When Amare first arrived to NY, he was a whole different player than he is now. Don't know if he was just starving for hiw own team, fed off the big city or what, but he was a monster offensively and very active on D. Right now he is mediocre at best offensively and an embarrassment defensively. With the pieces we currently have, we can't afford to have a black hole that destroys any good work we do defensively and can't even score consistently.
I don't know if Amar'e will ever be what he was that first year, but truth is, if Lin shows he can lead this team and his Linsanity was no fluke, then we will probably be a low-post scoring, rebounding machine power forward away from a solid team that can dream of big things. If you can get value for Amar'e now, don't doubt pulling the trigger.
Knicksfan wrote:When Amare first arrived to NY, he was a whole different player than he is now. Don't know if he was just starving for hiw own team, fed off the big city or what, but he was a monster offensively and very active on D. Right now he is mediocre at best offensively and an embarrassment defensively. With the pieces we currently have, we can't afford to have a black hole that destroys any good work we do defensively and can't even score consistently.I don't know if Amar'e will ever be what he was that first year, but truth is, if Lin shows he can lead this team and his Linsanity was no fluke, then we will probably be a low-post scoring, rebounding machine power forward away from a solid team that can dream of big things. If you can get value for Amar'e now, don't doubt pulling the trigger.
If Lin regains linsanity and if we get a low-post scoring rebounding machine, then we can be a solid team?
When you're making comments like that about a team of veterans, it's time for the GM to start over.
Did you read my mind about starting it all over again? ;)
Nah, maybe not the PF monster, but a guy strong defensively, good rebounder and able to score a few down low should do the trick.
Garnett isn't the offensive player he used to be. Yet he still plays great f'n defense. I dont wanna think about Amare at KG's age...
tj23 wrote:Garnett isn't the offensive player he used to be. Yet he still plays great f'n defense. I dont wanna think about Amare at KG's age...
Agreed there, but it seems like every time I watch he is shooting 17-footers and nailing them like they are layups
