The 2.5 seasons Joe Johnson played with Amar'e he wasn't an All Star yet! He was an up and coming player but Johnson didn't make his 1st All Star appearance until 2007 when he was in ATL. Johnson avg'd 15.2 ppg in his 3.5 years with the Suns.
Sean Marion was an All Star in 2003, but not in 04. Then 2005, 06, 07. Marion wasn't an All Star in 08 and STAT's last 2 years in PHX Marion wasn't even there. So for STAT's last 3 years with Marion, he wasn't an All Star and hasn't reached that level again.
Shaq was on the downside of his career by the time he came along. Shaq was still effective, but not as dominant as in the past. In fact his slowness was a major factor in why the Suns couldn't go further in the playoffs. It matters whether a player is actually playing at an All Star level. Just having made All Star teams doesn't mean that the player is a perennial All Star of the highest order. Marion sure hasn't been that kind of player and Johnson hadn't reached that level yet. So can we stop with saying Amar'e played with all these All Stars! Nash was the key guy but those teams weren't stacked like the Lakers!!! In fact many of those years those teams were extremely small.
I think Pau is a very good player, but he's not the kind of DOMINANT player that STAT can be and I think many of you are really stretching the truth when talking about Pau. IMO no one fears Pau in the same way they do Amar'e.
If as a team you don't completely focus your defense to stopping Amar'e he'll KILL you! Teams pretty much single cover Pau. Teams practically have to have much of their defense paying attention to Amar'e at all times. COME ON! There's no comparison. All of us saw how dominant at key points Amar'e could be. He led the league in 4th qtr scoring. Pau chips in, but he's not the driving force that Amar'e is.