nixluva wrote:Amar'e was coming off of a big season in PHX where he played a lot of games and was a force in the playoffs.

SEASON	 TEAM  GP  GS  MIN   FGM-A     FG%   3PM-A    3P%   FTM-A    FT%   OR   DR   REB  AST  BLK  STL  PF   TO   PTS
'09-'10	 PHX   82  82  34.6  8.6-15.4  .557  0.0-0.1  .167  5.9-7.7  .771  2.8  6.1  8.9  1.0  1.0  0.6  3.4  2.6  23.1
'10-'11	 NY    78  78  36.8  9.5-19.0  .502  0.1-0.3  .435  6.1-7.7  .792  2.5	5.6  8.2  2.6  1.9  0.9	 3.5  3.2  25.3
'11-'12  NY    47  47  32.8  6.7-13.9  .483  0.1-0.4  .238  4.0-5.2  .765  2.3	5.6  7.8  1.1  1.0  0.8	 2.9  2.4  17.5
'12-'13	 NY    29  0   23.5  5.3-9.2   .577  0.0-0.0  .000  3.6-4.5  .808  2.1	2.9  5.0  0.4  0.7  0.3	 3.1  1.7  14.2
'13-'14	 NY    63  19  22.6  4.8-8.7   .558  0.0-0.0  .000  2.2-3.0  .729  1.7	3.2  5.0  0.5  0.6  0.4	 2.5  1.4  11.9

2009-10 Playoffs
G   GS	MP    FG  FGA	FG%   3P   3PA	 3P%  2P   2PA	 2P%   FT  FTA  FT%  ORB  DRB  TRB  AST  STL  BLK  TOV  PF  PTS
16  16  36.5  7.8 14.9  .519  0.0  0.3  .000  7.8  14.7  .528  6.7 8.9  .754  2.9 3.8  6.6  1.1  0.7  1.5  2.5  3.4 22.2

In terms of Amar'e and his efficiency he's been really good except for the injuries. It was asked by some on this forum if we would bring some of his trainers from PHX since they did so well or at least copy the same regimen and instead we did the opposite. MDA used him up and he eventually broke down. It's as if no one on the Knicks ever heard about the concerns PHX had or how they handled him. If anything the Knicks should've used Amar'e a little less and tried to preserve him, but as usual because MDA was looking to win after 2 years of losing, get into the playoffs as per Dolan's directive, there was no attention paid to this critical need.

Now it's Melo who has been driven into the ground. Gotta hope Phil can solve this problem once and for all.

you're nuts if you think d'antoni forced amare to run himself into the ground. amare felt compelled to go freelance for reasons known only to him, and perhaps a few people who could discern what was actually going on. does amare seem like a smart savvy player to you? how about melo? is he smart and savvy?