Now I am going to grade Nene against Amare's standard. I give him 8 for speed, 9 for power, 7 for IQ and 7 for Touch. I'll bet Nene isn't spending a lot of time working on his outside shooting. so the fact that he shoots slightly higher than Amare shoots from the foul line (.772% for Amare and 786% for Nene) and also has a significantly higher shooting percentage of .626 versus Amare's .521% indicates that he has to potential to be a good outside shooter if he invests the time to make it happen. (Clearly Amare is shooting more shots away from the basket, than Nene, so ultimately this is a guesstimate based on Nene's potential to improve from the outside.) I also think Nene doesn't get the most from his body. He can learn a great deal hanging arround Amare and Mike D'Antoni.

Anyone else know a center with a high "SPIT" score that they think exceeds Nene's score? If you think I have rated Nene inaccurately I will enthusiastically welcome your corrections.

Vmart wrote:Yes, you are right that is the prototypical D'Antoni center. Playing a PF at center. He has no use for a conventional center and that is why the Knicks are not that great at stopping the opposing teams bigs.

So what we are talking about is having two power forwards playing at the 4 and the 5. That becomes particularly helpful when Amare is on the bench resting, and our offense continues to function well. It also makes it more difficult to double Amare when the other power forward is also a significant threat to score as well.

Rookie wrote:if washington is shopping McGee....i'm gonna be first at the check out counter

McGee would ride the pine just like Moz, Milicic, AR on the Knicks. That is why Blatche is the better player for MDA system. He has range on his shot can help spread the floor away from Amare and he is 6'11 250 skilled player that would excel in MDA system.