Not very good he’s like 50 years old.

i actually think amare would be shooting 3s today. him and david lee had a thing where they had a pretty consistent long 2.

Elite scorer, particularly finishing around the rim. Benefited greatly playing with Nash.

His biggest issue is that he often played as an undersized center, so he would have to guard elite big men like Tim Duncan. And Suns philosophy then was to take away the three point shot even if it meant giving up an easier two point shot. So his lack of defense was part his skills but also team scheme

Prime Stat would’ve starred in any era. He rarely ever shot the three, so his 3pt% numbers aren’t that valid to analyze, but I think he could develop a serviceable one.

He put up ³⁷⁄₁₀ on 55% shooting against the 05 Spurs. One of the most impressive playoff series that got lost in time due to the series outcome. Plus all the games besides game 3 were relatively close, so it’s not like he was getting empty buckets. The Suns even led after 3 quarters in games 1 and 2.

Him with a 3 ball would be good stuff I think he could play the C easier now than back then, I take the liberty to add the 3 ball to his game now, considering his mid range jumper was pretty good back then

Great post moves, unstoppable on the pick and roll, good mid range jumper.

In this NBA with all the space down low hed be a monster.

Elite scorer not a good defender at the 5. I think he would have developed a 3pt game but honestly, I don’t think he would have needed it in todays game

tim thomas would feast in today’s NBA

Pretty high

I probably put him in a similar view as Bam tbh. Like every team would want him but not if he your first or realistically even a second option. There is just too much downsides in one area that hurts the overall package. An 89 in 2k if you will.

Sun’s Amare was amazing. Knicks’ Amare took it up a level till injuries and Melo’s arrival curbed his game. He could be one of the most efficient offensive big men in today’s game [if he were in his prime]. Thing is his numbers and efficiently would vary based on his point guard and system like imagine prime Amare on the Lakers with Luka - must see tv.

He’d still be a great scorer and bad defender. He was never a good rebounder.

I’d compare him to almost-Giannis.

John Collins is who reminds me most of Amare, but obviously Amare was much better. You just always felt if he got the ball while already going down hill, there was nothing you could do to stop him.

He’d probably be about the same now as he was then though, ranking-wise. Modern spacing would benefit his offense, but teams are also much smarter about attacking bad defensive bigs now, and they were already doing that against him in his time.

He also played in arguably the worst offensive center era in history. Guys like Jokic, Giannis, Embiid, etc would eat him alive. Modern power forwards are far more versatile than they were back then too, so he cant just be a 4 only. In his prime, he’d be a guy who could drop an efficient 30 every night, but would be a 1st round exit every playoffs, unless the team was really built around hiding him.

Pre-injury Amare would be a top 5 player in the league.

I think he learns to extend the jumper to the 3 and he has a career like a souped-up Spurs LaMarcus where he just becomes a menacing stretch ⁴⁄₅.

Top 3 PF

Somewhere between Jokic and Podzemski

Pascal Siakam is probably the most similar PF in terms of impact I can think of today. Not very similar games other than both are capable scores at PF. Amare would be a bit better offensively but certainly worse defensively.

Top 5 big ez

#1

Jalen Duren.

He would eat with all these little guys in the league

Impossible to tell

Depends on who his point guard is

I can’t think of a player that has his playstyle AND is as good as he was. I think Laurie is as close as I can get in terms of production and impact. He was a great scorer who didn’t really create for others, but was not a ball stopper, and he was a lesser defender.

5th

I think he would’ve been ever better today. He was most similar to Giannis in terms of stars of today. Not as good of a defender (although he probably wouldn’t be a center today), but still an extremely athletic scoring wing with size. Insane lob threat, could put the ball on the floor well enough, too big for fast guys and too quick for big guys. 

Peak Stoudemire would be around 20th. Average Stoudemire would be around 40th.

Obviously he would fit very well in todays NBA, but I think I like Blake Griffin better.

He’d be like Giannis, but without the defense or playmaking

Man he was so much fun. A healthy Amare… Imagine Derek Lively mixed with a young Ja Morant. 

I think he’d be considered along the same lines as siakam.

Idk but I was going to make a comparison between Dwight Howard and Anthony Davis as to who is better.

I’d say 25-40 range. His shooting knocks him down if you assume wouldn’t get better at 3s. So probably shares qualities with Sengun and JJJ…if you project his shot which I think is totally fair, he’d be higher. Not top ten in any scenario. 

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Probably like Jalen Duren

I would comp him to Jalen Johnson on Atlanta, incredible numbers but the defense is a question mark and maybe doesnt lead to high level winning quite as much as you would expect. Markkanen is also kind of similar

More athletic but shorter KAT

I think young Amare’s game would have translated really well to the modern NBA. The Suns teams with him and Nash were very much a proof-of-concept for the way the league was shortly about to evolve: playing with space, lots of high pick-and-rolls, etc.

Amare was an elite roll man.

I guess the question is how he would adapt to a league where that style of play wasn’t such an outlier. Would he have been as effective in a league where he was generally matching up against other bigs who were more skilled at defending in space. Definitely part of his advantage in Phoenix was that the league was still very much two-traditional-big focused.

Like Bam Otabayo

Closest comp is a smaller AD/Giannis with a worse handle and worse passing. Had a nice lil middy.

Teams play totally different these days so comping him is kind of hard. I don’t think anyone plays like him as a high volume scorer these days.

He’d average 30 easily. Closest comp would be Zion. 

I think with the extra space to operate and him probably becoming a decent three point shooter that he would average ³⁰⁄₁₀ in his prime. The better rebounding would just be based on more boards to grab. He wasn’t that great of a rebounder but he would probably be better just because he wouldn’t be undersized playing the 5 now.

He would be near the top of the league in True shooting especially if he converted that 16-17 footer (which he was very good at) to a top of the key three.

He would be equivalent to KAT

He couldn’t shoot, he would be pretty low on the list for most teams. the PF position in the past is basically gone. He had 127 3 point attempts in 14 seasons. That isn’t a good player in today’s NBA.