When you signed you proclaimed, "the Knicks are back" and it gave us hope.
All good things must end, and hopefully begin again. Happy trails.
Once a Knick. Always a Knick.
I always liked Amare he did give it his all. Phoenix were probably right when they only offered him 3 ears considering his bad knees. When i think back in 2010 my hope was that we got Lebron and Bosh/Amare. Amare was a monster in his first year bur predictably his knees gave out and that was it
Thank you Amare for teaching me to only punch a fire extinguisher in case of emergency
Good riddance Amare. Best of luck with your future endeavors away from the Knicks
I'd like to thank Amare for his "feeling good like a hebrew should" comment which was followed by him not playing again for a month and only playing 4 minutes in his return. I now know that if I am feeling good like a Hebrew should, then odds are I feel like shit.
I like Amare, his body failed him, but he had a great work ethic. Loved his first season here.
I'm a Amare basher but I acknowledged the fact he came through like a super hero for that first few months before the Melo trade. After he hurt his back and had the fight with the fire extinguisher he started this downward spiral of cartoonist bullshit.
He's a bully inside. He learned some really good post moves to back that up. Dude can't do anything else. Can't rebound and can play defense even less. He can't pass either. Has zero court awareness. Calls himself a beast. What kinda beat doesn't play defense or rebound?
I'm sad the dude is brought to this cuz of his health, but he's healthy enough to still impact the game if he would stop trying to be black Moses. If he simplified his game and speed trying to overpower and explode on his opponents he would be a better player. He should have done what larry johnson did.
Anyway get the fuck off my team thanks
always liked amar'e.. dude came here because he wanted to be here and he may have been injury-riddled, but when whenever he took the court he played his heart out. hopefully we get a bunch more guys who have his fire and desire.
smackeddog wrote:I like Amare, his body failed him, but he had a great work ethic. Loved his first season here.
yup, this.
Why would Amare agree to a buyout? If the Knicks want to waive him that's one thing, but, why would he agree to give back any of his contract money he is due even if he sits the rest of the season. This isn't going to end well with the Knicks or the fans.
Rookie wrote:Why would Amare agree to a buyout? If the Knicks want to waive him that's one thing, but, why would he agree to give back any of his contract money he is due even if he sits the rest of the season. This isn't going to end well with the Knicks or the fans.
The Knicks will not outright waive him IMO. If he wants to try and sign for a contender, he has to agree to a buyout. Ends well for everybody that way.
Fair criticism- he has always talked a bigger game than he had in him. His contract ends. I wish him luck. He was awesome the first year here, but things fell apart faster than you can drunk while taking a bath in wine!
franco12 wrote:Fair criticism- he has always talked a bigger game than he had in him. His contract ends. I wish him luck. He was awesome the first year here, but things fell apart faster than you can drunk while taking a bath in wine!
Lmfao
If Amare would have had healthy knees, he would go down as one of the best Knicks ever. He works hard and his offensive game has evolved from highlight reel to mid range jumper to being great in the low post. His D is awful on a team concept level but sometimes he can do some good things. Overall not his forte. He is a scorer. That is what he brings to a team.
With what he actually gave to NY, he was overpaid in the last 3 years. It is H20 all over again. Gets a contract based on his past performance and with the hope the knees hold out. In both cases, they did not.
Likable player and I wish he could have stayed healthy.
I think he may be done in the NBA after this year.
SwishAndDish13 wrote:Rookie wrote:Why would Amare agree to a buyout? If the Knicks want to waive him that's one thing, but, why would he agree to give back any of his contract money he is due even if he sits the rest of the season. This isn't going to end well with the Knicks or the fans.
The Knicks will not outright waive him IMO. If he wants to try and sign for a contender, he has to agree to a buyout. Ends well for everybody that way.
Unless i'm getting calls from contenders, why would i except a buy out, then sit by the phone. How is he going to show case what skills he has left..thats a huge risk
Great first year. Thank you for that.
The rest of it was regrettable. I liked his verbal attitude, he just couldn't walk the walk. Take your "beast mode" elsewhere and good luck with that.
Thanks for half a season as a Lebron booby prize.
No thanks for:
the extinguisher,
dribbling off your feet as an art form,
and replacing Marbles for wierdest Knick personal hygeine habit on the internet.
PHX let him walk. Not often franchise players walk. They wanted to reward him but only a 3 years deal.
Dolan had to blow it away. He did. 100mil and no insurance.
To his credit he tried hard. That contract was nuts.
Nalod wrote:
PHX let him walk. Not often franchise players walk. They wanted to reward him but only a 3 years deal.
Dolan had to blow it away. He did. 100mil and no insurance.To his credit he tried hard. That contract was nuts.
So Donnie and MDA hands are clean in this matter?..Dolan needed a pick and roll guy..
holfresh wrote:Nalod wrote:
PHX let him walk. Not often franchise players walk. They wanted to reward him but only a 3 years deal.
Dolan had to blow it away. He did. 100mil and no insurance.To his credit he tried hard. That contract was nuts.
So Donnie and MDA hands are clean in this matter?..Dolan needed a pick and roll guy..
Right, Donnie as per his reputation in building teams in Indy hands out $100 million contracts that are not insured. A guy Dolan basically could no stand and within months ignored him by stepping over him to negotiate the Melo deal gets blame?
In 16 years 8 GM's and 9 coach's and all the while the ignorant starphuch spending stayed constant. So yeah, Lay blame on them all but forget who the boss is?
