VIA JARED DUDLEY TWITTER: Amare Back Playing 4 On 4
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thanks. i guess the white guy at the top threw me off. it doesnt look like majerle.
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denial wrote:My comment was in response to the following: "who are 50/50 on staying with their teams. Either you are 100% or you want out." "If you're 50/50". "Telling the world you are 50/50"
He is implying that Amare himself is 50/50 on staying. Amare never said that. he said he thinks there is a 50/50 chance he will be back. amare has always said he wants to come back to phx period.
Im not saying Amare always says things in the most diplomatic way. I'm just saying that it is unfair and inaccurate to say amare wants out or 50% wants out or is only 50% committed.
I think his actions speaks for itself sometime. Like a month or two back when he was flying all over the US telling NY and Washingston that they need a guy like him. It shows that his mind is not 100% with the Suns. If he plays as if he's going to be gone by February, that affects not only his game but the morale of the team.
It's been said before, Amare really needs a PR guy.
Miklo wrote:I completely disagree. Are you saying Yao should start making press releases saying, guess what Rockets fans and all of China, I may never suit up for an NBA game again? You say some things in press releases/interviews, and you talk about other things within the organization. I've said this time and again, if you are an NBA player, just like if you have any other type of job, your communication with the public with regards to your job needs to represent the values your team (employer) wants conveyed to the fans (customers). Every player who goes out there and starts talking some mumbo jumbo, I don't care if they say they want to leave or they think their team won't make a good enough offer, that's just unprofessional.
+1. Exactly what I was thinking.
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lilfishi22 wrote:I think his actions speaks for itself sometime. Like a month or two back when he was flying all over the US telling NY and Washingston that they need a guy like him. It shows that his mind is not 100% with the Suns. If he plays as if he's going to be gone by February, that affects not only his game but the morale of the team.
It's been said before, Amare really needs a PR guy.
So Im curious how you feel about nash always telling canadian press how much he'd love to play in canada and finish his career in canada and that only time will tell if he stays in phx.
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Every time Nash talks about wanting to play in Canada it's always about ending his career there and seeing he how he has no plans to retire yet, it's lip service to the press and a nod to his Canadian background. Even though he says that he always finishes his interviews with a comment about how he loves Phoenix, the fans and is committed to a team that is committed to him.
Amare's radio interviews about wanting to play for the different cities he is interviewed is different since there's so much uncertainty to where he'll end up. How does it make Suns fans and Suns player feel when he says NY is "only a number one jersey away from a championship." It shows resigning with Phoenix is not a priority. The Suns lose a lot of trading and resigning leverage when a player goes campaigning his way out.
Amare's radio interviews about wanting to play for the different cities he is interviewed is different since there's so much uncertainty to where he'll end up. How does it make Suns fans and Suns player feel when he says NY is "only a number one jersey away from a championship." It shows resigning with Phoenix is not a priority. The Suns lose a lot of trading and resigning leverage when a player goes campaigning his way out.
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In all of those interviews Amare always finishes with saying he loves Phoenix and his first priority is to stay in Phoenix and wants to play his whole career in Phoenix , so how is that different from when Nash says it ?? The 50/50 thing is his response to all the trade talk surrounding him all the time. He is not 50/50 about wanting to stay, he says it's 50/50 that he will be back depending on if the team offers him a new contract or trades him. Kerr has stated that the team will not talk contract until they see if he can return to top form.
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realsunsfan wrote:In all of those interviews Amare always finishes with saying he loves Phoenix and his first priority is to stay in Phoenix and wants to play his whole career in Phoenix , so how is that different from when Nash says it ?? The 50/50 thing is his response to all the trade talk surrounding him all the time. He is not 50/50 about wanting to stay, he says it's 50/50 that he will be back depending on if the team offers him a new contract or trades him. Kerr has stated that the team will not talk contract until they see if he can return to top form.
Finally someone is making sense here.
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lilfishi22 wrote:How does it make Suns fans and Suns player feel when he says NY is "only a number one jersey away from a championship."
The same way they should feel when nash says:
"New York, obviously, is our off-season home, so we love the city. It’s a basketball mecca. Mike D’Antoni is there so there’s a lot of attractive variables. And then Toronto, to go back to Canada to play for the home team, so to speak."
lilfishi22 wrote:it's lip service to the press
You're right. In both cases it is exactly that.
lilfishi22 wrote:The Suns lose a lot of trading and resigning leverage when a player goes campaigning his way out.
Now I think you're not very intelligent. The Suns ALREADY lost ALL of their leverage when they showed the league they would do ANYTHING to cut contracts including giving away solid players for nothing. Amare is a pawn in a chess game. His opinion doesnt matter. (smart) GM's will get their best value however they can.
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Stoudemire has bulked up a bit. The guy has always been cut, but I know they were limiting his aerobic activity so maybe they had him working more on the anaerobic side.

On Steve Nash:
G35 wrote:He may run a great offense but I wouldn't choose him over Amare to start a team.
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Sun Scorched wrote:Stoudemire has bulked up a bit. The guy has always been cut, but I know they were limiting his aerobic activity so maybe they had him working more on the anaerobic side.
His speed is his biggest strength. I know he'll be playing some 5 but I don't want to see him too big
*edit - not saying he is barbosa fast or anything. Just "quicker" than most 4's & 5's
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Reporters bugging him about trade rumours in every sort of interview is hardly a press release.
I don't know he could say things differently but all in all he says he loves Phoenix and his team mates, so I'm not bothered about him saying the future is uncertain, that he wants to compete for a championship, that he wants to be paid etc. That is a given.
What bothers me is the big talk about playing tenacious defense, the talk about his legacy and the hall of fame. That's not something you can talk about that's stuff you have to earn on the court. I guess it's just the sports star persona that is very common these days.
Oh well, good to hear they're reporting in early.

I don't know he could say things differently but all in all he says he loves Phoenix and his team mates, so I'm not bothered about him saying the future is uncertain, that he wants to compete for a championship, that he wants to be paid etc. That is a given.
What bothers me is the big talk about playing tenacious defense, the talk about his legacy and the hall of fame. That's not something you can talk about that's stuff you have to earn on the court. I guess it's just the sports star persona that is very common these days.
Oh well, good to hear they're reporting in early.

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Sun Scorched wrote:Stoudemire has bulked up a bit. The guy has always been cut, but I know they were limiting his aerobic activity so maybe they had him working more on the anaerobic side.
i think your retina is detached! he looks really skinny!!!
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inyourface48 wrote:Sun Scorched wrote:Stoudemire has bulked up a bit. The guy has always been cut, but I know they were limiting his aerobic activity so maybe they had him working more on the anaerobic side.
i think your retina is detached! he looks really skinny!!!
he just looked cut and rock solid to me - hard to believe he's been inactive
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