When GOTHAM CITY received word that they will be losing out on KING JAMES, the most coveted of the FREE Agents in the CLASS of 2010, the KNICKS went to PLAN B or should I say PLAN A, as in AMARE .
The 28 year-old Power Forward out of LAKE WALES FLORIDA High SCHOOL received a 5 year $100 million deal from the KNICKS citing his familiarity with Mike D'ANTONI System as the real factor for coming over. The KNICKS already had a sub-par nucleus many observers thought but STAT has made everyone around him better and has his teammates buying in BIG TIME.
That aforementioned nucleus of underrated Small Forward Wilson Chandler out of DePAUL, Free-agent pick-up Point Guard "Everybody Loves Raymond" Felton by way of Charlotte Bobcats, Sharp Shooting Small Forward Danilo Gallinari, and surprising rookie Forward and 2010 2nd round pick Landry Fields of Stanford Red.
Will Take a closer look at the money paid out to those players in 2010-2011:
Amare "STAT" Stoudamire $16,486,611
Ray Felton $7,000,000
Danilo Gallinari $3,304,560
Wilson Chandler $2,130,482
Landry Fields $473,604
Not bad considering they only opened the vault for STOUDAMIRE and it's paying off big dividends for the KNICKS.
Last Night's Thriller in a loss to BOSTON showed The BLUEDUDE that the KNICKS are no one-show pony and that Felton, Gallinari, an Chandler are players the KNICKS can keep to build around STAT. I always thought STAT was a piece guy not a franchise guy. Let me explain:
A PIECE GUY is a puzzle of 3-players in which at least 1 or 2 of them is an ALL-STAR type or all 3 are the Core of the team in which that franchise is building around.
A FRANCHISE GUY is guy an Organization is solely building around him and these guys are usually TOP 10 in the Association guys.
Having seen AMARE never getting a banner in PHOENIX with a nucleus of STAT, NASH, and The Matrix SHAWN MARION, one had to believe that AMARE was only a Piece Guy. Now having seen early in this NBA Season you would have to say AMARE might be that FRANCHISE Guy as he has learned from Phoenix in how to be a leader on and off the floor for this somewhat young and up and coming KNICKS.
Right now I would have to put the KNICKS right there with the BULLS as the 4th or 5th best team in the EAST. But considering where the KNICKERBOCKERS are coming from in recent years that one large step in the right direction.
SPIKE LEE has to be elated that "MSG", MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, is back where it should be and now KNICKS Fans have a shoulder to lean on in that broad shouldered MAN-CHILD from LAKE WALES FLORIDA.
KNICKS lose out on KING JAMES....but STAT...AMARE STOUDAMIRE...is a better fit for the KNICKERBOCKERS the BLUEDUDE explains.
1 comments:
Yo son, I can't even front I started getting comfy with us losing with Amare and I was preparing for a coaching search. Then all of sudden Amare S### on everyone in the ny papers and these cats started balling. The game vs the celtics really let cats know that we are back on our grind! I can't say that we are about be a #1 or #2 seed this year but at least top teams know that if you're gonna scrap with us if you win it better be by split decision. All we need is a lil bit of this here, and a lil bit of Melo there and we good, lol.
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