I think he has gas in the tank. We've seen strong slam dunks from him while playing with Jeremy Lin.
He's been squeezed out of his comfort zone on the hardwoods.
MarburyAnd1Crossover wrote:I think he has gas in the tank. We've seen strong slam dunks from him while playing with Jeremy Lin.He's been squeezed out of his comfort zone on the hardwoods.
He's not on empty. The question is how far is he from empty. He looks like he's running on empty 95% of the time.
Bonn1997 wrote:MarburyAnd1Crossover wrote:I think he has gas in the tank. We've seen strong slam dunks from him while playing with Jeremy Lin.He's been squeezed out of his comfort zone on the hardwoods.
He's not on empty. The question is how far is he from empty. He looks like he's running on empty 95% of the time.
Closer to empty than I thought he would be at this point in his contract. Statistically, he's gone through a drop off that guys usually experience in their 30s.
But you could say that being squeezed out of the comfort zone by Tyson and Melo makes the situation worse than it really is because he literally plays NO defense and doesn't rebound.
IF HE PLAYED TOUGH D AND GRABBED THE BOARDS! WE'RE NOT HAVING THIS DISCUSSION!
I think it is related to his back. The other factors I am sure have a role in it as well.
Injury. The question is...temporary or permanent?
tj23 wrote:Injury. The question is...temporary or permanent?
Agreed
Amare maybe has to accept the reality that he no longer is the same man physically. Oakley, Kurt Thomas, LJ were all limited in their ability to get high up. But they were players that NY won with.
Bonn1997 wrote:tj23 wrote:Injury. The question is...temporary or permanent?
Agreed
How about denial?
RoyBatty wrote:Amare maybe has to accept the reality that he no longer is the same man physically. Oakley, Kurt Thomas, LJ were all limited in their ability to get high up. But they were players that NY won with.
But they were able to play defense rebound and had some type of post up game.
colombian0725 wrote:RoyBatty wrote:Amare maybe has to accept the reality that he no longer is the same man physically. Oakley, Kurt Thomas, LJ were all limited in their ability to get high up. But they were players that NY won with.
But they were able to play defense rebound and had some type of post up game.
+1
they did not all have a post game but they all could do something to help their respective teams.
CrushAlot wrote:I think it is related to his back. The other factors I am sure have a role in it as well.
I don't know. If you look at his game log last year, his game hit a sharp decline at least a month before the back injury in the playoffs.
Bonn1997 wrote:CrushAlot wrote:I think it is related to his back. The other factors I am sure have a role in it as well.
I don't know. If you look at his game log last year, his game hit a sharp decline at least a month before the back injury in the playoffs.
I think that month-long swoon can certainly be attributed--in part--to the drastic roster shake-up. But his Game 1 against the Celtics was arguably the best he played all year. He was dominant.
Now? It's physical. He's working hard and he's getting the looks but he has zero pop.
Gymkata wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:CrushAlot wrote:I think it is related to his back. The other factors I am sure have a role in it as well.
I don't know. If you look at his game log last year, his game hit a sharp decline at least a month before the back injury in the playoffs.
I think that month-long swoon can certainly be attributed--in part--to the drastic roster shake-up. But his Game 1 against the Celtics was arguably the best he played all year. He was dominant.
Now? It's physical. He's working hard and he's getting the looks but he has zero pop.
Check out the game log. In the first 11 games with Carmelo, he averaged 28 PPG. It wasn't until mid-March that his game sharply declined.
Look at all the 30 (and even one 40) point games after acquiring Melo on 2/23.
http://espn.go.com/nba/player/gamelog/_/...
Bonn1997 wrote:Gymkata wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:CrushAlot wrote:I think it is related to his back. The other factors I am sure have a role in it as well.
I don't know. If you look at his game log last year, his game hit a sharp decline at least a month before the back injury in the playoffs.
I think that month-long swoon can certainly be attributed--in part--to the drastic roster shake-up. But his Game 1 against the Celtics was arguably the best he played all year. He was dominant.
Now? It's physical. He's working hard and he's getting the looks but he has zero pop.
Check out the game log. In the first 11 games with Carmelo, he averaged 28 PPG. It wasn't until mid-March that his game sharply declined.
Look at all the 30 (and even one 40) point games after acquiring Melo on 2/23.
http://espn.go.com/nba/player/gamelog/_/...
Wow Bonn! This almost sounds like a pro Melo comment 
Bonn1997 wrote:Gymkata wrote:Bonn1997 wrote:CrushAlot wrote:I think it is related to his back. The other factors I am sure have a role in it as well.
I don't know. If you look at his game log last year, his game hit a sharp decline at least a month before the back injury in the playoffs.
I think that month-long swoon can certainly be attributed--in part--to the drastic roster shake-up. But his Game 1 against the Celtics was arguably the best he played all year. He was dominant.
Now? It's physical. He's working hard and he's getting the looks but he has zero pop.
Check out the game log. In the first 11 games with Carmelo, he averaged 28 PPG. It wasn't until mid-March that his game sharply declined.
Look at all the 30 (and even one 40) point games after acquiring Melo on 2/23.
http://espn.go.com/nba/player/gamelog/_/...
Okay then. Well, I'm just going to have go with my first thought: gypsy curse.
He raised his siblings on his own. So now one of them is dead, is like having his son dead. Have you ever lost a son or daughter? I lost a daughter. Took me 3 years to get over it. Amar'e is just out of sink and can care less and trying to distract himself when he plays. It's really hard and takes some time. I, like all of you guys, would like him to get back on track instantly, but I know that's not going to happen. I'm just glad we're lucky enough to have Lin to have a semi-breakout season.
