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**Seuss** · 08-20-2007, 06:58 PM

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LAS VEGAS -- There went Amare Stoudemire, talent coursing through all 6 feet, 10 inches of him, running down the court at the Team USA practice, prompting former Georgetown coach John Thompson to lean forward in his sideline seat and wonder aloud the same thing that crossed many NBA minds this summer: "I can't imagine why the Suns would even think about trading Amare."

He's 24 years old, coming off a season of averaging 20 and 10, and capable of making you forget he's had multiple knee surgeries. But the Minnesota Timberwolves were making Kevin Garnett available and, as a Suns insider said, "You have to listen." Stoudemire's name came into the various scenarios, including a three-way trade with the Atlanta Hawks, but things never got serious enough to plan a news conference.

Amare Stoudemire

Stoudemire thinks he can "raise the stakes" this year as he takes more on his broad shoulders.

The Suns listened, and that was about it. They didn't make the move to get a former MVP and 10-time All-Star. Maybe it's because they realized something: Amare Stoudemire must be the most important player in the NBA.

If you believe that the letter-of-the-law suspension of Stoudemire for Game 5 of the Western Conference semifinals is what cost the Suns the series and ultimately the championship, you're basically saying one player in one game would have changed the entire postseason. (Boris Diaw was also suspended, but he was averaging 5.6 points that series, with almost as many turnovers as assists. Stoudemire was doing it to the Spurs, averaging 26.4 points and 10.6 rebounds. That's why the suspension was about him.)

I throw that little extrapolation at Stoudemire, while he's getting ice bags taped to his knees by athletic trainer Keith Jones after a Team USA practice in Las Vegas. Jones chuckles at the logic

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Zei_Zao_LS · 08-20-2007, 10:42 PM

Amare Stoudemire, MVP and MIP.

... Hehehe. Can't ever say he doesn't believe in himself. It's a good read... but in all that talk of working with Phil Weber, I didn't hear anything about "I've been working on defending in the post, more specifically using my lower body instead of upper body, and I'm working on my timing. I'm very committed to not biting on every pump fake that gets thrown at me as well."

That would make me very happy.

**Dissonance19** · 08-20-2007, 10:47 PM

Yeah, I saw this article on ESPN earlier and was close to posting it...but I thought wasn't good at all.

Zei mentioned it as well. He needs to be working on defense. And if he doesn't, we'll probably be wishing we tried to move him for KG soon or in the future.

604flat_line · 08-22-2007, 10:45 AM

How old is KG?

Amare is arguably as good or better offensively than KG is now and he's significantly younger. I guess nothing is ever good enough, though. Amare is only like 25 years old... give him a break, they are probably working on a lot of things including defense. I think its a bit of a weak assumption to think they are only working on offense.

**IceMan23and3** · 08-22-2007, 03:21 PM

Man, Adande writes the worst articles. I thought that he was gonna sit up and wipe his mouth off after that Amare fluff piece.

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