Amar’e Carsares Stoudemire (Hebrew: אמארה יהושפט סטודמאייר; ; born November 16, 1982) is an American-Israeli professional basketball coach and former player. He serves as player development assistant for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 2003 with the Phoenix Suns, who selected him with the ninth overall pick of the 2002 NBA draft. He made six appearances in the NBA All-Star Game and was named to the All-NBA Team five times, including one first-team selection in 2007.
Amar’e Carsares Stoudemire (Hebrew: אמארה יהושפט סטודמאייר; ; born November 16, 1982) is an American-Israeli professional basketball coach and former player. He serves as player development partner for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 2003 next the Phoenix Suns, who prearranged him later the ninth overall pick of the 2002 NBA draft. He made six appearances in the NBA All-Star Game and was named to the All-NBA Team five times, including one first-team selection in 2007.
Stoudemire played tall school basketball for three exchange schools, ultimately graduating from Cypress Creek High School in Orlando, Florida, and declaring for the NBA draft as a prep-to-pro player. He won several prep honors, including being chosen as Florida’s Mr. Basketball. The highly lithe Stoudemire suffered from chronic knee problems during his career and underwent microfracture surgery on both knees. He played for the Suns, the New York Knicks, the Dallas Mavericks, and the Miami Heat previously retiring from the NBA in 2016.
Stoudemire won a bronze medal afterward the United States national team at the 2004 Olympic Games. His off-court ventures put in a photograph album label, a clothing line, acting and a series of children’s books for Scholastic Press. In addition, Stoudemire owns a significant part of Hapoel Jerusalem, the team he won a championship behind in 2017. He was the 2020 Israeli Basketball Premier League Finals MVP.