Wednesday, February 16th, 2011 at 12:15 pm  |  55 responses

Amar’e Stoudemire: Not an Al Horford Fan


by Marcel Mutoni / @marcel_mutoni

The last time the Knicks and Hawks faced off, tempers flared, and punches were thrown. Amar’e Stoudemire wasn’t involved in the fracas, but he left the game angry with the loss and Al Horford’s antics.

Amar’e is still fired up about Horford, and plans to send a message to Al and the Hawks tonight in New York.

Newsday reports:

“I said it before, he don’t want to see me, man,” Stoudemire said. “I watched him play in Florida [in college] and I’ve seen him play a few years in Atlanta. We have two different games. We’ll see after [tonight] … It’s going to be a very intense game,” he said. “After what happened in Atlanta, we feel we could have played better . . . [tonight's] going to be a very important game for us.” The Stoudemire-Horford feud didn’t really develop until after that game in Atlanta, when Stoudemire said Horford “needs to calm down. He’s not that type of player. He don’t want to see me any night, so he might as well relax and calm down.”

Later that night on his Twitter account, Horford wrote, “Great win over The knicks tonight. Everyone came out an did their part. And YES! I am that kind of player, who does what he needs to win…” Stoudemire Tuesday said Horford may have felt good about what he was doing in the game in Atlanta but seemed to suggest things will be different at the Garden when he said, “Welcome to New York.”

Right. So, tonight should be a fun little matchup at MSG.

The biggest concern regarding STAT isn’t his personal beef with Al Horford, it has to do with the health of his sprained right big toe. It remains to be seen if Stoudemire will be healthy enough to take part in this weekend’s All-Star game.

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  • bashmo

    No way, the number of points one puts up is also factored by team offense, talent level of teammates, number of shots/game and such. So Blake Griffin putting up 22+ points a game makes him a better scorer than Pau Gasol? and Eric Gordon putting up 24+ ppg makes him a better scorer than Joe Johnson? Melo is a better scorer than Lebron. Melo is a pure scorer, lebron is a combo, he can facilitate and score. Melo can score nearly at will and can kill you from anywhere, from the block, from mid, from range, etc. You do need to look at what players are capable of when you talk about them as scorers. Shaq’s unique combination of massive frame and touch from the block allowed him to excel. He had a couple of decent up and unders but it was really his size and touch that made his scoring output, thus making him incredibly difficult to guard without fouling.

    Stoudemire is different. He has arguably the best finishing ability among big men in the league and a great midrange jumper…but someone like Dirk is a better scorer. It is not arguable that its harder to guard Dirk than Amare.

  • http://slamonline.com Allenp

    Dirk has a better jumper.
    And what else?
    Does he handle better than Amare?
    Does he drive better than Amare?
    Is he more difficult in the low post?
    On the fast break?
    On put backs?

    the point is very arguable

  • bashmo

    Neither Dirk or Amare use ball handling to get to where they want. Dirk drive, pump fake, up and under, fade away from the post, shoot the three. He may not have the athleticism or speed but he has all the right moves on offense.

    Amare has no post game. None whatsoever. So hes not a factor in the low post with his back to the basket.

  • DaTruth

    The whole point of what Amar’e said is that Horford is a big talker, a punk. He cheapshots little guards like TJ Ford and yaps away at everyone else. Amar’e would beat him to death if he ever hit him like Horford hit TJ. Amare is just annoyed with a fugazi like Horford. As Amar’e said, he just needs to calm down. Phony.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/officerbarbrady what

    LMAO, please. On the few occasions Horford was matched up on Amare in that game Horford owned him. It’s not his fault his teammates were too f*cking stupid to get him the ball and decided to jack up jump shots instead. I see idiot Raptor fans are still catching feelings about Horford accidentally clocking Ford three years ago, trying to distract from the fact that their team is irrelevant and worthless.

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