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Amar'e Stoudemire Biography
Birth Name:
Amar'e Carsares Stoudemire
Birth Place:
Lake Wales, Florida, United States
Profession
Pro basketball player
Fast Facts
- Did not play organized basketball until the age of 14 and was ineligible as a high-school junior due to his numerous transfers (attended six schools)
- Named Florida's Mr
- Basketball in 2002, when he also played in the McDonald's All-American Game at Madison Square Garden
- Planned to attend University of Memphis on a scholarship before deciding to skip college and enter the NBA Draft, in which he was selected ninth overall by the Phoenix Suns
- Won the 2003 Rookie of the Year award
- Named to five All-Star Teams in eight seasons with Phoenix before joining the New York Knicks in July of 2010
- Won Wheel of Fortune NBA Week in 2003, donating his winnings to the Boys & Girls Club
- Nicknamed STAT (Standing Tall and Talented), which is tattooed on his right arm and referenced on YouTube under "statTV," a channel providing access to his life off the court
- Spent a week in Israel in the summer of 2010 exploring what he calls his "Hebrew roots," stemming from his mother's studies of the Old Testament
Relationships
- Calvin Stoudemire -- Brother
- Hazell Stoudemire Jr. -- Brother
- Jerrell Stoudemire -- Brother
- Marwan Stoudemire -- Brother
- Aré Stoudemire -- Daughter
- Assata Stoudemire -- Daughter
- Hazell Stoudemire -- Father
- Carrie Stoudemire -- Mother
- Chiquitta -- Sister
- Dasia -- Sister
- Delillah -- Sister
- Alijah Carsares Stoudemire -- Son
- Amar'e Stoudemire Jr. -- Son
- Alexis Welch -- Wife