sully00 wrote:The I guess you aren't trying to win a championship.
To me Howard and Amare are two different sides of the same coin. Amare is a the championship offensive big man which means you don't need a Kobe with him at the same time you need a defender at the 5 spot so he can play the 4. You need a number one scorer next to Howard but he is the defensive presence you need.
But why do I need a great pg? It is like having a great running back in football, sure it is great for your fantasy team but in reality you just need solid play from the position not dominant play.
While bigs and pgs tend to compliment each other, if you take it apart great big elevates the play of his pg were the great pgs have tendency to hide the weaknesses of their bigs. It works great until it really counts and then Boozer is Boozer and David West is David West and Tim Duncan is Tim Duncan.
Now to be fair both Williams and Paul have the chance to develop into elite scorers who happen to be pgs and you need that but they don't have to be pgs.
Ok, take it easy, I am just not a fan of amare. Simple as that. I understand your points of Point guard not being as important a position as a true big man. And I am not arguing that. Amare has had his injuries, and to me doesn't seem like that dominant big man that can lead you to a championship. Shaq would disagree though.