NEW YORK -- The New York Knicks didn't get LeBron James -- the two-time defending Most Valuable Player -- in free agency like they had hoped last summer, but maybe they didn't need him after all.They got something better -- this season's Most Valuable Player -- in Amar'e Stoudemire.
In the last three weeks, Stoudemire has done what the Knicks had targeted James to do -- make them exciting and relevant and good again -- creating an atmosphere at Madison Square Garden that has been missing for too long.
Stoudemire was the consolation prize when James and all his drama went to Miami instead, but he has been the best player in the NBA lately, igniting the MVP chant and a whole lot of attention around the league.
The Knicks won their eighth consecutive game Sunday, the same time Stoudemire set a franchise record with his eighth consecutive 30-point game, a first in the NBA since Kobe Bryant finished the 2005-06 season with nine consecutive games of 30 points.
"Amare's the best out there, maybe the best in the league right now,'' said Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni. "I'm excited about this team, and excited about where we can go. I'm excited about what we have.''
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