Amar'e Stoudemire

**Amar'e Carsares Stoudemire** (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 Stoudamire was inducted into Phoenix Suns Ring of Honor on March 2, 2024.

## Career

Stoudemire played high school basketball for three 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 selected as Florida's Mr. Basketball. 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 before retiring from the NBA in 2016.

Stoudemire won a bronze medal with the United States national team at the 2004 Olympic Games. His off-court ventures include a record label, a clothing line, acting and a series of children's books for Scholastic Press. In addition, Stoudemire owns a significant share of Hapoel Jerusalem, the team he won a championship with in 2017. He was the 2020 Israeli Basketball Premier League Finals MVP.

## Infobox (basketball biography)

- **name**: Amar'e Stoudemire
- **image**: Amar'e Stoudemire Knicks 2013.jpg
- **image size**: 230px
- **caption**: Stoudemire with the New York Knicks in 2013
- **team**: Brooklyn Nets
- **position**: Player development assistant
- **league**: National Basketball Association, NBA
- **birth place**: Lake Wales, Florida
- **nationality**: American / Israeli
- **height ft**: 6
- **height in**: 10
- **weight lb**: 245
- **high school**: Cypress Creek High School (Orlando, Florida), Cypress Creek (Lake Wales, Florida)
Mount Zion Christian Academy (Durham, North Carolina)
Cypress Creek High School (Orlando, Florida), Cypress Creek (Orlando, Florida)
- **draft year**: 2002
- **draft round**: 1
- **draft pick**: 9
- **draft team**: Phoenix Suns
- **career start**: 2002
- **career end**: 2020
- **career position**: Power forward (basketball), Power forward / Center (basketball), Center
- **career number**: 32, 1, 5
- **years1**: –
- **team1**: Phoenix Suns
- **years2**: –
- **team2**: New York Knicks
- **team3**: Dallas Mavericks
- **team4**: Miami Heat
- **years5**: 2016–2017,
2018–2019
- **team5**: Hapoel Jerusalem B.C., Hapoel Jerusalem
- **years6**: 2019
- **team6**: Fujian Sturgeons
- **years7**: 2020
- **team7**: Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C., Maccabi Tel Aviv
- **highlights**: * 6× NBA All-Star Game, NBA All-Star (, –)
* All-NBA First Team ()
* 4× All-NBA Second Team (, , , )
* NBA Rookie of the Year Award, NBA Rookie of the Year ()
* NBA All-Rookie First Team ()
* 2× Israeli Basketball Premier League champion (2016–17 Israeli Basketball Super League, 2017, 2019–20 Israeli Basketball Premier League, 2020)
* Israeli Basketball Premier League Finals MVP (2019–20 Israeli Basketball Premier League, 2020)
* Israeli Basketball State Cup, Israeli Cup winner (2018–19 Israeli Basketball State Cup, 2019)
* 2× Israeli Basketball Premier League All-Star (2016–17 Israeli Basketball Super League, 2017, 2018–19 Israeli Basketball Premier League#All-Star Event, 2019)
* EuroCup Basketball All-EuroCup Team, All-EuroCup Second Team (2016–17 EuroCup Basketball, 2017)
* Israeli Basketball League Cup, Israeli League Cup winner (2016 Israeli Basketball League Cup, 2016)
* First-team Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team, _Parade_ All-American (2002)
* McDonald's All-American Game, McDonald's All-American (2002 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, 2002)
* Florida Mr. Basketball (2002)
- **stats league**: NBA
- **stat1label**: Point (basketball), Points
- **stat1value**: 15,994 (18.9 ppg)
- **stat2label**: Rebound (basketball), Rebound
- **stat2value**: 6,632 (7.8 rpg)
- **stat3label**: Assist (basketball), Assists
- **stat3value**: 1,050 (1.2 apg)
- **bbr**: stoudam01