Amare finally addresses lack of explosion / poor play

[johnnywishbone]

BTW, why bring up his brother? His play has been a season long slump, and even he isn't mentioning it?

You said he just put a lot of pressure upon himself. I'm saying compared to the other **** he has had to deal with in his life this is something he can easily overcome.

[Thugger HBC]

BTW, why bring up his brother? His play has been a season long slump, and even he isn't mentioning it?

You said he just put a lot of pressure upon himself. I'm saying compared to the other **** he has had to deal with in his life this is something he can easily overcome.

As he has. Amar'e is basically saying he can turn it on like a switch.

Those other things were setbacks, which yes, they are grand to recover from, but what he is suggesting is different from those.

[johnnywishbone]

BTW, why bring up his brother? His play has been a season long slump, and even he isn't mentioning it?

You said he just put a lot of pressure upon himself. I'm saying compared to the other **** he has had to deal with in his life this is something he can easily overcome.

As he has. Amar'e is basically saying he can turn it on like a switch.

Those other things were setbacks, which yes, they are grand to recover from, but what he is suggesting is different from those.

That's not what he is saying at all. He said that he didn't play basketball for six months and he had trouble finding his rhythm because he wasn't in basketball shape. He added that he tends to play best when the games mean more. But he is not suggesting that the reason he hasn't played well this year is because he left the switch off.

[Nono]

It's amazing that someone paid $18m a year to play basketball can't take proper care of his body. Both Amare and Melo have been looking overweight.

[mildred]

http://www.nypost.com/p/blogs/knicksblog/knicks_stoudemire_says_stay_tuned_RMcyac6WD5mtclHMZ579RO

“Stay tuned,” Stoudemire said after practice Tuesday. “Stay tuned.”

“It’s the lockout, man,” Stoudemire said. “The lockout really, it was to my favor to the point I had time to heal [my back]. But I didn’t have time to play basketball. I didn’t do any basketball at all. I played one game, that was in Miami, that charity game. That was the only time I played full-court basketball. The whole offseason was no up and down for me until I got here and played for training camp.”

“It’s rhythm,” he said. “Whenever you’re away from the game for six months or so, that’s the longest I’ve ever been away from the game of basketball, as far as going up and down and playing. It was definitely a rhythm thing. Now I feel great.”

“Every second half of the year, I’ve got a tendency to turn it up. Because you know how important it is after the All-Star break. Getting that momentum going into the postseason is always very, very key. You want to be playing at your best going into the postseason. It’s going to be an incredible second half of the year for me.”

Uhhh, excuse me, Amare, but did you "turn it up," the second half of last year? Really, I forgot!

Exactly ..... the first thing I thought of when I read what he said. He tailed off immensely from the first half of last year, although that 1st half was pretty impressive. His tail off was excused for him logging huge minutes throughout the 1st half, yet statistics show that his mpg were very similar to his career averages..... yet another excuse ?

In my eyes he broke down in the second half of last year because his knees just couldn't take the punishment of a full season anymore. The back injury that happened at the end of the season was unfortunate and still looks like it lingers in today's Amare. In my eyes his body is breaking down ..... and before all you Amare jockstrap holders get on my case for what I just said, don't put words in my mouth that Amare will be playing in a wheelchair. Amare has lost his explosiveness, he is now a mere mortal on the basketball court. We will see flashes of the old Amare and his supporters will point and say "see", but those flashes will be few and far between.

Hope I'm wrong but this is the way I see it w/o my knick fan bias. I'm keeping it real, not what I want. I may have jumped the gun, but I saw his decline last year when he was teflon, and I was right in hindsight. I trust my eyes, not what these athletes say or what excuses fans make for them

[Thugger HBC]

You said he just put a lot of pressure upon himself. I'm saying compared to the other **** he has had to deal with in his life this is something he can easily overcome.

As he has. Amar'e is basically saying he can turn it on like a switch.

Those other things were setbacks, which yes, they are grand to recover from, but what he is suggesting is different from those.

That's not what he is saying at all. He said that he didn't play basketball for six months and he had trouble finding his rhythm because he wasn't in basketball shape. He added that he tends to play best when the games mean more. But he is not suggesting that the reason he hasn't played well this year is because he left the switch off.

You might need to read the quote again, as there is no other way to interpret it.

“Every second half of the year, I’ve got a tendency to turn it up. Because you know how important it is after the All-Star break. Getting that momentum going into the postseason is always very, very key. You want to be playing at your best going into the postseason. It’s going to be an incredible second half of the year for me.”

The switch has been off because he has struggled in every facet of the game.

But to even remotely suggest that since the games mean more he will AUTOMATICALLY play better is saying he can turn it on like a switch.

[RHODEY]

“Stay tuned,” Stoudemire said after practice Tuesday. “Stay tuned.”

“It’s the lockout, man,” Stoudemire said. “The lockout really, it was to my favor to the point I had time to heal [my back]. But I didn’t have time to play basketball. I didn’t do any basketball at all. I played one game, that was in Miami, that charity game. That was the only time I played full-court basketball. The whole offseason was no up and down for me until I got here and played for training camp.”

“It’s rhythm,” he said. “Whenever you’re away from the game for six months or so, that’s the longest I’ve ever been away from the game of basketball, as far as going up and down and playing. It was definitely a rhythm thing. Now I feel great.”

“Every second half of the year, I’ve got a tendency to turn it up. Because you know how important it is after the All-Star break. Getting that momentum going into the postseason is always very, very key. You want to be playing at your best going into the postseason. It’s going to be an incredible second half of the year for me.”[/quote]





Sounds plausible, if true it's incredibly good news.

[god shammgod]

15 pounds is pretty easy to lose. i'm not sure what he was waiting for if that's all he needed to do.

[RHODEY]

15 pounds is pretty easy to lose. i'm not sure what he was waiting for if that's all he needed to do.

Well that and not playing ball for 7 months ...being away for that long could severely throw off ones timing.

[Besart19]

15 pounds is pretty easy to lose. i'm not sure what he was waiting for if that's all he needed to do.

Here is the reason:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... =1&theater



=> UNWILLINGNESS

[Dunk93]

Cmon amare. How you cook and eat today is how you look and feel tomorrow.

[blumatic]

Ugh. This board never ceases to amaze me. I feel people feel the need to prove Gloom and Doom just to be right as opposed to supporting the team. Some here are faux Knick fans. They get more enjoyment proving a point and predicting disaster than anything else.

#SAD

[blumatic]

15 pounds is pretty easy to lose. i'm not sure what he was waiting for if that's all he needed to do.

Here is the reason:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... =1&theater



=> UNWILLINGNESS

You know Durant ate a hamburger and fries right before the ASG and won MVP. Soooooooooooo. lets not jump into conclusions thinking thats an everyday meal.

[knicksosmoove]

he doesn't need to diet, lol. he's a 6'10, 29-year-old, male, professional athlete, ectomorph/mesomorph. he's already lost a fair amount of weight this season. should be able to get back to 245 no problem just by adding a little bit of cardio.

[Thugger HBC]

15 pounds is pretty easy to lose. i'm not sure what he was waiting for if that's all he needed to do.

Here is the reason:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid= ... =1&theater



=> UNWILLINGNESS

You know Durant ate a hamburger and fries right before the ASG and won MVP. Soooooooooooo. lets not jump into conclusions thinking thats an everyday meal.

Are you counting an ASG with regular season games when Amar'e has struggled mightly?

Better yet, Durant eating a burger and Amar'e eating one is not the same.