Thursday, August 03, 2006
Amare is number 1
Time for more Suns love again, offseason style!
Amare Stoudemire is number 1. Well, just literally--at least, for the meantime (doubters, beware. haha).
I can't believe I missed this when it came out. I noticed this change seeing my boy play in the recently concluded Vegas Summer League, but thought it was just a summer league number. Apparently, STAT has, in fact, decided to sport the number 1 on his jersey entering this season.
My *ahem* ball-mates would know that 1 is the same number I prefer to wear on my basketball jerseys--the very few that I have, that is--even though Shawn Marion's 31 is starting to look attractive as well. Haha. STAT sure does know how to make this fanboy happy.
While my reason for wearing uno is simply because I really don't pass that much (teehee), it seems that this is Amare's way to tell the world just where he wants and deserves to be: at number 1. Well, his return will surely be Phoenix's biggest offseason change, so hopefully the Suns will already be able to get there by the end of June next year.
Oh, and please spare me the Penny Hardaway--or heck, even T-Mac--jokes. Penny and STAT played together for about a year and a half. I'm sure Amare knew what he was getting into by putting on that number one. Hmmm... come to think of it, I hope he really does know.
P.S. Many of us on this blog may already know this, but Mamba has also announced a number change. He will replace his number 8 with the number 24. Is that some way to imply that he is '1' better than MJ, LeBron, Q-Rich, and J.R. Smith?
photo courtesy of Steve Kyle/Basketball News Services, from Suns.com
Amare Stoudemire is number 1. Well, just literally--at least, for the meantime (doubters, beware. haha).I can't believe I missed this when it came out. I noticed this change seeing my boy play in the recently concluded Vegas Summer League, but thought it was just a summer league number. Apparently, STAT has, in fact, decided to sport the number 1 on his jersey entering this season.
My *ahem* ball-mates would know that 1 is the same number I prefer to wear on my basketball jerseys--the very few that I have, that is--even though Shawn Marion's 31 is starting to look attractive as well. Haha. STAT sure does know how to make this fanboy happy.
While my reason for wearing uno is simply because I really don't pass that much (teehee), it seems that this is Amare's way to tell the world just where he wants and deserves to be: at number 1. Well, his return will surely be Phoenix's biggest offseason change, so hopefully the Suns will already be able to get there by the end of June next year.
Oh, and please spare me the Penny Hardaway--or heck, even T-Mac--jokes. Penny and STAT played together for about a year and a half. I'm sure Amare knew what he was getting into by putting on that number one. Hmmm... come to think of it, I hope he really does know.
P.S. Many of us on this blog may already know this, but Mamba has also announced a number change. He will replace his number 8 with the number 24. Is that some way to imply that he is '1' better than MJ, LeBron, Q-Rich, and J.R. Smith?
photo courtesy of Steve Kyle/Basketball News Services, from Suns.com
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