Amare:C+
Amare passed up an open jumper inside the top of the circle at the end and gave Nash the ball with no time on the clock. I was disappointed in amares game last night. He didnt succeed in establishing position for an entry pass, even against smaller players. He passed up open shots with time winding down, and of course he missed critical foul shots at the end.
The question is whether Amare is too ******** mentally to learn how to do it properly, or whether we don't work on it in practices and games enough to make him learn it?
As to passed up shots, wasn't it one of Amare-haters gripes against him that he forced too many shots just to boast him stats numbers? He obliged, just like Diaw obliged to the pressure of shooting more under the basket, then you guys blame him for passing it up? Can he do anything right?
The source problem to our fall in the last minutes was, simple and square, Spurs had Nash figured out. His dribbling around with Amare picks or not doesn't open up any space for "open" shots. For what is defined as "open" normally for Suns players, Amare's look was not that open. The players were indoctrinated to TRUST Nash and thus not really prepared for what to do in case Nash's fails, which has become the norm in closing minutes against the Spurs. Just watch the points we scored there, you had to give it to Nash that he would find the minimal gap to deliver a pass, and give it to Amare that he could fetch them and score with them. But it is high risk endeavor, and surely enough we were punished with the two turnovers by Nash and forced last-sec. shots, you were blaming on Amare.
The only solution is to diversify the offense to make it a little less predictable. This might solve both of those criticism you put on Amare in your post.
