Lol@ some of you blaming Stoudemires poor production on the court on his brother passing away (R.I.P Hazell). Unless you have not been watching the Knicks because your a time warner cable owner, and just didn't feel like streaming the games at the time being, you would know Amare has been playing like crap ever since the start of the season. His brothers death may be somewhat part of the reason but stat has been playing like this even before that.
ALL EXCUSES ARE DOWN THE DRAIN
- But wait we have no point guard stat needs a point guard
- But wait we had a short pre season & training camp
- But wait he added more weight
- But wait Carmelo is ball hogging
- But wait no ones passing stat the ball
- But wait take it easy on him his brother just passed away
- But wait he needs his old goggles
- But wait he's getting the ball to far from the basket
- But wait they need more chemistry
Seriously what's the next wave of excuses, before some of you realize he's not same player and lost his explosiveness. He has a great PG in Lin, and he's currently in his sweet spots. What will make you understand... how many more times does he have to get blocked, how many more missed defensive assignments, how many more failed rebounds. Even the Die hard Stat fans on this board understand Stat has Slowed down and is not the same player.
Even Dantoni sounds concerned about Stat.
I disagree that he is a human pile of garbage, ill never see him as that the man is classy and never makes excuses for himself.
I'll always cheer on stat and hope he get his bounce back, just for the simple fact we wouldn't be where we are today without him, but thats not stopping me nor should it stop anyone else from pointing out his flaws.
Cheering on a player when he's obviously playing like crap is like, a bad Coach cheering on his players when there playing like crap instead of calling a timeout and Addressing the situation.