Ama're Stoudemire Accepts Sixth Man Role

[Graviton]

Knicks paying 19 million for a bench player, genius.

NBA contracts are so retarded, a guy can have 1 okay season and statpad, then he can get a 5 year 100 million deal and play like a scrub yet still get payed like a superstar. Can't even blame the owners because it's the system, if one owner doesn't overpay another will. So it creates a market of scared owners that throw money away just to stay competitive. There should be an amnesty option every 2 seasons to motivate players.

[All Net]

Perfect! Exactly what the Lakers need.

[Rubio2Gasol]

[QUOTE=Graviton]Knicks paying 19 million for a bench player, genius.

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Wouldn't you rather Gibson start over Boozer?

[nightprowler10]

Wouldn't you rather Gibson start over Boozer?

Touche.

[Eric Cartman]

Knicks paying 19 million for a bench player, genius.

NBA contracts are so retarded, a guy can have 1 okay season and statpad, then he can get a 5 year 100 million deal and play like a scrub yet still get payed like a superstar. Can't even blame the owners because it's the system, if one owner doesn't overpay another will. So it creates a market of scared owners that throw money away just to stay competitive. There should be an amnesty option every 2 seasons to motivate players.

Although i do have to say he is possibly the worst defender in the league for his position, he is an incredibly dominant scorer at this very moment. Sure he isn't worth 100 million only a handful of guys in the league are, but let's not act like he is Rashard Lewis or Mark Madsen.

[NumberSix]

Awesome.

[blablabla]

he's still gonna have to play with melo whether he's starting or coming off the bench
but i see tyson getting less minutes especially if he continues playing like this
with melo and stat playing c and pf

[Whoah10115]

What does that even mean?

That means you don't build a team around Carmelo and Amare.

[Whoah10115]

It's stupid to think Amare can't play because he and Anthony play in the same area or whatever that means. I've seen Anthony play with Camby and Nene in Denver. We can't play him with Amare and Chandler?


If we get Ryan Anderson, that's the key? The issue is they don't fit together because of the kinds of players they are. If Chauncey had stayed, that would have been the difference. Now we have Jason Kidd and are running 2 PG's. If there is a time for it to work, then it's now.

Bad move by the Knicks.
Melo at power forward is too physically demanding on him.
This isn't going to work.
Amare needs to start. The only thing is that if he doesn't start, Amare should play 35 minutes per game.
After this season, Amare becomes more tradeable, since he will only have 2 years left on his deal.

You're right, but no one is listening.

[DuMa]

thats ridiculous. A'm'a're cant play a 6th man role

[niko]

thats ridiculous. A'm'a're cant play a 6th man role

Why not?

[iDunk]

I want Amare in a Carl Landry role. 25-30 minutes off the bench.

[Y2Gezee]

It's stupid to think Amare can't play because he and Anthony play in the same area or whatever that means. I've seen Anthony play with Camby and Nene in Denver. We can't play him with Amare and Chandler?


If we get Ryan Anderson, that's the key? The issue is they don't fit together because of the kinds of players they are. If Chauncey had stayed, that would have been the difference. Now we have Jason Kidd and are running 2 PG's. If there is a time for it to work, then it's now.






You're right, but no one is listening.

He played, scored well and won with Nene, Camby, AND Kenyon Martin (a player very similar to Amare on the offensive end)....PLUS AI running around dominating the ball as he playing began himself out of the NBA. He can do it, doesn't mean that's what's best for the team.

Anyways. The lineup of Felton/Kidd/Brewer/Melo/Tyson fits very well together. It is most successful starting lineup in the NBA, because they can play defense at all 5 positions, specifically Melo who can defend the pf position (even if it's a legit pf), and rebound the position while giving the Knicks a huge offensive advantage. Meanwhile, when either one of Tyson or Melo go to the bench, the team struggles and is currently searching for the right player to back them both up with Rasheed Wallace and even played Chris Copeland....that's where Amare is needed.

So you have the most successful starting lineup. Add Amare to the bench with JR Smith/Iman Shumpert/Novak/Wallace/Camby/Prigioni and you cement the fact that you have the best, most well rounded bench in the NBA. I mean that team off the bench could be as good as the starting lineup for the Knicks in 2010 when they were "reborn" . That's where the games will really be won. They're going to blow teams out of the water (especially weaker teams). They're going to limit minutes for everyone as well, which will keep them fresh for the post season.

[Whoah10115]

I'm not gonna get over how terrible and ridiculous this is.


We amnestied Billups to get Chandler, but to preserve having the two stars. There's one season where they're both oft-injured and neither one plays well (yet somehow Carmelo makes an All-NBA Team) and now Amare is out?


Make fun of Amare's rebounding all you want. He's not bad. He's always around 9 and never playing crazy minutes. But more importantly, even 8RPG is more than 7. 7 is more than the 5.8 per36 that Brewer gets us. That kind of rebounding helps Chandler rebound. We cannot win with this rebounding. This is the sort of issue that can keep us in the 1st round. We're gonna max Amare to come off the bench, when the whole idea was to sacrifice everybody to have these two guys work together...just so our rebounding can suck?

[Y2Gezee]

I'm not gonna get over how terrible and ridiculous this is.


We amnestied Billups to get Chandler, but to preserve having the two stars. There's one season where they're both oft-injured and neither one plays well (yet somehow Carmelo makes an All-NBA Team) and now Amare is out?


Make fun of Amare's rebounding all you want. He's not bad. He's always around 9 and never playing crazy minutes. But more importantly, even 8RPG is more than 7. 7 is more than the 5.8 per36 that Brewer gets us. That kind of rebounding helps Chandler rebound. We cannot win with this rebounding. This is the sort of issue that can keep us in the 1st round. We're gonna max Amare to come off the bench, when the whole idea was to sacrifice everybody to have these two guys work together...just so our rebounding can suck?

He can't rebound off the bench?


He's going to be playing close to 30 minutes a game off the bench or starting. He damn well better rebound