Rooster wrote:No matter how good Amare is, he's a scorer who doesn't do much else. He occasionally has big shot-blocking performances (the 10-block game comes to mind) but isn't stellar in that regard imo. Marion's an elite rebounder who can force turnovers and still scores enough to get by, more so than Amare's rebounding. I'll take rebounding over scoring, especially when the rebounder is a better defender even if he isn't DPOY-worthy.
Doctor MJ, my comment about Amare getting the max wasn't to say that he didn't deserve that contract, it was to make light of the TD/KG being the only guys thing.
He gets steals and blocks, but he gets lit up by anyone he guards, he can't guard bigs when he is at the 4, and when he slides over and guards whoever Raja isn't guarding, he still gets lit up. Even Amare is blocking a lot of shots right now(2.3 per game IIRC), Marion is a better rebounder, but his whole game falls apart in the playoffs when the pace slows, and he disappears in crunch time, when Amare steps up.
