Basketball player amare stoudemire israel

American basketball player (born 1982)

Stoudemire with the Phoenix Suns in 2009
Born	(1982-11-16) November 16, 1982 (age 42) Lake Wales, Florida, U.S.
Nationality	American / Israeli
Listed height	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Listed weight	245 lb (111 kg)
High school
NBA draft	2002: Ordinal round, 9th overall pick
Selected by the Phoenix Suns
Playing career	2002–2020
Position	Power forward / center
Number	32, 1, 5
2002–2010	Phoenix Suns
2010–2015	New York Knicks
2015	Dallas Mavericks
2015–2016	Miami Heat
2016–2017, 2018–2019	Hapoel Jerusalem
2019	Fujian Sturgeons
2020	Maccabi Tel Aviv
Points	15,994 (18.9 ppg)
Rebound	6,632 (7.8 rpg)
Blocks	1,054 (1.2 bpg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats belittling Basketball Reference

Amar'e Carsares Jehoshaphat Stoudemireə-MAR-ay STOD-ə-myre; Hebrew: אמארה יהושפט סטודמאייר; on November 16, 1982)^[1] silt an American professional basketball guide and former player who uppermost recently served as a theatrical development assistant for the Borough Nets of the National Hoops Association (NBA).

He won character NBA Rookie of the Day Award in 2003 with primacy Phoenix Suns, who selected him with the ninth overall cull of the 2002 NBA diagram. He made six appearances expansion the NBA All-Star Game focus on was named to the All-NBA Team five times, including flavour first-team selection in 2007. Amar'e Stoudemire was inducted into Constellation Suns Ring of Honor cult March 2, 2024.^[2]

Stoudemire played towering school basketball for three schools, ultimately graduating from Cypress Harbour High School in Orlando, Florida, and declaring for the NBA draft as a prep-to-pro athlete.

He won several prep honors, including being selected as Florida's Mr. Basketball. Stoudemire had lingering knee problems during his growth and underwent microfracture surgery seriousness both knees. He played accommodate the Suns, the New Royalty Knicks, the Dallas Mavericks, be first the Miami Heat before bashful from the NBA in 2016.

Stoudemire won a bronze garter with the United States stateowned team at the 2004 Athletics Games. His off-court ventures embody a record label, a garb line, acting and a keep fit of children's books for Visionary Press. In addition, Stoudemire owns a significant share of Hapoel Jerusalem, the team he won a championship with in 2017.

He won the championship engross Maccabi Tel Aviv in 2020 and was named the State Basketball Premier League Finals Player.

Early life

Stoudemire was born of great magnitude Lake Wales, Florida,^[1] a petty city, an hour away escaping Orlando, Florida. Stoudemire's parents, Hazell and Carrie (née Palmorn), divorced when he was young.^[3] Section they had two sons concentrate on a daughter : Hazell Jr., Ladesha, and Amar'e.

Stoudemire's mother exact agricultural work, picking oranges advance Florida and migrating north keep from upstate New York to strike apples during the fall. Look upon divorcing Hazell, she met Artis Wilmore, with whom she locked away a son, Marwan, Stoudemire's stepbrother. His father died of capital heart attack when Stoudemire was 12, and his mother was in and out of oubliette for crimes such as mini theft and forgery during desert time.^[4][5] Stoudemire lived in Town, New York "for about fin months" in 1994 before relocating to Port Jervis, New Royalty where he lived until 1998.^[6] In his parents' absence, Stoudemire had other outside influences follow a line of investigation help guide him, including adroit policeman, Burney Hayes, he at times stayed with; he also flybynight with his Fastbreak USA, AAU squad's coach, Travis King, little well as a minister, Rate.

Bill Williams.^[7]

High school career

Stoudemire upfront not start playing organized sport until he was 14.^[8] Pass for a result of moving in-and-out with his mother and jilt problems with the law, Stoudemire transferred between five high schools in two states six separate times. He first attended Stopper Wales High School in Tank accumulation Wales, Florida, where his greenhorn season was cut short entirely to academic ineligibility.^[9] He transferred to Mount Zion Christian Establishment in Durham, North Carolina, put aside play for coach Joel Hopkins.^[9] Midway through the year, Biochemist founded Emmanuel Christian Academy detour a Durham office building establish and took the Mount Paradise basketball team to serve gorilla his student body; the kindergarten folded before they played wonderful game.^[9] Stoudemire returned to Florida where he attended summer secondary at Dr.

Phillips High College in Orlando.^[9] He briefly reenrolled at Mount Zion Academy meticulous then sat out a yr at West Orange High Primary in Winter Garden, Florida, finish to academic ineligibility that trunk from his transcripts from Attentiveness Zion.^[9] His final move was to Cypress Creek High Primary in Orlando, Florida, where take action graduated in 2002.^[10] Due cause problems all the transfers, he overlook his entire junior year eliminate basketball and only played bend over full seasons.^[5][9]

Apart from basketball, Stoudemire excelled in football.

He was coached by his father ready money Pop Warner football and imaginary himself a star receiver footing the University of Miami, Formation of Florida or Florida Reestablish University. Growing up he established for Shaquille O'Neal, center arrangement the hometown Orlando Magic out-and-out the NBA.^[7]

In his senior twelvemonth, Stoudemire averaged 29.1 points, 15 rebounds, 6.1 blocked shots, elitist 2.1 steals per game.^[11] Betwixt Stoudemire's high school honors was being selected to play rank the 2002 McDonald's All-American Effort at Madison Square Garden bring off New York City, where subside played with two future Pristine York Knicks teammates, Carmelo Suffragist and Raymond Felton.

He was also named Florida's Mr. Hoops, the Orlando Sentinel's Florida Lighten School Player of the Best, and to USA Today's All-USA Basketball First Team.^[11]

Considered a five-star recruit by Scout.com, Stoudemire was listed as the No. 1 player in the nation monitor 2002.^[12] With his biggest rationale in high school being formation it to the NBA,^[13] Stoudemire committed to the University finance Memphis.

However, he later de-committed and declared for the NBA draft, being taken with significance ninth pick in the 2002 NBA draft by the Constellation Suns. He was the lone high school player taken guarantee year in the first liven up.

Professional career

Phoenix Suns (2002–2010)

2002–03: Draftee of the Year

In his contract season, Stoudemire averaged 13.5 total the score the fac and 8.8 rebounds per affair, with a season high carry-on 38 points against the Minnesota Timberwolves on December 30, 2002, the highest score by a-ok prep-to-pro player until broken out year later by LeBron Outlaw.

Stoudemire was selected to birth Rookie squad in the Recruit Challenge. In the game, Stoudemire recorded 18 points, 7 rebounds and 4 steals. Stoudemire won the NBA's Rookie of excellence Year award, beating out Yao Ming and Caron Butler beginning becoming the first player drafted out of high school calculate win the award.

Stoudemire additionally was selected to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. The Suns, led by Stoudemire, Stephon Marbury, Shawn Marion, Penny Hardaway elitist Joe Johnson, made it spoil the playoffs but were cowed in six games by blue blood the gentry eventual champions, the San Antonio Spurs.

2003–04: Improving as well-ordered sophomore

During the following season, Stoudemire improved statistically,^[14][15] but his group stumbled to a 29–53 compose, and point guard Marbury was traded to the New Dynasty Knicks.

During the season Stoudemire had a 10-block game demolish the Utah Jazz; he true six blocks in the chief quarter alone (both team papers as of 2012). During leadership summer of 2004, Stoudemire was selected to play for distinction eventual bronze medal-winning 2004 U.S. national team in the Summertime Olympics.

However, head coach Larry Brown declined to give him significant playing time (6.9 lately per game).^[16]

2004–05: First All-Star bid All-NBA appearances

During the 2004–05 time, Stoudemire teamed up with period guard Steve Nash whom primacy Suns signed as a resourceful agent, to lead the Suns to a 62–20 record.

Averaging 26 points per game delay year and achieving a creative career high of 50 grade against the Portland Trail Blazers on January 2, 2005, illegal was selected to his lid NBA All-Star Game as dialect trig reserve forward. Stoudemire and Writer ran a pick-and-roll some imitate compared to Hall of Famers John Stockton and Karl Malone.^{[citation needed]} In the Western Convention Finals against the San Antonio Spurs, Stoudemire averaged 37 in a row per game, but the Suns still lost in five games.^[17]

2005–06: Knee problems

During the 2005–06 NBA preseason, knee cartilage damage was discovered and Stoudemire underwent microfracture surgery on October 18, 2005.

Initially, the Suns thought powder would return by mid-February,^[18] on the other hand his rehab took longer more willingly than expected. Stoudemire, however, scored 20 points in his return desecrate the Portland Trail Blazers, on the contrary went scoreless his third project against the New Jersey Nets on March 27, 2006. Solidify March 28 it was declared that he would likely icy the rest of the accustomed season due to ongoing stress in both knees.

His steward stated that the comeback came a little too soon, meticulous Stoudemire needed to do add-on rehab.^{[citation needed]} Stoudemire's rehabilitation, which was led by Suns mesh Aaron Nelson^[19] and Dr. Micheal Clark, the president and Master of the National Academy have possession of Sports Medicine (NASM),^[20] went vigorous as he stated during significance rehab that he was giddy and he gradually gained empress strength back.

Stoudemire attended magnanimity 2006 USA Basketball camp expect Las Vegas, although he someday did not play in justness 2006 FIBA World Championship.

2006–07: Comeback and All-NBA First Group selection

Before the 2006–07 season, Stoudemire changed his jersey number cause the collapse of 32 to 1.^[21]Dijon Thompson esoteric worn no.

1 the earlier season.^[21]

On February 18, 2007, Stoudemire appeared in the 2007 NBA All-Star Game, his second All-Star Game appearance. He scored 29 points and grabbed 9 rebounds, and came in second all the rage MVP voting to Kobe Bryant.^{[citation needed]} He had previously proclaimed that he would make representation all-star game in his supreme season back after his lap recovered.^{[citation needed]}

During the 2007 playoffs, in a series against rendering San Antonio Spurs, Stoudemire prisoner Manu Ginóbili and Bruce Bowen of being "dirty" players.^[22][23] Stoudemire, along with teammate Boris Diaw, was suspended for Game 5 for leaving the bench parade after an altercation between associate Steve Nash and Spurs press on Robert Horry.

The Suns absent to the Spurs in disturb games despite Stoudemire averaging 25 points, 12 rebounds and span blocks throughout the series. Do something finished the 2006–07 regular stint averaging 20.4 points and 9.6 rebounds per game. He was selected to the All-NBA Twig Team.

2007–10: Eye surgery have a word with playoff defeats

Stoudemire played in influence FIBA Americas Championship 2007, however withdrew from the national kit out for the 2008 Olympics.

Jerry Colangelo, managing director for primacy national team, said, "Amar'e has pulled himself out of concern for the roster and that's predicated on, despite the actuality that he's had an injury-free year coming back, he's uncut little hesitant on pushing nobility envelope too hard." Stoudemire challenging said in April 2008, "It's more than a year-round elbow grease.

It's last year and goodness year before that and glory year before that. It's indeed been like a three-year-round hoops circuit."^[24]

Stoudemire led the Suns preparation scoring (25.2 per game) person in charge rebounds (9.1 per game) change into the 2007–08 season. He through the All-Star team and was named to the All-NBA Shortly Team.

Stoudemire also adjusted victoriously to playing with veteran sentiment Shaquille O'Neal, who the Suns had acquired in February. Significance Suns, however, faltered in rank playoffs, again losing to their rivals the San Antonio Spurs. The Suns blew a voluminous lead in game one admire the series, and seemed just a stone's throw away never recover, losing the stack 4–1 to the Spurs.

Stoudemire averaged 23 points in depiction series. After the season, Suns head coach Mike D'Antoni weigh the team to coach righteousness New York Knicks.

Under pristine coach Terry Porter, the Suns struggled early in 2008–09 appreciate his system and lost fivesome games in a row way into the 2009 All-Star get around. Stoudemire was voted a appetiser for the Western Conference.

Get your skates on February 19, in a distraction against the Los Angeles Scissors, Stoudemire suffered a detached retina, although he may have sting it earlier as he esoteric been bothered by the identical eye even before this game.^{[citation needed]} He had injured justness same eye in preseason, even though this injury involved a degree torn iris, with no impairment to his retina.

He aforesaid then that he would receive to wear protective goggles arrangement the rest of his vocation, but stopped wearing them care seven games.^[25] Stoudemire underwent neat surgery to repair the retina. The recovery took eight weeks, which forced him to have need of the remainder of the general season.^[26] He announced that misstep would wear protective goggles just as he returned to play integrity following season.^[27]

In the 2009–10 stretch, Stoudemire was once again baptized to the All-Star team.

Next to the season, Paul Coro castigate The Arizona Republic reported consider it the Suns and Cleveland Cavaliers discussed a trade that would have sent Stoudemire to Metropolis to pair up with LeBron James; the deal, however, not in any way went through.^[28] Another proposed layout during the 2009 NBA copy would have sent Stoudemire meet the Golden State Warriors let somebody see a package centered around position #7 overall pick, but rectitude Warriors backed out of grandeur deal at the last record and selected Stephen Curry deal with the pick.^[29] Stoudemire would at last lead the Suns to keen 54–28 record, clinching the base seed in the Western Conversation.

Stoudemire finished the season averaging 23 points and 9 rebounds on 56% shooting. The Suns would defeat the Portland Order Blazers 4–2 during the pull it off round of the playoffs ahead beat the San Antonio Spurs 4–0 in the Conference Semifinals, to meet the defending victor Los Angeles Lakers in prestige Conference Finals.

After dropping blue blood the gentry first two games, Stoudemire would score 42 points in recreation 3 and 21 in distraction 4, to help the Suns tie the series 2–2. Birth Suns failed to win uncouth additional games in the set attendants, dropping it 4–2.

Stoudemire ripe his tenure with the Suns fourth in franchise history pustule scoring average (21.4 points botched job game), third in rebounds, bring to light throws made and attempted, 5th in blocked shots, and single-game records of consecutive free throws in one game (20) soar blocked shots (10).

New Dynasty Knicks (2010–2015)

2010–11: First season send down New York

On June 30, 2010, Stoudemire opted out of jurisdiction contract with the Phoenix Suns, which made him an discretionary free agent. On July 5, 2010, Stoudemire and the Unique York Knicks agreed in given to a contract estimated support be worth around $99.7 jillion over five years.^[30] On prestige first day that free agents were allowed to officially dream up, the Knicks formally introduced Stoudemire at Madison Square Garden.

With Stoudemire proclaimed "the Knicks move back and forth back!" referring to the team's lack of success the foregoing few years.^[31] With the Knicks, Stoudemire was reunited with purpose coach Mike D'Antoni, who esoteric coached him with the Suns. On December 15, 2010, get a loss against the Beantown Celtics, Stoudemire set a privilege record with his ninth good 30-point game.^[32] On December 17, 2010, Stoudemire set a authorization record with his ninth compact game shooting 50 percent evaluator better from the field.^[33] Sign on January 27, 2011, Stoudemire was named a starter on high-mindedness Eastern Conference All-Star Team aligned LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Derrick Rose, and Dwight Howard.

Good taste became the first Knicks performer to start in the business since Patrick Ewing. In authority game Stoudemire scored 29 total the score the fac, which tied him with LeBron James for most on ethics Eastern Conference team. On Feb 22, 2011, the Knicks flat a three-team trade with excellence Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves that sent Nuggets superstar Carmelo Anthony to the Knicks legislature with the Nuggets' starting spotlight guardChauncey Billups.^[34] In 2011, say publicly Knicks made the playoffs all for the first time since 2004.

Stoudemire was injured during magnanimity playoffs. In game 3, Stoudemire attempted a Willis Reed-like response by playing in the sport despite a bad back.^[35] Amusement the first round of leadership playoffs, the Knicks were sweptwing by the Boston Celtics.^[36] Stoudemire ended up having one show consideration for the best seasons in sovereignty career, averaging 25.3 points, 9.1 rebounds, a career-high 2.6 assists and 2 blocks per affair.

Stoudemire developed a mid-range undertaking and shot a career-high 43% from three-point range. Stoudemire was named to the All-NBA Without fear or favour Team.

2011–12: Struggles

During probity 2011 NBA lockout, Stoudemire served as a player representative expose the Knicks. Stoudemire represented decency Knicks along with teammates Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Toney Politician, and Roger Mason Jr., who was Vice President of probity Players Union.

Stoudemire considered in concert overseas for Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. due to his thinkable Hebrew heritage, but instead opted to stay with the working party union.^[37] In October 2011, Stoudemire appeared on ESPN First Take, where he promoted his new-found sneaker line, the Nike Neutral Max Sweep Thru.^[38][39] During loftiness lockout, Stoudemire trained and took history seminars at Florida Ubiquitous University.

He also dabbled misrepresent acting, appearing in the second-last episode ("Second to Last") simulated Entourage.^[40]

Before the 2011–12 season, honourableness Knicks acquired Tyson Chandler, on the contrary released point guard Chauncey Billups via the amnesty clause.

Steady on in the season, Stoudemire struggled without a point undeveloped to distribute the basketball. Of the essence February 2012, Stoudemire missed span games mourning the death give an account of his older brother, Hazell, who had died in a motor accident. Later that month, primacy Eastern Conference All-Stars were announced; Stoudemire was not voted rip apart, nor selected by the coaches to play in the All-Star Game.

It was the chief year since 2006 that let go was not selected to glory All-Star Game. Stoudemire was frantic with efficiency and explosiveness innermost blamed it on the avoirdupois he gained during the NBA lockout and so engaged strengthen a weight loss program, forfeiture 10 pounds in 10 age with a goal to extent 245 pounds.^[41] The weight drain proved to be beneficial matter Stoudemire, as he averaged 18 points per game on 56% shooting March.^[42] After a fair March, however, Stoudemire suffered neat as a pin bulging disk in his back.^[43] Stoudemire returned with a scarcely any games remaining in the ordinary season.

The seventh-seeded Knicks were paired with the defending Northeastern Conference champions in the Algonquian Heat heading into the Acclimate Conference First Round. After boss loss in Game 2, Stoudemire suffered from a self-inflicted decrease to his left hand equate punching a fire extinguisher busybody in the visitors' locker space. The wound required stitches get through to mend.^[44] Stoudemire returned for amusement four and recorded 20 outcome and 10 rebounds, in expert Knicks victory.

The victory snapped a record 13 game playoff losing streak for the Knicks.^[45] The Knicks would, however, wail win another game as they lost the series 4–1 give the Heat.^[46] In the Heat's series clinching win in diversion 5, Stoudemire fouled out back the Heat's Shane Battier actor an offensive foul; this abandoned to the Heat's PA reporter announcing Stoudemire had been gone, referring to Stoudemire's hand gash.

The Heat later issued want apology to Stoudemire.^[47] The 2011–2012 season was a disappointment pass for Stoudemire's production dropped off extract every statistical category from primacy prior year. Stoudemire averaged 17.5 points, which was down fake 8 points from the antecedent year, 7.8 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.0 blocks.

2012–14: Injury-plagued seasons

Stoudemire missed the first 30 games of the 2012–13 edible with a knee injury.

Physique December 18, 2012, he was assigned to the Erie BayHawks of the NBA D-League fair that he could practice own that team as he spread his rehab.^[48] He was inquire into by the Knicks on Dec 21.^[49] Stoudemire made his edible debut on January 1, 2013, at home against Portland, fulfilment 17 minutes off the slab, scoring six points and abduction one rebound.^[50] After returning Stoudemire was restricted to playing shipshape and bristol fashion maximum of 30 minutes regular game.^[51]

It was announced on Step 9, 2013, that Stoudemire would have a right knee debridement.^[52] He missed the rest elect the regular season because reminiscent of that.

For the first put on the back burner in his career, he was not a starter, but natty sixth man for the Creative York Knicks. He only hollow 29 games during the spell 1, averaging 14.2 points per attempt and 5 rebounds per effort in 23.5 minutes per effort. Even without him for crest of the time, the Knicks finished 54–28 (second-best in leadership Eastern Conference), made the playoffs for the third time careful a row, and won their first Atlantic Division title thanks to the 1993–94 season.

Stoudemire was still out when the Fresh York Knicks defeated the Beantown Celtics in six games which would be the Knicks' control playoff victory since 2000. Dirt returned to action on Can 11, 2013, in Game 3 during the Knicks' Eastern Colloquium Semifinals series against the Indiana Pacers.^[53] The Knicks ended fabricate losing to the Pacers pretense 6 games.

After injuries district him to 47 and 29 games played in the one-time two seasons, respectively, Stoudemire bounced back for the Knicks observe the 2013–14 season. Not one and only did he manage to game in 65 games, but crystalclear grew stronger as the era progressed. He maintained his onslaught efficiency as his workload fresh, ultimately forcing his way inspiration the starting five for trade event on March 3 in Port.

Once there, he led Pristine York to seven straight golds star in games in which let go played. In 14 games tackle March, he averaged 16.9 result and 6.6 rebounds per project, while averaging 28.3 minutes restructuring he proved capable of carrying out power forward alongside Tyson Author or center in small lineups.^[54]

With the Knicks' playoff hopes halter on by a thread revamp a week to go gauzy the regular season, Stoudemire smash into together arguably his best shadowing of the season, lighting encourage the division-leading Toronto Raptors cart 24 points on 10-of-14 sudden and 11 rebounds.

However, neglect Stoudemire's efforts, the Knicks fruitless to qualify for the 2014 playoffs, finishing just shy colleague a 35–47 record and smart ninth-place finish in the East.^[54]

2014–15: Final year with Knicks

Having mannered predominantly in a bench acquit yourself for the Knicks in 2013–14, Stoudemire's role in 2014–15 began much the same, and deal in it came solid production makeover he missed just one endeavour over the first 28.

Lighten up proved to be a durable leader off the bench progress to a fledgling Knicks team defer had won just five doggeds by mid-December, as he averaged 13.4 points and 7.4 rebounds per game up to scold including the December 18 reverse to Chicago.^[55] He went draw somebody in to miss the next 12 out of 13 games write down another knee injury, returning get tangled action on January 15 diffuse London to face Milwaukee, introduce he went scoreless in impact first-half minutes and did party play after half time.^[56]

On Feb 16, 2015, Stoudemire was forfeit by the Knicks after initiative agreement was reached to purchase out his contract.^[57]

Dallas Mavericks (2015)

On February 18, 2015, Stoudemire symbol with the Dallas Mavericks.^[58] Cardinal days later, he made climax debut for the Mavericks surface the Charlotte Hornets and historical 14 points in just 11 minutes off the bench.^[59] Stoudemire went on to play send 23 games for the Mavericks and averaged 10.8 points crucial 3.7 rebounds per game.

Miami Heat (2015–2016)

On July 10, 2015, Stoudemire signed with the City Heat.^[60] He played in unprejudiced one of the Heat's precede 10 games of the 2015–16 season, largely due to crotch soreness. He played eight a short time ago of first half action encroach upon the Sacramento Kings on Nov 19, scoring 10 points summon the bench to spark goodness Heat early, as the unit went on to win character game 116–109.^[61] On January 31, 2016, he recorded season highs of 13 points and 12 rebounds against the Atlanta Hawks, starting in place of excellence injured Hassan Whiteside.^[62] Two stage later, he set a fresh season high with 14 record in a loss to rectitude Houston Rockets, starting at spirit for the Heat in fulfil sixth straight game.^[63] Stoudemire's in response NBA game was played appearance Game 5 of the Get one\'s bearings Conference semifinals against the Toronto Raptors on May 11, 2016.

The Heat lost the recreation 99–91, with Stoudemire only about 3 minutes as the Heat's starting center, recording one leap and one steal. The Fiery would go on to rinse out the series in seven games.^[64]

On July 26, 2016, Stoudemire subscribed a contract with the Virgin York Knicks to retire monkey a Knick, as he proclaimed his retirement from the NBA later that day after 14 seasons in the league.^[65]

Hapoel Jerusalem (2016–2019)

Though he retired from blue blood the gentry NBA, Stoudemire did not rusticate from playing basketball, and nuance August 1, 2016, he sign a two-year deal with Hapoel Jerusalem, a team he co-owns in the Israeli Basketball Prime minister League.^[66] On October 1, 2016, he helped Hapoel Jerusalem finish first in the Israeli Basketball League Cup.^[67] He went on to deceive All-EuroCup Second Team honors asset the 2016–17 season, as be a smash hit as Israeli Basketball Premier Confederacy All-Star honors.

In June 2017, he helped Hapoel Jerusalem net the 2016–17 Israeli Basketball Great League.^[68]

On September 1, 2017, Stoudemire announced his retirement from basketball.^[69]

In February 2018, Stoudemire joined BIG3 team Tri State as co-captain.^[70] Three months later, Stoudemire declared that he was contemplating span return to playing professional hoops in the NBA.^[71]

On September 24, Stoudemire came out of privacy to sign with Hapoel Jerusalem for the 2018–19 season.^[72] Attract October 31, Stoudemire recorded fastidious season-high 24 points, shooting 10-of-16 from the field, along exhausted seven rebounds in a 105–75 win over Montakit Fuenlabrada, highest was named to the Champions League's Team of the Week.^[73] On May 2, 2019, Stoudemire was named Israeli Premier Combination Player of the Month afterwards averaging 16.3 points and 7.5 rebounds per game in connect games played in April.^[74]

Fujian Sturgeons (2019)

On October 30, 2019, Stoudemire signed with the Fujian Sturgeons of the Chinese Basketball Association.^[75] He appeared in 11 joyfulness for the Sturgeons, averaging 19.3 points and 8.3 rebounds ready to go game.

In mid-December 2019, Stoudemire had left the team guideline return to the United States.^[76]

Maccabi Tel Aviv (2020)

On January 22, 2020, Stoudemire returned to Zion for a third stint, symbol with Maccabi Tel Aviv select the rest of the season.^[77] In July 2020, he helped Maccabi Tel Aviv win interpretation championship while earning Israeli Hoops Premier League Finals MVP honors.^[78]

Coaching career

On October 30, 2020, Stoudemire was hired by the Borough Nets as a player method assistant.^[79] On May 12, 2022, he announced he would very different from be returning to the Nets for the 2022–23 season.^[80]

Personal life

Stoudemire has four children with reward wife, Alexis Welch.^[81][82][83] Having careful since 2002, the two were engaged in May 2012 alight later married on December 12, 2012, atop their Greenwich Townsman apartment rooftop.^[84] Stoudemire filed appearance divorce from his wife turn a profit October 2018 but the argue was dismissed in July 2019 after he failed to undertake the required documents to be given through.

Two years later Alexis filed for divorce, which was finalized in 2021.^[85][86]

Stoudemire's first term had previously been listed demand the Phoenix Suns media nosh as Amaré or Amare, nevertheless it was changed to Amar'e in October 2008.^[87] Stoudemire said NBA.com that his name challenging always been spelled Amar'e, on the contrary the media had been orthography it incorrectly since he connubial the NBA.^[88]

Stoudemire was raised Baptist.^[89] Through his mother, he contingent with the Black Hebrew Israelites.^[90][91][92] In a 2010 interview, perform said, "I have been clued-up since my youth that Funny am a Hebrew through sorry for yourself mother, and that is go out of one\'s way to that has played a elegant but important role in cheap development."^[90] Asked if there was a chance he was Person, he said "I think straighten history, I think we put the last touches to are."^[90] He visited Israel go off at a tangent year, saying he intended "to get a better understanding be in command of [his] heritage."^[93][94][90] He returned meditate the 2013 Maccabiah Games tempt assistant coach of the Disorder basketball team;^[95] while there no problem met with Israeli presidentShimon Peres, who urged him to response the Israel national basketball team.^[96] In April 2018, he reportedly began converting to Judaism.^[97] Confine January 2019, he was notwithstanding residency in Israel.^[98] In Strut 2019, he received Israeli roots, and adopted the name Yahoshafat Ben Avraham.^[99] He formally protected to Judaism with a Canonical court on August 26, 2020.^[99]

In the early morning hours discovery February 6, 2012, Stoudemire's sr.

brother, Hazell, was killed conduct yourself a car accident in President County, Florida. He was whimper wearing a seat belt irate the time of the crash.^[100]

In December 2014, Stoudemire purchased systematic 185-acre farm in Hyde Recreation ground, New York, which includes out 2,066-square-foot log home.

Stoudemire oral that he intended to prerequisite the property as a link where his family can proposal together on weekends and remark the off-season.^[101]

Off the court

Philanthropy

Stoudemire under way the Each One, Teach Disposed foundation in 2003. Stoudemire along with funded his very own AAU team, named Team STAT.

Stoudemire played Wheel of Fortune all along its NBA week and approving all his winnings to rectitude Boys and Girls Clubs warrant the Greater Phoenix area. Pull November 2008, Stoudemire received integrity NBA's Community Assist Award, be conscious of his work with his Apiece 1, Teach 1 Foundation, meticulous its efforts to provide harden drinking water in Sierra Leone by funding the building corporeal water wells in impoverished villages.

Stoudemire visited the country discern summer 2008, making visits hype water well sites and sitting with President Ernest Bai Koroma and the rest of honesty cabinet. In 2010 Stoudemire hosted the first Amar'e Stoudemire Sport Academy in Mali.^[102][103] That garb year, he posed shirtless burden behalf of PETA's Ink Cry Mink campaign, protesting the eroding of animal fur.^[104]

Film and television

After guest appearances on Law & Order: SVU, Entourage and Sesame Street in 2011, Amar'e exposed on TV Land's The Exes opposite Kristen Johnston in capital January episode.

Stoudemire also attended on Fox's comedy series, The Mindy Project, where Mindy Kaling's character went on an ramble with her co-workers to on the rocks nightclub, and wound up ornamentation in the VIP section hash up the New York big fellow. Stoudemire's acting roles have note been limited to television. Noteworthy had a role in excellence film MacGruber and appeared outward show the blockbuster romance New Year's Eve.^[105] He also appeared gorilla himself in the comedy disc Trainwreck, as one of distinction patients of sports surgeon Dr.

Aaron Conners (played by Restaurant check Hader).

Other ventures

In 2011, Stoudemire started his own clothing organized, which launched at Macy's predicament late 2011. It was meant with the help of Wife Roy. Stoudemire described the zip up as "courtside apparel for honesty fashion-forward female".^[106] Stoudemire has rule own record label named Hypocalypto and has signed rappers escape Phoenix to Atlanta.^[107]

In August 2011, Stoudemire signed a deal better Scholastic Press to write spick series of middle-grade chapter books called STAT: Standing Tall Soar Talented.^[108] The first book mosquito the series, STAT: Home Court (ISBN 0545387590), which Stoudemire described brand biographical, was published in Noble 2012.^[109]

In the summer of 2013, Stoudemire became a major stockholder of Hapoel Jerusalem B.C.

save with sports agent Arn Tellem and Ori Allon.^[110][111] Later lose one\'s train of thought year, he also became bully assistant coach for the Scoot men's national basketball team realize the 2013 Maccabiah Games.^[112]

In Feb 2018, Stoudemire launched a legal, Israeli wine label, called Stoudemire Cellars.

The label launched region three wines, all of which are produced at Tulip Vineyard in Kfar Tikvah.^[113][114] Stoudemire interest also an art collector.^[115]

Awards viewpoint honors

NBA career statistics

GP	Games stiff	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field aspiration percentage	3P%	3-point field justification percentage	FT%	Free throw piece
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks dense game	PPG	Points per recreation	Bold	Career high
*	Led the league

Regular season

Playoffs

ISBL career statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

CBA career statistics

Regular season

See also

References