Lee Humphries and Wallace for Stat and Shump works.
No chance NY does the deal. I think we'd be lucky to see a Hump / Wallace for Stat deal, much less dumping Lee and adding Shumpert.
If the Cs successfully traded Wallace to anyone for anything, the front office would all jump up and down and chest bump the second Ainge hung up the phone.
You're way too down on Wallace. He is still a capable player and while his contract is bad he's no where near the level of Stoudemire.
I read in the rumor thread that the C's aren't pushing to include Shump in the deal which I think is crazy. Even if we assume AB as our future SG, Shump is a great trade asset.
The reason we should get the better of this deal is because we have leverage. We're not competing this year (or likely next) so we aren't in a rush to plug holes in our boat. On the other hand the Knicks are competing and further they are trying to keep Carmello happy. We have no real urgency to make this trade and seemingly they do.
Amare's contract is worse than Wallace's. Wallace will at least play and give you hustle. Add to that Humphries as a very capable big and Lee as a 3-and-D guard...I don't see this deal as lopsided at all. Wallace and Lee don't have great contracts but they are still good players. Stoudemire is cooked and it seems like everyone has known it for at least a full season now.
So count me in for this trade as long as Shump is included. I don't want to just swap salaries with NYK and get nothing for making them better. If they are going to get better we need to get something for it.