Suns' Amar'e Stoudemire drawing trade interest
Paul Coro
A league source said Golden State, Minnesota and Cleveland have shown
interest in acquiring Suns power forward Amar’e Stoudemire.
Major hang-ups in a possible deal are the Suns’ need to get good value in return and the other team’s need to feel secure in knowing it has a chance to keep Stoudemire, who can opt out of his contract this summer.
Stoudemire has said he wants to play for a title contender but prefers to stay with the Suns, who met with his agent Thursday.
Stoudemire was upset about a recent report that said the Suns have locker-room tension involving him.
"Whoever that guy is, he’s a liar," Stoudemire said of ESPN.com writer Chad Ford. "There’s nothing to it.