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I've never heard Tim Duncan, Dirk Nowitzki, LeBron James or Kobe Bryant get sand in their vaginas over not getting MVP consideration. Grow up Duhmare.
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http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/111602
For the second time in a month, Amaré Stoudemire was named the NBA's Western Conference Player of the Week on Monday - which he thinks is nice and all, thank you very much.
But while his primary focus remains pushing the Suns toward that elusive championship, Stoudemire has much loftier goals on the personal side: As in, player of the year, both conferences, as soon as possible.
And with a résumé that's becoming more impressive and a game that's becoming more polished, he doesn't mind taking time to toot his own horn in between all the jumpers, dunks, rebounds and blocks.
"I don't know what it is. I hear everyone's name being mentioned, as far as top players in the league, and my name isn't up there," Stoudemire said after scoring at least 30 points for the sixth time in his past 13 games in Saturday's win over Sacramento. "It definitely hurts.
"I put in the time and the effort and the work to be an elite player and ... my teammates and coaches notice, even if other people don't notice it."
The signs of improvement are everywhere. His once-erratic 18-foot jumper is now one of the safest bets in the Suns' arsenal. His shot-blocking is now at a high level and his return to the power forward position has allowed him to take his dunking fury up a notch after beating his man on the drive.
Stoudemire ranks among the top six in the NBA in scoring (24.3 points, sixth), field goal percentage (.585, fifth) and blocks (2.22, sixth) - numbers that rose after averaging 31.7 points and 11.3 rebounds (he's now at 9.3 for the year) during Phoenix's current four-game winning streak that led to another weekly nod from the league.
The national media sees Stoudemire's numbers and immediately ties it to the arrival of Shaquille O'Neal - who has allowed his protegee to move back to his natural power forward spot - where he won Rookie of the Year honors five years ago. But Phoenix coach Mike D'Antoni says connecting those dots is an injustice to Stoudemire, who won last month's Player of the Week honor while O'Neal was still in street clothes.
"I saw it coming even before (the trade). He was really coming and taking that next step," D'Antoni said. "Amaré was a first-team All-NBA center last year. Now, he has a great jump shot and he's almost unguardable.
"Shaq's presence opens things up even more, yes. But I don't care who's on the floor with him ... I just see him and his game developing to the point where he's just becoming unbelievable."
But on a team with a two-time MVP (Steve Nash) and a world-wide icon (O'Neal), sometimes Stoudemire finds waiting for his own accolades difficult. So he fired his management and publicity representation recently - not the first time he's shaken up his off-the-court team - in the hopes of getting his name into that first breath of NBA mega stars.
Another step forward defensively certainly wouldn't hurt his pleas, although D'Antoni cautions, "His defense is really improving, especially on the perimeter. This is the best I've seen him. Total game - offense, passing, defense - I don't think he's been any better."
So at the ripe old age of 25, Stoudemire feels he just waiting for the world to catch up with him.
"I think I've definitely done things to earn my respect," he said.
"I won Rookie of the Year right out of high school, the first in history to do that. I came back from microfracture (surgery) to be first-team All-NBA - that right there says I'm top five in the league.
"I am the first to give respect to all the great players in the league, from (Kevin) Garnett, to (Tim) Duncan, to Shaq, to Steve, to Kobe (Bryant), and I'm going to keep doing that in the hope that I'll get the same at some point. I'm waiting for my turn."
I've never heard Tim Duncan, Dirk Nowitzki, LeBron James or Kobe Bryant get sand in their vaginas over not getting MVP consideration. Grow up Duhmare.
me, me, me, me, me, me, me wahhhhhhhhhh!
He's a great player. No question. One of the young big men we'll be watching own the league in the next 10 years. But he's also the whiniest, ego driven, self absorbed baby in the League ... well him and Gilbert Arenas. STFU Amare.
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If it were physically possible, that guy would definitely give himself a blow job.
Amare is just picking up where Shawn left off. The Suns just aren't the Suns without a whiny of a player who thinks he deserves to be MVP.
If Amare is wondering why he doesn't get mentioned in the same breath as the league's best players, it's because he's great on only one end of the court. Even Dirk Nowitzki has worked and worked to get to a point to where he's not ING HORRIBLE on defense like Amare is. Dirk will contest shots and he's usually where he's supposed to be.
All you need to know about Amare is from that game against the Pistons: they had a miked up segment with D'Antoni. They show a clip of Rasheed hitting a turnaround jumper over Amare, then seconds later during a timeout, D'Antoni tells him "Don't sweat it. Nobody in the world can guard that shot." Well, that may be true, but Amare didn't do anything at all to contest it. He just stood there like a statue, didn't get his hands up, didn't shuffle his feet, didn't bump him, didn't do anything at all to make the shot harder for Rasheed. And then he's out there in the 4th Quarter padding his stats when his team is down by 30 and screaming his head off after a dunk. Look up at the scoreboard jackass.
They're just being the bigheads they're supposed to be. >_>;
or give himself a rim job.
Amare's a badass....while Shawn Marion was in his own world, Amare has a legitimate beef.
He's having a much better season than Dirk Nowitski had last year, and he's coming off off-season knee surgery that held him back the first couple of months.
amare bashers are sure to use the "amare is stupid" rebuttal since apparently they can't say much else.
Amare deserves MVP consideration, there's no question in my mind. The problem is, he hasn't been playing at his current level all season.
Someone should check Amare's stats since Shaq joined the team... he's playing at a completely different level than everyone else. His overall efficiency per 48 minutes is out-of-this-world.
You can be MVP by giving only 50% effort on the court?
Oh yeah, Steve Nash won 2 of them. Yeah I guess you can win it by only putting forth 50% effort on the court.
And before you mention Dirk, he actually TRIES on defense.
Amare is a bad defender when he's forced to guard guys who are way bigger than him, while playing the entire game out of position. Now that he's not forced to guard centers all the time, his defense isn't a problem.
Amare is a better defender than Dirk Nowitzki.
I'd really like to watch Dirk try to guard Duncan, Al Jefferson, Dwight Howard, etc.
No, he's not.
Dirk at least tries. That's more than can be said of Amare. I like you Xylus, so let's just agree to disagree.I'd really like to watch Dirk try to guard Duncan, Al Jefferson, Dwight Howard, etc.
[QUOTE=Findog]I'm not convinced you guys watch more than a couple Suns games a year, so we can agree to disagree.
No, he's not.
Dirk at least tries. That's more than can be said of Amare. I like you Xylus, so let's just agree to disagree.
It sounds like you've been listening to too many Spurs fans, honestly, the biggest group of Amare haters in NBA fandom.
I've seen enough to know that Amare gets his fair share of blocks because he always goes for the home run and a chance to get on SportsCenter rather than playing good solid positional defense. And I'm convinced you don't watch many Mavs games if you think Dirk is as terrible now as he was five years ago.
If blocks=defense, Amare looks good. Unfortunately blocking 3 shots a game and giving up 30 in the post isn't good defense.
My biggest problem with Amare is his accomplishments don't match his ego. Whereas with Kobe and Shaq, they at least have the notches on the wall to back up the arrogance.
not even close. Dirk isn't great but he at least makes his guy work for his shot. Amare watches his guy plaster him for 30 but makes sure to get one nice block that will get on SportsCenter, then poses to look hard for the cameras.
I don't think that about Dirk, I just think Amare is a better defender than Dirk. :P
Well the Suns sucked a fair amount of back when that was a reality. But Amare still had his 20 points and 2.5 blocks a game, so it's all good for him either way.
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