Someone needs to put STAT in his place

[enigmatics]

Anyone else getting tired of watching Amare continue to make comments questioning everything and everybody, but himself? It makes me sick. We're talking about a guy who at this stage in his career still doesn't know how to box out. He's a whiny maggot who's inflated ego is going to continue to prove to be the reason for his chronic underachievement. Mike D'Antoni wasn't responsible for his disappearance and it's blatantly obvious how jealous he was that he didn't get the amount of touches Boris did down the stretch.

[toucansma]

Yeah I wish he would just step up and say I didn't do enough for the team. I made too many mental mistakes, etc., etc. I wish he would also backup D'Antoni. The guy has gone to bat for Amare so long through all the lows, and Amare can't even support him.

[swishjr42]

Relax Dude ....Amare is still the 3rd best PF in the league, behing Duncan and KG....CLearly though he has to learn to play good D w/o fouling, must become a much better rebounder, and he has to stop complaining after every foul....Even with all these deificiencies he is still a top 10 player in the league

[enigmatics]

Relax Dude ....Amare is still the 3rd best PF in the league, behing Duncan and KG....CLearly though he has to learn to play good D w/o fouling, must become a much better rebounder, and he has to stop complaining after every foul....Even with all these deificiencies he is still a top 10 player in the league

Correction: He's still a top 10 scorer in this league ........but that's it. Tell you what though, without the breaking offense, he looked utterly lost and useless on the court. The rest of his game is serverly lacking and his basketball IQ and recognition is one of the lowest I've seen for an NBA Superstar.

[rsavaj]

I do wish he's shut up. Problem is that he's good, really good, and he KNOWS it, but he does have an over-inflated sense of self-worth.

We need him to play D if we're going to win anything anytime soon.

[Stix]

It really suprises me how you can bash STAT for not playing good D, and not Nash for not playing ANY D. At least STAT can match whoever he is defending in points.

Some people just don't make any sense.

[Stix]

If defense is the scapegoat here, then Steve Nash is just as guilty.

[toucansma]

I am just mad he won't say anything positive about D'Antoni

[enigmatics]

It really suprises me how you can bash STAT for not playing good D, and not Nash for not playing ANY D. At least STAT can match whoever he is defending in points.

Some people just don't make any sense.

Steve Nash doesn't openly make hypocritical statements and certainly doesn't display the ego STAT puts on display for us. It's funny how STAT has all the answers and yet he STILL disappears in big game moments.

[rsavaj]

It really suprises me how you can bash STAT for not playing good D, and not Nash for not playing ANY D. At least STAT can match whoever he is defending in points.

Some people just don't make any sense.

Nash has accepted responsibility for the loss, while all Amare has done is promote himself shamelessly and call out D'Antoni's system instead of stepping up his play.

[mkot]

Honestly, I don't know wtf to read or to believe and I don't have the time and spirit to think twice, but F Amare after those comments.

I'm not saying I'm 100 percent for bringing back Mike but honestly how full of yourself do you have to be to be saying that sh*t. He needs to watch how other stars in this league play. He's been with Nash for 4 years now and he hasn't learn a thing. Effort all the time not when they are getting spoon fed on the pick and roll. Boris busted his ass these last few games chasing around parker and then being the focal point on the offense and he's jealous. Is that why he played like he doesn't care? Whether we get a new coach or not, Amare needs to shut up and play harder and not just on offense.

[Stix]

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Steve Nash doesn't openly make hypocritical statements and certainly doesn't display the ego STAT puts on display for us. It's funny how STAT has all the answers and yet he STILL disappears in big game moments.

Maybe if they throw him the ball instead of Diaw he would SHOW UP instead of passing it out of bounds, or like Nash, turning the ball over 4 times. Maybe out of those 5 lost possessions (WHICH AREN'T STOUDEMIRES FAULT) He would have been given an opportunity... You can't make shots unless you got the ball.

[enigmatics]

Honestly, I don't know wtf to read or to believe and I don't have the time and spirit to think twice, but F Amare after those comments.

I'm not saying I'm 100 percent for bringing back Mike but honestly how full of yourself do you have to be to be saying that sh*t. He needs to watch how other stars in this league play. He's been with Nash for 4 years now and he hasn't learn a thing. Effort all the time not when they are getting spoon fed on the pick and roll. Boris busted his ass these last few games chasing around parker and then being the focal point on the offense and he's jealous. Is that why he played like he doesn't care? Whether we get a new coach or not, Amare needs to shut up and play harder and not just on offense.

Doesn't it make you angry? Especially given how much D'Antoni has stuck his neck out for Amare. This guy just doesn't get it. I'm sorry, he doesn't. And to think he's questioning whether he should've gotten the ball in crunch time. What in God's name has he done to show us that he can handle that? The guy disappeared in the 2nd half of nearly every game this series.

[mkot]

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Maybe if they throw him the ball instead of Diaw he would SHOW UP instead of passing it out of bounds, or like Nash, turning the ball over 4 times.

Yeah right

Amare isn't a natural post player in the sense that he doesn't have great court awareness from the post. I don't doubt he could dominate Finley with his back to the basket 1on1, but the Spurs know he's not going to adjust and pass it out when they collapse. Most likely, he's going to go into 2-3 defenders and try and force the shot. Boris, on the other hand, is a natural passer and always finds the open man when a second defender commits. Thats why he's killing in the post and we keep going to him whereas Amare couldn't get more than 1 score out of posting Finley.

And did I say Boris is playing hard on defense chasing Parker around on the perimeter while also playing solid on Duncan? He is a much more instinctive and fundamental post defender than Amare will ever be. I'd reward Boris the ball 10 times out of 10 just by him playing hard on D.

[enigmatics]

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Maybe if they throw him the ball instead of Diaw he would SHOW UP instead of passing it out of bounds, or like Nash, turning the ball over 4 times. Maybe out of those 5 lost possessions (WHICH AREN'T STOUDEMIRES FAULT) He would have been given an opportunity... You can't make shots unless you got the ball.

Brotha, Amare had plenty of opportunity aside from those 4 possessions. He's done nothing in other big game situations where he's had the ball. The fact is the guy is showing himself to be nearly useless unless he's getting the ball off the PnR ...... not to mention he gets completely disinterested. Have you ever seen Tim Duncan get disinterested when his team knows it needs to exploit a mismatch? Never.

[rsavaj]

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Maybe if they throw him the ball instead of Diaw he would SHOW UP instead of passing it out of bounds, or like Nash, turning the ball over 4 times. Maybe out of those 5 lost possessions (WHICH AREN'T STOUDEMIRES FAULT) He would have been given an opportunity... You can't make shots unless you got the ball.

Diaw carried us in Games 4 and 5....he had a ridiculously stupid TO at the end, but we wouldn't have had a chance without him.

[enigmatics]

No doubt MKOT.

Boris's effort on defense this last game, playing both Duncan and Parker effectively is something Amare can only dream of. Between the low bball IQ and lack of focus/committment, it's not likely to happen anytime soon.

[mkot]

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Doesn't it make you angry? Especially given how much D'Antoni has stuck his neck out for Amare.

My thought as well.

[toucansma]

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My thought as well.

Thank you both of you! Amare needs to stick his neck out once in awhile!

[NYKBaller]

what he say?