In their prime, Shawn Kemp or Amare Stoudemire?

[WockaVodka]

Amare is definitely the better #1 option/scorer, but a team lead by him is going nowhere. Kemp definitely could not be the absolute #1 on a title team, but you can win a title with him as the #2. I'm not sure if the same could be said of Amare.

Kemp was a very good defender and rebounder, 2 things Amare is terrible at. Hell Kemp might have been a top 3 defensive PF at that point in time, and he would probably be the best in today's game assuming KG is considered a C right now.

Kemp was a dumb defender, he was always in foul trouble for a reason.

Kemp was a better rebounder and that was probably it.

[Yung D-Will]

I'm suprised no one mentioned defense.

[Trentknicks]

Enough with this Nash making Amare BS, what has Nash done of value without STAT? Amare was having a MVP level season playing with Felton 'a fat useless' scrub according to ISH. Discrepancy?

[Mr Exlax]

Being that I seen both of them play and I understand basketball, I'll go with Kemp.

[RaininTwos]

Kemp in that situation, with his superior athleticism (yep) and skill, would have been murder.

In a comparison with prime Amare, you are going choose someone because of their superior athleticism?

[greymatter]

Kemp's Seattle teams had a lot more balance on offense with McKey, Payton, and Schrempf. He could have easily been a 25+ppg type scorer if he were in the right situation like Amare was. He was also a very good defender at the PF position. Disregarding mental issues (weight/drugs/etc), Kemp was easily better.

[JohnnySic]

Kemp was better at everything except scoring, and even that wasn't a big gap.

[Smoke117]

Who cares.

[redhonda76]

Kemp. He does everything better except scoring and it's not by much. Amare is the worst defender I have ever seen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSoDkzhcZKk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AZqqYW9DQs

[mark]

Amare has done nothing even with the 2x MVP in Nash as his PG. Kemp reached the Finals 2x I believe and would have won if he didn't play in the same decade as Jordan.

looks like everyone jumps on Amare the fire extinguisher fighter, sad Knick. He used to be phenomenal in his days in Phoenix before the knee injuries, with back to back 40 point plus games. He was a beast. No comparison overall to Kemp, but in the short time he was a phenom.

[jongib369]

Clean Kemp

[OldSchoolBBall]

Kemp could NEVER do what Amare did to Duncan in the '05 playoffs. Never.

[bdreason]

Prime Amare has more offensive weapons, and would be better suited as the 1st option on a team. That said, Kemp was a better defender, better rebounder, and simply a more tenacious player, so I would choose him.




On a solid defensive squad with no offensive threats? I may have to take Amare.

[ZMonkey11]

Enough with this Nash making Amare BS, what has Nash done of value without STAT? Amare was having a MVP level season playing with Felton 'a fat useless' scrub according to ISH. Discrepancy?

Put a scrub ass team on his bad back and almost snuck them into the playoffs. Had small mummers that he should be in the MVP voting. Still shooting over 50%, ~90% FT, and 10+ dimes. Oh did you look at the roster he was working with?

GTFO scrub. You don't follow basketball.

[redhonda76]

Kemp could NEVER do what Amare did to Duncan in the '05 playoffs. Never.

In 05', Duncan was out for a month at end of the season due to a very bad ankle sprained and still dumped 27.4pts/13.8reb on Amare. Duncan couldn't move laterally and Amare still couldn't stop him. Know the facts first.