Amare a 'top 20 player'???

Yao Ming’s 3 game average against the Lakers this year:
33.7 minutes a game
.548 F/G percentage
2.33 Blocks
10 rebounds
2 assists
18 points

Amare Stoudemire’s 3 game average against the Lakers this year:
31.3 minutes
.324 F/G percentage
.33 blocks
8.3 rebounds
.7 assists
11.3 points

They are right, it's really not close.

 

LOL, I know why they think this.

They look at Yao, and compare him with Shaq himself.

Then they look at Amare, and compare him with Samaki Walker and Robert Horry.

Seriiously though, for LA people, seeing a good C is not that impressive. They assume it's normal to have a C as good as Yao, while they think that having a PF is a rarity. Just like we don't notice the lack of great PG's in the league.

Next year, Yao will be the #2 C, and most probably a top 20 player. But Amare can MAYBE MAYBE say he'll be top 20. That's a little optimistic though.

 

I would have thought Kobe would be on Yao's side since he might want him in the LA jersey in 3-4 years time

-G'day-

 

The way he's playing, Kobe would only need 2 Lakers jerseys, his own, and his own in case the first one tears!

I love how he's shutting everyone the hell up btw.

 

Hmmm I think that the Boston (?) coach also said that Amare could dominate and be a top 10 or even top 5 player in the future.

On the other hand a lot of people said that Yao lacked aggressiveness to be a dominant center.

I guess that Yao did attract doubt and criticism since the draft more than anyone eh?

 

Seriously, how many foreign players in their first year just come in the league and are outright aggresive as rookies?

That's like moving to a new country and thinking you can take some hoes home on your first night out on the town...

 

They are statistically close right now, but Yao shoots so much better, he could run away with it if he would just get a little more aggressive.

Also, I am not sure when they vote on ROY, but if its after the playoffs begin, it will be a non-issue if the Rockets don't get in.

 

It's not even close?
This is just a level below Steph's "Amare is better than KG at 20" and "The difference between the two is the same as comparing Jordan to Elie".......wasn't KG an all-star at 20?

Anyway, top 20?
No disrespect towards Amare, but there's already a better version of him in the league, Kenyon Martin.

 

Sure and that is why the WHOLE Unitied States voted Yao into the All-Star game in his Rookie season. Kobe and Shaq are saying Amare is better because they fear that Yao is going to over take their crown. It is just like the way Shaq trash talks the Kings by calling them "Queens". Do you realy think that Shaq thinks the Kings suck? Shaq and Kobe seem to allways trash talk the ones they fear can over take them as champs.

 

I don't rate Kenyon Martin as an offensive player. I would take Amare over him.

 

Who cares what they think?

 

It is very likely either Sun or Rox cannot make the playoff.
If the ROY is the match between Amare and Yao, then I would say the winner goes to the playoff team.

KH

 

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Top 20?

pf top 10

Dirk Garnnet Weber Duncan Malone Bigben Wallace J.O'Neal
Gasol Howard..............................

 

kh0001 is probably right about ROY. Yao has picked up his game again after hitting the wall and that is a very encouraging sign for us. Everyone will have his own opinion but it doesn't matter at all as long as we keep on winning.

 

Although my view would be considered biased because I am a Rockets fan, I still believe that Yao should win the ROY. He has played absketball non-stop for over two or three years now. He had to adjust to a new culture, adjust to the speed of the NBA game, and most importantly is making a difference on his team.

However, no matter how well Yao does, I have heard an overwhelming response from sports anchors (ESPN, Fox Sports, BDSSP, etc.) that all choose Amare over Yao. The main reasons are that he came out of high school, he has his team in the playoffs, and he has the respect of established veterans in the game. As much as I want to say that is bullsh!t, there really is no argument against it.

If the draft were held again today, I would still choose Yao #1. Its not very often that you get a center that in his rookie season comes in and makes an immediate impact. Especially when everyone (except for a few faithful) expected Yao to take two to three seasons to be effective, little did we know it would only take him 15-20 games.

As for the "Yao is not aggressive" talk, that is not the type of game he grew up playing. But from the point he was at the beginning of the season to now, he has shown alot of aggression. Then again, why all this talk about not showing aggression? Tim Duncan never shows that much aggression, he is also considered a gentle giant, but also one of the top five players. I guess I'm just a little frustrated that a non-aggressive player like Pau Gasol can win the ROY, but the knock on Yao is that he lacks aggression.

Amare is a special talent, and will be a great player at some point in his career if he continues growing at the rate that he is going. But I still believe that Yao will also be a great player as well and will be the best at his position in two years. So no matter whether Yao wins ROY or not, he'll be the ROY in my book, and thats all that matters.

 

amare better than them areadey?

JOKE!

 

It's pretty obvious that the Rockets and the Suns are fighting for the 8th playoff spot. Probably, the playoff team gets the ROY, also.

 

Amare is obviously an impressive player in his rookie year but Yao is the biggest thing happened to NBA since Shaq. Statwise, Yao has a slight advantage over Amare. Off the court, Yao brings so much more to his team with his public appeal. Amare was recently fined by Phoenix for violating some team rules. You think we will ever catch Yao breaking any rules....

If Suns were given the #1 draft choice last year knowing what they know now, does anyone seriously believe they would take Amare over Yao? In fact, would any GM around the league not choose Yao?

You know you have a good thing when everyone is trying to tell you otherwise.

 

Yao has teams gearing their defenses to stop him. I'd like to see what Yao could do if he got the single coverage Amare gets. And I'd like to see how lost Amare would be if teams swarmed him every time he got the ball like Yao gets.