WHY IS AMARE GETTING A BAD RAP?

"Dario Mobley" wrote on 06/24/2009 07:21:30 AM:

Minnesota made a trade with Washington giving up Randy Foye and Mike Miller for Songalia, Etan Thomas and some other dude name. They are two starters on most teams and now they will be coming off the bench forWashington. If Arenas is okay, Washington will be a lot better. Dang Lebron !!!!!!!!!! What is Cleveland Doing? San Antonio has gotten better with Richard Jefferson and now Washington is getting better? What is Danny Ferry doing?

-----Original Message-----
From: Elgin E Suggs
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 8:55 AM
To: Dario Mobley
Subject: Re:

Washington is trying to make a run dog!!!!They need to with all that money that they have tied up.Is Randy Foye is a two?

"Dario Mobley" wrote on 06/24/2009 08:03:45 AM:

He played point in Minnesota but he is really a combo guard. This gives them flexibility and scoring off the bench and it gives the more pieces for a trade for a big man if they desire to. I think they should have trade Jamison for Stoudamire. Arenas held them hostage and made them sign Jamison to an extension and then Arenas never got healthy. That played them. They could have signed Rasheed or Boozer this year if it was not for that.

Brendan Haywood
Jamison
Butler
Stevenson
Arenas
Foye
Miller
Nick Young
Blache

They need a scorer in the post. Amare maybe?

-----Original Message-----
From: Elgin E Suggs
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 9:13 AM
To: Dario Mobley
Subject: RE:

Dog, if they get Amare (who like to shoot jumpers like Jamison by the way)...they would be VERY dangerous...but they would lose something...i betthey will packaged butler or arenas in a deal..for who though? Is Amare a free agent? If not...maybe Amare... but then phoenix won't have nothing...i can't see them rebuilding after being so close the last few years...will they?


"Dario Mobley" wrote on 06/24/2009 07:21:30 AM:

Well, Amare is a very different player then Jamison. Amare attacks the basket a lot more than Jamison as evident by his 7.9 career Free Throw attempts compared to Jamison's 4.9 attempts per game. (See how I use the stats to support my opinions). Amare's "perceived" problem is he does not put the effort on the boards and his defense. The dude has a career 8.9 rebound average supposedly not trying so what would he get if he tried? Oh and by the way, the dude that was the first pick that year, Yao Ming, only averages 9.3 boards for his career. He is also 7'6 and averages 1.9 blocks for his career but you never hear people talking about Yao's defense or rebounding. Also, Jamison does not defend well and he really doesn't offer spacing because he plays on the perimeter. Arenas is the focus of the offense when Butler is there best player. At least Amare will play on the post on at least the mid-post as oppose to Jamison and that would be a more balanced and spaced offense.

Phoenix is looking to dump Amare for two reasons. The first is that they are trying to save money as evident by trading and selling there draft picks the last few years. They traded Rondo to Boston two years ago for Cleveland 2007 (Boston owned that pick)draft pick and cash considerations. They also traded Sergio Rodrigez to Portland in 2006. Also, Amare has also stated that he will opt out after next year so they want to get something for him. The Wizards are not going to offer Arenas. However, I did hear that Phoenix has asked for Butler in an Amare trade and the Wizards said no.

Back to Amare though......

The dude obviously have talent and people like you (I fear you are just talking and looking at sportscenter) say he is limited but how is he going to post up with Phoenix pushing an undersized T-shirt superstar who should be a second tier player? On that note, do you realize that Shawn Marion, Joe Johnson and now Amare Stoudamire will have all left Phoenix? What's up with that? Are they really selfish or is it something else going on there with management, Nash or something? (See How I hit you with that observation that lame Wilbon, Jon Barry or any other analyst don't think about). THAT WILL BE THREE ALL-STARS WHO WANTED TO LEAVE PHOENIX AND LEFT IN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS. DIAW AND BARBOSA LEFT LAST YEAR. WHY KEEP A 35 YEAR OLD POINT GUARD WHO CAN'T CARRY A TEAM OFFENSIVELY AND DOES NOT PLAY DEFENSE? THAT IS CONFUSING TO ME................ Anyhow, How can Amare post up when the philosophy is to shoot the ball in 7 seconds? They say his production is linked to Steve Nash but Amare won the rookie of year without Nash on that team. Was Nash even an All-Star on Dallas? Also, as far as his defense, the system was not built for defense and no one except Raja Bell and Marion played defense in those run and gun years. The dude is strong and athletic. He has the ability to rebound, post up and defend.

Lastly, everyone knows the Phoenix style will never consistently win a championship. Dog, D'Toni think he is fire when Don Nelson(who is a way better coach then him), Doug Moe (Another legendary run and gun coach) never won with that style.

If you put Amare with a dude like Tyson Chandler, Samuel Dalembert, Rasheed Wallace, Varejo, Kendrick Perkins (defender rebounder) who could defend a team with a post player, he would be dominate. Also, how many teams actually have a strong post player that Amare needs to defend?

Your thoughts? (I am not arguing with you by the way. I just trying to show how Amare is not being painted real well by the media)