54 Facts About Amar'e Stoudemire

Amar'e Carsares Stoudemire is an American-Israeli professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as a player development assistant for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association .

Amar'e Stoudemire played high school basketball for three different schools, ultimately graduating from Cypress Creek High School in Orlando, Florida, and declaring for the NBA draft as a prep-to-pro player.

Amar'e Stoudemire suffered from chronic knee problems during his career and underwent microfracture surgery on both knees.

Amar'e Stoudemire won a bronze medal with the United States national team at the 2004 Olympic Games.

Amar'e Stoudemire was born in Lake Wales, Florida, a small city within an hour's drive of Orlando, Florida.

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Amar'e Stoudemire's mother did agricultural work, picking oranges in Florida and migrating north to upstate New York to pick apples during the fall.

Amar'e Stoudemire lived in Newburgh, New York "for about five months" in 1994 before relocating to Port Jervis, New York where he lived until 1998.

Amar'e Stoudemire did not start playing organized basketball until he was 14.

Amar'e Stoudemire returned to Florida where he attended summer school at Dr Phillips High School in Orlando.

Amar'e Stoudemire'sfinal move was to Cypress Creek High School in Orlando, Florida, where he graduated in 2002.

Amar'e Stoudemire was selected to the Rookie squad in the Rookie Challenge.

Amar'e Stoudemire won the NBA's Rookie of the Year award, beating out Yao Ming and Caron Butler and becoming the first player drafted out of high school to win the award.

Amar'e Stoudemire scored 20 points in his return against the Portland Trail Blazers, but went scoreless his third game against the New Jersey Nets on March 27,2006.

Amar'e Stoudemire'smanager stated that the comeback came a little too soon, and Stoudemire needed to do more rehab.

Amar'e Stoudemire attended the 2006 USA Basketball camp in Las Vegas, although he ultimately did not play in the 2006 FIBA World Championship.

On February 18,2007, Amar'e Stoudemire appeared in the 2007 NBA All-Star Game, his second All-Star Game appearance.

The Suns lost to the Spurs in six games despite Amar'e Stoudemire averaging 25 points, 12 rebounds and two blocks throughout the series.

Amar'e Stoudemire played in the FIBA Americas Championship 2007, but withdrew from the national team for the 2008 Olympics.

On June 30,2010, Amar'e Stoudemire opted out of his contract with the Phoenix Suns, which made him an unrestricted free agent.

On December 15,2010, in a loss against the Boston Celtics, Amar'e Stoudemire set a franchise record with his ninth straight 30-point game.

On December 17,2010, Amar'e Stoudemire set a franchise record with his ninth straight game shooting 50 percent or better from the field.

On January 27,2011, Amar'e Stoudemire was named a starter on the Eastern Conference All-Star Team alongside LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Derrick Rose, and Dwight Howard.

In game 3, Amar'e Stoudemire attempted a Willis Reed-like comeback by playing in the game despite a bad back.

Amar'e Stoudemire ended up having one of the best seasons in his career, averaging 25.

Amar'e Stoudemire represented the Knicks along with teammates Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Toney Douglas, and Roger Mason Jr.

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In October 2011, Amar'e Stoudemire appeared on ESPN First Take, where he promoted his new sneaker line, the Nike Air Max Sweep Thru.

Early on in the season, Amar'e Stoudemire struggled without a point guard to distribute the basketball.

In February 2012, Amar'e Stoudemire missed four games mourning the death of his older brother, Hazell, who had died in a car accident.

Later that month, the Eastern Conference All-Stars were announced; Amar'e Stoudemire was not voted in, nor selected by the coaches to play in the All-Star Game.

Amar'e Stoudemire was struggling with efficiency and explosiveness and blamed it on the weight he gained during the NBA lockout and so engaged in a weight loss program, losing 10 pounds in 10 days with a goal to reach 245 pounds.

Amar'e Stoudemire returned with a few games remaining in the regular season.

Amar'e Stoudemire returned for game four and recorded 20 points and 10 rebounds, in a Knicks victory.

Amar'e Stoudemire made his season debut on January 1,2013, at home against Portland, playing 17 minutes off the bench, scoring six points and grabbing one rebound.

Amar'e Stoudemire was still out when the New York Knicks defeated the Boston Celtics in six games which would be the Knicks' first playoff victory since 2000.

On February 16,2015, Amar'e Stoudemire was waived by the Knicks after an agreement was reached to buy out his contract.

Amar'e Stoudemire went on to play in 23 games for the Mavericks and averaged 10.

On July 26,2016, Amar'e Stoudemire signed a contract with the New York Knicks to retire as a Knick, as he announced his retirement from the NBA later that day after 14 seasons in the league.

Three months later, Amar'e Stoudemire announced that he was contemplating a return to playing professional basketball in the NBA.

On May 2,2019, Amar'e Stoudemire was named Israeli Premier League Player of the Month after averaging 16.

On October 30,2019, Amar'e Stoudemire signed with the Fujian Sturgeons of the Chinese Basketball Association.

On January 22,2020, Amar'e Stoudemire returned to Israel for a third stint, signing with Maccabi Tel Aviv for the rest of the season.

On October 30,2020, Amar'e Stoudemire was hired by the Brooklyn Nets as a player development assistant.

Amar'e Stoudemire filed for divorce from his wife in October 2018 but the case was dismissed in July 2019 after he failed to submit the required documents to follow through.

In December 2021, Amar'e Stoudemire told his Instagram followers that he was seeking a new partner, preferably someone Jewish.

In December 2014, Amar'e Stoudemire purchased a 185-acre farm in Hyde Park, New York, which includes a 2,066-square-foot log home.

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Amar'e Stoudemire said that he intended to use the property as a place where his family can get together on weekends and in the off-season.

Amar'e Stoudemire played Wheel of Fortune during its NBA week and donated all his winnings to the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Greater Phoenix area.

In November 2008, Amar'e Stoudemire received the NBA's Community Assist Award, for his work with his Each 1, Teach 1 Foundation, and its efforts to provide safe drinking water in Sierra Leone by funding the building of water wells in impoverished villages.

Amar'e Stoudemire visited the country in summer 2008, making visits to water well sites and meeting with President Ernest Bai Koroma and the rest of the cabinet.

Amar'e Stoudemire appeared on Fox's comedy series, The Mindy Project, where Mindy Kaling's character went on an outing with her co-workers to a nightclub, and wound up hanging in the VIP section with the New York big man.

In 2011, Amar'e Stoudemire started his own clothing line, which launched at Macy's in late 2011.

Amar'e Stoudemire described the line as "courtside apparel for the fashion-forward female".

Amar'e Stoudemire has his own record label named Hypocalypto and has signed rappers from Phoenix to Atlanta.

In February 2018, Amar'e Stoudemire launched a kosher, Israeli wine label, called Amar'e Stoudemire Cellars.