And here’s why we’re not worried about the Phoenix Suns this year. In a story about how Amare Stoudamire is making great progress coming back from a detached retina (he’s so explosive, aggressive, in superb shape, blah blah blah) this little nugget was embedded:
“Stoudemire’s team, which included [Earl] Clark, Jared Dudley and Robin Lopez, lost four of five half-court games to a team of Channing Frye, Lou Amundson, Taylor Griffin and Alando Tucker.”
We don’t know what kind of shape Amare is in or how good his shooting touch is, but we know one thing, if there are 8 players on the floor and one of them is an NBA All-Pro, the team with the All-Pro will win every time…unless that All-Pro is Amare Stoudamire. You think Dirk would have let his team lose 4 out of 5? Go down the line and choose the best player on every team. They all would have died rather than lose 4 out of 5 to freakin’ Lou Amundson.
So that’s one team down, 13 to go.
