The big names keep flowing in for season two of the Big3 League. A day after it was announced that former No. 1 pick Greg Oden was entering the league, former 1st Team All-NBA performer and possible future hall of famer, Amar’e Stoudemire will be lacing them up this summer. [tweet https://twitter.com/djvlad/status/963894384629608450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] Stoudemire might be [...]
February 15, 2018
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Amar’e spent the 2016-17 season connecting with his Jewish roots (as a Hebrew Israelite, it’s confusing feel free to look it up) and played a role on a championship winning Israeli team, averaging 9.9 points and 5.9 rebounds per game in 23 minutes per game. Amar’e is also the co-owner of the Hapoel Jerusalem B.C [...]
June 21, 2017
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After a 13 year career that included a great deal of early success and an expansive highlight reel followed by years rife with injuries and missed time, Amar’e Stoudemire decided it was time to call it quits Wednesday afternoon at the age of 33. Beyond reminiscing about the good ole days when Amar’e was the [...]
July 28, 2016
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The news came down on Tuesday, suddenly and surprisingly: Amar’e Stoudemire would be retiring from the NBA as a member of the New York Knicks. Maybe this shouldn’t have been too shocking. Beyond Stoudemire electing to retire with the Knicks rather than the Phoenix Suns, the move makes sense. He is 33, he has been [...]
July 27, 2016
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After 14 NBA seasons and a very successful career which included six NBA All-Star appearances and five All-NBA appearances (1x All-NBA 1st Team) Amar’e Stoudemire has decided to hang them up at the age of 33. [tweet https://twitter.com/hoopshype/status/758031482426429440] Stoudemire announced his retirement Tuesday and to the surprise of some, signed a one-day contract to retire [...]
July 27, 2016
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Ryan Bawek
Remember the inception of Jeremy Lin’s “Linsanity” movement during the lockout-truncated 2011-12 season? Of course you do. It’s been a big part of his career arc, and it’s still talked about today. Including Wednesday. Houston Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni, who was head coach of the New York Knicks for the birth of Linsanity, opened [...]
July 15, 2016
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Carmelo Anthony has this whole subtweeting thing down pat. We think. Former New York Knick Amar’e Stoudemire, now of the Miami Heat, raised eyebrows when discussing Jeremy Lin’s short burst of success in the Big Apple. Here’s what rattled the cages, per ESPN.com’s Ohm Youngmisuk: Amar’e Stoudemire had this interesting comment on Jeremy Lin’s Knicks [...]
March 1, 2016
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Amar’e Stoudemire, even now, as a member of the Miami Heat, thinks that he and Carmelo Anthony could have made sweet basketball music together with the New York Knicks. You know, if it weren’t for those meddling coaches. Prior to the Knicks’ 95-78 loss to the Heat on Monday night, Stoudemire reflected on his time [...]
November 25, 2015
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Chris Bosh is back, and he’s the same as ever. Bosh made his return to the floor on Sunday night in the Miami Heat’s preseason opener after missing the tail end of last season with a blood clot on one of his lungs. And, well, he looked good. But he sounded even better. Bosh went [...]
October 5, 2015
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Carlos Boozer is still looking for a new home, and he might not find one anytime soon. While most of his peers have already signed brand new pacts, many of them expected, some of them a surprise, the 33-year-old Boozer is still a free agent. And, to some extent, that’s weird. He’s at least two [...]
August 26, 2015
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