What of the amnesty clause?

Most of the guys on your list and candidates for being amnestied are either washed up, or guys who were never that good to begin with but because their agents had pictures of the owner fucking a pony they were grossly overpaid. In Arenas’ case the late Abe Pollin was caught in a 3some with a pony and a cross-eyed midget!

I’d do it over Amar’e, just because I like Amar’e alot better. But I realize what a stupid basketball decision that is

First of all, we’re not amnestying Amar’e or Carmelo. Those two more or less are the Knicks right now.

Second of all, if we’re amnestying either of the two, it’s Amar’e, and only if his knee blows up and even then you probably don’t do it because his contract is so huge.

Third of all, I personally think Carmelo is a better player than either of them, and at best those two are marginally better. There is no way in hell that any GM or owner or whatever would be stupid enough to cut one of the best ,most marketable players in the league to possibly sign a point guard.

I could probably go on for days about this, but the answer is absolutely not.

Deron Williams is not THAT talented. He’s obviously really talented, but he’s kind of like a pre-injury Brandon Roy level talented which makes him a really solid, fringe top 10 player rather than a supernova. He’s kind of sort of slow at least compared to the Derrick Rose’s and Russel Westbrook’s and maybe CP3 if he is as quick as he was before the knee injury. He’s a really good shooter, but not an incredible, Nash-type shooter. He doesn’t put the pressure on other teams’ defenses like Nash, Paul, and Rose do (some of that’s cuz he plays in the Sloan system, but some of it is his lack of explosion which makes him have to work hard to get in the lane). Sometimes he’s a little sloppy with his ball handling and passing.

Now, Chris Paul is a whole other thing. I love the guy; I think he has some of the best bball IQ in the game, and he has every possible skill you would want out of a point guard when it comes to scoring and passing (although, I wish he got some more elevation on that jumper, there’s a reason he doesn’t take a ton of threes). But I don’t agree with ESPN and their whole he’s-the-best-PG-since-Magic spiel. Maybe he is, but part of his excellent “advanced stat” number reflect his playing style within the Hornets offense rather than his talent. He doesn’t get a lot of turnovers partially because he doesn’t take a lot of risky passes the way Nash and to a lesser extent Deron do. He’s extremely ball dominant too which allows him to fill the stat sheet up. His teammates are somewhat underrated as well. David West gets doubled in the post a lot which usually gives Paul an open look or an easy swing pass to make once West passes out of it. Most of the players on the Hornets are high IQ players who shoot well (except Ariza).

I think Paul’s a great player, but I don’t think he’s a god. Top 10 player in the league no doubt, but I wouldn’t be angry if someone were to put him out of the top 5 or behind Derrick Rose.