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Amar'e Formally Agrees To Deal With Knicks
Jul 05, 2010 6:03 PM EST
Amar'e Stoudemire and the Knicks have agreed to a contract, sources have confirmed to multiple outlets including Alan Hahn of Newsday and David Aldridge of NBA.com.
The deal will be worth $100 million over five seasons.
After the two sides commenced official negotiations Monday it did not take long for New York to make its offer and for Stoudemire to accept, with a final meeting Monday afternoon between Stoudemire and the team's ownership group, led by James Dolan, making it official.
If I may borrow from another poster...
can EVERY ONE
please
stop with the injury prone crap
since that knee injury dude has missed only 3 games to injuries in 4 seasons
other than the 20 or so he missed because he nearly lost an eye, which has nothing to do with fragility just misfortune.
2 seasons after that knee injury he averaged 25.2 ppg 9.1 reb and 2.1 blks in 34 mins shooting 59 percent from the field
that was the last season he played for Mike D.
now if you dont want 25 - 9 - 2 - 590 then you are a sorry excuse for a knicks fan
good job donnie, way to land a great big on the dawn of free agency.
im pumped
why arent all of you ?
Oh' and...
oh and i high light
2.1 blocks per game his last season with Mike D
1.1 and 1.0 since Mike D left the suns
its quitefunny how a big man playing for mike D played his best defense right before Mike D got shipped out of town.
hmmmm
From Hahn...
Jul 02, 2010 11:21 PM EST
Amar'e Stoudemire, who is nearing an agreement with the Knicks on a maximum-salary free-agent contract, feels that he can bring LeBron James with him to New York.
"He's also texting Tony Parker about teaming up," Alan Hahn of Newsday wrote on his Twitter page.
Hahn maintains that Parker is interested in relocating to New York.
Read more: http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_a...e_can_bring_lebron_to_new_york/#ixzz0scPY40tu
From Steve Kerr...
"But maybe this move for Amar'e will get LeBron's attention," Steve Kerr, the former Phoenix GM, said Saturday by phone. "Who knows if it will? None of us really know what he's going to do. But I'd think he'd look at playing with Amar'e. The thing I love about Amar'e is that he wants to be great and he works at it. He's a competitor and he wants to be a star."
"I'd be concerned about years four and five of a contract because he's had four knee surgeries and microfracture surgery," said Kerr
"But I wouldn't be concerned about the first two, three years."
"Amar'e's not going to be Kevin Garnett, everybody knows that," Kerr said. "But he's improved. He's still not a great defender and he knows that. But he's tried to get better. I think he's learned and grown. He's matured a lot, and we had a good, stable environment for him here...
"Gee, just a point guard and rebounder? That's all?" Kerr said, laughing.
Yeah, nothing major, although this move for Stoudemire certainly is. "After planning for 2010 and making room, the Knicks had to make a splash," Kerr said. "And getting Amar'e is a splash."
But is it big enough to get James' attention?
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b..._paul_lebron_james_tony_pa.html#ixzz0scRLlqFy
There, I threw in a couple negatives for you. Not sure if the stable environment thing was a jab at us, but whatever.
IF he helps attract more good players... then you can't complain.
IF we are stuck with Lee to pair with him... then you can't complain.
It's a win - win baby! Stop complaining.
Amar'e2010 Playoffs Statistics
PPG22.2
RPG6.60
APG1.1
EFF+ 20.25
Born: Nov 16, 1982
Height: 6-10 / 2,08
Weight: 249 lbs. / 112,9 kg.
High School: Cypress Creek (Orlando, FL)
Years Pro: 7
http://www.nba.com/playerfile/amare_stoudemire/bio.html
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