How good was prime Amare?

[PacerRaptor]

Hiss defense was horrible though. You can't really blame him though, he came out of high school straight in D'Antoni's system

[Crown&Coke]

In Phx he was pretty unstoppable. He ate up the Spurs countless times in the playoffs

But that first year in NYK he was playing defense and being a leader. He was ballin outta control that first year. Legit MVP candidate

[Prime_Shaq]

2005-2011 he was one of the best offensive big men but suffered defensively

[greatest-ever]

A lot better than people remember. He was my favorite player at one point.

A lot of people falsely believe that Griffin and Aldridge are better than Prime Amare was but to me that show they either didn't watch him or simply forget how good he was.

[The Sting]

Like a A on Offense and a D on defense. The guy was a lazy rebounder also. His type of play never would've won a championship.

[inclinerator]

unstoppable on offense, sht on defense

[navy]

Like a A on Offense and a D on defense. The guy was a lazy rebounder also. His type of play never would've won a championship.

Yall swear that there werent some highly questionable western conference series in his phoenix days.

[LiLharvard]

Is it any coincidence Amare's prime years coincided Nash's Back 2 back MVP years?

[navy]

Is it any coincidence Amare's prime years coincided Nash's Back 2 back MVP years?

It helped, but he showed he was a good player without Nash before injuries.

[LiLharvard]

Final season pre-Nash (2003-2004): 20.6 points per game on 47.5 percent shooting with 3.2 turnovers per game.

First season with Nash (2004-2005): 26 points per game on 55.9 percent shooting with 2.4 turnovers per game.

[supernova5912]

Is it any coincidence Amare's prime years coincided Nash's Back 2 back MVP years?

Stoudemire was injured for all but three games in 2005-06.

[LiLharvard]

Stoudemire was injured for all but three games in 2005-06.

Oh raaally? I was pointing towards 2006-7 and not specifically mvp honours of back to back years, one would agree that nash's best years were 2006 to 2007?

[Roundball_Rock]

It helped, but he showed he was a good player without Nash before injuries.

Plus without Nash in his first season in New York before injuries diminished him. Before the Carmelo trade Amare was a legitimate MVP candidate.

[plowking]

I wanted him on the Heat when the big 3 came together, but in the end I'm glad we didn't. So based on that, I'd say he was comfortably better than Bosh in my eyes, but he broke down after a season.

In his prime, a beast. I'd say slightly better or similar level to current Griffin.

[Lebron23]

One of the most exciting players during his prime. A great offensive player, but a bad defensive player. He'll be a first ballot hall of famer. Glad he won a championship in Israel.