Well the comparisons are valid. Since he has been in the league for ~ 10 years. The stats and the rings speak for themselves. Once he wins a couple more rings without the daddy, I think he will be right up there. Anyway, no one has responded to what I told everyone yesterday... amare's absence is not going to make much of a difference :-) AND it is a disgrace that he's on the all nba team... imagine what would happen to the lakers without kobe or the spurs w/o duncan... the suns w/o amare... lol they still win 56 games :) I guess I was right again.