brightsideofthesun.com - 8/28/2008
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Unable to sleep at 3am I was thinking about Amare Stoudemire's body. Specifically how he's not built for defense, rebounding or battling in the paint.
Amare's known and loved as one of the best and most powerful finishers in the game who's also added a deadly jump shot. But he's also a guy that gets called out by everyone from Charles Barkely to Craig Sager for under ...
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Great Exercises in Internet NBA-Related Postings 8.28.08
Hardwood Paroxysm —
... Great article on Amare's talents and limitations on defense. His biggest problem is the same for most young athletic bigs. They get too wound up trying to make the huge SportCenter block. Which inevitably leads to Fabricio freaking Oberto laying in the ball after Parker drops the ball to him like he's tossing him a brewski. If Amare would just stay where he's at, his body size alone will defend enough shots. ...
Saint Amare
Fanster.com —
... This week we’ve talked about his (m)ass and thought about his legacy and we’ve heard from him about his musical talents…
Now Amare turns the tables on all of us and goes and does something meaningful… ...
Barbosa leans on family while Tucker is close to return
Fanster.com —
... In a separate interview, Coach Porter talks about both of his young two guards along with his discussions with Amare about taking his game to the next level by improving on the glass and on defense. Porter talked about the need for Amare to work extra hard since Amare doesn't have the "mass in the ass" (a point we made a few months back) that a lot of other big men have. ...
Suns Season Preview - An accountability moment
Fanster.com —
... Now that he will have a full year playing the power forward instead of being mismatched against bigger-assed Centers we will see that the man actually can play defense as well. We will also see eye protection become cool again. It's about time. ...
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