The temptation to lament Amare Stoudemire's sudden lapse into a pit of stupidity and carelessness should be superseded only by the reality that focusing on it will get the Knicks absolutely nowhere right now.
Yes, it was stupid for the Knicks' resident $100 million man to take his frustrations out on a glass-encased fire extinguisher instead of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and the Miami Heat on Monday night. It was selfish of Stoudemire to put himself in position to miss Game 3 with his newly lacerated left hand. And there's no need to even address how pathetically weak it was for him to choose Twitter as a podium for him to express his contrition, as if hiding behind 140 characters or less will shield him from the ire of fans sick and tired of being associated with...
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