More Amar'e rumors and what they mean...

Yahoo! is suggesting that Pat Riley of the Miami Heat is dead set on getting Amar'e Stoudemire.  His proposal involves getting Memphis involved in the deal.  From the looks of things, Miami would ship out Beasley (Memphis) and Marion (Phoenix), Memphis would give up Gay (Phoenix), and Phoenix would then send the troubled big man to Miami.  For those who need visuals; see Exhibit A. I threw in Dudley to make the money work, so it could as easily be another player, but Dudley is kind of the most redudant player.  The centerpieces ultimately would be the four players mentioned above.  

It's interesting that the Heat make this kind of move because it first shows how desperate they are for an interior presence, so much so that they'd be willing to give up the 2nd overall pick halfway through his rookie year.  While Beasley has been kind of underwhelming, he's been learning and growing.  Regardless, I see that since Phoenix has to throw in another player, Heat might ask for a wing player since they're stripping out both of their SFs, otherwise their 3 spot will be kind of thin.  Memphis probably just wants a change of scenery, since Gay and Mayo obviously aren't playing well together, and in Gay Phoenix gets another scoring option, though his defense has been somewhat suspect, so not sure how that works, don't think Matt Barnes will be happy with less playing time either.  However, here's how I think the rosters will pan out should this trade go through:

Miami Heat

PG - Mario Chalmers, Chris Quinn

SG - Dwayne Wade, Daequan Cook

SF - James Jones, Jared Dudley, Yakhouba Diawara

PF - Udonis Haslem, Mark Blount

C - Amar'e Stoudemire, Jamaal Magloire, Joel Anthony

Of course, Amar'e complained about playing center before, but maybe he doesn't mind anymore so long as he gets his touches. 

Memphis Grizzlies

PG - Mike Conley, Kyle Lowry

SG - OJ Mayo, Greg Buckner

SF - Michael Beasley, Quinton Ross

PF - Darrell Arthur, Hakim Warrick

C - Marc Gasol, Hamed Haddadi

Phoenix Suns

PG - Steve Nash, Leandro Barbosa, Goran Dragic

SG - Jason Richardson, Matt Barnes

SF - Rudy Gay, Grant Hill

PF - Shawn Marion, Louis Amundson

C - Shaquille O'Neal, Robin Lopez

Actually, if you look at that team, they're going to be a short team, Marion is only 6-7, though he plays like he's bigger.  Additionally, if Kerr takes over potentially for Terry Porter, as murmurs suspect on the internet, it's possible that we might see more running, which might make this lineup make a little more sense.  Kerr's original vision for the team was to keep the offense but improve the defense.