i dont know... theyre a funner team to watch, and amare is clearly a better ball player without him. the records with and without him are basically similar though (2 games over .500 before him, 2 games under .500 with him, i believe).
a better team probably, but a less talented team. too many times though, ive watched melo shoot us out of games. i think you need a player like him to be your closer in crunch time of tough games vs boston, la, the like... but for the first 46 minutes, id like to see him play more within the system, and keep the team aspect going. then he can be melo in crunch time.
i will say this though... amare was a legit mvp candidate last year before the melo trade, in the pick n roll offense. its become a pick n roll offense again... id like to see the shaolin dynasty add amare for a week or two without melo, and see how that goes.
and yea... toney douglas is terrible. his defense is not as good as shumperts, so his strength isnt even really a strength anymore... and he hasnt had any of those ridiculous toney shooting days aside from xmas, if memory serves. he was like our new nate, 1-12 over 3 games, then explodes for 30 points on 6-9 shooting from deep. except he hasnt had any of those 6-9 shooting games yet. bill walker is pretty much the same player though... i think those two will trade each others minutes, whoevers looking better in practice i suppose.