Question: How long was the NBA basketball career of author of STAT: Standing Tall And Talented?
Context: Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon ( ; ] ; born January 21, 1963), formerly known as Akeem Olajuwon, is a Nigerian-American former professional basketball player.  From 1984 to 2002, he played the center position in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Houston Rockets and the Toronto Raptors.  He led the Rockets to back-to-back NBA championships in 1994 and 1995.  In 2008, he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, and in 2016, he was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame.  Listed at 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) (but standing closer to 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) by his own admission), Olajuwon is considered one of the greatest centers ever to play the game.  He was nicknamed "The Dream" during his basketball career after he dunked so effortlessly that his college coach said it "looked like a dream." ESPN NBA Basketball is a basketball simulation video game developed by Visual Concepts and published by Sega.  It is the fifth installment in the "NBA 2K" franchise and the successor to "NBA 2K3".  It was released in 2003 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox.  Allen Iverson is the cover athlete of the game.  "ESPN NBA Basketball" is the predecessor to "ESPN NBA 2K5" in the "NBA 2K" series. Malcolm Hakeem Delaney (born March 11, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).  He is from Baltimore, Maryland, and attended Towson Catholic High School.  Delaney played college basketball for the Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team.  At the end of his college career, Delaney declared for the 2011 NBA draft.  He was not drafted, and instead began his professional basketball career overseas, playing one season each for Élan Chalon, Budivelnyk Kyiv, and Bayern Munich, and later joined Lokomotiv Kuban for two seasons.  In 2016, he earned an All-EuroLeague First Team selection. Jules Peter "Skip" Harlicka (born October 14, 1946) is an American former NBA basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks.  Skip went to the University of South Carolina on a basketball scholarship, but also played baseball his freshmen year.  During his college basketball career, Skip averaged 17.5 points per game on 47.5% shooting from the field.  Skip was drafted with the 13th pick in the 1968 NBA Draft by the Atlanta Hawks.  He played one season for the Hawks, appearing in 26 games while averaging 4.1 points per game and 1.4 assists per game. Basketball (released as NBA Basketball) is a multiplayer sports video game produced by Mattel and released for its Intellivision video game system in 1980.  The players each control a basketball team competing in four timed quarters of game play.  While Mattel did obtain a license from the National Basketball Association and used the NBA logo in its box art, "NBA Basketball" does not use any official team or player names. Standing Tall is the fourteenth album by the jazz group The Crusaders after they changed their name from The Jazz Crusaders, and their third studio album with MCA Records.  It features singer Joe Cocker as guest artist on two tracks: the 1981 Grammy-nominated song "I'm So Glad I'm Standing Here Today" and "This Old World's Too Funky for Me". STAT: Standing Tall and Talented is a series of children's books written by NBA basketball player Amar'e Stoudemire.  The books are partially autobiographical and tell the story of an 11-year-old Amar'e who discovers his innate talent and has to overcome many obstacles to become the success he is today. Daniel Matthew Langhi (born November 28, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player.  Born in Chicago, Illinois, he was raised in the small western Kentucky town of Benton.  In addition to his high school basketball career, where he finish as the runner-up for Kentucky's prestigious "Mr. Basketball" award, Langhi won regional titles as a member of Marshall County's soccer teams.  After growing six inches during his sophomore year of high school, he joined his two older brothers in playing college basketball, signing to play college basketball at Vanderbilt, and was drafted 31st overall by the Dallas Mavericks in the second round of the 2000 NBA Draft.  Langhi played for the Houston Rockets, the Phoenix Suns, the Golden State Warriors and the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA. Tecmo Super NBA Basketball (テクモスーパーNBAバスケットボール ) is a basketball video game published by Tecmo for the Super NES.  The game is the SNES equivalent of the original "Tecmo NBA Basketball".  It also came out a year later (with updated rosters) for the Sega Genesis. Amar'e Carsares Stoudemire ( ; born November 16, 1982) is an American former professional basketball player who played the majority of his 15-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Answer: 15-year career