He can absolutely tear up the east this yr. I don't see any other team with any type of answer for him, and if Amare really really wants it and can stay healthy he can have an MVP type of season.

TMS wrote:at least we know he's a hard worker... he's already hitting the gym with asst coaches & Wilson Chandler... meanwhile Eddy Curry's someplace scoffing down hamburgers in places unknown... Amare will likely be named co-captain with Ray Felton... we need those guys to step up & be the leaders this team has lacked for years.

I tell you he can really dominate the east this yr. There really isn't that much strong comp for him to go up against on a night to night basis. There are some solid/good player but not many that are close to his level.

The question is can he be so dominant, have an mvp type of season and put this team on his back to a quality playoff seed.

newyorknewyork wrote:The only real competition that Amare has at the PF spot in the east with KG now in this twilight is Bosh. Other then that there is no real comp for him at PF. Celtics do have a good combination of bigs though with KG, O'neal, Wallace, Perkins. Even if you add in center Dwight Howard that still is only 3 teams.

He can absolutely tear up the east this yr. I don't see any other team with any type of answer for him, and if Amare really really wants it and can stay healthy he can have an MVP type of season.

Carlos Boozer isn't competition at that spot and the combination Bigs in Atlanta and if we're adding centers than Brooke Lopez has to be thrown into the mix? The East is very top heavy compared to the Western Conference but again we'll see how much Amare will be creating on his own without a MVP caliber point guard.

Bonn1997 wrote:I think only Knicks fans would pretend the difference is that huge between Amare and Boozer. If Boozer's putting all-star #s and his team is playing better (and neither is a far fetch IMO), he'll be voted in over Amare.

Let's be honest there's a reason that Amare was higher on the list than Boozer or Lee. Those guys are very good players, just not AS GOOD as Amare. I think here he will have every advantage in that our pace will be higher than most of the other East teams. We WILL win games too and since we haven't won it will be more talked about as the excitement will be back in NY.

Just the fact that it's gonna be a NY player putting up All Star numbers is gonna make his numbers stand out more IMO. Also to me the Bulls were only marginally better than the Knicks. The difference between us and them is that they were solid up the middle at PG/C we didn't have that and it led to being inconsistent from qtr to qtr. Now we will have a very solid 1,4 & 5. Not spectacular but solid. Our fringe players are good enough for any team in the league. Gallo and Chan will be excellent now with our strength up the middle for the 1st time since they've been here. Plus I believe we'll actually be as deep or deeper than the Bulls. We'll have guys like AR, TD, AZ etc. coming off the bench.

nixluva wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:I think only Knicks fans would pretend the difference is that huge between Amare and Boozer. If Boozer's putting all-star #s and his team is playing better (and neither is a far fetch IMO), he'll be voted in over Amare.

Let's be honest there's a reason that Amare was higher on the list than Boozer or Lee. Those guys are very good players, just not AS GOOD as Amare. I think here he will have every advantage in that our pace will be higher than most of the other East teams. We WILL win games too and since we haven't won it will be more talked about as the excitement will be back in NY.

Just the fact that it's gonna be a NY player putting up All Star numbers is gonna make his numbers stand out more IMO. Also to me the Bulls were only marginally better than the Knicks. The difference between us and them is that they were solid up the middle at PG/C we didn't have that and it led to being inconsistent from qtr to qtr. Now we will have a very solid 1,4 & 5. Not spectacular but solid. Our fringe players are good enough for any team in the league. Gallo and Chan will be excellent now with our strength up the middle for the 1st time since they've been here. Plus I believe we'll actually be as deep or deeper than the Bulls. We'll have guys like AR, TD, AZ etc. coming off the bench.

I guess I never saw "the list." I'd say they're just good at different things and overall it's a small edge to Amare.

newyorknewyork wrote:The way I see it, teams like Toronto, Philly, New Jersey, Cleveland(maybe Varejao), Detroit, Pacers, Bobcats, Bucks, Wizards don't have anyone with an answer for Amare.

But do we have an answer for some of the players on those teams?

TMS wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:

TMS wrote:at least we know he's a hard worker... he's already hitting the gym with asst coaches & Wilson Chandler... meanwhile Eddy Curry's someplace scoffing down hamburgers in places unknown... Amare will likely be named co-captain with Ray Felton... we need those guys to step up & be the leaders this team has lacked for years.

I tell you he can really dominate the east this yr. There really isn't that much strong comp for him to go up against on a night to night basis. There are some solid/good player but not many that are close to his level.

The question is can he be so dominant, have an mvp type of season and put this team on his back to a quality playoff seed.

hopefully he can stay healthy... that's the only question anyone would have on him having a great year for us... whether he can put this team on his back w/o a HOF PG to play with remains to be seen tho.

True he doesn't have Nash to take that load of running the team allowing Stoud to just pile up stats without worrying about running the team. At the same time Raymond Felton isn't no slouch when it comes to those type of intangibles. Gallo, Randolph, Chandler, Azubuike, Douglas are no scrubs either.