Amare Stoudemire hopes to play
Special to ESPNNewYork.com
May 3, 2012

Speaking for the first time since he injured his hand after hitting the glass case of a fire extinguisher after Game 2 of the New York Knicks-Miami Heat series, Amare Stoudemire called the incident a...
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marsspeech@hotmail.com 
Just watched a clip of an NBA beat writer saying that the Knicks should and can trade Amare. This is the dumbest statement I have heard all year......oh wait there was that thing about Carmelo not fitting in with Jeremy Lin and Amare's Knicks........oh wait! You dont win rings by trading away talent. There is no equal value for trading Amare. You will downgrade your talent pool plain and simple. its not the players fault. Its the system and coaching. Phil Jackson and the triangle are the answer! NOT STUPID TRADES! So sick of bandwagon hoping fairweather media idiots!
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guywithopinion 
Am I still the only one here who thinks this is a coaching problem? Seriously, with this amount of talent and these guys being "professionals" i think they can figure out a way to play together. And what i mean by "they" i mean a "superstar coach." with all respect to Woodson, you have too much talent on your roster and a rising Lin, you can't get them to be an elite team GET OUT!!
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marsspeech@hotmail.com 
Good! Then they should keep him.
17 Days ago
Cellar Dweller42 
Did the alarm sound when he broke the glass, did the fire department show up, if so is Amare being charged with false alarm?
17 Days ago
ill_advised 
As an outside observer I'm thinking the Knicks really aren't that bad off without him. The offense was a lot simplier and more effective when he was out. Doesn't really matter I guess, Looks like he'll be back soon.
17 Days ago
6602David 
GOOD...now they will have better spacing....and melo can attack.
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JdSuns 
No.......Melo iso-ball will never win a championship and it won't beat the Heat.....
17 Days ago
knicks_11 
U know wat i really hate??. these "editors" hate on any other franchise (most of the time knicks) when they're not doing good , while Chris bosh has a baby, and every editor is interviewing the heat players, minute-by minute status updates, twitter updates, articles.. WoW. wat a bunch of loser pr!cks.
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I laugh at my own funny comments even if you dont 
Knicks suck...have and will continue to do so...whats your point?
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knicks_11 
and heat never did suck rite? remember 1999?
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seanjohnson89 
nice name troll
17 Days ago
GregHeat361 
Bosh is most likely out.... Thank God we are only playing the Knicks!
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seanjohnson89 
wait til we win both games at msg
17 Days ago
vetsix 
Amare is not cut out for this NBA thing
17 Days ago
Truston023 
He wont be a factor anyway, He already lost it. He no longer has his head in the game.
17 Days ago
highhoopz 
Let's go Knicks...on vacation pretty soon.
17 Days ago
RickRossAdlib 
I had the right to stand my ground -Fire Extinguisher
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highhoopz 
Couldn't STAT show his passion on D and rebounding? Guess not.
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RickRossAdlib 
Coach told stat to hit the glass....amare chose the wrong one
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highhoopz 
Old joke, still funny.
17 Days ago
highhoopz 
STAT is upset at himself? Well, add him to the rest of the list: everybody in NY.
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muziclovr 
A man walks down the street and says "why am I soft in the middle now" At least with Amare out the Knicks will actually show some grit!! He can score but he does not hit the boards and his defense is atrocious. Down with the Heat!!!!
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ubermin 
from a timing perspective, certainly a little 'Artest-esque'
17 Days ago
Allen6338 
Amare made a mistake like many of us do he is only human everyone wants to win and make a good showing in the playoffs. In general he is a good person and basketball player!
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JdSuns 
Amare was beast on the Suns and last year before he got injured. He has a half season out for injury and another season riddled with personal problems and random injuries unrelated to each other and people freak out......Gotta love sports media and it's mindless followers. NY fans freak out over anything and everything....
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highhoopz 
Just not really an 'effort guy' on D and the glass.
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