knickscity wrote:tj23 wrote:I dont see why he cant be the same guy we saw just 2 years ago if he recovers correctly and gets some serious time to heal. I'm not saying he will be but I'm not sold that he's lost all his explosiveness either. If the guy can learn to play with his back to the basket and put some more effort up defensively I dont see why he cant have a strong year.
The guys we saw was only for a stretch.
You shouldn't expect that for a whole season.
He needs to accept his Chris Bosh role, collect his check and stop doing dumb **** before and after games.
No offense to Amare, but Chris Bosh has much more skill than him.
He is also longer with great reach, with finesse.
He always had a 17 footer, but he added it from a baseline 3pointer, and has extended his range without falling in love with it.
Always was a better rebounder and defense, it also helps that he has 2 players that can create of the dribble, with role players that space the floor with him.
I am glad Amare is taking lessons from Hakeem but a lot of the errors he makes are fundamentals, BB IQ, and lack of heart.
He needs more to the game to just a DUNK, he showed some explosiveness back last year but far from what we saw during MVP chants.
Amare is suffering from being in between Melo/Tyson Syndrome, lack of athletic forwards that move well, pass the ball, and work cohesively.
He doesn't play well when he isn't the alpha and he dictates majority of the offense about 50% of the plays PRE MELO.
Felton, Wilson Chandler, and Gallo deserve much credit, with the addition of STAT.
Amare >>> David Lee at Center, but at this roster I think Lee >>>> Amare
I hope he comes back much better and last year was mainly just because of his injury that he wasn't able to get in BB shape.
But I think its much more than that, its a bit of EVERYTHING, including age.
I don't see how he can defend Lebron at PF, don't even talk about some of the other guys.
But Lebron will eat him up like Toast, with the ability to do whatever he wants on him.
Amare really needs to work on his foot work, hand eye coordination, to set better screens, PnR more efficiently, and of course BOX OUT.
Running the PnR is totally different when Chandler is in the game or when we don't have athletic G/Fs that can penetrate, athletic, and can shoot.
I really would like to add Anthony Tolliver, he can provide some rebounds, defense, and can hit the wide open 3pointer.
He is versatile, played SF to C his entire NBA career, he has produced when given 20+ minutes.
I think we might have to choose between Tolliver or JJ/Novak though, with roster spots.
