Quiggle goes over the top, but the essence of his statements is true.
It's not a secret anymore that I'm an Amar'e hater too, but I don't do it for fun, I do it because I think he's bad for the franchise and doesn't deserve the money.
The fanboyism of Amar'e Stoudemire on this board is beyond ridiculous at times.
The best thing is people come up with constant excuses why he doesn't look like a $100 million player out there....first it was because he had to waste all of his energy on scoring last season so he didn't have anything left to play defense, because he was the only star.
Then it was because of chemistry issues with Melo after the trade with Denver.
Then this season it was because he didn't have a point guard and Chandler was taking his space around the paint away.
It was D'Antoni's bad coaching all the time.
Now it's because he only just came back and it was his first game.
It's always somebody else/ the situation/ the circumstances, never him.
It's quite amusing tbh.
Having said all that, it's not only him who doesn't deserve a max. contract, there are quite a few guys who don't deserve a max contract in the NBA...Joe Johnson just to name another example.