Hands down, the shocker of the night had to be the play of Amare Stoudemire, who finished with 29 points on 14/19 shooting. The basic story is fantastic enough: surgery known to end careers, season starts out rocky, Amare roars back to make the All-Star game. Along the way, he went from freak athlete to well-rounded competitor, spoiled kid to thoughtful adult. During tonight's game, though, Amare looked better than he does during most Suns contests. In the scheme of this year's Phoenix team, Stoudemire spends most of his time down low, drifting out for the occasional jumper. Usually, Steve Nash's absence means failure for Amare. But in the All-Star Game, Stoudemire brought the ball up the court, slashed through the lane, and confidently shot from the outside. Yeah, he was trying a little too hard in the end to walk off with the MVP. Though seeing as he was up against acting point guard Kobe for those honors, you can't blame him for being a little over-assertive.
Stoudemire is not a traditional big man. This was abudantly clear whenever he tried to guard the mighty Dwight Howard in the post. Howard, almost as exposive as Amare ever was, and is the real future of the center position. Apparently, though, there's a lot more in store for Stoudemire. Howard might grow into the next Shaq, but Amare has a good shot at succeeding Karl Malone.
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Amare dosen't need Nash to really show his skills to
put it midly wait until the playoffs, then you're going to really see him in action. he's always had the
good post game and with his agility he's going to be
real tough. Dwight is good and he's also going to be
real tough in the days ahead,i think he really needs
a little team support and he'll get believe me.
The fact is that this was an all-star game, an exhibition, practically choreographed to showcase lots of flashy, over-hyped dunks. Why make such a big fuss over what he did in a non-competitive game? If Nash isn't back by the next game, we'll probably be treated to another glimpse of Armani Studebaker's tendency to fail without Steve Nash.
The fact is that this was an all-star game, an exhibition, practically choreographed to showcase lots of flashy, over-hyped dunks. Why make such a big fuss over what he did in a non-competitive game? If Nash isn't back by the next game, we'll probably be treated to another glimpse of Armani Studebaker's tendency to fail without Steve Nash.
I have to wonder if you have been watching Amare play this year. He has been playing awesome ball! Anytime a team looses their point guard, you will see them struggle to get their game going. The point guard is the driver of team and Nash is the best at what he does, bar none. Give the Suns a break and give Amare his due. He has worked so hard to come back to where he is today. Just watch out for when he gets back to 100%. Kobe will get to see him a few more times before the playoffs. Then we'll see who the real MVP is!