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I would imagine many of you consider this question sacrilege, but i'm interested in hearing what you think. I came up with a list:
1. Experience in playoffs
2. Chemistry from a season of playing together
3. KG
They don't have this famed 'big man' (other than KG, but then Suns have Amare) that all of us can't stop talking about.
1. While experience is good, their experienced guys, Cassell and Sprewell, are 35 and 34, respectively. What good is experience if you're body is too old/slow/tired up to take advantage of it?
2. Haha, chemistry seems to have dissipated with recent comments by Spree and Sam. In addition, Wally has never gotten along with KG.
3. This can't be argued. He's the best and that's what I see as the difference (kind of obvious, eh!). However, think back to what Amare was like 2 short years ago. Think of how much he's learned in such a short time. It seems to me that with him its not a question of if anymore, it's when, and when may be as soon as the coming year or next.
In addition, when I compare the overall talent level, I'd rather have Amare's supporting cast than KG's supporting cast, but I guess if someone wants to take that up for debate I'd want to hear the counter-argument.
The final point I was thinking about was that while Amare's biggest 'weakness' so far has been inability to pass from the double-team (something KG does exceedingly well), that may be a blessing in disguise. By my account, the reason KG hasn't won it all yet is an inability to get to the free-throw line when it counts. He has a career best of 6.1 attempts per game a couple years ago (dropped to 4.7 in the playoffs) while amare averaged 7.9 as a 21 year old (so far this year, he's around 10). In crunch time, KG gets 2x-teamed, and passes it out for open shots. When Amare gets 2x-teamed, he attacks the hoop and draws a foul. Obviously, Amare needs to develop a knack for passing out of the double-team, but at the same time the natural instinct to attack the hoop is what I think separates him from other PF's who have yet to win it all (Webber, KG).
The point I'm making is that Amare controls the fate of the Suns as soon as this year. If he continues playing as he has (probably next to impossible, but you never know), the Suns could be fighting big dogs THIS YEAR.
FYI, over the last 3 years, only Shaq has avg'd at least 10 fta's per game. If Amare does anything close to that while shooting near the obscene +80% he's been shooting to date, that's 8 points a game from the line! That hasn't happened since AI hit 7.9/game 3 years ago.
1. Experience in playoffs
2. Chemistry from a season of playing together
3. KG
They don't have this famed 'big man' (other than KG, but then Suns have Amare) that all of us can't stop talking about.
1. While experience is good, their experienced guys, Cassell and Sprewell, are 35 and 34, respectively. What good is experience if you're body is too old/slow/tired up to take advantage of it?
2. Haha, chemistry seems to have dissipated with recent comments by Spree and Sam. In addition, Wally has never gotten along with KG.
3. This can't be argued. He's the best and that's what I see as the difference (kind of obvious, eh!). However, think back to what Amare was like 2 short years ago. Think of how much he's learned in such a short time. It seems to me that with him its not a question of if anymore, it's when, and when may be as soon as the coming year or next.
In addition, when I compare the overall talent level, I'd rather have Amare's supporting cast than KG's supporting cast, but I guess if someone wants to take that up for debate I'd want to hear the counter-argument.
The final point I was thinking about was that while Amare's biggest 'weakness' so far has been inability to pass from the double-team (something KG does exceedingly well), that may be a blessing in disguise. By my account, the reason KG hasn't won it all yet is an inability to get to the free-throw line when it counts. He has a career best of 6.1 attempts per game a couple years ago (dropped to 4.7 in the playoffs) while amare averaged 7.9 as a 21 year old (so far this year, he's around 10). In crunch time, KG gets 2x-teamed, and passes it out for open shots. When Amare gets 2x-teamed, he attacks the hoop and draws a foul. Obviously, Amare needs to develop a knack for passing out of the double-team, but at the same time the natural instinct to attack the hoop is what I think separates him from other PF's who have yet to win it all (Webber, KG).
The point I'm making is that Amare controls the fate of the Suns as soon as this year. If he continues playing as he has (probably next to impossible, but you never know), the Suns could be fighting big dogs THIS YEAR.
FYI, over the last 3 years, only Shaq has avg'd at least 10 fta's per game. If Amare does anything close to that while shooting near the obscene +80% he's been shooting to date, that's 8 points a game from the line! That hasn't happened since AI hit 7.9/game 3 years ago.
