This is a shocker to no one. I knew somebody would be dumb enough to give Amare a huge contract, and I also figured nobody would be dumb enough to do it, but the Knicks. The Suns wouldn't even offer Amare more than a 3-yea deal, so that tells you a lot about what they think he has left.
Look, all I'm saying is don't be surprised if Amare is averaging 16 and 9 next season when not playing alongside Steve Nash. I don't think it's a coincidence guy's careers usually go downhill when not playing with Nash. In fact, the only guy I can think of who succeeded post-Phoenix/Nash is Joe Johnson. And speaking of Joe...
2) Joe Johnson Sticking To Hawks
Six-years and $119 million for Joe Johnson. Awesome. Good luck getting out of he 2nd round with that much money committed to a great #2.
3) Nuggets Say They Won't Trade 'Melo
I'm not sure this is a good or bad move. On one hand, they could lose Carmelo for nothing in free next year, and on the other than could trade him for a bunch of scraps on the Knicks this year. At this point, it's either take the Knicks scraps or take nothing. This should be interesting next summer.
4) JaMarcus Russell Arrested For Sippin' On The Sizzurp
I know this has nothing to do with the NBA, but I didn't wanna dedicate a whole post to this loser. Then again, JaMarcus has about as much chance of joining a NBA team as he does of joining a NFL team at this point.
Anyway, he was arrested for possession of a control substance –codeine syrup– at his home in Alabama. He has since been released on $2,500 bond. It's funny this would come up when I was JUST talking about how played out this stuff was in pop culture last week. This guy is a sad case and is definitely on pace to surpass Ryan Leaf on the QB bust scale.
