gambadoro of Sports 620 KTAR in Phoenix unrestricted free agent Amare Stoudemire got a call from Bryan Colangelo who was calling to inquire on Amare’s possible interest in joining the Raptors via sign-and-trade.

“Amare to meet with NY Monday, Chicago Tuesday and ding ding ding new team interested after call from Toronto and old pal Bryan Colangelo”

How do we feel about Amare in a Raptors uniform?

Amare is an outstanding and explosive player and is someone that would be a fine addition to our team. He could fill the scoring void left by Bosh and his peripheral numbers are about the same if not better.

Amare, Ed Davis and Amir Johnson would be the type of athletic front-court Raptor fans have only dreamed of. Add DeRozan and Sonny Weems to this mix and you have the makings of a very exciting young basketball team.

I know, some of you are going to complain about his defense, but one has to believe that landing Amare would effectively end the Andrea Bargnani era. There is just no room for him if Amare arrives as he is a power forward and not a center and Raptor fans will have Bryan Colangelo’s head before enduring another season of Andrea at the 5.

Will Amare come to the Raptors?

Money talks, but still the Raptors would not be his first choice unless we represented one of the only scenarios where he could get the Suns to agree to a sign-and-trade which would allow him to get the extra year and millions. Otherwise I believe other teams can make a more compelling pitch provided they are all ready to offer the max.

Ego.  This may come into factor possibly in the Raptors favour; Amare may wish to be the star and number one option and may gravitate towards the team(s) that offer him such an opportunity. One could argue that with or without Bargnani, Amare would become the defacto number one if he landed on the Raptors.

All in all, as asserted above the Raptors chances of landing Amare are slim, especially because any signing would likely have to a multi-team sign and trade scenario where the Raptors use assets gained from a Chris Bosh sign-and-trade to land Amare Stoudemire.

This is one of the better and more exciting names attached to the Raptors in free agency talks, and we would be happy to see Amare don a Raptors uniform.

What do you think Raptor fans? Would you be excited to see Amare in a Raptors uniform?

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Raju Byfield is a Senior Sports Writer for Raptors Digest.

Raju Byfield also writes for Win My Fantasy League as a Senior Sports Writer/Fantasy Sports Analyst.