So this isn't a joke!
No.
Kurt Thomas an all star, now the lunacy of this section of the forum has forced me to respond.
While you are doing that please respond to these nutty, impossible happenings:
Steve Nash becomes MVP
Undrafted Brad Miller becomes a 2-time all-star
CBA refugee John Starks becomes an all-star
CBA refugee Anthony Mason becomes an all-star
Give me a minute, and I'll come up with about a dozen more lunatic occurences.
Did anyone else notice that Stephon was number 3 in assists behind Brevin Knight and the "MVP" Steve Nash
Nash averaged 11.5, 3.4 more than Stephon's 8.1. That is quite a margin. Marury is a better passer than he is given credit for, you are correct about that.
and who do you guys think was getting most of Marbury's passes?
And...?
My second point is this Kurt was the only big man on the Knicks who could score and rebound consistently and he couldn't even become a all-star in the east after years of playing in NY.
Okay, but KT has put up pretty good numbers:
Kurt Thomas:
CAREER AVERAGES
REBOUNDS PER GAME
YEAR TEAM G GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
95-96 MIA 74 42 22.4 .501 .000 .663 1.6 4.3 5.9 .6 .64 .49 1.32 3.70 9.0
96-97 MIA 18 9 20.8 .371 .000 .761 1.7 4.2 5.9 .5 .67 .50 1.39 3.70 6.3
96-97 -- 18 9 20.8 .371 .000 .761 1.7 4.2 5.9 .5 .67 .50 1.39 3.70 6.3
97-98 DAL 5 0 14.6 .378 .000 1.000 1.6 3.2 4.8 .6 .20 .00 2.00 3.80 7.4
98-99 NYK 50 44 23.6 .462 .000 .611 1.6 4.1 5.7 1.1 .90 .34 1.46 3.20 8.1
99-00 NYK 80 21 24.6 .505 .333 .781 1.8 4.5 6.3 1.0 .64 .53 1.31 3.50 8.0
00-01 NYK 77 29 27.6 .511 .333 .814 2.2 4.5 6.7 .8 .79 .90 1.29 3.70 10.4
01-02 NYK 82 82 33.8 .494 .167 .815 2.6 6.5 9.1 1.1 .87 .96 1.87 4.20 13.9
02-03 NYK 81 81 31.8 .483 .667 .750 2.0 5.9 7.9 2.0 1.00 1.20 1.70 4.20 14.0
03-04 NYK 80 75 31.9 .473 .000 .835 1.8 6.5 8.3 1.9 .70 1.00 1.65 3.70 11.1
04-05 NYK 80 80 35.7 .471 .500 .786 2.1 8.3 10.4 2.0 .88 .99 1.24 3.90 11.5
Career 627 463 28.9 .484 .269 .764 2.0 5.6 7.6 1.3 .79 .80 1.49 3.80 10.8
Playoff 48 24 22.0 .442 .000 .725 1.8 4.0 5.8 .6 .60 .56 1.19 3.70 6.5
So since Amare is hurt he's all of a sudden going to throw on his cape and save phoenix from sucking.
The problem is you are using a poor line of reasoning. That is certainly not what I said. My statement is that KT has a perfect chance to put up career numbers in Phoenix, about 18/10. As opposed to when he was with the Knicks, when as you pointed out, he was on the front line essentially by himself playing out of position every night.
And that prediction was before Amare was out. Afterwards, I say that it is possible KT will do even better than I predicted. Whether or not that translates into an all-star bid is really up to the coaches.
That's kind of funny but, it's sad that you guys don't want to face reality.

Whatever...
Kurt was sent to Phoenix only to compliment Amare asking him for any more than that is setting yourself up for dissapointment.
That is fine. Does that mean he cannot put up bigger numbers than he has in the past? The last "compliment to Amare", Joe Johnson, averaged 17.1 points as the number 4 man on the team.
Sorry KT fans but this will not happen
What won't?
oohah
[Edited by - oohah on 10-11-2005 8:06 PM]