Al Horford Vs Amar'e Stoudemire

[$tunna]

Following yesterday’s Knicks practice, Stoudemire, who is nursing a toe injury, indicated Horford should hope he sits out. “He don’t want to see me,” Stoudemire said. “I watched him play at Florida, and I’ve seen him play a few years in Atlanta. We’ve got two different games, and we’ll see how it plays out.”

Stoudemire added, “It’s going to be a very, very intense game after what happened in Atlanta,” referring to the game a few weeks ago when Atlanta’s Marvin Williams and New York’s Shawne Williams got into a fight that earned both League suspensions.

Horford responded after this morning’s Atlanta shootaround: “I don’t understand what he means by that, ‘He don’t want to see me.’ Like we’re supposed to be scared of him. Ain’t nobody scared of him. We’re all grown men, so it’s all good.”

“He’s a talker, he’s going to talk,” Horford said of Amar’e. “And all I do is, I bring my game to the court. And that’s what I’m going to do tonight.”

Amar’e and the Knicks need something to get hyped up about. They’ve lost four of their last six games and are barely clinging to the 6th-place playoff seed in the East, with the Sixers gaining on them. The Knicks are 0-2 against the Hawks this season.

This should be interesting

 

[amcwilton]

Horford>Stat

 

[Pugz]

amare is the better player, but horford is stronger and tougher. amare may be kg status in terms of "tough guy-ness"

 

[$tunna]

Amare definitely has him beat right now but Horford is better defensively for sure

 

[DJT]

Amare definitely has him beat right now but Horford is better defensively for sure

Agreed. Not to mention Horford is playing out of position at C, he needs to be a PF IMO.

 

[youngguru]

It would be great if they fought. Horford would fucking eat Amare lmao.

 

[Rios15]

Yeah. I think Horford is the better rebounder and defensive player while Amare's best skill comes on the offensive end. Take Horford off the Hawks and put Amare in his spot; would that make the Hawks better or worse? Now that's a question. Maybe better offensively; but they'd lose basically a great defensive presence in the paint

 

[Mooche]

Amare = Offensive prowess. And not much else..