[East Valley Tribune] Stoudemire expecting to see time at center

is that all the have for 5 spot?

 

The Suns are going to have one crazy line up. Each player can drive, run, dish, and finish... scary.

Luckily for Amare, he will only see real competition at center 6 times out of the year (Yao and Shaq), but, of course, he has no chance in those games.

 

He'll only play the position when the Suns' centers are in foul trouble against Shaq and Yao. They'll have other players helping to deny the ball in the first place.

 

I hope he has to play center against Yao. I remember that game last year when Yao was smoking Amare on both sides of the ball.

 

Why is he against it? He is as big as Hakeem was in his prime?

And Hakeem got by on quickness, Amare could be an awesome center if he wanted to.

DD

 

Would Jake Voskhul and Steven Hunter get smoked less?

And while Jake Voskhul or Steven Hunter got smoked, Joe Johnson or Shawn Marion or Quniten Richardson would be sitting on the bench if you play one of those pieces of crap.

I think Amare is the best choice given their current roster.

 

To me, as long as he isn't in foul trouble I like the idea of Yao going against the opposition's main lowpost option, even if they are PFs. Yao's size can really hurt some guys that aren't used to it. And ultimately I hope that he can develop into a lockdown lowpost defender and put him on the good PFs(since there's way more of them than C's) around the league.

But I think JVG is reluctant to do that, so it's good to see the opposition dictate that matchup themselves.

 

Funny.

Amare at center would be good, especially against teams like Denver, Memphis, or Utah that have similar doughnut issues.

The trick is, Yao has shown that he has trouble dealing with quicker guys. He's usually far more likely to get into foul trouble by reacting late to guys like Amare.

Evan

 

YAO is going to tear him a new ....

 

Then again, most players have trouble dealing with supertall Yao that's
getting stronger and stronger

Seriously, Yao had an edge over Amare in previous match-ups. Make no
mistake. They went against each other many times. Amare in particular
had some grudge against Yao.

 

This issue with Yao is getting way overplayed. It's true that Yao occasionally have shown problems dealing with smaller guys. But that's only because we expect him to dominate all the time. When Yao scores at will smaller, quicker players most of the time, you don't take notice because it's expected. Yet the few games when someone like Najera or Grant messes Yao up, it becomes overblown.

Amare has shown that he can't stop Yao on either side of the court, and that he can only match Yao in production by jacking up twice the number of shots. I wouldn't worry about him at all.

 

Amare is faster than Yao, no question asked. Other than that...well I think that's it. Yao is the superior player, if only they can play together...Amare is the perfect complement to Yao at the PF...too bad there doesn't seem to be much chemistry between them I_I O_ O

 

Hakeem was listed as 7 feet, but was really like 6'10". Amare is listed at 6'10", but is really more like 6'8".

 

amare is 6'9"

hakeem might not have even been 6'10" he could have been less than that

 

....and then there's the fact that he's not on the Rockets and doesn't really have a chance of landing here.

 

Amare is not Hakeem.....no one is....or will be....

 

Even if he was something like 8-26 from the floor against Yao last year (while Yao made 73% of his field goal attempt), his two dunks against Yao made the SportsCenter highlight and made people believe that he owned Yao in that game (which was the other way around).

I am certain that Amare has made up his mind that if he goes 5-30 against Yao and all 5 of those made shots are dunks, he will believe that he has outplayed Yao.

 

Who exactly plays the 4 slot when Amare plays the 5? Even a guy like Juwan Howard would eat Shawn Marion alive in the post.

HotRocket- Amare knows how to pass??

Suns now aren't much different than the Suns of the mid90s. Donut in the middle.

 

Well I don't know about that. Marion is pretty strong. And Howard hasn't eaten anybody alive in a few years. I think Marion could handle about half of the starting 4s in the league.