Ray Allen: It's Not About Age

Now let me elaborate.

Their two best players are pretty much the same player and so much so that it’s a bit uncanny. Of course, the Heat have that problem too in that Wade and Lebron are incredibly similar players but the main difference is that Lebron and Wade are both top five players in the league while Carmelo and Amare both hover around the top twenty to fifteen mark.

Carmelo is an isolation player that relies the triple threat and a very underrated post game (he has the best post game of any perimeter player), but he’s a ball stopper and a pretty average passer despite Walt Frazier’s claims otherwise (I live in NY and I hate listening to this man rhyme every damn word). Amare also thrives on the triple threat and while he doesn’t have much of a post game he’s the best pick-and-roll big man (emphasis on the roll here) in the league. Problem is that they don’t have a ballhandler that can give him these opportunities.

Not to mention that this team has major holes in it concerning depth, its incompatibility with D’antoni’s optimal offensive system, and that defense. Tyson Chandler and Iman Shumpert can’t make up for Carmelo and Amare’s defensive deficiencies.

Two completely different situations my dude.

The Boston rookies and role players have virtually no trade value so whats the point? Getting even worse role players the complement the Big Four? Thanks, but I’ve gotten attached to the Dooling-Bradley backcourt.