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Browse more photos »  When talking about the Suns big men, it's
hard not to first discuss the one piece missing. This summer we
watched Amare pack his bags and head to New York. We then used
the money we could've used to resign him to pay Channing Frye,
Hakim Warrick, Hedo Turkoglu and Josh Childress (Frye, Warrick
and Childress alone were paid over $80 million). Personally, I
would've rather had Amare. As Bill Simmons put it, "if Phoenix
offered Childress, Frye and Warrick for Amare, the Knicks would
hang up on them."  The great Seth Pollack challenged me when I
brought this up by saying it was a very short-sighted approach.
Well I'm a fan of short-sightedness when it comes to sports.
After the '98 season the Bulls had a choice to make, shell out
the cash to pay 3 aging superstars and 1 coach (it was all or
nothing) or start the rebuilding process. Would they have been
in a tough spot a few years down the line? Probably. But they
would've given them