Hollinger STAT Report

In light of the trade rumors that are circling on ESPN regarding Amare Stoudamire being placed on the trading block I wanted to get a better idea of STAT’s game. Here’s what John Hollinger had to say:

Hollinger’s Scouting Report on Stoudemire:

“The one big negative in Stoudemire’s game is his defense. He’s a poor help defender and tends to pick up cheap fouls. His effort level was particularly awful early in the year but picked up quite a bit as the year went on. As mentioned above, fouls tend to be a big differentiator with him — if he gets a quick two, he’ll don a toreador outfit for the remainder of the half…

If Stoudemire has an offensive weakness, it’s that he’s largely a finisher. He doesn’t have much of a post game and has posted very low assist rates his whole career. Also, he tends to run people over on those rolls to the basket — he was fourth in the NBA with 44 offensive fouls. Nonetheless, the big picture is that he’s the most efficient scorer in basketball right now.”

According to Hollinger’s critique it seems like STAT doesn’t have a low post game and doesn’t play defense. It seems like he’s more of a stat stuffer and that worries me…

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