CrushAlot wrote:Nalod wrote:infinitilov100 wrote:Nalod wrote:Johnson avged 18.5 pts per last year as 6-8 shooting guard.Amare 17.5 pts.
Both make about 20mm per year. both are the same age.
Johnson has 4 years left, Amare has 3. Johnson has little injury history.
Im not saying Johnson is better. Just saying the contracts suck.
Both teams. Get real.
One's a shooting guard and the other's a power forward. If you want to compare, try Melo against Johnson. Melo's 23.8 pts. That's a better comparison. Melo's contract is still less than Johnson's. 
If you still want to compare them, Johnson has $98 mil left. Amar'e has $65 mil left. 
I said Johnson had one more year. Johnson has $89mm left.
I was not comparing, I was equating that both teams have taken big risks with big deals.
Yeah but Amare was an mvp canidate the previous year and averaged 25 and 8. Johnson had almost identical numbers to last year, 18 and 4 I believe. Both contracts suck but at the time the Hawks signed Johnson to one of the worst contracts in sports. Billy King was in the same bind Donnie Walsh was when your big plan doesn't work out. He went with plan c and traded for Johnson. Amare, if healthy is a much better player. It will be interesting to see if Joe and Deron can mesh in NJ. I think that fit might be harder to make work than Melo Amare. I am sure you have thoughts about it even though you really could care less about the Nets.
Hawks were 40-26 last season. I would expect Johnsons numbers on a good team to not go up that much. I don't know if his numbers were down because he is not as good or his game numbers dropped for the good of the team. I'd prefer Melo's numbers drop if it would help the win total.
Your response was really good. your right, if Amare is healthy he is a better player. His 100mm contract is not insured. His contract from a financial point has a greater potential to be a disaster. I realize money is no object with the "Little Man" but if that was the case Lin should have been retained. He is better than Felton. He took it personal. Petty little man.
You know my point is some of you get really bent out of shape when the knicks get written about with an inaccurate portrait. Are you going to throw up some kind of statement that "i must be a net fan" because I recognize objectively the faults of my team? Ignore the knicks might have some bad contracts? Do we really talk smack about other teams when we are history rich in the same offense many times over?
Hey, we are all excited to see Amare's new toys he added to his game and if the Olympic experience has an effect on Melos game. BTW, for the money Melo is a better player than Johnson.
It all boils down to chemistry for the knicks. The talent is there.