Miami Heat president Pat Riley has emerged as one of the most determined pursuers of Phoenix Suns forward Amare Stoudemire, proposing several different packages that make available any of his players short of Dwyane Wade, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. The Heat have discussed several scenarios with the Suns, including packages that include combinations of young players such as Michael Beasley, Dorrel Wright and expiring contracts such as Jermaine O'Neal and Quentin Richardson, the Heat are also willing to part with their 2010 first-round draft pick."Nobody is pushing harder on this than Riley," one league source said. Whether or not the Suns are interested in anything the Heat are offering is another story. It all depends on how the Suns are going to want to move forward following the departure of Stoudemire. Something to keep in mind is that Amare has a contract option for next season worth $17.7 million. This could hurt the Heat’s chances of getting big name free agents this offseason. This push by Riley is probably a response to Dwyane Wade’s recent frustrations of not having enough help. I think this would be a great move by the Heat not only to put them in the run for an NBA championship, but to encourage Dwyane Wade to resign with the Miami Heat this offseason. Stoudemire is one of the best power forwards in the league and he would be a great asset to an upcoming Miami Heat.
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