JrZyHuStLa wrote:

Gymkata wrote:There was a lot of chatter about STAT being a consolation signing for the Knicks, but of the vaunted free agent class of 2010, has anyone played better than him so far?

he's definitely been the best FA to successfully impact his team so far.

He has a chip on his shoulder - definitely out to prove he is great. We won out on FA - I remember a lot of people being unhappy/unsure of this guy but he is really balling out there.

Panos wrote:Not for nothing, but if STAT keeps beasting like this, and the Knicks keep winning, Stat's gonna be in some MVP conversations...

Check out compared to the "other" best big man in the East:

Amar'e Stoudemire   Dwight Howard
PPG	23.4         22.6
RPG	8.6          11.9
APG	2.5           1.3
SPG	0.8           1.1
BPG	2.1           2.4
FG%	0.507       0.598
FT%	0.762       0.538
MPG	36.2         34.4

He's definitely stacking up.

actually, his many of his per game numbers are better. you posted those from before last night's game:

now it's

24.6 ppg
8.7 rpg
2.4 apg
1 spg
2.0 bpg
0.523 fg%
.767 ft%
36.42 mpg

Alan Hahn wrote: Amar'e Stoudemire earned his second NBA Eastern Conference Player of the Week honor after he averaged 33.3 points and 11.7 rebounds per game and shot 58.8 percent from the floor in the three Knicks wins. The NBA follows a Monday-to-Sunday schedule, so the games that factored in were the Nets (Tuesday), Hornets (Friday) and Raptors (Sunday).
Stoudemire, who earned Player of the Week honors for the week ending Nov. 21, is the first Knick to earn multiple P.O.W. honors in the same season since Patrick Ewing was named three times during the 1992-93 season.
Of course it's very early in December, but let's point out now that Ewing is the last Knick to earn NBA Player of the Month honors (Jan. 1995, his last of five). As for MVP, well, it's been 40 years since the Knicks' only MVP, Willis Reed, in 1969-70.
I'm curious to see how Garden crowd receives Stoudemire tonight against the Timberwolves. Stoudemire has played like a legit MVP candidate, which the Knicks haven't had since Ewing set up office in the paint.
Stoudemire was selected over several star-level nominees, such as LeBron James, who had a huge homecoming performance in Cleveland on Thursday, plus Dwyane Wade and Kevin Garnett.

s3231 wrote:If Amare beasts again tonight, I plan on starting 5 MVP chants at the Garden....true story

It's going to be legen....wait for it.....dary

Bippity10 wrote:

s3231 wrote:If Amare beasts again tonight, I plan on starting 5 MVP chants at the Garden....true story

It's going to be legen....wait for it.....dary

Ha, glad to see someone picked up on it

game showcased the knicks greatest flaw and (new) greatest strength.

flaw-- making scrub team look like rockstars. new strength-- ending the nite with the W.