Amare Stoudemire: Strong Like Bull, Smart Like Tractor

In case you didn't know, Colangelo let author Jack McCallum of Sports Illustrated spend a whole year with the Suns and he wrote a book about it. Dave Feschuk wrote an article about it which contained this beautry line from the genius known as Amare Stoudemire:

In another passage McCallum comments on Amare Stoudemire's T-shirt, which bears a likeness of Al Capone. McCallum, after providing Stoudemire with a short history lesson on Capone's murderous exploits as a prohibition-era mob boss, quotes the player as saying: "Damn. There was a time drinking was illegal?"

How would you feel if Bosh had made this statement? More importantly, can you imagine how Nash feels about him? I'm sure they've sat down and had deep, philosophical conversations about all manner of important issues, such as the war. Maybe BC realized that the foundation of his former team was built on some very shaky (and surgically repaired) ground. It certainly doesn't lead me to believe that Amare will be even remotely the same player he was pre-surgery if he is not able to regain his freakish athleticism. Maybe BC felt the same.