He's not playing like a max contract player but I'm thrilled to see that he has some basketball still left. He was looking awful in December and January.

I always knew he had some spunk in him this year, so I am not surprised that he is tearing asses apart in March, but I am relieved.

MarburyAnd1Crossover wrote:The window for Knicks to win with Amar'e is between this year and next season, after this you will have strong drop-off and it will be a fork in the dinner.

I always knew he had some spunk in him this year, so I am not surprised that he is tearing asses apart in March, but I am relieved.

I think he has 2 good seasons left. That 5th year is going to be killer though.

Considering his injury history, I'd hope he'd stay in top form as often as possible. But I also doubt that his window is as small as some predict

AnubisADL wrote:

MarburyAnd1Crossover wrote:The window for Knicks to win with Amar'e is between this year and next season, after this you will have strong drop-off and it will be a fork in the dinner.

I always knew he had some spunk in him this year, so I am not surprised that he is tearing asses apart in March, but I am relieved.

I think he has 2 good seasons left. That 5th year is going to be killer though.

The big thing is that he's 29; next season, 30.

After 30, guy like Amar'e could fall off the face of Planet Mars at any point. I think at 31 he will have a stronger J, so he will come in and drop this for you. If he can develop a killer trey bucket this will extend his life.

GustavBahler wrote:Didn't realize that his numbers have gone up every month, great news. Also great news that Stat's stroke is starting to come back. I was starting to wonder if it was going to this season, or at least in time to make a difference.

I didn't realize how drastic the improvement was either but am relieved to see it.

AnubisADL wrote:

MarburyAnd1Crossover wrote:The window for Knicks to win with Amar'e is between this year and next season, after this you will have strong drop-off and it will be a fork in the dinner.

I always knew he had some spunk in him this year, so I am not surprised that he is tearing asses apart in March, but I am relieved.

I think he has 2 good seasons left. That 5th year is going to be killer though.

But then he becomes a trade chip with such a large expiring deal, yes? (Harsh as it may be.)

Anji wrote:

SupremeCommander wrote:For all of Amar'e's explanations, it's becoming clear he used his back as an excuse to get out of shape. I'm sorry, that 15 extra pounds were not muscle. Now he's in shape.

Considering his injury history, I'd hope he'd stay in top form as often as possible. But I also doubt that his window is as small as some predict

LOL

It maybe true that he is in shape now, but he doesn't have his explosiveness back. I think he still can get most of it back next year with a full offseason of training. Then he can drop another 10 pounds with TC here and finish out his contract right.

You can say that again. He caught a spasm when he tried the reverse dunk and got blocked by the rim. Never saw that happen to Amare before.

GustavBahler wrote:Didn't realize that his numbers have gone up every month, great news. Also great news that Stat's stroke is starting to come back. I was starting to wonder if it was going to this season, or at least in time to make a difference.

That was the case in his last year with Phoenix. He was averaging like 21 a game before the All-Star brak and the shot u to 25 per game in FEB, 27 PPT in March and 26 PPG in April. In 2008-2009, he had a similar progression, going from 21 ppg pre all-star break and jumping up to 23 ppg in February (that season was cut short by injury). Same thing in 2007-2008.

Bonn1997 wrote:

Silverfuel wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:He's not playing like a max contract player but I'm thrilled to see that he has some basketball still left. He was looking awful in December and January.

To me you are a hypocrite. I remember you defending Allan Houston and his max contract for years. That was never a factor for you when evaluating Houston. Now with Amare, you make a thread about his improving FG% and the only point you make is "he is not playing like a max contract player."

That was like ten years ago. I knew less about the game and was wrong then. We've gone over this.

Silverfuel wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:

Silverfuel wrote:

Bonn1997 wrote:He's not playing like a max contract player but I'm thrilled to see that he has some basketball still left. He was looking awful in December and January.

To me you are a hypocrite. I remember you defending Allan Houston and his max contract for years. That was never a factor for you when evaluating Houston. Now with Amare, you make a thread about his improving FG% and the only point you make is "he is not playing like a max contract player."

That was like ten years ago. I knew less about the game and was wrong then. We've gone over this.

Fair enough but you need to keep that in mind when you call people out about Melo/Amare/Lin/MDA. Also keep in mind that just like 10 years ago you were wrong, you could be wrong now as well.