Amare finally addresses lack of explosion / poor play

[blumatic]

Oh and he has a professional chef. His possible to make healthy fried food. Its not exactly a bucket of KFC he's showing.

[Thugger HBC]

Most of us. Really? Get a grip, dude.

So you think a guy who hasn't played any form of basketball in 7 months would be in basketball shape?

He blamed his poor performance on the lockout himself.

I think Amar'e is in the top 1% of 1% of 1% of human beings ever born in this history of the planet Earth in terms of fitness.

If you and "most of us" would like to suggest that eating a gourmet meal of approximately, what?, 800 calories is contributing to Amar'e being out of "basketball shape" then good for you and good for "most of us." I personally think that's absurd.

But if you'd like to make the argument that Amar'e is returning from 7 months out of hoops (I thought it was 6), then you should talk about that. "Basketball shape" is a bullsh*t term and you're using it loosely to fit your ends. More than "basketball SHAPE," I think "most of us" can agree that Amar'e is just plain old struggling with playing basketball.

If you've looked at my posts I haven't even remotely suggested he has a bad diet.

Amar'e said himself he hasn't played basketball during the entire lockout, except the Miami charity game, which is why I'm saying he isn't in basketball shape.

I think it's absurd that anyone would think a player who hasn't touched a basketball in half a year, would look good on a court, but hey, I'm glad I'm not in that company of thinking.

[knicksosmoove]

i can't really believe people here think a guy who does the physical activity amar'e does should start watching what he eats. you can't really think an NBA basketball player who is at most 15 pounds heavier than he should be ought to be ordering salads.

[makeitstop]

i can't really believe people here think a guy who does the physical activity amar'e does should start watching what he eats. you can't really think an NBA basketball player who is at most 15 pounds heavier than he should be ought to be ordering salads.

It just shows the lengths that some people here will go to in order to tear the man down.

I know Stat isn't your favorite player, but I respect that you're pretty realistic about it and you draw the line when people say crazy sh*t about him. A lot of posters here are just full of hate for the guy for some reason. It's pretty insane when you stop and think about it.

[cgmw]

If you've looked at my posts I haven't even remotely suggested he has a bad diet.

Amar'e said himself he hasn't played basketball during the entire lockout, except the Miami charity game, which is why I'm saying he isn't in basketball shape.

I think it's absurd that anyone would think a player who hasn't touched a basketball in half a year, would look good on a court, but hey, I'm glad I'm not in that company of thinking.

My bad then. I thought you were complaining about his diet, which seems to me like the last thing in the world anyone could complain about.

Taking that much time away from hoops would affect anyone. Who could disagree with that? If you're using "most of us" to describe people who think it takes time for players to get back into a groove after taking 6 months away from basketball, then you can count me in.

If you're saying "most of us" think Amar'e is out of shape physically, then I'm out.

[Thugger HBC]

If you've looked at my posts I haven't even remotely suggested he has a bad diet.

Amar'e said himself he hasn't played basketball during the entire lockout, except the Miami charity game, which is why I'm saying he isn't in basketball shape.

I think it's absurd that anyone would think a player who hasn't touched a basketball in half a year, would look good on a court, but hey, I'm glad I'm not in that company of thinking.

My bad then. I thought you were complaining about his diet, which seems to me like the last thing in the world anyone could complain about.

Taking that much time away from hoops would affect anyone. Who could disagree with that? If you're using "most of us" to describe people who think it takes time for players to get back into a groove after taking 6 months away from basketball, then you can count me in.

If you're saying "most of us" think Amar'e is out of shape physically, then I'm out.

Aite, we're good then because that's where I was with it, prior to another poster putting the facebook photos up, which my comment was that a photo of such wouldn't sit well when you're not playing well.

When I refer to basketball shape, I mean just that......

The running up and down, timing, and agility, proper wind, things like that.

I could care less what he eats, personally I want him to stop talking, and put that energy into his game on the court.

[Clyde_Style]

OK, now that the food wars are over, I think we can summarize it by saying Stat had a back injury, needing to rehab, couldn't play hoops while doing that and was rusty coming back after the lay-off.

My only question is after 35 games does saying you're rusty actually make sense? Do you guys believe he should still need more playing time to get his groove back? I don't know. It just seems like a lot of games to say you're still rusty.

[cgmw]

OK, now that the food wars are over, I think we can summarize it by saying Stat had a back injury, needing to rehab, couldn't play hoops while doing that and was rusty coming back after the lay-off.

My only question is after 35 games does saying you're rusty actually make sense? Do you guys believe he should still need more playing time to get his groove back? I don't know. It just seems like a lot of games to say you're still rusty.

What he SHOULD say is that he takes full responsibility for his poor play and that he's going to work his as$ off to get back to where he needs to be. That's all.

When addressing the media all any Knick need remember is WWJLD. Blaming the lockout and claiming to possess the ability to flip a switch is definitely not something Jeremy Lin would do.

[NYKey]

Won't believe it till he proves it. We'll see how he plays tomorrow and see what kinda "intensity" he'll bring to the court.

[Thugger HBC]

OK, now that the food wars are over, I think we can summarize it by saying Stat had a back injury, needing to rehab, couldn't play hoops while doing that and was rusty coming back after the lay-off.

My only question is after 35 games does saying you're rusty actually make sense? Do you guys believe he should still need more playing time to get his groove back? I don't know. It just seems like a lot of games to say you're still rusty.

Taking away the summer activities, training camp and preseason 30 something games might not be enough.

It's hard to believe though, but if that's what he's saying is the reason, we'll see.

[rayray2]

OK, now that the food wars are over, I think we can summarize it by saying Stat had a back injury, needing to rehab, couldn't play hoops while doing that and was rusty coming back after the lay-off.

My only question is after 35 games does saying you're rusty actually make sense? Do you guys believe he should still need more playing time to get his groove back? I don't know. It just seems like a lot of games to say you're still rusty.

35 games in a condensed schedule isn't really a good gauge of much though. you could probably count the number of practices this team has had this year on one hand and with all the weight he put on he just needs time to get shots so he can fix his jumper. now i hope he just loses the weight altogether but either way it's tough with this schedule.

[Clyde_Style]

OK, now that the food wars are over, I think we can summarize it by saying Stat had a back injury, needing to rehab, couldn't play hoops while doing that and was rusty coming back after the lay-off.

My only question is after 35 games does saying you're rusty actually make sense? Do you guys believe he should still need more playing time to get his groove back? I don't know. It just seems like a lot of games to say you're still rusty.

What he SHOULD say is that he takes full responsibility for his poor play and that he's going to work his as$ off to get back to where he needs to be. That's all.

When addressing the media all any Knick need remember is WWJLD. Blaming the lockout and claiming to possess the ability to flip a switch is definitely not something Jeremy Lin would do.

WWJLD

but actually true

[cgmw]

OK, now that the food wars are over, I think we can summarize it by saying Stat had a back injury, needing to rehab, couldn't play hoops while doing that and was rusty coming back after the lay-off.

My only question is after 35 games does saying you're rusty actually make sense? Do you guys believe he should still need more playing time to get his groove back? I don't know. It just seems like a lot of games to say you're still rusty.

35 games in a condensed schedule isn't really a good gauge of much though. you could probably count the number of practices this team has had this year on one hand and with all the weight he put on he just needs time to get shots so he can fix his jumper. now i hope he just loses the weight altogether but either way it's tough with this schedule.

He's only played 29 games.

Sports physiology question: How does a guy with like 2% body fat drop 15 pounds while playing a full NBA season?

[Clyde_Style]

WWJLD = What Would Jeremy Lin Do?

BJLSS = Because Jeremy Lin Says So

IJLWAWJLII = Its Jeremy Lin's World and We Just Live In It

WJLSG = What Jeremy Lin Says Goes

JLLYLT = Jeremy Lin Love You Long Time

[Clyde_Style]

OK, now that the food wars are over, I think we can summarize it by saying Stat had a back injury, needing to rehab, couldn't play hoops while doing that and was rusty coming back after the lay-off.

My only question is after 35 games does saying you're rusty actually make sense? Do you guys believe he should still need more playing time to get his groove back? I don't know. It just seems like a lot of games to say you're still rusty.

35 games in a condensed schedule isn't really a good gauge of much though. you could probably count the number of practices this team has had this year on one hand and with all the weight he put on he just needs time to get shots so he can fix his jumper. now i hope he just loses the weight altogether but either way it's tough with this schedule.

He's only played 29 games.

Sports physiology question: How does a guy with like 2% body fat drop 15 pounds while playing a full NBA season?

That's easy. He asks Lin to pray for his weight loss and it will be gone the next week.